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Journal of Materials Science and Nanotechnology | Volume: 3
March 20-21, 2019 | London, UK
Materials Science and Materials Chemistry
2nd International Conference on
Science, technology and innovation (STI) in the age of globalization – including STI in materials
sciences and materials chemistry
Aderemi Kuku
National Mathematical Centre, Nigeria
IThe talk starts with a discussion of the concept of globalization
and how this affects the development of many areas of STI
whichposeglobalchallengesthatrequiretobeglobaltackledand
solved across geo-political, linguistic and cultural boundaries.
it is noteworthy that these challenges need mathematical
sciences for their in-depth study since mathematical sciences
constitute the bedrock of all developments in STI. We thus
discuss the role of mathematical sciences vis-a-vis other areas
of science and technology and identify the four areas of Science
and technology--basic sciences, applied sciences, classical or
low technologies and high Technologies as concentric layers
with diffuse boundaries with inner core of basic sciences and
mathematical sciences as its innermost core such that theories
from the inner core help to solve problems in applied sciences
and technology while problems arising from the outer layers
of technology and applied sciences provide the inner core
with new structures, new concepts and new methods. We
illustrate this phenomenon copiously with many examples
from various technologies. Moreover, we identify the role of
ICT (Information, Communication, Technology) as a unifying
force for the development of STI thus turning the world
into a global village. Furthermore, we observe that many
developing countries are yet to produce a critical mass in any
of the areas of science and technology mentioned above.
Next we focus six of the areas for which we need to pull global
resources together to achieve more rapid global development:
1) Health and Well-being, 2) Food security and nutrition;
3) Sustainable Agriculture 4) Climate Change 5) Water and
Sanitation. 6) Sustainable Energy and in particular 7) Materials
Sciences andMaterials Chemistrywhich constitute the themeof
the conference.Wewill discuss progress so farmade in research
and smart technologies in these areas and identify the ways
forward in this age of globalization to ensure that the benefit of
such research and technologies reach all corners of our world.
Speaker Biography
Aderemi Kuku is the immediate past President of the African Academy of Sciences
2014-2017. He was the President of the African Mathematical Union during 1986-1995
and a Distinguished Professor at the National Mathematical Centre, Abuja,Nigeria.
He was a Professor of Mathematics at the International Centre for theoretical Physics
(ICTP), Trieste, Italy 1995-2003, and a member of the Institute of Advanced Study,
Princeton, NJ, USA 2001-2004. He has over fifty years of University research and
teaching experience and he is a foundation Fellow of the American Mathematical
Society, Fellow of the World Academy of Sciences, European Academy of Arts Science
and Humanities, Nigerian Academy of Science, and Foreign Fellow of the Mongolian
Academy of Sciences.
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