WASHINGTON, DC - August 03, 2010
-- The Governments of the United States of America and the Argentine
Republic will hold the first bilateral Joint Committee Meeting (JCM) on
Science and Technology Cooperation at the National Academy of Exact,
Physical and Natural Science in Buenos Aires on September 2-3, 2010.
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Science, Space and Health
Lawrence Gumbiner from the Bureau of Oceans and International
Environmental and Scientific Affairs will lead the U.S. delegation and
Secretary Alejandro Ceccato from the Ministry of Scientific and
Technological Coordination will head the Argentine delegation.
U.S.
and Argentine participants will affirm the significant role science and
technology plays to enhance and complement each country's political,
economic and commercial infrastructure. Delegates will discuss
potential collaborative activities that will enhance the development of
professional and scientific networks, build capacity, strengthen
institutional links, expand joint research, advance science knowledge
and technology for innovation, and seek collaborative opportunities for
civil safety and global security.
In particular, participants
will examine scientific and technological cooperative activities
currently underway between the two countries' agencies, research
centers, and academic institutions in the fields of innovation, basic
science and astronomy, climate change, energy, earth science, forensic
science, agriculture and food safety, and health. Delegates will
explore several priority areas where bilateral collaboration could be
further advanced including nanotechnology, atmospheric and space
research, alternative energy research, and biotechnology.
The
Joint Commission Meetings follow Secretary of State Hillary Rodham
Clinton and Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman's bilateral discussions in
Washington, DC, last month. The meetings will take place under the
auspices of the Agreement related to Scientific and Technical
Cooperation between the Government of the United States and the
Government of the Argentine Republic, which was signed on April 7,
1972, and entered into force on April 11, 1972. The Joint Commission
Meetings will include delegates representing ministries, technical
agencies, and academic institutions from both countries related to
science and technology.
For more information on the
U.S.-Argentina Joint Committee Meeting on Science and Technology
Cooperation, please visit: http://argentina.usembassy.gov/