CONTENTS
Profiles of Scientists Addressing the Inaugural Meeting
Inauguration Addresses by Dignitaries
Welcome Address by Professor R. Saunders
Official Opening by Senator Michael Williams
Official Address by The Hon. Winston Dookeran
Minister of Planning and Mobilization
Realisation of the Inauguration of Caribbean Academy of Sciences
by The Rt Hon. J.G.M. Compton
Chairman of Caribbean Heads of Government
Keynote Address: “Science, Communications, Development and Society”,
Professor W J. Whelan
President, ICSU Press.
Vote of Thanks by Professor G.M. Richards
Principal of UWI, SL Augustine
The Natural Sciences, Development and Society
Professor G.C. Lalor
Pro Vice Chancellor of U.W.I., Mona, Jamaica
The Medical Sciences, Development and Society
Professor Rolf Richards
Head, Department of Medicine, U.W.I. St.Augustine.
Social Sciences, Development and Society
Mr. Frank Barsotti
The Engineering Sciences, Development and Society
Professor H. Phelps
The Agricultural Sciences, Development and Society
Mr. Hayden Blades.
Sane Experiences of The African Academy of Sciences
Dr. C.H.D. Magadza
Messages from Foreign Academies, Embassies and Dignitaries
The first response came from TWAS in March 1988
Decisions Taken at Meeting
Draft Constitution,
Constitution, Caribbean Academy
