Programme: Science Diplomacy Workshop in Trieste

DAY 1 – Monday 21st OCTOBER
08:30	Registration
09:00	Welcome – Opening Speech Prof Mohamad Hassan, TWAS President, Key Note Address Prof Romain Murenzi, TWAS Director, Welcome Speech Dr Peter McGrath, Science Diplomacy Coordinator, TWAS; and representative of the S4D4C Consortium
09:30	What is Science Diplomacy? An Icebreaker Session Dr Lorenzo Melchor, EU Science advice and diplomacy officer, Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT)
10.00	Coffee Break
10:30	The World of Diplomacy and its Approach to Science Mr Clemens Mantl, Consul General of the Republic of Austria to Milan
11.30	Science Communication Dr Nico Pitrelli, Science writer and trainer, International School of Advanced Studies, SISSA
12.30	Group Picture (Terrace)
12:45	Lunch
14:00	Case Study –Research standards and integrity in international settings: Linking research communities from the EU and abroad Dr Tim Flink, Senior Researcher, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and German Centre of Higher Education Research and Science Studies (DZHW)
15:30	Coffee Break
16:00	The International Science System Dr Peter McGrath, Science Diplomacy Coordinator, TWAS
17:00	Introduction to next day (video on Geoengineering)
17:30	End of Day 1

Day 2 -Tuesday, 22nd OCTOBER
08:30	Workshop on Negotiation Skills Ms Maria Josten, Strategy and Monitoring Division, German Aerospace Centre/Project Management Agency (DLR-PT)
09:30	Simulation Game on Solar Radiation Management Dr Peter McGrath, Science Diplomacy Coordinator, TWAS
10:30	Coffee Break
11:00	Simulation Game on Solar Radiation Management (cont.) Dr Peter McGrath, Science Diplomacy Coordinator, TWAS
12:30	Lunch
14:00	Transportation to Elettra, Synchrotron Facility
14:30	Visit to Elettra, Synchotron Facility Dr Andrea Lausi, Head, Xpress beamline Dr Michele Bertolo, International Projects Cluster Coordinator Dr Loredana Casalis, Head, NanoInnovation Laboratory
17:00	Trieste Tour – Free Time
19:30	Participants’ Dinner Pier The Roof, Trieste
22:00	End of Day 2

Day 3 – Wednesday, 23rd OCTOBER
08:30	The European Perspective on Science Diplomacy: Where We Are and Where We Are Going Dr Marga Gual Soler, Advisor to the Horizon 2020 European Science Diplomacy Cluster
09:15	Case Study – Water Diplomacy and its Future in the National, Regional, European and Global Environment; and Simulation Game on theIndopotamia River Basin Dr Eliška Černovská, Assistant Professor, Institute of International Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University in Prague
10:30	Coffee Break
11:00	Roundtable: Careers in Science Diplomacy Dr Pierguido Sarti, Italian Science Attaché, Pretoria, South Africa Dr Marga Gual Soler, Advisor to the Horizon 2020 European Science Diplomacy Cluster Dr Lorenzo Melchor, EU Science advice and diplomacy officer, Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology Ms Sheila Perosa, International Affairs, TWAS
12:45	Lunch
14:00	Debriefing, Evaluation and Closing Science Diplomacy Brainstorming Project Workshop Quiz Closing Remarks and Certificates
15:30	End of Day 3 and of Workshop