May 15 & 16 and June 26 & 27, 2024
Online
The Board of Trustees met for three days at the Academy of Athens in November 2023 to lay the foundations for the future work of the Academy over the next five years. At the meeting, the Board approved plans to conduct WAAS@64, an international conference and general assembly online on May 15 & 16 and June 26 & 27. A principle objective of WAAS@64 is to provide opportunities for WAAS and its members to identify and explore high-priority areas for future WAAS programming and to discuss organizational enhancements designed to support the continued expansion of the Academy’s program of work. We are pleased to invite you to participate in the event and actively contribute to the Academy’s growth.
Sixty-four years after the founding of WAAS as an agency for human welfare, the Board concluded that the original mission and values of the Academy are as relevant today as ever before. The accompanying paper “Origins and Pathways for the Future of WAAS” outlines the circumstances at the time WAAS was founded, its original mission, values and strategic objectives. The paper traces the development of its thinking and activities over the decades, reviews its recent programming, and identifies high-potential areas for future programming.
The views presented at WAAS@64 will help the Board create a framework of programs and activities in support of the UN SDGs, peace and human security for all. It will also help identify ways to enhance membership participation and engagement and improve organizational functioning.
Conference Topic(s):
- UN Summit of the Future
- Impact Initiatives and Strategies for Human Security and Sustainable Development
- Scientific research, sustainability, and human security
- Addressing Existential Risks: Threats and Solutions
- Harnessing the Humanities for Human Security
- Identifying Talent, Developing Individuality, and Recognizing Genius
- Root Causes and Remedies for Rising Insecurity, Social Unrest, War and Violence
- Toward a Transdisciplinary Theory of Change and Process of Social Evolution
- Social responsibility of science
- Science diplomacy to support human security & sustainable development
- AI: Emerging Opportunities &Threats
- AI Governance
- AI, Brain, Mind, Thinking and Consciousness & Human Development
- AI & Disinformation: Threats & Remedies
- AI for Education
- Promoting Latest Climate Research to Policymakers
- Innovative Technologies as a Force for Good
- Human Security for Policy makers
- Educating Business and Technology Leaders for a Sustainable Future
- Strategies for enhancing Peace, Democracy, Rule of Law & Multilateralism