ASI offers several types of conferences, ranging from the International African Science Conference (IASC) to Africa Focus.  ASI also offers workshops and seminars on a wide range of subject matter.  Each of these events are developed in detail to assure participants full knowledge of issues.
 

International African Science Conference (IASC)

Contemporary conditions throughout the world dictate that individuals can no longer isolate themselves and solve problems with only local resources to effectively assist people in need internationally.  If an organization is to be effective in solving problems which affects an entire people, then it must work with many individuals and organizations which are also attempting to help that people.  For this reason, African Scientific Institute (ASI) has sought the assistance of Black scientists to enhance their people.  We have joined hands with many individuals and organizations and have formed relationships in various areas throughout the United States and foreign countries to assure successful conferences which are global in their effect.

ASI has a history of presenting conferences to the public since 1970. Our people are well adapted to the use of scientists as a source to fulfill public needs. We have presented our proposals for such fulfillment in our conferences. One of our conference formats is the INTERNATIONAL AFRICAN SCIENCE CONFERENCE (IASC).

IASC objectives are immediate, intermediate, and long range in scope:

First, the immediate goal of this conference, having the public see Black scientist from around the world, will be realized.  At this conference, the public sees Black scientists and how the images they build contribute towards enhancing humanity and the environment in which humanity lives.  Through the efforts of the participants, an interface is established between the lay and scientific sectors that allows the people in general to gain respect for Black people.  This respect from your fellow man is a necessity for survival.  Through scientific and technological accomplishments, people acquire respect.  This conference is a small stepping stone to show the public that Blacks have, can, and will achieve scientific prominence in the world!  This conference represents an extension of A.S.I.'s belief that a technical organization should do more than just promote the development of only its membership.

In pre-industrial times, a technical association functioned mainly as a guild or a union. Its sole purpose was to protect t he social and economic positions, as well as the technical secrets, of its members. During the past, science and technology was an art. Today, science and technology are each a profession. To advance either, means that new approaches to their enhancement must be sought.  A technical association should provide a framework where new ideas can be explored, and where members and non-members can interface and make contributions to society.  IASC represents one such framework that A.S.I. provides for the public.

The conference was initiated, under A.S.I. auspices, by a group of physical and life scientists to accomplish several goals.  They wanted Black scientists and engineers to play a more important role in the area of science. Therefore, they formulated the idea of a conference that was broad in subject matter, international and interdisciplinary in scope, and whose format would allow for both formal and informal contacts among the participants and audience. As important in this reasoning is the relation science/ technology has with society. Technology does not exist because of its own good. It exists for people; its goodness and the progress it brings, can only be judged in relation to how it meets the needs and desires of society.  With this in mind, IASC is presented on the level where it would be attractive to the layman.  It is he/she, who uses the reasoning from the information scientists and engineers, that will make the ultimate decision on the morality and desirability of a technological innovation.

The intermediate objective of this conference is to initiate projects on a pilot basis by drawing upon the expertise of Black scientists in conjunction with our institutions of higher learning.

Long range objectives of IASC will be enduring. We will establish systems to perpetuate the development of our youth into areas of higher learning, including scientific knowledge. Such systems will no longer over-depend on others' interests in us. We will enhance ourselves because we so choose.
 

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Africa Focus

Every country throughout the world has concerns and problems which are continually being addressed by their various leaders. Countries in Africa are no different.

While each country in Africa is unique and requires specific solutions to respective problems, there are general problems which exist in each country and require solutions which are common across national boundaries.  To resolve problems, each country must clearly state which problems have highest priority. Many countries have attempted to do so by initiating and developing plans.  However, why many African countries have so much difficulty overcoming inertia to effectively implement their plans is baffling.  Perhaps such difficulty can be attributed to incorrect defining of problems, or incorrect prioritizing of problem solutions, wrong solutions, insufficient or incorrect resources to implement solutions, poor and/or incorrect leadership, or cultural impediments.

Whatever the reasons for the challenges to overcome difficulties, the clarification of existing conditions, resources, and problems, both specific and general, must be made prior to the initiation of pragmatic solutions.

When it is clear what we want to do and in what order of priority we want to initiate, develop, and implement solutions......... then effective resources can be allocated to resolve problems.

Concerns, problems, and solutions are addressed at the AFRICA FOCUS Series . You need to be there. This Series:

• Addresses a host of problems and opportunities from many international sources. From these same sources, you can assist in developing a list of priorities for initiating achievable solutions for short, intermediate, and long range goals.
• Identifies available resources which assist in Africa's development and bridge relations between Africans and African Americans. No one wants to "reinvent the wheel" and minimize the effectiveness available to address issues.
• Defines where many Africans and African Americans are in relation to many dynamics of international forces in a rapidly changing world.
• Identifies international financial sources interested in efforts to enhance African countries.
• Identifies multinational corporations and organizations operating in Africa.
• Initiates a databank of international resources interested in African development.

Each workshop evaluates implementation processes in relation to immediate, midrange, and longrange effects of changes occurring throughout the world.  Each country, whether in Africa, Europe, past Soviet Bloc, the Americas, Asia, Mideast, etc. is seeking "its share" of world resources.... finances, raw materials, human brainpower.