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The Austrian Science Fund in cooperation with the European Science Foundation, will be holding an international conference on the impact of basic research from 10-11 May 2007 in the Alte Aula, Vienna, Austria. We cordially invite researchers, funding institutions and policy makers worldwide to participate.
The goal of the event is to explore how and when the reciprocal interactions between basic research, society and the economy take place. The conference will also examine methods for evaluating and reinforcing the impact of basic research, addressing these topics from a theoretical and historical viewpoint. In addition, the conference is aimed at stimulating public discussion and promoting awareness of the issues.
The planned programme will include presentations from representatives of major research organizations and high-level policy makers as well as from researchers engaged in the study of the impact of basic research.
Details via
http://www.science-impact.ac.at/ .
Research brrings prosperity:
Research always brings the prosperity in the society For example during old ages the peopel were unware about the diseases while they were facing badly like as malaria , the concept about this disease that it was occure due to marsh places but it was the research of neve-ending struggle of researcher which proved malaria is not caused by marshy places but it is caused due the bite of Anophles mosquitoes that gut contain protizoan parasite called the plasmodium.
after treatment were discoved and now easily controlled and cureable disease before this millions of children, women and man were died. The economy and development depend upon the researc if we have every thing but we have not good reseach that we are unable to go towards the prosperity.