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JARINGAN KERJASAMA ANTARABANGSAINTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONIslam bukan setakat menekankan soal agama malahmengambil berat soal peningkatan pengetahuandalam bidang S&T demi pembangunan ekonomi danmodal manusia.YB Datuk Seri Dr Jamaludin Mohd Jarjis, Menteri Sains,Teknologi dan Inovasi, Malaysia, yang merasmikan majlispembukaan tersebut, juga telah melancarkan bukuterjemahan Bahasa Melayu karangan pemenang NobelLaureate Prof Ahmed Zewail bertajuk PengembaraanMerentasi Masa: Satu Perjalanan ke Arah Hadiah Nobel(Voyage through Time: Walk of Life to the Nobel Prize).Acara utama sesi pleno merupakan ucaptama upacarapembukaan berjudul, ‘Refl ection on Science, Technologyand Innovation in the Muslim World’, disampaikanoleh Prof Zewail. Simposium ini terbahagi pada tigasesi. Sesi pertama bertajuk, ‘Building upon the Past’diikuti dengan tujuh kertas kerja dan satu syarahanistimewa. Pada hari kedua, tiga lagi kertas kerja telahdisampaikan dengan tema, ‘Applying STI: The PresentSituation’ dengan ucaptamanya berjudul, ‘Science,Technology and Innovation and the United NationsMillennium Development Goals’ oleh Prof Jeffery Sachsof Colombia University dan Pemegang Pertama KerusiRoyal Professor Ungku Aziz terhadap Kemiskinan danPembangunan, Universiti Malaya.Islam not only emphasises on religion but also placesutmost importance on acquiring knowledge in S&T foreconomic and human capital development.Hon. Datuk Seri Dr Jamaludin Mohd Jarjis, the Ministerof Science, Technology and Innovation, Malaysia, whooffi ciated at the function, also launched the translatedBahasa Melayu version of the book Voyage throughTime: Walk of Life to the Nobel Prize by Nobel LaureateProf Ahmed Zewail entitled Pengembaraan MerentasiMasa: Satu Perjalanan ke Arah Hadiah Nobel, at theopening ceremony.The highlight of the plenary session was the keynoteaddress at the Opening Ceremony entitled ‘Refl ectionson Science, Technology and Innovation in the MuslimWorld’ delivered by Prof Zewail. The Symposium wasdivided into three sessions. The fi rst session was entitled‘Building upon the Past’ followed by seven papers anda special lecture. During the second day, three morepapers were presented on the theme ‘Applying STI:The Present Situation’ with a keynote address entitled‘Science, Technology and Innovation and the UnitedNations Millennium Development Goals’ by Prof JeffreySachs of Columbia University and the First Holder ofthe Royal Professor Ungku Aziz Chair for Poverty andDevelopment, University of Malaya.◄ Pelancaran buku Prof Zewailbertajuk PengembaraanMerentasi Masa .Launching of Prof Zewail’sbook ‘Pengembaraan MerentasiMasa’.In Pursuit of Excellence in Science 95