Programme / Welcome remarks

Programme director:

• Phil Mjwara, Director-General, Department of Science and Innovation

Welcome remarks by the host and co-chair of WSF:

• Hon Bonginkosi Nzimande, Minister, Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, Co-chair of the World Science Forum 2022

Messages from the WSF founding organisations:

• Tamás Freund, President, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA), Co-chair of the World Science Forum 2022
• Shamila Nair-Bedouelle, Assistant Director-General for Natural Sciences, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)
• Peter Gluckman, President, International Science Council (ISC)
• Sudip Parikh, CEO, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)