Ms. Romana Siddique, Senior Lecturer of Biotechnology program at Department of Mathematics and Natural Sciences had attended World Science Forum 2017 as a Young Scientist. She was invited by Royal Scientific Society of Jordan to attend WSF 2017 which took place from 7 to 11November 2017 at the King Hussein Bin Talal Convention Centre at the Dead sea, Jordan, under the gracious Royal Patronage of His Majesty King Abdullah II Ibn Al Hussein of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, and in the presence of the World Science Forum patrons, His Excellency Janos Ader, President of Hungary, and Her Excellency Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO. In WSF she actively participated in the session, ‘Young Researchers Identify Skills of the Future to Advance Science Diplomacy and Society’, in which the panel of plenary speakers contained seven young researchers from around the world, representing each organization, to talk about the role that young scientists play in science diplomacy and in promoting peace through the establishment of shared communities and research collaborations. She also actively participated in a special session, Women in Science to Achieve SDGs.
The WSF ended with the release of the declaration of the 8th World Science Forum on ‘Science for Peace’. The declaration calls for improved quality in science education, as well as greater empowerment of young scientists and women scientists.