Abstract 

The International Science Council (ISC) is a leading global organization dedicated to catalyzing and convening scientific expertise, providing advice, and influencing issues of significant concern to both science and society. The ISC strives to be a powerful and credible global voice, respected in both public and policy domains, as well as within the scientific community. Its core vision is to recognize science as a global public good. Central to this vision is the belief that scientific knowledge, data, and expertise must be universally accessible, with their benefits shared by all.

In its Action Plan for 2022-2024, the ISC emphasizes key areas such as Global Sustainability, Converging Science and Technology in a Digital Era, Science in Policy and Public Discourse, Evolving Practices in Science and Science Systems, and Freedom and Responsibility in Science. As a governing board member, I will present the ISC's mission, vision, and 2022-2024 action plans during my talk, while also sharing recent publications and initiatives that highlight our ongoing work.
 

Biography 

Mei-Hung Chiu is a Professor Emerita of the Graduate Institute of Science Education of the National Taiwan Normal University. Her research areas include (1) eliciting students’ conceptional construction and conceptual change in science education, (2) promoting model-based and modeling-based instruction and developing students’ modeling competence, (3) investigating the effectiveness of the use of counter-intuitive scenarios via facial recognition system in science learning, and (4) applying augmented reality for learning structures of organic compounds. She was a recipient of the Distinguished Contribution to Chemical Education Award from the Federation of Asian Chemical Societies (FACS) in 2009, the Distinguished Contribution to Science Education Award from East-Asian Science Education Association (EASE) in 2016, the Distinguished Woman in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering from IUPAC in 2021, and Distinguished Contribution to Chemistry Education Award (lifetime award) from IUPAC in 2024.