Thierry Courvoisier, president of the European Academies Science Advisory Council (EASAC) talks about the upcoming statements of EASAC

Margaret Sleeboom-Faulkner, Professor of Social & Medical Anthropology, University of Sussex discusses the ethics of regenerative medicine with Bálint Gilicze, reporter from mta.hu

Short interview with Sheryl Hendriks, Head of Department, University of Pretoria, Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development.

This year's Forum focuses on the ethical problems scientists face and on the responsibility of researchers for the consequences of their scientific results. The organisers wish to consider these important issues in a broad perspective. "When talking about freedom of research we must address questions like: How to share resources between basic research and innovation? How can science funding be made more transparent and just? Why is it so crucial for scientists to take part in the policy making…

Paris, 18 November—This year’s UNESCO Sultan Qaboos Prize for Environmental Conservation will be awarded to the Bangalore-based Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE) in recognition of its socially-just environmental conservation and sustainable development activities, following the recommendation of the international jury of the prize. The award ceremony will be held in Budapest, Hungary, on 20 November during the forthcoming World Science Forum.

Paris, 17 November—UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay will award the UNESCO Kalinga Prize for the Popularization of science to Karl Kruszelnicki (Australia) on 20 November, at the World Science Forum in Budapest, Hungary.