Programme

17:30

Opening Ceremony

• Alexander Degelsegger, ‘Using science for/in diplomacy for addressing global challenges (S4D4C)’ Lead Coordinator, Centre for Social Innovation (ZSI)
• Pedro Duque, Spanish Minister of Science, Innovation and Universities
• High-level representative of the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation

18:00

Opening Keynote: ‘Science diplomacy for national, cross-border and global needs’

Peter Gluckman, Chair of the International Network for Government Advice (IGSA)

18:30

Keynote Conversation

• Cristina Fraile, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Spain in the United States
• Robin Grimes, Professor, Imperial College London and former Chief Science Advice of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the United Kingdom

Chair: Ana Elorza, Science Advice Coordinator of the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT)

19:30

Reception

21:30

End of the day 1

DAY 2 – THURSDAY 13 DECEMBER

09:00

Keynote: ‘Science advice in the EU’

Nicole Grobert, Science Advice Mechanism, European Commission

09:30

Session 1: ‘Science diplomacy as key to advance in the country’s national needs’

Roundtable with a focus on what science diplomacy actions have been designed to directly advance a country’s national needs in the fields of soft power, national security and emergency response, economic dimensions, science, technology and innovation on the national level, etc.

• Peter Gluckman, Chair of the International Network for Government Science Advice (INGSA)
• Chagun Basha, DST’s Policy Research Centre at IISc Bangalore, Policy Fellow.
• Fernando Simón, Spanish Ministry of Health, Consumption and Social Welfare
• Minh-Hà Pham, Former Counsellor for Science and Technology, Embassy of France in the United States

Chair: Pauline Ravinet, University of Lille

10:45

Coffee break

11:15

Session 2: ‘Science diplomacy as key to address cross-border interests’

Roundtable with a focus on science diplomacy actions designed to address cross-border interests in the fields of bilateral or cross-boundary issues, shared resources, shared technical services, etc.

• Wolfgang Eberhardt, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchroton DESY
• Octavi Quintana, Director of the PRIMA Foundation.
• Margarida Ribeiro, Policy Officer, Directorate General Research, Technology and Development, European Commission
• Niccolo Iorno, Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Sectoral Foreign Policies Division; Education, Science and Space; Switzerland.

Chair: Tim Flink, German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies (DZHW)

12:30

Session 3: ‘Science diplomacy as key to meet global needs and challenges’

Roundtable with a focus on science diplomacy actions primarily designed to meet global needs and challenges in the field of sustainable developmental goals (SDGs), Ungoverned Spaces, etc.

• Jan Marco Müller, Head of Directorate Office/Coordinator for Science to Policy and Science Diplomacy, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
• William Colglazier, Visiting Scientist at the Center for Science Diplomacy at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
• Claudia Guerrero, Director of International Cooperation, SENACYT Panama

Chair: James Wilsdon, University of Sheffield

13:45

Lunch break

15:00

Keynote: ‘Science diplomacy – UK experiences and outlook’

Robin Grimes, Professor, Imperial College London and former Chief Science Advice of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the United Kingdom

15:30

Session 4: ‘Present and future of EU science diplomacy’

How would an EU science diplomacy mission be in a FP9 framework? What would be the goals and evaluation criteria of EU science diplomacy missions?

• Angela Liberatore, European Research Council, European Commission
• Jürgen Haberleithner, Professor, Centro Universitario de Estudios e Investigaciones Sobre la Cuenca del Pacífico, Centro de Estudios APEC, Universidad de Colima
• Riccardo Trobbiani, Project Researcher at the United Nations University Institute on Comparative Regional Integration Studies (UNU-CRIS)
• Leonard Laborie, Deputy coordinator of the Horizon 2020 project ‘Inventing a shared science diplomacy for Europe (IncSciDE)
• Alea López de San Román, Directorate General of Research and Innovation, European Commission

Chair: Alexander Degelsegger, ‘Using science for/in diplomacy for addressing global challenges (S4D4C)’ Lead Coordinator, Centre for Social Innovation (ZSI) and Marga Gual Soler, Senior Project Director, AAAS Center for Science Diplomacy, and member of the RISE High-Level Advisory Group to European Commissioner Carlos Moedas

16:45

Coffee break

17:15

Keynote: ‘The complexity of science diplomacy in practice: horizontal & vertical knowledge brokering for Arctic science In Canada’

Mona Nemer, Chief Science Advisor of Canada

17:45

Wrap up: what have we learned?

Mitchell Young, Charles University, Prague

18:00

End of the day 2

20:00

Social dinner for speakers and consortium members

DAY 3 – FRIDAY 14 DECEMBER

09:00

Keynote: ‘Advancing science diplomacy beyond the past’

Tom Wang, Former Director of the Centre for Science Diplomacy, AAAS

09:30

Session 5: ‘Does one size fit all? Interactions between science and diplomacy’

Roundtable with a focus on different national governance frameworks: who does science diplomacy? Scientists? Diplomats? Both? What mechanisms do exist? What mixed interactions between different Departments/Ministries do exist? Is there any ideal framework? What about the different science diplomacy stakeholders? Interactions between bottom-up and top-down approaches?

• Sara Cebrián, Science Innovation Network of the United Kingdom delegate in Madrid
• Minh-Hà Pham, Former Counsellor for Science and Technology, Embassy of France in the United States
• Eduardo Oliver, Secretary-General of the Network of Associations of Spanish Researchers and Scientists Abroad (RAICEX)
• Olga Krasnyak, Lecturer in International Studies at Underwood International College of Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea.
• Miguel Oliveros, Cultural and Scientific Diplomatic Counselor, Spanish Embassy in London

Chair: Izaskun Lacunza, International Projects Head of Unit at the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT)

10:45

Coffee break

11:15

Session 6: ‘Training future science diplomats’

Roundtable with a focus on the different approaches, mechanisms, tools, and practices to train science diplomats.

• Susanne Keppler-Schlesinger, Diplomatische Akademie Wien – Vienna School of International Studies
• Peter McGrath, The World Acadamy of Science
• Lorenzo Melchor, former Science Coordinator of the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology at the Spanish Embassy in London
• Marga Gual Soler, Senior Project Director, AAAS Center for Science Diplomacy, and member of the RISE High-Level Advisory Group to European Commissioner Carlos Moedas

Chair: Nadia Meyer and Maria Josten, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft und Raumfahrt (DLR)

12:30

Closing Keynote ‘Why diplomacy and science need each other? 
The Case of the Arctic’

Marie-Anne CONINSX, European External Action Service Special Advisor and Ambassador at Large for the Arctic

13:00

Closing Ceremony