M S A S

Welcome !

On behalf of the MSAS'2004 organizing committee we are very pleased to welcome you to take part in the 3d Mali Symposium on Applied Sciences, to be held at the University of Bamako from August 2-5, 2004.

For this third edition we are excited to present an expanded program, with 5 concurrent thematic conferences to encompass a broader range of disciplines and interests, all vital to the strengthening of scientific research and higher education in Mali and Africa. MSAS'2004 will be the place for you to review progress made by Africa-based research institutions and by the diaspora, to meet the next generation of Malian scientists, and to initiate the promising partnerships of the future with colleagues from around the continent and beyond.

Beautiful Bamako will greet participants with a delighting opportunity to experience the legendary Malian hospitality - the 'Jatigiya', while opening a fresh window on a changing, dynamic, optimistic Africa. A new socio-economic thrust which, to be sustainable, will require even more trust in research, more quality in higher education, more investments in science. We look forward to sharing that vision with you in Bamako: see you soon at MSAS'2004 !

Pr. Mohamed Lamine Traoré
Ministre de l'Education Nationale du Mali

Pr. Diola Bagayoko Distinguished Professor, SUBR Honorary President of MSAS

Pr. Fadoulourahmane Seydou Univ. Maryland, Univ. Oulu President of MSAS

Last modification on july 26, 2004