Over 100 scientists of Islamic world to present achievements at the 6th STEP

07 Oct. 2019

MSTF Media reports:

The 6th round of STEP will be held simultaneous with 2019 Mustafa Prize Award Ceremony from November 9 to 11 at different universities in Tehran on the theme of water-energy nexus and health.

The prominent scientists are from different countries including  Malaysia, Turkey, England, India and Iraq in different fields of water-energy nexus and health, as well as scientific collaboration including science communication, financing for science and technology and also women in science and technology, he explained.

Jafari said that the STEP's guests and scientists are selected from international organizations, scientific media and are prominent academics.

Over 150 academics and representatives of scientific centers attended the past rounds of STEP and several agreements were signed amongst universities and scientists, he added.

Presenting research grants in the form of innovation laboratories and building infrastructures for student university exchanges between countries are other achievements of the past rounds of the event, he explained.

Jafari said that STEP aims to produce and share scientific capacities of Islamic world, gather scientists of Islamic world and establish connection between young scientists in different countries.

During the meeting, the secretary of scientific committee for water-energy nexus Mohammad Hassan Saeidi explained about details of the program in this section of the event.

On November 9, about 25 foreign researchers and academics as well as numerous Iranian scientists will attend the water-energy nexus, he said.

As previously reported, professor Naweed Syed from Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute (Canada), professor Naim Akhtar Khan from Burgundy University (France), Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin from Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (Switzerland), Kamaruzzaman Bin Sopian from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (Malaysia) are the guests of the event..

Other guests are Mohammad Haris Akram and Manzoor Hussain Soomro from Pakistan, Abdulkabir Balikci from Turkey, Mahmoud Abdel-Aty from Egypt, Mustafa Marafi from Kuwait, Amin Shokrolllahi from Switzerland, Ashraf Alam from India and Halit Oguztuzun from Turkey.

What is STEP?

In order to create an atmosphere of cooperation and interaction among experts and scientists from Islamic world, the Mustafa Science & Technology Foundation (MSTF) conducts various activities one of which is STEP. The STEP which is held annually in one of the Islamic Countries offers a wide range of joint cooperative research opportunities and creates a platform for in-depth discussions and exchanges of strategic experience to the Islamic world.

The first and third STEPs were held in Tehran, simultaneous with Mustafa Prize Award Ceremony in 2015 and 2017, in cooperation with Islamic World Academy of Sciences, and various universities and scientific centers. The second STEP was held in Putrajaya, 2016, in collaboration with Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Young Scientists Network, and Academy of Sciences Malaysia. The fourth STEP was held in Muscat, 2-5 December, 2018, hosted by Sultan Qaboos University (SQU).

The 5th STEP on health with an emphasis on female scientists’ contribution was held at the University of Karachi from February 27th to March 2nd, 2019, in collaboration with International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS).