FLAD Conference in the Azores

Vasco Rato from FLAD and the Consul. (Photo: US Consulate Azores)
Vasco Rato from FLAD and the Consul.

The Luso-American Foundation for Development (FLAD) in cooperation with the National Science Foundation (NSF) held a conference on “Science and Society: Bioethics in Debate” on Thursday, October 15. The conference was part of a cycle of conferences “30 Years of FLAD – Three Decades of Development: Science, Economics and Politics.

Deputy Chief of Mission, John Olson, presented opening remarks along with FLAD President Vasco Rato and Fausto de Brito e Abreu, the Regional Secretary for Oceans, Science, and Technology. Consul Liz Konick attended the conference and happy to have the opportunity to meet participants from both FLAD and the regional government.

 

DCM Olson, on the right, greeting the guests. (Photo: US Consulate Azores)
DCM Olson, on the right, greeting the guests.