
- Day 1 - 12 September 2011
Improving national science and innovation policies
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- 09.30-10.00
Welcome and opening session
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Andrew Wyckoff
Director, Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry, OECD
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Angel Gurra
Secretary-General, OECD
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- 10.00-11.00
Plenary Session 1:
How can science and innovation help?
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- Moderator:
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Paul Hofheinz
President, Lisbon Council
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- Panel:
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Juan Tomas Hernani
General Secretary for Innovation, Ministry of Science and Innovation, Spain
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Mark Walport
Director, Wellcome Trust
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Robert Aumann
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Nobel prize winner (Economics, 2005)
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- 11.30-13.00
Plenary Session 2:
Science and innovation policy on a shoestring – how can governments better leverage public funding following the financial crisis?
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- Moderator:
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Geoff Mulgan
Chief Executive, National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA)
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- Panel:
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David Willetts
Minister for Universities and Science, United Kingdom
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Sergey Ivanets
Deputy Minister, Ministry of Education and Science, Russian Federation
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Jacques Stern
Senior Advisor to the Minister of Higher Education and Research, France

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Finn Lauritzen
Director-General, Enterprise and Construction Authority (DECA), Denmark
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Gordon W. Day
President-Elect, the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)
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- 14.30-16.00
Parallel sessions (3A / 3B)
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- 14.30-16.00
Session 3A:
Strengthening science-industry interactions
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- Moderator:
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Luis Sanz-Menéndez
Chair, OECD Committee for Scientific and Technological Policy (CSTP)
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- Panel:
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Rick Johnson
CEO and Founder of Global Helix LLC
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David Mowery
University of Berkeley
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Mario Calderini
Professor, Politecnico di Torino & Italian National Agency for Innovation
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Chuan Poh Lim
Chairman, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore
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Yong-geun Kim
President of KIAT (Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology)
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- 14.30-16.00
Session 3B:
Changing the game – boosting entrepreneurship
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- Moderator:
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Karen Wilson
Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry, OECD
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- Panel:
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Anders Hoffmann
Deputy Director General of Entrepreneurship Policy, Denmark
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E.J. Reedy
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
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Albert Bravo-Biosca
Senior Economist, National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA)
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Jan Muehlfeit
Chairman Europe, Microsoft Corporation
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- 16.30-18.00
Plenary Session 4:
Fostering green innovation
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- Moderator:
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Ken Warwick
Chair, OECD Committee on Industry, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE)
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- Panel:
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David Mowery
University of Berkeley
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Keith Smith
BIS, United Kingdom and Imperial College
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Reinhilde Veugelers
Bruegel Institute
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Gernot Klotz
Executive Director for Research and Innovation, CEFIC
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K. Ananth Krishnan
Chief Technology Officer, Tata Consultancy Services, India
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- Day 2 - 13 September 2011
Science and innovation for inclusive development
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- 9.00-10.30
Plenary session 5:
Making the transformation happen – applying science and innovation in emerging and developing economies
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- Moderator:
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Stephen Groff
Deputy Director, Development Co-operation Directorate, OECD
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- Panel:
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John Thomson
Vice President of Strategic R&D Networks, Vertex Pharmaceutical Incorporated
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Liu Yanhua
Counsellor to the State Council, former Vice Minister of Science and Technology, China
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Carlos Alberto Primo Braga
Special Representative and Director for Europe, External Affairs, The World Bank
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Meoli Kashorda
Executive Director of the Kenya Education Network Trust
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- 11.00-12.30
Parallel sessions (6A / 6B)
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- 11.00-12.30
Session 6A:
International co-operation – scaling up good practices
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- Moderator:
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Per Koch
Head of Science Project, Ministry of Education and Research, Norway
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- Panel:
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Robin Batterham
President, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
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Pernilla S. Rafiqui
Research Advisor, Swedish International Development Agency
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Andreas Stamm
German Development Institute, Germany
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Thomas Auf der Heyde
Deputy Director-General, International Co-operation and Resources, Department of Science and Technology, South Africa
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Shigeo Okaya
Director SATREPS, Japan Science and Technology Agency
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- 11.00-12.30
Session 6B:
Technology transfer – towards new solutions?
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- Moderator:
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Robert Wells
Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry, OECD
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- Panel:
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Yuichiro Kawamura
Managing Director, Japan Intellectual Property Association
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John Thomson
Vice President of Strategic R&D Networks, Vertex Pharmaceutical Incorporated
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Carol Jenkins
Senior Policy Advisor, UK Intellectual Property Office
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Heloise Emdon
Program Leader, Innovation for Inclusive Development; International Development Research Centre, Canada
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Waltraut Ritter
Research Director, Knowledge Networks and Innovation, Asia Pacific Intellectual Capital Centre, Hong Kong
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- 14.00-15.30
Plenary session 7:
Science and innovation for inclusive development
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- Moderator:
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Dominique Guellec
Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry, OECD
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- Panel:
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Sharifah Zarah Syed Ahmad
Deputy Secretary General, Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Malaysia
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Thane Kreiner
Executive Director, Center for Science, Technology, and Society, Santa Clara University
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Ruth Ladenheim
Vice-Minister, Ministry of Science, Technology and Productive Innovation, Argentina
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Anil K. Gupta
Professor, Indian Institute of Management, Founder, Honey Bee Network, Executive Vice Chair, National Innovation Foundation, India
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Chris Wilson
Director of the Global Health Discovery program, The Gates Foundation
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Nuttapon Nimmanphatcharin
Senior Director for Policy and Management, National Science Technology and Innovation Policy Office, Thailand
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- 16.00-16.45
Plenary session 8:
Better innovation policies for better lives – Conclusions and next steps
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- Moderator:
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Ken Warwick
Chair, OECD Committee on Industry, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE)
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- Panel:
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Dirk Pilat
Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry, OECD - Key findings and conclusions of the Forum
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Ken Warwick
Chair Committee on Industry, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE) – Implications for the work of the CIIE
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Luis Sanz-Menéndez
Chair of the Committee for Scientific and Technological Policy (CSTP) – Implications for the work of the CSTP
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Andrew Wyckoff
Director, Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry, OECD – Implications for the work of the OECD
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- 16.45-17.15
Launch of the OECD-SIDA
Project on Innovation, Research and Higher Education for Development (IHERD)
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- Rational and objectives by:
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Andrew Wyckoff
Director, Directorate for Science Technology and Industry, OECD
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- Remarks by:
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Anders Ahnlid
Ambassador of Sweden to the OECD
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Pernilla S. Rafiqui
Research advisor, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, Sida
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Ebba Dohlman
Senior Advisor, Office of the Secretary General, Horizontal Programme on Policy Coherence for Development (PCD), OECD
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Richard Yelland
Head of the Education Management and Infrastructure Division, Directorate for Education, OECD
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