The International Council for Science (ICSU) is a non-government organisation with a global membership of 48 international scientific unions and interdisciplinary science bodies. These organisations convene scientists within and across the disciplines to coordinate research and address issues of global significance. The Academy is Australia’s adhering body for ICSU and 31 ICSU organisations and meets responsibilities and obligations that arise from the ICSU memberships with the assistance of the National Committees for Science.
The 32nd ICSU General Assembly will be hosted by the Academy of Sciences located in Taipei. Australia will be formally represented by the President of the Academy, Professor Andrew Holmes AC PresAA FRS FTSE, and the Foreign Secretary, Professor Cheryl Praeger FAA.
A proposal to merge ICSU with the International Social Science Council (ISSC) was approved in principle at an extraordinary General Assembly in Oslo in October 2016. A Transition Task Force is developing detailed transition plans, which will be put to a vote during the general assembly. If endorsed, the transition will be implemented and overseen by the ISSC and ICSU executives, with a founding General Assembly of the new organisation tentatively planned for October 2018. Background documents on the merger are available on ICSU’s website.
| Meeting | City | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 38th Session of the WCRP Joint Scientific Committee | Paris | 3-7 April 2017 |
| 49th IUPAC General Assembly | Sao Paulo | 7-14 July 2017 |
| 19th IUPAB congress and 11th EBSA congress | Edinburgh | 16-20 July 2017 |
| IUMS 2017 Congresses | Singapore | 17-21 July 2017 |
| 25th International Congress of History of Science and Technology | Rio de Janeiro | 23-29 July 2017 |
| XXXVIII IUPS Congress | Rio de Janeiro | 1-5 August 2017 |
| 24th Congress of the ICO | Tokyo | 21-25 August 2017 |
| XXXIInd URSI General Assembly & Scientific Symposium | Montreal | 19-26 August 2017 |
| XXIV Congress & General Assembly | Hyderabad | 21-28 August 2017 |
| 21st International Congress of Nutrition | Buenos Aires | 15-20 October 2017 |
| 29th IUPAP General Assembly | TBA | November |
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