Monday 22 April 2024, 11h45-18h00 High-Level Symposium on the future of research infrastructures and international collaboration
The OECD Global Science Forum will celebrate its 50th meeting by looking at the evolution of research infrastructures over the past 25 years and their future role in addressing grand scientific and societal challenges.
Monday 22 April 2024, 10h30-18h00Global Forum on Technology:
Building our Biofuture
Countries around the world are rapidly ramping up their biotechnology capabilities. Synthetic biology along with gene editing, gene drives and biomanufacturing - promises a revolution across many sectors and offers solutions to global and local societal challenges. However, serious policy challenges remain: balancing open science with biosecurity, building resilient value chains, scaling of biotechnology innovations and bridging biotechnology divides across the globe.
Monday 22 April 2024, 09h00-13h30 Networking lunch, 13h30-14h30JAPAN ASEAN High-level Roundtable on Science, Technology and Innovation
The primary aim of the Roundtable is to promote STI collaboration between Japan and ASEAN with the aim of developing into a sustainable relationship to co-create new innovations. This event is by invitation only. Delegates from OECD Member countries, the EU and Accession countries may, however, attend as observers on a first come, first served basis, bearing in mind limited seating capacity. As a pre-ministerial event, high-level experts, including science and technology ministers and advisors from ASEAN and Japan will convene for an open and substantive dialogue. This event is by invitation only. Delegates from OECD Member countries, the EU and Accession countries may, however, attend as observers on a first come, first served basis, bearing in mind that seating is limited.
Monday 22 April 2024, 09h00-18h00Research for development – Tackling global challenges to leave no-one behind
This event is a gathering of international public funders of research for development. The overall ambition of the event is to highlight the role of research and equitable research partnerships as a force for development. This event jointly organised by UKCDR and the AFD, we aim to bring key actors together around a collective agenda.
Monday 22 April 2024, 9h30-12h00 and 15h30-17h45Scaling or phasing out experiments in STI policy: Assessment needs
The TIP workshop is organised in two parts: Part 1 (9h30-12h00 CET) on scaling experiments in STI policy. Part 2 (15h30-17h45 CET) on monitoring and evaluation of experiments in STI policy. It will discuss embracing a shift towards a culture of policy experimentation in government at scale by the STI policymakers and assessing and evaluating impacts of these policy experiments.
