G7 science ministers seek to build collaboration

Group representing leading global economies agrees closer ties on infrastructures and advanced technologies

Science ministers from the G7 group of leading global economies have agreed on the need for stronger collaboration among themselves and more broadly, on a range of research matters.

Ministers from the member nations of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK and the US met in Bologna and Forlì in Italy on 9-11 July with the aim of increasing collaboration.