Agenda

Asia-Europe Science & Technology Diplomacy Youth Summit (CLOSED)

Organiser: Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF)

Side event: Joint Meeting of the Foreign Ministries Science & Technology Advice Network (FMSTAN) and the Network of Science Advisors and Science Diplomacy Coordinators in EU Ministries of Foreign Affairs (CLOSED)

Organiser: European Commission / Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Side event: Joint Meeting of the Foreign Ministries Science & Technology Advice Network (FMSTAN) and the Network of Science Advisors and Science Diplomacy Coordinators in EU Ministries of Foreign Affairs (CLOSED)

Organiser: European Commission / Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Side event: General Assembly of the EU Science Diplomacy Alliance (CLOSED)

Organiser: EU Science Diplomacy Alliance

Side event: Science Diplomacy and Society: Intersections and Implications (OPEN)

Venue: The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters

Organiser: The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters and the Danish Centre for Studies in Research and Research Policy

Side event: Engineering Diplomacy (OPEN)

Venue: tbd

Organiser: Euro-CASE

Side event: From Research to Relation: International Scientific Networks, the Quiet Diplomats (OPEN)

Venue: Copenhagen Business School

Organisers: COST Association with The Guild, Marie Curie Alumni Association and Université Côte d’Azur

Side event: From Threat to Empowerment: How Science in Distress Can Drive Innovation and Strengthen Science Diplomacy (OPEN)

Venue: Copenhagen Business School

Organisers: DAAD Centre for International Academic Cooperation

Welcome

Opening ceremony

Speakers:

• Susanne Ditlevesen, President, Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters
• Peter Møllgaard, President, Copenhagen Business School
• Ekaterina Zaharieva, European Commissioner for Startups, Research and Innovation (video message)
• Christina Egelund, Minister for Higher Education and Science, Denmark

A message from the 1st European Science Diplomacy Conference

• Eva Ortega-Paíno, Secretary General for Research, Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, Spain

Keynote I

Speakers:

• Enrico Letta, President, Jacques Delors Institute
  Introduced by Christina Egelund, Minister for Higher Education and Science, Denmark

Coffee break & group picture

Plenary session I: European Science Diplomacy in a Rapidly Changing World

Speakers:

• Signe Ratso, Deputy Director General, DG Research and Innovation, European Commission
• Marcus Pleyer, State Secretary, Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space, Germany
• Thierry Damerval, Special Envoy for Science, Technology and Innovation, Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs / Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Space, France
• Peter Japelj, Director General for Economic, Cultural and Science Diplomacy, Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, Slovenia
• Marie-Louise Nosch, Vice-President, All European Academies (ALLEA), University of Copenhagen

Disruptive voice:

• Vitalij Suprun, Researcher, Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University, Ukraine

Moderator:

• Mette Birkedal Bruun, Vice Chair, Professor, The Danish Council for Research and Innovation Policy, University of Copenhagen

Fireside chat: We went as scientists and came back as science diplomats - Experiences from working with North Korea

Speakers:

• James Hammond, Professor of Geophysics, Director Mount Paektu Research Centre, Birkbeck, University of London, UK

Keynote II

Speakers:

• Macharia Kamau, Principal Secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kenya
  Introduced by Mogens Lykketoft, former Danish Foreign Minister and former President of the UN General Assembly

Short break, splitting into group sessions

Parallel Sessions

Parallel Session 1: Ocean Diplomacy
Coordinator: University of Bergen

Speakers:

• Kieran Coleman, Policy Officer, Ocean, Seas and Waters Unit, DG Research and Innovation, European Commission
• Andrei Polejack, Director of Research and Innovation, INPO - National Institute for Ocean Research, Brazil
• Angelique Poupounneau, Lead Ocean Negotiator, Alliance of Small Island States, Seychelles
• Edvard Hviding, Professor of Social Anthropology, University of Bergen, Norway
• Alice Vadrot, Professor for International Relations and Environment, University of Vienna, Austria

Moderator:

• Sverre Ole Drønen, Global Ocean Science Diplomacy Observatory, University of Bergen, Norway

Parallel Session 2: Polar Diplomacy
Coordinator: The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters / UiT - The Arctic University of Norway

Speakers:

• Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, Chairman, Arctic Circle, President of Iceland 1996-2016
• Sara Olsvig, Chair, Inuit Circumpolar Council
• Beixi Deng, Head of International Relations, Polar Research Institute of China
• Peter Sköld, Chair of the European Polar Board, Professor of History, Sami Culture and Society Development , Umeå University, Sweden
• Monika Szkarłat, Assistant Professor, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland
• Francesca Tolve, Head of Sector for Science Diplomacy and International Cooperation - International Relations Office, National Research Council of Italy

Moderator:

• Rasmus Gjedssø Bertelsen, Professor of Northern Studies, Barents Chair in Politics, UiT - The Arctic University of Norway

Parallel Session 3: Space Diplomacy
Coordinator: European Space Policy Institute (ESPI)

Moderator:

• Hermann Ludwig Moeller, Director, European Space Policy Institute

Networking reception

Speaker:

• Christian Joas, Niels Bohr Archive, University of Copenhagen

High-level dinner (CLOSED)

Plenary session II: Securitization of Science and its Impact on Science Diplomacy

Speakers:

• Yoichiro Matsumoto, Science & Technology Advisor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan
• Sir Mark Walport, Foreign Secretary and Vice-President, The Royal Society, UK
• Stéphanie Balme, Director, Centre for International Studies, SciencesPo, France
• Muriel Attané, Secretary General, European Association of Research and Technology Organisations (EARTO)
• Casper Andersen, Professor in History of Ideas, Aarhus University / Group Leader for Science Diplomacy, Aarhus Institute for Advanced Studies

Disruptive voice:

• Angela Liberatore, Science Diplomacy Fellow, European University Institute

Moderator:

• Anne Marie Engtoft Meldgaard, Danish Tech Ambassador

Keynote III

Coffee break

Parallel Sessions

Parallel Session 4: Concrete Steps to Boost European Competitiveness Through Science & Tech Diplomacy
Coordinator: Danish Council for Research and Innovation Policy

Speakers:

• Jean-François van Boxmeer, Chairman, Vodafone Group PLC, Chair, European Round Table for Industry
• Sylvia Schwaag Serger, CEO, Royal Academy of Engineering, Sweden
• Jens Nielsen, CEO, BioInnovation Institute, Denmark
• Claudia Reinprecht, Deputy Director, Federal Ministry of European and International Affairs, Austria

Moderator:

• Jes Broeng, Director, DTU Entrepreneurship, Denmark

Parallel Session 5: The Role of Non-State Actors in Science Diplomacy
Coordinator: EU Science Diplomacy Alliance

Speakers:

• Cardinal Peter Turkson, Chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, The Vatican
• Mads Krogsgaard Thomsen, CEO, Novo Nordisk Foundation, Denmark
• Marga Gual Soler, Head of Science Diplomacy Capacity Building, Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator (GESDA), Switzerland
• Gloria Benedikt, Research Artist and Stage Director, Independent, Austria

Moderator:

• Mostafa Moonir Shawrav, Executive Director, Marie Curie Alumni Association (MCAA)

Parallel Session 6: Equitable Science Diplomacy Partnerships between North and South
Coordinator: European Commission and International Science Council

Speakers:

• Joan Borrell Mayeur, Deputy Secretary-General, Head of Higher Education & Research Division, Union for the Mediterranean
• Zakri Bin Abdul Hamid, Director, International Institute of Science Diplomacy and Sustainability, Malaysia
• Appolinaire Djikeng, Director General, CGIAR International Lifestock Research Institute
• Maria Estelí Jarquín, Governing Board Member, International Science Council (ISC) / International Relations Manager, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
• Sakine Weikert, Head of the Centre for International Academic Cooperation (KIWi), German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

Moderator:

• Nienke Buisman, Head of Unit, International Cooperation: Asia, Pacific, Africa & the Middle East, European Commission

Lunch break

TED talks by Science Diplomacy Researchers

Plenary Session III: Values and Ethics of Science Diplomacy

Speakers:

• Lidia Brito, Assistant Secretary-General for Natural Sciences, UNESCO
• Cardinal Peter Turkson, Chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, The Vatican
• József Pálinkás, Former President of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
• Vaughan Turekian, Executive Director for International Networks, Collaboration and Security, National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine, USA

Disruptive voice:

• Helen Eenmaa, Associate Professor of Governance and Legal Policy, University of Tartu, Estonia

Moderator:

• Maria Rentetzi, Professor of Science, Technology and Gender Studies, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany

Coffee break

Plenary Session IV: Next steps for a European Framework for Science Diplomacy

Speakers:

• Jan Marco Müller, Team Leader Global Approach, Multilateral Dialogue and Science Diplomacy, DG Research and Innovation, European Commission
• Alessandro Lombardo, Chair of the EU Science Diplomacy Alliance / Senior Executive Officer, Central European Initiative
• Andrei Luca, Chair of the EU Network of Science Advisors and Science Diplomacy Coordinators in Ministries of Foreign Affairs / Director for Education, Culture and Science Diplomacy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Romania
• Izaskun Lacunza, Director-General, Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT)
• Martina Hartl, Deputy Head, Department of International Cooperation and Science Diplomacy, Federal Ministry of Women, Science and Research, Austria

Disruptive voice:

• Tim Flink, Research Policy Manager, Association of Research-based Pharmaceutical Manufacturers (vfa), Germany

Moderator:

• Dame Anne Glover, former Chief Scientific Adviser to the President of the European Commission, Professor Emeritus, University of Strathclyde, UK

Closing Ceremony incl. Reading out of Conference Statement and of Youth Summit Declaration

Speakers:

• Delegates of the Science & Tech Diplomacy Youth Summit
• Thomas Trøst Hansen, Ministry of Higher Education and Science, Denmark
• Jan Marco Müller, Team Leader Global Approach, Multilateral Dialogue and Science Diplomacy, DG Research and Innovation, European Commission
• Konstantinos Kleovoulou, Director, Deputy Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy, Republic of Cyprus

Moderator:

• Frede Blaabjerg, Chair, Danish Council for Research and Innovation Policy

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