Layout 27032008.indd - Portal Rasmi Akademi Sains Malaysia

JARINGAN KERJASAMA ANTARABANGSAINTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION• 5 th International Symposium on NanotechnologyAsia Nanobusiness 2007• Pameran Nanotech 2007• Nano dan Neo (Bahan Neo-Functional 2007)• P ersidangan dan Pameran Advanced SurfaceTechnology; dan• METEC’ 07Di Forum Nano Asia (ANF), satu pertubuhan diwakili 13buah negara telah bersepakat untuk mempromosikankerjasama antarabangsa dalam bidang nanoteknologi.Pakar-pakar tersohor dari ahli-ahli ekonomi ANF telahmemberi taklimat mengenai arah aliran masa depannanobusiness. Satu perbincangan mengenai undangundangkecil atau garis panduan ANF juga telahdijalankan, dan perkara ini telah diperhebatkan lagidi Mesyuarat Jawatankuasa Eksekutif ANF di Taiwantelah diadakan pada bulan Jun.Beberapa Kertas Kerja telah di bentang di SimposiumNanoteknologi mengenai inovasi untuk mengangkatkualiti hidup, persekitaran penyelidikan dan penilaian,hasil penyelidikan seperti produk baru dan konsepbaru yang membawa manfaat kepada masyarakat,nanobioteknologi dan aplikasinya dalam bidangperubatan, inovasi menggunakan bahannano, dankomunikasi maklumat.Prof Halimaton Hamdan, FASc mewakili Akademi dan jugatelah melawat National Museum of Emerging Scienceand Innovation dan telah mengadakan beberapaperbincangan. Penyelidikan beliau mengenai Maerogeljuga terpilih untuk dijadikan bahan pameran.Simposium AntarabangsaTerhadap Sains, Teknologidan Inovasi, Kuala LumpurMOSTI, UNESCO, ASM, World Islamic Call Society danPusat Sains Negara menjadi penaja bersama simposiumdi atas (bertemakan, ‘Towards a Prosperous and SecureIslamic World’), dengan kerjasama Islamic WorldAcademy of Sciences, Islamic Education, Scientifi cand Cultural Organisation, Bank Pembangunan Islam,World Academy of Young Scientiests dan Third WorldAcademy of Sciences. Simposium ini dijalankan pada9–11 Ogos 2007 bertempat di Pusat Konvensyen KualaLumpur. Simposium ini bertujuan menjelaskan bahawa• 5 th International Symposium on NanotechnologyAsia Nanobusiness 2007• Nanotech 2007 Exhibition• Nano and Neo (Neo-Functional Material 2007)• A dvanced Surface Technology Exhibition andConference; and• METEC ’07.At Asia Nano Forum (ANF), an association of 13 countriesdedicated themselves to promote international cooperationin nanotechnology. They were briefed onthe trend and future of nanobusiness by top expertsfrom the ANF member economies. There was also adiscussion on ANF’s by-Laws or guidelines, and this wasfurther enhanced at the ANF Executive Committeemeeting in Taiwan in June.Numerous papers were presented at the Symposiumon Nanotechnology on innovations for a higher qualityof life, research environment and evaluation, researchoutcomes such as new products and new conceptsuseful to society, nanobiotechnology and its applicationin medicine, innovation from nanomaterials, andinformation communication.Prof Halimaton Hamdan, FASc represented the Academy,and also had discussions at the National Museum ofEmerging Science and Innovation. Her research onMaerogel was also selected for exhibition.International Symposium onScience, Technology andInnovation, Kuala LumpurMOSTI, UNESCO, ASM, World Islamic Call Society andthe National Science Centre jointly organised theSymposium (theme entitled ‘Towards a Prosperous andSecure Islamic World’), with the collaboration of theIslamic World Academy of Sciences, Islamic Education,Scientifi c and Cultural Organisation, Islamic DevelopmentBank, World Academy of Young Scientists and the ThirdWorld Academy of Sciences, on 9–11 August 2007 atthe KL Convention Centre. The aim was to reveal that94In Pursuit of Excellence in Science