Registration and coffee

Welcome by the European Commission

José Manuel Silva Rodríguez
Director General for Research,
European Commission

Welcome by the conference chair

Paul van Grevenstein
Managing Director, STI Management, The Netherlands

First key note presentation:

International S&T cooperation from a small country perspective: drivers for action and conditions for success

Manuel Heitor
Secretary of State for Science, Technology and Higher Education, Portugal

Drivers of International Collaboration in Research: changing policy rationals

Patries Boekholt
Director, Technopolis Group, The Netherlands

Coffee break

Second key note presentation:

Drivers of international collaboration:
New approaches to capacity-building for, in, and with developing countries

Wilhelm Krull
General Secretary, Volkswagen Foundation, Germany

Third key note presentation:

Drivers of international collaboration: experiences from policy practice in South Africa

Daan du Toit
Minister Counsellor Science and Technology, Mission to the European Union, South Africa

Plenary debate moderated by the conference chair with key note speakers taking part in the discussion panel

Buffet lunch

Parallel sessions

Lessons from national policy practice: aligning national S&T strategic goals with drivers for international cooperation

Marcus Breathnach
Senior Policy Advisor, Forfás, Ireland

Sylvia Schwaag Serger
Director International Collaboration and Networks, Vinnova, Sweden

Integrating international science and technology (S&T) agreements into national policy strategies

Peter Volasko
Head International Cooperation and European Affairs, Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology, Slovenia

Jörn Sonnenburg
Executive Director International Bureau, Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Germany

Drivers to develop collaboration between countries of different S&T capabilities

Jean-Luc Clément
Advisor Research Affairs, Ministry of Higher Education and Research, France

Luis González Souto
Head Department of Multilateral Programmes, Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology, Spain

'Mainstreaming' international S&T cooperation in thematic policy areas

Yvon Martel
Chief Scientist International, International Scientific Cooperation Bureau, Agriculture Agri-Food, Canada

Jean-Luc Khalfaoui
Executive Secretary European Initiative for Agricultural Research for Development, DG Research, European Commission

In search for effective configurations for third country cooperation

Hongshan Gao
First Secretary, Mission to the European Union, China

Kari Kveseth
Executive Director International Affairs, Research Council, Norway

Coffee break

Fourth key note presentation:

A national strategy for international cooperation: the vision of Germany

Klaus Matthes
Director for International Strategy and Multilateral Cooperation, Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Germany

Summary of key messages from parallel sessions

Jakob Edler
Research Director, Manchester Institute of Innovation Research, Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, United Kingdom

Plenary debate moderated by the conference chair

Reception

Dinner at 'La Manufacture'

Fifth key note presentation:

How to measure success in international S&T cooperation?

Dirk Pilat
Head, Science and Technology Policy Division, Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry, Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development

Sixth key note presentation:

Drivers of international collaboration: setting the scene

Torsten Wiesel
Secretary General, Human Frontier Science Program

Coffee break

Parallel sessions

How to assess and quantify the drivers for international S&T cooperation policies?

Jakob Edler
Research Director, Manchester Institute of Innovation Research, Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, United Kingdom

Ales Gnamus
Institute for Prospective Technological Studies, Joint Research Center, European Commission

Concrete examples of measuring S&T cooperation and how measurement can be applied to policy development

Manfred Horvat
European and International Research and Technology Cooperation, Vienna University of Technology, Austria

Jonathan Adams
Director Evidence Ltd., United Kingdom

Drivers relevant to international organisations and major research infrastructures

Antonio Pflüger
Head Energy Technology Collaboration Division, International Energy Agency

Beatriz Torres
Senior Programme Officer Outreach and Capacity Building, Global Biodiversity Information Facility, Denmark

International S&T cooperation strategies and indicators used by major research funding organisations

Peter Nijkamp
President, Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, The Netherlands

David Lynn
Head Strategic Planning and Policy, Wellcome Trust, United Kingdom

Policy learning: what do we need to know in developing international S&T cooperation policy and where are gaps in current understanding?

Sachi Hatakenaka
International S&T expert (previously working at World Bank and Massachusetts Institute of Technology), United Kingdom

Philippe Laredo
Director PRIME Network of Excellence, France

Buffet lunch

Summary of key messages from parallel sessions

Ken Guy
Director, Wise Guys Ltd., United Kingdom

Final debate

Developing a partnership between the Member States and the European Commission in supporting international cooperation in research

Chaired by Mary Minch
Director International Cooperation,
DG Research, European Commission

Closing of conference