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Saturday, September 12, 2009 • New • by Eva Wisten • #

How science is changing

This week, Adam Bly moderated the panel “Future Revolutions in Science” at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting of New Champions in Dalian.

A paradigm shift in particle physics, breakthroughs in stem cell research, and our increasing understanding of complex systems are not only transforming science, it’s also changing how we now look at the world.
In the panel “Future Revolutions in Science”, Adam Bly lead Geoffrey West from Santa Fe Institute, Robbert Dijkgraaf from Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Paul Fairchild from the 21st Century School, University of Oxford in the UK and Maximus Johnity Ongkili, Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation of Malaysia, in a discussion on the current development of science and it’s consequences for the future.

In a session called “The Case for Redesign”, Adam made the case that science must play a more fundamental role in a redesign of the world’s political, social and economic systems.

As always, the discussions and insights from Dalian will soon reach Seed’s readers in various forms.