TY - JOUR AB - Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to report on the 174th annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science held 14‐18 February 2008 in Boston, MA, USA.Design/methodology/approach– Conference report.Findings– The conference theme was science and technology from a global perspective, which emphasized the power of science and technology as well as education to assist less‐developed segments of the world society, to improve partnerships among already developed countries and to spur knowledge‐driven transformations across a host of fields.Originality/value– Overviews of six conference symposia are presented, which will be of interest to this journal's readers. VL - 25 IS - 7 SN - 0741-9058 DO - 10.1108/07419050810921292 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/07419050810921292 AU - Mihram Danielle AU - Arthur Mihram G. PY - 2008 Y1 - 2008/01/01 TI - The AAAS 2008 annual meeting: science and technology from a global perspective T2 - Library Hi Tech News PB - Emerald Group Publishing Limited SP - 1 EP - 12 Y2 - 2024/09/21 ER -