Katepalli R. Sreenivasan: Speeches

Speeches on science, development and related topics

(work in progress, to be reviewed)

2009

The Purpose of a University.

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Address at the Convocation of the University of Hyderabad, 17 January 2009

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Comments at the Romanian Academy of Sciences, February 2009

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Editorial in the 2008 ICTP Annual Report, March 3, 2009

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Opening remarks at the 12th Marcel Grossmann meeting at Paris, July 12 - 18, 2009.

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2008

Remarks on Professor Gallieno Denardo - Inauguration of the Denardo Lecture Hall, Adriatico Guesthouse, ICTP, Trieste, 18 February 2008

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Remarks on the CRP Meeting on Dense Magnetized Plasma Applications. 7 April 2008

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Closing remarks at the Symposium on Fluid Science and Turbulence, Baltimore, Maryland (USA) May 30 and 31, 2008

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Remarks at the banquet at the Symposium on Fluid Science and Turbulence, Baltimore, Maryland (USA) May 30 and 31, 2008

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Remarks at the opening of the Tenth World Renewable Energy Congress and Exhibition. Glasgow, 19-25 July 2008

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Remarks at the opening ceremony of the "Open Day - Miramare Science Campus", ICTP Trieste, 20 September 2008

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UN Day, 24 October 2008 "We do Need the United Nations"

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Peter Wegener: A personal recollection. 8 November 2008

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Remarks at the ICTP Long Service Award Ceremony and Inauguration of the Marie Curie Library, ICTP Trieste, 5 December 2008

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Round Table discussions at the IISc Centenary Meeting, Bangalore, India, 13-16 December, 2008

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The Status of Indian Science and Measures to How it.

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How to improve the University System in India

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2007

Remarks at the award ceremony of the Prize for International Cooperation and Culture of Peace of the UNESCO Club in Florence to ICTP Director K.R. Sreenivasan. Florence, Palazzo Vecchio, 8 February, 2007 (Ceremony held during an international conference on sustainable development in the field of cultural and environmental heritage)

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The genesis of the G8-UNESCO World Forum in Trieste and its goals, Trieste, 15 April 2007

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Introductory remarks at the meeting honoring Professor GianCarlo Ghirardi, ICTP Trieste, 26 April 2007

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Remarks made during the release of the special issue of J. Phys. A, in Honor of GianCarlo Ghirardi, April 26, 2007

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Closing remarks at the G8-UNESCO World Forum on 'Education, Research and Innovation: New Partnership for Sustainable Development', Trieste, Italy, 10-12 May 2007

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Remarks made at the Symposium in Honor of the 80th Birthday of Walter Goldburg, University of Pittsburgh, PA, September 2007. "In appreciation of Professor Walter Goldburg"

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Remarks at the Diploma Students Meeting - September 2007

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Remarks at the opening of the 39th EBBS meeting, Trieste, 15-19 September 2007

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Rwandan Genocide and Humanity.

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Letter to the President of Rwanda - November 2, 2007

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Opening Speech at the Conference "The right to life in Africa", held ICTP, Trieste, 9-10 November 2007

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18th General meeting of TWAS, held at ICTP, Trieste, 13-14 November 2007

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Symbiosis between ICTP and TWAS

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TWAS membership distribution according to countries

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Remarks at the 3rd Srinivasa Ramanujan Prize Ceremony, ICTP Trieste, 3 December, 2007

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Il grande potenziale di Trieste. Article translated into Italian and published in Il Piccolo.

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Public Lecture at the Indian Academy of Sciences, New Delhi, 28 December 2007. "Status of Indian science and measures to improve it"

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In praise of serendipity (IISc_essay)

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Energy for all

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Burgers, Awards and Medals, and Posterity

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A Brief Tribute to Benoit Mandelbrot

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2006

A perspective on the migration of scientists. 29 June 2006

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Opening remarks at the 11th Marcel Grossmann Meeting at the Freie Universitaet, Berlin, 23-29 July, 2006

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Science, migration and development. Speech delivered at the American Association for Advancement of Science, Washington, D.C., 31 July 2006.

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Globalization, society and policy making. 24 August 2006.

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Welcome Remarks at the Boltzmann Commemorative Meeting - Duino, 4 Sept. 2006

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Greeting letter from the Director of ICTP presented at the first International Conference "Problems of Cybernetics and Informatics", Baku, Azerbaijan, October 24-26, 2006

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Introductory remarks at the International Conference on Global Change, Islamabad, 13 November 2006

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Sir James Lighthill Lectures: The Public Lecture "Science and Society: 100 Reasons for Doing Science", Florida State University, Tallahassee, 29 November 2006

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Welcome remarks at the 3rd Conference: "Sharing Knowledge Across the Mediterranean", ICTP Trieste, November 6-8, 2006

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Millennium Development Goals and ICTP.

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Note presented at the Italy-India Forum, Sala delle Colonne, Rome, 6 December 2006

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Remarks at the Ramanujan Prize Ceremony, ICTP Trieste, 18 December 2006

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2005

Remarks at the Lions Club Trieste San Giusto, Trieste, 23 February 2005

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Remarks made at "Porte Aperte" at the University of Trieste: On scientific integrity. Trieste, 30 March 2005

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Remarks at the Area Science Park Meeting on G77 and the proposed South-South Forum and Exhibition in 2006. Trieste, 27 April, 2005

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Statement issued by K.R. Sreenivasan (following article published in the Italian newspaper Libero, 20 luglio 2005)

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Opening remarks at the inauguration of the Galileo Galilei Institute for Theoretical Physics (GGI), Arcetri, Florence, 19 September 2005

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Marshall Rosenbluth & ICTP; Welcome remarks at the symposium honoring the memory of Marshall Rosenbluth, ICTP Trieste, 19 September 2005

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Opening remarks at the UN Day, ICTP Trieste, Oct. 24, 2005

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Remarks at the Opening Ceremony of the World Conference on Physics and Sustainable Development, held at the International Conference Centre, Durban, South Africa, 31st Oct. 2005

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"The Srinivasa Ramanujan Prize at ICTP and the role of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters"; talk with images, presented at the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, Oslo, December, 2005.

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2004

Trieste's Contributions to World Science. Vienna, 27 October 2004

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Opening remarks at the 16th Amaldi Conference on Problems of Global Security, ICTP Trieste, 18th Nov. 2004

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Trieste's Uniqueness; Highlights of Trieste's Post-Roman History. (EXPO) 2004.

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Presentation in support of the Trieste EXPO, Paris, December 16, 2004

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Presentation in support of the Trieste EXPO

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2003

Welcoming remarks for the Workshop on Capacity Building for Academies: Symposium on Science, Religion and Values, organized by the Interacademy Panel on International Issues (IAP) and Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), ICTP Trieste, 5-7 March 2003

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