Shanghai, 16-17 October 2005

Present:

MEMBERS: Co-chairs - Y. Quéré (Académie des Sciences), Chen Zhu (Chinese Academy of Sciences), Bangladesh Academy of Sciences (M. Shamsher Ali), Brazilian Academy of Sciences (E. Krieger), Cuban Academy of Sciences (S. Pastrana), Indian National Science Academy (A. Varma), Science Council of Japan (K. Kurokawa), Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei (E. Vesentini), The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (F. van Oostrom), Nigerian Academy of Sciences (G.B. Ogunmola), Académie des Sciences et Techniques du Sénégal (A. Dialy Ndiaye), Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (G. Öquist), US National Academy of Sciences (M. Clegg),
IAP Secretariat (J. Lacey)

EX OFFICIO: The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS) (M.H.A. Hassan)

OBSERVERS: InterAcademy Council (IAC) (J. Campbell) , International Council for Science (ICSU) (T. Rosswall)

OTHERS: Guo Huadong, Wang Zhenyu, Ling Thompson (Chinese Academy of Sciences), J. Boright (US National Academy of Sciences), A. Capron, J. Fröchen (Académie des Sciences), P. de Goes (Brazilian Academy of Sciences), A. Koers (IAC General Counsel), R. Gadagkar, S.K. Sahni (Indian National Science Academy), A. Abe (Science Council of Japan), H. Hackmann (The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences), B. Jones (The Royal Society, UK) P. Santos Ocampo (National Academy of Science and Technology, Philippines), B. McKellar (Australian Academy of Sciences), N. K. Aras (Turkish Academy of Sciences), C. Preistley (International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications - INASP)