<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">The CODATA community will be interested in the Call for Proposals for the 23rd Pacific Science Congress, June 13-17, 2016, at the Academia Sinica in Taipei.<div><br></div><div>Further information is available at <a href="http://www.psc2016.sinica.edu.tw/proposal.asp">http://www.psc2016.sinica.edu.tw/proposal.asp</a><br><div><br></div><div>CODATA Vice-President Takashi Gojobori, as well as ICSU President Gordon McBean and ICSU Past-President Yuan-Tseh Lee are among the keynotes.</div><div><br></div><div>CODATA Executive Committee Member, DT Lee, has drawn our attention to the tracks on 'Connecting Science and Innovation for a Sustainable 21st Century' and 'Emerging Technologies’ as being of particular interest to the CODATA community.</div><div><div><br></div><div>Please see the further information below.</div><div><br></div><div>With very best wishes,</div><div><br></div><div>Simon.</div><div><div apple-content-edited="true">
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<div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">DTLee <<a href="mailto:dtlee@iis.sinica.edu.tw">dtlee@iis.sinica.edu.tw</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';"><b>Call for Session Proposals & Abstracts for 23rd Pacific Science Congress, June 13-17, 2016, Academia Sinica, Taipei</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">30 September 2015 15:21:47 CEST<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">Simon CODATA <<a href="mailto:simon@codata.org">simon@codata.org</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';"><a href="mailto:dtlee@ieee.org">dtlee@ieee.org</a><br></span></div><br><div>
  

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        In particular the following tracks may be of interest.<br>
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          Building Green Societies</p>
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              padding: 0px;">Science for Society Keywords:<br style="box-sizing: border-box;">
              <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">(1) Citizen science</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;">
              <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">(2) Science
                communication</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;">
              <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">(3) Science and
                media</span></li>
            <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 4px 0px 4px 15px;
              padding: 0px;">Science Education Keywords:<br style="box-sizing: border-box;">
              <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">(1) STEM (Science,
                technology, engineering and mathematics)</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;">
              <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">(2) MOOC(Massive
                open online course)</span><br style="box-sizing:
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              <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">(3) Gender Issues in
                Science Education</span></li>
            <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 4px 0px 4px 15px;
              padding: 0px;">Green Economy Keywords:<br style="box-sizing: border-box;">
              <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">(1) Greening
                agriculture and fishing industries</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;">
              <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">(2) Create decent
                jobs and rebuild the middle class</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;">
              <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">(3) Green
                manufacturing industries</span><br style="box-sizing:
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              <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">(4) Demand
                management for energy and water</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;">
              <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">(5) Resource
                recycling and rare resource management</span></li>
            <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 4px 0px 4px 15px;
              padding: 0px;">Growing Smart Cities / Sustainable Urbanism
              Keywords:<br style="box-sizing: border-box;">
              <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">(1) Low carbon city</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;">
              <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">(2) Urban metabolism</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;">
              <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">(3) Urban resilience</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;">
              <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">(4) Urban governance</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;">
              <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">(5) Smart city</span></li>
            <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 4px 0px 4px 15px;
              padding: 0px;">Green Architecture Keywords:<br style="box-sizing: border-box;">
              <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">(1) Building energy</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;">
              <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">(2) Low carbon
                building</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;">
              <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">(3) Smart building</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;">
              <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">(4) Health building</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;">
              <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">(5) Eco building</span></li>
            <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 4px 0px 4px 15px;
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              <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">(1) Sustainable
                mobility</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;">
              <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">(2) Active mobility</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;">
              <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">(3) Transit-oriented
                development</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;">
              <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">(4) Public transport</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;">
              <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">(5) Electric
                vehicles</span></li>
            <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 4px 0px 4px 15px;
              padding: 0px;">Gender and Science Keywords:<br style="box-sizing: border-box;">
              <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">(1) Gender diversity
                in STEM fields<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;">
              <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">(2) Sex and gender
                inclusive STEM research<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;">
              <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">(3) Gender policies
                for promotion of women in STEM</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;">
              <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">(4) Entrepreneurship
                by STEM women</span></li>
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            <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 4px 0px 4px 15px;
              padding: 0px;">Big Data: Acquisition and Analytics in the
              Biological, Ecological and Social Sciences</li>
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              padding: 0px;">Advanced Materials</li>
            <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 4px 0px 4px 15px;
              padding: 0px;">Alternative Energy Research</li>
            <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 4px 0px 4px 15px;
              padding: 0px;">New Tools for Biodiversity Protection:
              Remote Sensing, Mapping, and Aerial Monitoring</li>
            <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 4px 0px 4px 15px;
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        <div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;line-height:25.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Constantia","serif";color:#002060" lang="EN-US">THE 23<sup>rd</sup> PACIFIC SCIENCE
                CONGRESS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;line-height:25.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Constantia","serif";color:#002060" lang="EN-US"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;line-height:25.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Constantia","serif";color:#002060" lang="EN-US">JUNE 13-17, 2016<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;line-height:25.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Constantia","serif";color:#002060" lang="EN-US">Academia Sinica, Taipei<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;line-height:25.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Calibri
                Light","sans-serif";color:#1563FF" lang="EN-US"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;line-height:25.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Constantia","serif";color:#1563FF" lang="EN-US">Call for Symposium & Workshop Session
                Proposals</span></b><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Constantia","serif";color:#1563FF" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:35.0pt"><span style="font-size:14.0pt" lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:35.0pt"><span style="font-size:14.0pt" lang="EN-US">The 23<sup>rd</sup>
              Pacific Science Congress (PSC-23) will be held in Academia
              Sinica, Taipei, on June 13-17, 2016. The main theme of the
              PSC-23 is “Science, Technology, and Innovation: Building a
              Sustainable Future in Asia and the Pacific.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:35.0pt"><span style="font-size:14.0pt" lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:35.0pt"><span style="font-size:14.0pt" lang="EN-US">The Organizing
              Committee of the 23<sup>rd</sup> Pacific Science Congress
              is announcing a Call for Symposium & Workshop Session
              Proposals for the Congress. If you would like to propose a
              session, please submit your proposal containing requested
              information to the PSC-23 website (</span><span lang="EN-US"><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.psc2016.sinica.edu.tw/"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"></span></b></a><b><a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.psc2016.sinica.edu.tw/"></a><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.psc2016.sinica.edu.tw/">www.psc2016.sinica.edu.tw</a></b></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt" lang="EN-US">). Please note the
              deadline for submitting proposals is scheduled for <b><span style="color:red">October 31, 2015</span>.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt" lang="EN-US"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;mso-line-height-alt:0pt"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none" lang="EN-US">Sub-Themes for Submission Include:</span></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:58.95pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:-24.1pt;mso-line-height-alt:0pt;mso-list:l0

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              Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt
                  "Times New Roman"">           </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US">Climate Change
              and Earth System Sciences</span><span style="font-family:"Times New
              Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:59.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:-24.0pt;mso-list:l0

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              and Natural Resources<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:59.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:-24.0pt;mso-list:l0

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                  "Times New Roman"">         </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US">Food / Water /
              Energy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:59.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:-24.0pt;mso-list:l0

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                  "Times New Roman"">         </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US">Human Health<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:59.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:-24.0pt;mso-list:l0

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                  "Times New Roman"">         </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US">Human
              Diversity and Inclusive Development<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:59.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:-24.0pt;mso-list:l0

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                  "Times New Roman"">         </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US">Disaster Risk
              Reduction<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:59.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:-24.0pt;mso-list:l0

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                  "Times New Roman"">         </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US">Science for
              Society: Building Green Societies<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:59.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:-24.0pt;mso-list:l0

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                  "Times New Roman"">         </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US">Emerging
              Technologies<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;mso-line-height-alt:0pt"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none" lang="EN-US">Plenary Speakers</span></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"新細明體","serif";
                color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">:</span></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;mso-line-height-alt:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.0pt" lang="EN-US">- <b>Dr. Takashi
                Gojobori</b> speaks on “Biodiversity and Natural
              Resources” (King Abdullah University of Science and
              Technology)</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt" lang="EN-US">- <b>Dr. Sandra Harding</b> speaks on “Human
              Diversity and Inclusive Development” (University of
              California, Los Angeles)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt" lang="EN-US">- <b>Mr. Lawrence Kent</b> speaks on “Food /
              Water / Energy” (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt" lang="EN-US">- <b>Dr. Yuan-Tseh Lee</b> speaks on
              “Science for Society: Building Green Societies” (Academia
              Sinica)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt" lang="EN-US">- <b>Dr. Gordon McBean</b> speaks on
              “Disaster Risk Reduction” (International Council for
              Science, ICSU)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt" lang="EN-US">- <b>Dr. George Whitesides</b> speaks on
              “Emerging Technologies” (Harvard University)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt" lang="EN-US">- <b>Dr. Chi-Huey Wong</b> speaks on “Human
              Health” (Academia Sinica)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt" lang="EN-US">- <b>Dr. David Wratt QSO</b> speaks on
              “Climate Change and Earth System Sciences” (Chief
              Scientist (Climate), National Institute of Water and
              Atmospheric Research, New Zealand)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-size:14.0pt" lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:35.0pt"><span style="font-size:14.0pt" lang="EN-US">Founded in 1920 and
              based in Honolulu, Hawaii, the Pacific Science Association
              (PSA) is a regional, non-governmental, scholarly
              organization that seeks to advance science and technology
              in support of sustainable development in the Asia-Pacific.
              <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-size:14.0pt" lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt" lang="EN-US">Chi-Huey Wong<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt" lang="EN-US">Chairman of the 23<sup>rd</sup> Pacific
              Science Congress<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt" lang="EN-US">President of Academia Sinica<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt" lang="EN-US">___________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt" lang="EN-US">Contact Information:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt" lang="EN-US">The PSC-23 Website: </span><span lang="EN-US"><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.psc2016.sinica.edu.tw/"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"></span></a><a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.psc2016.sinica.edu.tw/"></a><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.psc2016.sinica.edu.tw/">www.psc2016.sinica.edu.tw</a></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt" lang="EN-US">The PSC-23 Secretariat</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:21.0pt"><span style="font-size:14.0pt" lang="EN-US">Email: </span><span lang="EN-US"><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:psc2016taipei@gmail.com"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">psc2016taipei@gmail.com</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:21.0pt;mso-line-height-alt:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.0pt" lang="EN-US">Tel:
              +886-2-8751-3588 </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:21.0pt;mso-line-height-alt:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.0pt" lang="EN-US">Fax:
              +886-2-8751-2799<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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