Previous Fora / 2009 / Programme

Contributors

Chairs, plenary speakers, facilitators and thematic speakers

Raphael ADESIYAN Raphael ADESIYAN
Nigerian Community of Young Scientists (NICOYS), Nigeria
Bruce ALBERTS Bruce ALBERTS
Editor-in-Chief, Science (AAAS journal), USA
(CV)
Abdulaziz Othman ALTAWAIJRI Abdulaziz Othman ALTAWAIJRI
Director General, ISESCO
(CV)
Werner ARBER Werner ARBER
Nobel Laureate, Biozentrum, Division of Molecular Microbiology, University of Basel, Switzerland
(CV)
Tateo ARIMOTO Tateo ARIMOTO
DG, Ristex, Japan
(CV)
Hossam_BADRAWI Hossam BADRAWI
MP, Egypt
(CV)
Jenny BAESEMAN Jenny BAESEMAN
Director, Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS), University of Tromsø Norwegian College of Fishery Science, Norway
(CV)
Gordon BAJNAI Gordon BAJNAI
Prime Minister of the Republic of Hungary
(CV)
Beatriz BARBUY Beatriz BARBUY
Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil
(CV)
Dan BITAN Dan BITAN
Co-Director, Israeli-Palestinian Science Organization (IPSO), Israel
(CV)
Cecilia BJÖRNER Cecilia BJÖRNER
Ambassador of Sweden to Hungary
(CV)
John BORIGHT John BORIGHT
Executive Director, Office of International Affairs, National Academy of Sciences (NAS), USA
(CV)
Catherine BRÉCHIGNAC Catherine BRÉCHIGNAC
President-Elect, International Council for Science (ICSU), France
(CV)
Ulla BURCHARDT Ulla BURCHARDT
MP, Germany
Philip CAMPBELL Philip CAMPBELL
Editor-in-Chief, Nature

(CV)
Catherine CESARSKY Catherine CESARSKY
High Commissioner for Atomic Energy, France
(CV)
Ana María CETTO Ana María CETTO
IAEA Deputy Director General, and Head of Department of Technical Cooperation, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Austria
(CV)
Dato Lee Yee CHEONG Dato Lee Yee CHEONG
Academician, Malaysia
(CV)
Yoon CHUNG Yoon CHUNG
President, Korea Foundation for the Advancement of Science and Creativity (KOFAC), Korea
David CLARY David CLARY
Chief Scientific Adviser to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office
(CV)
David COPE David COPE
Director, Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology, UK
(CV)
Angela CROPPER Angela CROPPER
Deputy Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Kenya
(CV)
Valéria CSÉPE Valéria CSÉPE
Deputy Secretary General, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary
(CV)
Péter CSERMELY Péter CSERMELY
Professor, Semmelweis University, Hungary
(CV)
Mihály CSÍKSZENTMIHÁLYI Mihály CSÍKSZENTMIHÁLYI
Claremont Graduate University
(CV)
Marin DACOS Marin DACOS
Director, Open Electronic Publishing Center, France
(CV)
Hasan DWEIK Hasan DWEIK
Co-Director, Israeli-Palestinian Science Organization (IPSO), Israel
(CV)
Nadia EL-AWADY Nadia EL-AWADY
President, World Federation of Science Journalists, Egypt
(CV)
Mustafa EL-TAYEB Mustafa EL-TAYEB
Director, Science Policy and Sustainable Development Division UNESCO, France
(CV)
Luiz Antonio ELIAS Luiz Antonio ELIAS
Deputy Minister of Science and Technology, Brazil
Tracey ELLIOTT
Head of International, Science Policy Centre of the Royal Society, UK
Walter ERDELEN Walter ERDELEN
Assistant Director-General for Natural Sciences, UNESCO, France
(CV)
Nina FEDOROFF Nina FEDOROFF
S&T Adviser to the Secretary of State, Office of the Science and Technology Adviser, USA
(CV)
Balázs GULYÁS Balázs GULYÁS
Executive Director of the World Science Forum
(CV)
Francis GURRY Francis GURRY
Director General, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Switzerland
(CV)
Kerri-Ann JONES Kerri-Ann JONES
Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, USA
(CV)
Heide HACKMANN Heide HACKMANN
Secretary General, International Social Science Council (ISSC)
(CV)
Wendy HALL Wendy HALL
ACM President, School of Electronics and Computer Science - University of Southampton, United Kingdom
(CV)
Mohamed HASSAN Mohamed HASSAN
Executive Director, The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS), Italy
(CV)
József HÁMORI József HÁMORI
President of the World Conference on Science
(CV)
Davidson L. HEPBURN Davidson L. HEPBURN
President of UNESCO's General Conference
(CV)
Gudmund HERNES Gudmund HERNES
President, ISSC
(CV)
Juan Carlos Romero HICKS Juan Carlos Romero HICKS
Director General of the National Council for Science and Technology, Mexico
(CV)
Ichiro KANAZAWA Ichiro KANAZAWA
President, Science Council of Japan, Japan
(CV)
Béla KATONA Béla KATONA
Speaker of the Parliament of the Republic of Hungary
Yoshinori KATORI Yoshinori KATORI
Ambassador for Science an Technology Cooperation, Japan Ministry of Foreign Affairs
(CV)
Crispus M. KIAMBA Crispus M. KIAMBA
Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology, Kenya
(CV)
Julia KING Julia KING
Vice Chancellor, Aston University, Birmingham, UK
(CV)
Rüdiger KLEIN Rüdiger KLEIN
Executive Director, ALL European Academies (ALLEA)
(CV)
Wilhelm KRULL Wilhelm KRULL
Secretary General, VW Foundation, Germany
(CV)
Reiko KURODA Reiko KURODA
Professor, Department of Life Science - University of Tokyo, Japan
(CV)
Ruth LADENHEIM Ruth LADENHEIM
Secretary of Planning and Policies in Science, Technology and Productive Innovation of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Productive Innovation, Argentina
(CV)
María Teresa LAGO María Teresa LAGO
Center for Astrophysics University of Porto, Portugal
(CV)
István LÁNG István LÁNG
Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
(CV)
Alan I. LESHNER Alan I. LESHNER
CEO American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), USA
(CV)
Chuan Poh LIM Chuan Poh LIM
Chairman, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore
(CV)
Yonglong LÜ Yonglong LÜ
Director, Bureau of International Cooperation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
(CV)
Yongxiang LU Yongxiang LU
President, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
(CV)
Natalia LUKINA Natalia LUKINA
Deputy Director, Centre for Forest Ecology and Productivity, Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS)
(CV)
Brendan MACKEY Brendan MACKEY
Australian National University, Wild Country Research and Policy Hub
(CV)
Gaell MAINGUY Gaell MAINGUY
Director of Scientific Publications, The Institut Veolia Environnement, France
(CV)
Marja MAKAROW Marja MAKAROW
Chief Executive, European Science Foundation, France
(CV)
Diana MALPEDE Diana MALPEDE
Science Policy Division, UNESCO
Joshua MANDELL Joshua MANDELL
Science and Technology Program Officer, The World Bank
(CV)
Julia MARTON-LEFEVRE Julia MARTON-LEFEVRE
Director General, World Conservation Union (IUCN), Switzerland
(CV)
Koïchiro MATSUURA Koïchiro MATSUURA
Director-General, UNESCO, France
(CV)
Dennis_MEADOWS Dennis MEADOWS
Director, Institute for Policy and Social Science Research at the University of New Hampshire
(CV)
Stjepan MESIC Stjepan MESIC
President of the Republic of Croatia
(CV)
Stefan MICHALOWSKI Stefan MICHALOWSKI
Head of the Secretariat of the Global Science Forum OECD Global Science Forum, France
(CV)
Dong-Pil MIN Dong-Pil MIN
Chairman, Korea Research Council of Fundamental Science and Technology, South Korea
(CV)
Franz MÖNKS Franz MÖNKS
President, European Council of High Ability, Netherlands
Hiroshi NAGANO Hiroshi NAGANO
Professor, Former Director-General of National Institute of Science and Technology Policy; Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan
(CV)
Sudha NAIR Sudha NAIR
Program Director, Biodiversity, MS Swaminathan Research Foundation, India
(CV)
Peter NIJKAMP Peter NIJKAMP
Past Chairman, Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), Netherlands
(CV)
Norman NEUREITER Norman NEUREITER
Senior Adviser, Center for Science Diplomacy, AAAS, USA
(CV)
Patrick Amuriat OBOI Patrick Amuriat OBOI
MP, Uganda
(CV)
Michael OBORNE Michael OBORNE
Director, OECD
(CV)
Richard O'KENNEDY Richard O'KENNEDY
President, London International Youth Science Forum, Dublin City University, Ireland
Máté OLÁH Máté OLÁH
Secretary, Network of Youth Excellence
(CV)
Koiji OMI Koji OMI
Founder and Chairman, Science and Technology in Society forum, Japan, plenary keynote lecturer (Forum of Global Science Fora)
(CV)
József PÁLINKÁS József PÁLINKÁS
President, HAS
(CV)
Zvi PALTIEL Zvi PALTIEL
Chairperson, Executive Board - Network of Youth Excellence, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
(CV)
Olivier PIOU Olivier PIOU
Director General, Gemalto, France
(CV)
Dragan PRIMORAC Dragan PRIMORAC
Former Minister of Science, Ministry of Science, Education and Sports, Croatia
George RADDA Sir George RADDA
Past Chief Executive of the Medical Research Council, UK
(CV)
Henry ROMAN Henry ROMAN
Chairman, WAYS-Africa
(CV)
Penny SACKETT Penny SACKETT
Chief Scientist of Australia, Office of the Chief Scientist, Australia
(CV)
Teiichi SATO Teiichi SATO
Honorable Director, Tokyo National Museum, Japan
(CV)
Hans Joachim SCHELLNHUBER Hans Joachim SCHELLNHUBER
Director, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany
(CV)
Roland SCHENKEL Roland SCHENKEL
Director General, Joint Research Center, EU
(CV)
Robert SCHLÖGL Robert SCHLÖGL
Director, Fritz-Haber Institute, Max-Planck Society, Germany
(CV)
László SÓLYOM László SÓLYOM
President of the Republic of Hungary, Hungary
(CV)
Peter TINDEMANS Peter TINDEMANS
Director, Global Knowledge Strategies and Partnerships; Euroscience Governing Board, Netherlands
Vaughan TUREKIAN Vaughan TUREKIAN
Chief International Officer and Director Center for Science Diplomacy, AAAS
(CV)
Henna VIRKKUNEN Henna VIRKKUNEN
Minister, Ministry of Education and Science, Finland
(CV)
E. Sylvester VIZI E. Sylvester VIZI
Chair of the World Science Forum Series Steering Committee
(CV)
Mathis WACKERNAGEL Mathis WACKERNAGEL
Executive Director, Global Footprint Network
(CV)
Francis WALDVOGEL Francis WALDVOGEL
Director, Executive Board, World Knowledge Dialogue, Switzerland
(CV)
Jiarui WU Jiarui WU
Vice-president, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Ahmed ZEWAIL Ahmed ZEWAIL
Nobel Laureate, Linus Pauling Chair Professor of Chemistry and, Professor of Physics, Director, Physical Biology Center for Ultrafast Science & Technology, California Institute of Technology
(CV)
Linxiu ZHANG Linxiu ZHANG
Professor, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research (IGSNRR), Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
(CV)
Moneef R. ZOU'BI Moneef R. ZOU'BI
Director General, Islamic World Academy of Sciences (IAS), Jordan
(CV)