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The meeting on “Pervasive Surveillance and Privacy” and pre-meeting on “International Congress on Ethics in Science and Technology-December 4-8, 2017” was held on 4th Sept. 2017at NRISP with the presence of people interested in this area and members of the Iranian Society for Ethics in Science and Technology. At this meeting, the movie “Citizen Four” was screened for analysis and discussion.

The 1st meeting on “Developing Strategic Documents for the Development of Science, Technology and Innovation in the Ten Provinces of the Country” with the aim of providing a conceptual framework and working methodologywas held at NRISP on Thursday August, 24, 2017 with the presence of Dr. Naser Bagheri Moghaddam, Research Deputy of NRISP and the Head of National Network of Policy Research of Science, Technology and Innovation and Dr.

The 2nd meeting of popularization of science in Iran entitled “The Background and Approaches to Popularization of Science” was held at NRISP on Wednesday August, 19, 2017 with the presence of Dr. Akram Ghadimi, Associate Professor of NRISP and Dr. Hossein Sheikh-Rezaei, Assistant Professor of NRISP and a number of experts in this field.

The ceremony of the “1st Women Award in Science” (WAS) was held on 19th August 2017 at the Ghalam Hall of National Library of Iran with the efforts of Ministry of Science, Research and Technology (MSRT), National Research Institute for Science Policy (NRISP), National Organization of Educational Testing, Iranian Association for Popularization of Science, Iranian National Commission for UNESCO, Institute for Social and Cultural Studies, Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute of Iran and Women and Family Affairs Vice Presidency. At this ceremony, Iranian elite women were honored.

The 4th Training Workshop on “Research Method” was held with the presence of the experts of Science and Technology Special Zones from Tabriz, Khorasan, Yazd and Isfahan Provinces on the 9th August 2017 at NRISP. At the beginning, Dr. Ghaneirad, Head of Science and Society Research Group and the instructor of the workshop explained the differences between proposal authors and research designers and said; in proposal writing, the project should be approved by the employer but in designing a research, research process is carefully designed.

The 4th Training Workshop on “Common Tools for Futures Studies” was held with the presence of the experts of Science and Technology Special Zones from Tabriz, Khorasan, Yazd and Isfahan Provinces on the 9th August 2017 at NRISP. Dr. Saeed Khazaei, the instructor of the workshop explained about Futures Studies as follows: in the strategies of Futures Studies, Management and similar fields, decision science and how to decide are being discussed.

The Seminar on “National Network of Policy Research of Science, Technology and Innovation” was held at NRISP on 29th July 2017. In this seminar, the importance of networking in the field of policymaking and also the conceptual framework of the network were discussed. At the beginning of the meeting, Dr. Kazemi, NRISP President welcomed the audiences and emphasized on the necessity and the process of establishing this network and the need for cooperation and support by science and technology actors.

Given the importance of developing the “Grassroots Innovations Networks” in the Country, National Research Institute for Science Policy (NRISP) in collaboration with Jawaharlal Nehru University and Central University of Gujarat held a training workshop on “Grassroots Innovation Network” on 15-16 February 2017. The 2-day workshop deliberated on the topic of Grassroots Innovation Network to draw a roadmap of future research and policy roadmap of joint interest.

Iranian Association for Popularization of Sciences has held “The Week for Popularization of Sciences” simultaneous with “The World Science Day” with the aim of promoting the quality of programs and a structured movement with the cooperation of some cultural organizations since 2012. Following “The World Conference on Science”, the 10thNovember was determined as “the Global Day of Science for Peace and Development” by UNESCO and International Council for Science.

Iranian Association for Popularization of Science and NRISP Department of Popularization of Science decided to award the Popularization of Science Prize in 2016 to Dr. Mohammad Amin Ghaneirad, for a lifetime of hard work and responsible, purposeful, comprehensive, humane and ethical activities in public and academic areas in order to develop the science of sociology. It should be noted that Dr. Ghaneirad is the director of Science and Society Department and a faculty member of NRISP.