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LAPORAN PRESIDENPRESIDENT’S REPORTPertubuhan Pendidikan Sains dan Pendidikan Islam ,Scientifi c and Cultural Organisation, Bank PembangunanIslam, Akademi Saintis Muda Dunia dan Akademi SainsDunia Ketiga. Simposium ini diadakan pada 9–11 Ogosbertempat di Pusat Konvensyen Kuala Lumpur danbermatlamat memperlihatkan bahawa Islam bukansetakat menegaskan soal agama malah memberipenekanan penting soal memperoleh pengetahuanS&T untuk pembangunan ekonomi dan modal insan.Aktiviti kedua merupakan Bengkel Belia Antarabangsaterhadap STI, diadakan pada 6–7 Ogos juga di tempatyang sama. Bengkel ini mendapat sokongan BankPembangunan Islam, Akademi Sains Dunia Islam, AkademiSains Dalam Dunia Membangun, Jawatankuasa TetapKerjasama Sains dan Teknologi OIC, dan PertubuhanPendidikan Sains dan Kebudayaan Islam. Bengkel inibermatlamat membangunkan satu forum belia danjaringan STI dan mempromosi konsep pembangunanmodal manusia dari perspektif Islam Hadhari. Sejumlah90 saintis muda menghadiri bengkel ini. Daripadajumlah ini kesemua hadirin, kecuali 25 peserta, datangdaripada 14 buah negara OIC. Di penghujungbengkel, satu resolusi mengenai belia Muslim dalambidang STI dirumus. Para peserta juga komited dalammewujudkan portal-portal pengurusan pengetahuanSTI selain berkongsi serta membangunkan secarabersama perkakas untuk pengurusan penyelidikan olehpenyelidik muda di negara-negara Islam. Satu lagi,Kursus Latihan Pengurusan S&T untuk para Penyelidikdi Negara OIC juga telah dikelolakan di Kuala Lumpur.Terakhir sekali, pameran mengenai ‘Kecemerlangan Sainsdalam Tamadun Islam: Sains Islam Mendahului Zaman’diadakan pada 8 Januari–14 Februari bertempat di PusatKonvensyen Kuala Lumpur. Pameran kelolaan MOSTI,Pusat Sains Kebangsaan dan ASM dengan kerjasamaInstitut Sejarah Sains Arab - Islam, Frankfurt, Germanyini dikunjungi lebih suku juta pengunjung.Jaringan dengan institut-institut penyelidikan antarabangsa,akademi-akademi dan institusi-institusi pembelajarantinggi lain dimeterai bagi mempromosi interaksi diserata dunia secara kental dan penuh bersemangattelah diperkukuh dan meliputi bidang yang seimbanglagi merangkumi pelbagai disiplin sains. PerwakilanASM hadir di beberapa mesyuarat antarabangsa danakademi telah diberi kesempatan untuk menceburibanyak projek. Ini merupakan satu perkembanganyang sungguh bermakna dalam misi Akademi mencapaikecemerlangan di bidang sains demi pembangunanNegara dan manfaat manusia segajat.Penubuhan pejabat serantau Majlis AntarabangsaSains (ICSU) untuk Asia dan Pasifi k, pada tahun 2006,Islamic Education, Scientifi c and Cultural Organisation,Islamic Development Bank, World Academy of YoungScientists and the Third World Academy of Sciences. Thiswas held from 9–11 August at the KL Convention Centre.The aim was to reveal that Islam not only emphasises onreligion but also places utmost importance on acquiringknowledge in S&T for economic and human capitaldevelopment. The other is the two-day InternationalYouth Workshop on STI, held at the same venue from 6–7August, supported by the Islamic Development Bank,Islamic World Academy of Science, Academy of Sciencesin the Developing World, OIC Standing Committee onScientifi c and Technological Co-operation, and IslamicEducational Scientifi c and Cultural Organisation. Theobjectives of the workshop were to establish a youthforum and networking in STI and to promote a conceptof human capital development from the perspective ofIslam Hadhari. A total of 90 young scientists attendedthe Workshop. All but 25 were from 14 OIC countries.At the end of the Workshop, a resolution on Muslimyouths in STI was produced. The participants were alsocommitted to establish STI knowledge managementportals and to share and co-develop new tools forresearch management for young scientists in theIslamic countries. Yet another S&T Management TrainingCourse for Researchers in OIC Countries was also heldin Kuala Lumpur, and fi nally, an exhibition on ‘Scientifi cExcellence in Islamic Civilisation: Islamic Science Aheadof its Time’ was held from 8 January–14 February at theKL Convention Hall. More than a quarter of a millionpeople visited the exhibition which was organized byMOSTI, National Science Centre and ASM in collaborationwith the Institute for the History of Arab-Islamic Sciences,Frankfurt, Germany.Linkages with international research institutions, otherworld academies and institutions of higher learningdesigned to promote robust and vigorous interactionsacross the globe were well consolidated and havecovered balanced and varied disciplines of the sciences.ASM was represented in several international meetingsand the Academy has been given the opportunityto participate in many projects. This is a signifi cantdevelopment for the Academy in our mission to pursueexcellence in science for development of the nationand benefi t of mankind.The establishment of the International Council forScience (ICSU) regional offi ce for Asia and the Pacifi c, in10In Pursuit of Excellence in Science