World Science Forum 2021

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What: World Science Forum
Where: Cape Town
When: 8-10 December 2021

At the ninth World Science Forum (WSF) in Budapest, Hungary, in 2019, more than 1100 researchers, policy and decision makers from 120 countries gathered to present and answer pressing ethical issues of scientific research. The meeting, organised by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and World Science Forum (WSF) partner organisations, discussed the future role, funding mechanisms, the conduct and the dissemination of science in over fifty sessions presented by 150 speakers during four days.

After the Budapest Forum, WSF participants will meet again in December 2021, in Cape Town South Africa.

The Cape Town 2021 Declaration: Towards a Blueprint on African Science & Society Policy-Making
Read the full text of the Declaration here. 

Visit the HSRC website for more information on the event.