1. Out of Africa: a Southeast Asia Prospective nano seeber

3. IRIS: from national to international the box is open! Who is “we”? from guests to owners? First step: “International data center”

4. From a national to an international niche for IRIS From seismology for basic science toward integrated geophysical monitoring for practical applications

5. Training –Instruments, data analysis, software –Service to science? –Research: –Partners in science –Public outreach –Societal benefit - long term program

6. Science’s responsibility as a cross-cutting cultural force Role of science in the global society –Only hazard & engineering applications? –Aesthetics? Self image? –Alternative to fundamentalism? consumerism? Earth-science for sustainability –stewardship of the planet The rich-poor divide –Learning to project soft power