Researchers from the region gathered last month in Guadeloupe to discuss common problems and the ways of targeting them by broadening cooperation and links between Caribbean academic research and industry. The Caribbean Science and Innovation Meeting 2019 hosted by the Université des Antilles aimed to harness positive experiences from previous meetings organized by the Caribbean Academy of Sciences, CARISCIENCE, and Caribbean Science Foundation.
The multidisciplinary audience were discussing crucial topics for the region such as Biodiversity (including knowledge, preservation, valorisation sustainable agriculture and bioeconomic), Health (animal, plant and human: One Health), Natural Risks, Renewable Energies, Blue and Green growths, including the circular economy.
Among the welcome speeches were the President of the Caribbean Academy of Science, Professor Emeritus Winston A. Mellowes and Professor Jayararaj Jayaraman representing Cariscience. The two keynote lectures were “Exploring black holes and life in the Universe: a Caribbean perspective” by Prof Shirin Haque, from University of West Indies, Department of Physics, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago and the second, the “Research, Training and Innovation in Earth Science: a Caribbean perspective” by Prof Eric Calais from Ecole Normale Superieure, Department of Geosciences, Paris, France. Also, in the opening session Prof Jean Louis Mansot, Regional Delegate for Science and Technology of the Guadeloupe Region introduced the CARICOM-CARISCIENCE Annual Award in Science, which this year was given to Prof Dr. Shirin Haque, an Astronomer from UWI. Dr. Shirin is the co-founder of the Caribbean Institute of Astronomy (CARINA) and the Society for Physics Advancement Research and Collaboration (SPARC), her dedication to open the science to a broader public through educational programmes made of Shirin Haque a valuable role of women in science
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