On Dec. 9-10, the Interacademy Partnership (IAP) held a conference in Beijing, China. Hosted by the Chinese Academy of Science, the conference was an initiative of the IAP’s Committee on Science for Povery Eradication and Inequallity Reduction (SPEC).

The subject of the conference was “Science-Based Solutions for Poverty Eradication and Sustainable Development.” IPSP authors Elisa Reis (Ch. 1) and Fernando Filgueira (Ch. 8) attended the conference and presented the work of the IPSP to participants from around the world.