The President of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Prof. Julian Revalski participated in the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) triennial General Assembly in Songdo, Korea, on 11 April 2019. The meeting, hosted by the Korean Academy of Science and Technology (KAST), brought together over 100 representatives of science academies from 54 countries as well as the four IAP regional networks and the Global Young Academy. Projects of IAP were presented and the IAP Strategic and Implementation Plan 2019-2021 was voted. There were elections for the IAP for Science and IAP for Health Executive Committees.
The IAP General Assembly followed the two-day conference „Science and the Sustainable Development Goals: The Role of Academies“, attended by nearly 200 leading scientists, policy practitioners and delegates from 54 science, medical, and engineering academies from around the world. There were discussions on the role of academies in the 21st Century and how academies have been, and should continue to evolve, to respond to today’s challenges. There were also more specific sessions on artificial intelligence and food and nutrition security and agriculture.
