{"id":59058,"date":"2025-10-06T10:15:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T07:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bas.bg\/?p=59058"},"modified":"2025-10-07T10:15:43","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T07:15:43","slug":"bas-president-participates-in-kyoto-forum-on-science-and-technology-in-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bas.bg\/?p=59058&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"BAS President participates in Kyoto forum on Science and Technology in Society"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bas.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/560911566_1095742842768373_4709101846691924081_n.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-59032 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bas.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/560911566_1095742842768373_4709101846691924081_n-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bas.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/560911566_1095742842768373_4709101846691924081_n-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bas.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/560911566_1095742842768373_4709101846691924081_n-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bas.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/560911566_1095742842768373_4709101846691924081_n-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bas.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/560911566_1095742842768373_4709101846691924081_n-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bas.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/560911566_1095742842768373_4709101846691924081_n-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.bas.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/560911566_1095742842768373_4709101846691924081_n-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bas.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/560911566_1095742842768373_4709101846691924081_n-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.bas.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/560911566_1095742842768373_4709101846691924081_n-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bas.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/560911566_1095742842768373_4709101846691924081_n-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.bas.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/560911566_1095742842768373_4709101846691924081_n.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The President of BAS, Corr. Memb. Evelina Slavcheva, participated in the 18th edition of the \u201cAcademy of Science Presidents&#8217; Meeting\u201d which is organized annually by the \u201cScience Council of Japan\u201d within the framework of the \u201cScience and Technology in Society\u201d forum (STS forum).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInnovation-promoting approaches to science funding\u201d was the topic of discussion for this year&#8217;s Meeting. Each participant was given the opportunity to share their institution&#8217;s experience with securing funding for promising research in priority areas, and the positives and negatives of existing mechanisms for approving research projects for funding were discussed. Corr. Memb. Slavcheva presented the successful experience of BAS institutes in combining different national and international programs for funding research and innovation.<\/p>\n<p>The 22nd edition of the &#8222;Science and Technology in Society&#8220; Forum was inaugurated on 5 October in Kyoto, in the presence of Emperor Naruhito, 126th Emperor of Japan. Ms Ekaterina Zaharieva, Commissioner for Start-ups, Research and Innovation, spoke at the opening session of the Forum.<\/p>\n<p>The event runs until 7 October and provides a platform for discussions on the most topical issues related to science and technology. Each year, it attracts hundreds of participants from the fields of science, politics and business.<\/p>\n<p>On 4 October, just before the opening of the Forum, the President of BAS Corr. Memb. Evelina Slavcheva also took part in the symposium \u201cRegional Action on Climate Change\u201d (RACC17).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The President of BAS, Corr. Memb. Evelina Slavcheva, participated in the 18th edition of the \u201cAcademy of Science Presidents&#8217; Meeting\u201d which is organized annually by the \u201cScience Council of Japan\u201d within the framework of the \u201cScience and Technology in Society\u201d forum (STS forum). \u201cInnovation-promoting approaches to science funding\u201d was the topic of discussion for this year&#8217;s Meeting. Each participant was given the opportunity to share their institution&#8217;s experience with securing funding for promising research in priority areas, and the positives and negatives of existing mechanisms for approving research projects for funding were discussed. Corr. Memb. Slavcheva presented the successful experience of BAS institutes in combining different national and international programs for funding research and innovation. 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