Agenda

MONDAY, 15 December 2025

TUESDAY, 16 December 2025

WEDNESDAY, 17 December 2025 (DAY 1)

THURSDAY, 18 December 2025 (DAY 2)

The programme does not yet include session speakers. It will be regularly updated.

Events indicated as “closed” are on invitation only.

All day

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

Organiser: Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF)

All day

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

Organiser: Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF)

12:30 - 17:30

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

09:00 - 12:00

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

09:00 - 10:30

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

Organiser: EU Science Diplomacy Alliance

09:00 - 12:00

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

10:30 - 12:00

Side event: Engineering Diplomacy (OPEN)

Venue: tbd

Organiser: Euro-CASE

10:30 - 12:00

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

Start of the Conference

13:00

Welcome

Opening ceremony

13:45

A message from the 1st European Science Diplomacy Conference

14:00

Keynote

14:30

Coffee break & group picture

15:00

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

14:00

Keynote

16:45

Short break, splitting into group sessions

17:00

Parallel Sessions

Parallel Session 1: Ocean Diplomacy
Coordinator: University of Bergen

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

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

18:30

Networking reception

20:00

High-level dinner (CLOSED)

9:00

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

10:20

Keynote

10:50

Coffee break

11:15

Parallel Sessions

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

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

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

12:45

Lunch break

Book launch “Science Diplomacy in an Era of Technological Disruption”
Organiser: University of Birmingham

TED talks by Science Diplomacy Researchers

14:00

Plenary Session III: Values and Ethics of Science Diplomacy

15:20

Coffee break

15:45

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

17:00

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

18:00

End

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