Previous Fora / 2009

Programme

Programme and abstracts booklet (as of 21 October) can be downloaded in pdf

 

Programme at-a-glance

Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Parliament

WEDNESDAY
4 November

THURSDAY
5 November

FRIDAY
6 November

SATURDAY
7 November


09.00 - 11.30
PLENARY SESSION

Room A

  • Opening addresses
  • President's panel
  • Prize ceremony

11.30 - 12.00
Coffee break

12.00 - 14.00
PLENARY SESSION

Room A

1999 - 2009: Ten years after the World Conference on Science

14.00 - 15.00
Lunch

15.00 - 16.30
THEMATIC SESSIONS

Rooms A, D, F, G

16.30 - 17.00
Coffee break

09.00 - 11.00
PLENARY SESSION

Room A

Moving forward

11.00 - 11.30
Coffee break

11.30 - 12.30
PLENARY SESSION

Room A

Science communication

12.30 - 13.30
Lunch

13.30 - 16.30
THEMATIC SESSIONS

Rooms A, D, F

16.30 - 17.00
Coffee break

09.00 - 10.30
PLENARY SESSION

Closing session /1

10.30 - 11.00
Coffee break

11.00 - 12.30
PLENARY SESSION

Closing session /2

12.30
Farewell reception

16.00 - 18.00
Registration of participants

17.00 - 19.00
THEMATIC SESSIONS

Rooms A, D, F, G

17.00 - 19.00
PLENARY SESSION

Room A

Forum of global science fora


18.00 - 20.30
Cultural event
followed by the
Opening reception



19.30 - 22.00
Reception



19.30 - 22.00

Banquet


 

Programme

Wednesday, 4 November 2009

Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Budapest V. 9, Roosevelt square)

16.00 - 18.00

Registration of participants

18.00 - 20.30
Room A

Cultural event
Live concert by Tamás HACKI and ensemble
followed by the
Opening reception
given by József PÁLINKÁS, President, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Thursday, 5 November 2009

Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Budapest V. 9, Roosevelt square)

08.00 - 09.00

Registration of participants

09.00 - 11.30
Room A

PLENARY SESSION

09.00 - 09.30
Opening addresses

Chair: József PÁLINKÁS, President, HAS

  • József PÁLINKÁS, President, HAS; Host
  • Koïchiro MATSUURA, Director General, UNESCO; Patron
  • Catherine BRÉCHIGNAC, President, ICSU; Patron
  • Personal Delegate of José Manuel BARROSO, Representative of the President of the European Commission; Patron
  • László SÓLYOM, President of the Republic of Hungary; Patron

09.30 - 11.00
President's panel

Chair: László SÓLYOM, President of the Republic of Hungary

  • Mathis WACKERNAGEL, Executive Director, Global Footprint Network
  • Dennis MEADOWS, Director, Institute for Policy and Social Science Research at the University of New Hampshire
  • Stjepan MESIC, President of the Republic of Croatia
  • László SÓLYOM, President of the Republic of Hungary

11.00 - 11.30
Prize Ceremony

Chair: Koïchiro MATSUURA, Director General, UNESCO

11.30 - 12.00

Coffee break

12.00 - 14.00
Room A

PLENARY SESSION

1999 - 2009: Ten years after the World Conference on Science
Chair: József HÁMORI, President of the World Conference on Science

  • Werner ARBER, Nobel Laureate, Chair, Steering Committee, WSF
  • Walter ERDELEN, Assistant Director General, UNESCO
  • Gudmund HERNES, President, International Social Science Council (ISSC)
  • Alan I. LESHNER, CEO, AAAS
  • Reiko KURODA, Vice President, ICSU
  • Hans Joachim SCHELLNHUBER, Director, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIC)

14.00 - 15.00

Lunch

15.00 - 19.00
Room A

THEMATIC SESSIONS

Women in science

Facilitator: Dame Wendy HALL CBE, Member of the Royal Society, UK
Rapporteur: Valéria CSÉPE, Deputy Secretary General, HAS, Hungary

True and sustainable development of the global knowledge society is feasible only when the tokenism through gender empowerment turns into gender parity and equity. The contemporary challenges being faced today in the areas of many fields have a very close impingement on the day-to-day life of women. Moreover, policies and programs addressing the role of women in science have been constantly assessed and readdressed. However, whilst a growing number of students studying are female, only a small number of them get to the most senior levels. We call this the 'leaking pipe'.
The fields discussed in the session from this aspect are (i) Education - addressing the leaky pipeline thereby by retaining as many girls as possible up to the tertiary level with opportunities to move on to professional degrees; (ii) Employment - equal opportunities at recruitment level and clear affirmative actions facilitating career development which will require re-entry options too, good recognition and reward systems for work done and attractive remuneration packages; (iii) Empowerment - enhancing research skills through fellowship support for better knowledge (iv) Entrepreneurship - opportunities built in their career path to nurture innovation and sharpen their entrepreneurial skills with support from Universities, R&D Institutions and Financial Institutions.
All these are serious problems for all the countries and continents, whose scientists presenting in the thematic session highlight there own contribution to the research field while having a leading position in different institutions and organizations. The participants scientific expertise represents different disciplines such as astronomy, engineering, environmental research, physics, neuroscience. The presentations will focus on the topic how high performance in science may lead to positions where women have better opportunities in forcing better recognition of diverse workforce as a more innovative workforce, with a visible impact on scientific and business performance - delivering more solutions and better management decisions with greater flexibility. Therefore, promoting the position of women in science is important for more than just equity reasons.

Dame Wendy HALL CBE, Member of the Royal Society, UK
    Towards a science of the Web: the power of networks

Beatriz BARBUY, University of Sao Paolo, Brazil
    Spectroscopy of the oldest stars

Sudha NAIR, Programme Director, Biodiversity, MS Swaminathan Res. Foundation, India
    Women as co-creators of the global future

Julia KING, Vice Chancellor, Aston University, Birmingham, UK
    Women and leadership, from an engineer's perspective

Ana Maria CETTO, Deputy Director General, IAEA
    Advancing the role of women in science: work in progress?

Penny D. SACKETT, Chief Scientist, Australia
    Women in Science in Australia: Picking up the pace

Maria Teresa LAGO, Center for Astrophysics, University of Porto, Portugal
    Searching for our origins - my (personnel) travel of three decades

Valéria CSÉPE, Deputy Secretary General, HAS, Hungary
    Neuroscience in education - Research in service of future generations

Room D

Science funding in a changing global economy

Organiser: AAAS and WSF
Facilitator: Alan LESHNER, CEO, AAAS
Rapporteur: Vaughan TUREKIAN, Chief International Officer and Director, Center for Science Diplomacy, AAAS

Tateo ARIMOTO, Director General, Ristex, Japan

Wilhelm KRULL, Secretary General, VW Foundation, Germany
    Enabling Breakthroughs - Fostering Creativity

Alan I. LESHNER, CEO, AAAS

Chuan Poh LIM, Chairman, Agency for STR, Singapore

Marja MAKAROW, CEO, ESF

Dong-Pil MIN, Chairman, Korea Research Council of Fundamental Science and Technology
    Sharing research resources for global problems

Peter NIJKAMP, Former President of EUROHORCs

Sir George K. RADDA, President, British Medical Research Council

Henna VIRKKUNEN, Science Minister, Finland

Room F

Science and ecosystem services - sustainability in nature

Organiser: IUCN
Facilitators: Julia MARTON-LEFEVRE, Director General, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and István LÁNG, member of the Brundtland Commission
Rapporteurs: Katalin CZIPPÁN, European Vice Chair, IUCN Commission on Education and Communication, and Tibor FARAGÓ, State Secretary in charge of environment policy and climate policy, Ministry of Environment and Water, Hungary


Goals: The session intends to:
  • Engage the scientific community in reaching out to explain to citizens and decision-makers the importance of ecosystem services
  • Encourage new research on the connection between ecosystems and adaptation to and mitigation of climate change.
  • Identify the key messages of science for decision making.

Key Questions:
  • How do we manage human impact on the biosphere - both land and oceans so that ecosystem functions are not further degraded and biodiversity loss is halted?
  • How do we reduce greenhouse gas emissions while reducing humans' negative impact on ecosystems?
  • How do we put a just value on the services from ecosystems and ensure that these services reach a growing human population in an equitable manner?
  • What institutions do we need to help ensure the role of ecosystems in the climate change challenge?
  • What is the role of the scientific community in raising consciousness about these issues?
  • How can science help construct a responsible society and identify the key actors in bringing about socio-economic changes needed?

Brendan MACKEY, Australian National University, Wild Country Research and Policy Hub
    On the relationship between biodiversity, ecosystem services and climate change

Angela CROPPER, Deputy Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
    Involving society in valuing ecosystem services

Reiko KURODA, Vice President, International Council for Science (ICSU)
    The challenges to the scientific community in catalyzing the changes needed

Mathis WACKERNAGEL, Executive Director, Global Footprint Network
    Biodiversity and ecological services: how much nature do we use? How much do we have?

Dennis MEADOWS, President, Laboratory for Interactive Learning

Natalia LUKINA, Deputy Director, Centre for Forest Ecology and Productivity, Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS)
    Understanding and conserving ecosystem services of forests

Room G

Science and technology foresight and innovation policy for sustainability

Organiser: Chinese Academy of Sciences
Facilitator: Yonglong LÜ, Director, Bureau of International Cooperation, CAS

Science and Technology has become an engine of human modernization and social progress as well as a fundamental instrument to cope with economic crisis. Experience has shown that the global economic crisis often brings out significant scientific innovation and breakthroughs. In this context, the current global economic crisis may provide a historic opportunity to achieve scientific and technological innovation for economic restructuring towards sustainability rather than bring about the enormous challenges the human has to face. In response to emerging global issues, humans will always adhere to the multilateralism, strengthen mutually beneficial cooperation to achieve common prosperity, and uphold the spirit of inclusiveness for building a harmonious world together. The international scientific community will definitely need to assume more responsibility for generating and popularizing knowledge, promoting knowledge-based economic development, enhancing international cooperation, and creating an equitable international order.
For developing the innovation polices to achieve all the goals abovementioned, eight scientists from Australia, China, France, Germany, Japan, UK and USA are invited to form an expert panel to address the thematic session "Science and Technology Foresight and Innovation Policy for Sustainability" at the World Science Forum, with the following as the major topics:
I. What is the future oriented science and technology?
II. What is necessary for building up a sustainable development society?
III. What kinds of innovation policies are necessary for sustainability?

Yonglong LÜ, Director, Bureau of International Cooperation, CAS

Penny D. SACKETT, Chief Scientist, Australia
    Australia's foresighting activities: Planning today for a sustainable tomorrow

Jiarui WU, Vice-President, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, CAS
    Biomedicine innovation for building up a sustainable development society

Linxiu ZHANG, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS
    China's Development Challenges and Role of Education

Hiroshi NAGANO, Former Director-General of National Institute of Science and Technology Policy; Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan
    Japanese Foresight Activity and its Implication for Future

John BORIGHT, Executive Director, Office of International Affairs, National Academy of Sciences (NAS), USA
    JForesight and Innovation Policy: a Goal Approached in Diverse Ways

Tracey ELLIOTT, Head of International, Science Policy Centre of the Royal Society, UK

Robert SCHLÖGL, Director, Fritz-Haber Institute, Max-Planck Society, Germany

16.30 - 17.00

Coffee break

19.30 - 22.00

Folk dance performance by Csillagszemü ensemble
followed by the
Reception
given by István HILLER, Minister of Education and Culture, Hungary
Palace of Arts

Friday, 6 November 2009

Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Budapest V. 9, Roosevelt square)

09.00 - 11.00
Room A

PLENARY SESSION

Moving forward
Chair: Walter ERDELEN, ADG, UNESCO

  • Catherine BRÉCHIGNAC, President, ICSU
  • Francis GURRY, Director General, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
  • Kerri-Ann JONES, Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, USA
  • Ichiro KANAZAWA, President, Science Council of Japan
  • Yongxiang LU, President, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Michael OBORNE, Director, OECD

11.00 - 11.30

Coffee break

11.30 - 12.30
Room A

PLENARY SESSION

Science communication
Chair: József PÁLINKÁS, President, HAS

  • Bruce ALBERTS, Editor-in-Chief, Science
  • Phillip CAMPBELL, Editor-in-Chief, Nature
  • Mihály CSÍKSZENTMIHÁLYI, Claremont Graduate University

12.30 - 13.30

Lunch

13.30 - 16.30
Room A

THEMATIC SESSIONS

Science and youth

Organiser: World Association of Young Scientists (WAYS)
Facilitators: Gaëll MAINGUY, Chairman, WAYS, and Péter CSERMELY, Chairman, Hungarian National Talent Support Council
Rapporteur: Mande HOLFORD, PhD, Assistant Professor in Chemistry at the City University of New York

Catherine CESARSKY, High Commissioner for Atomic Energy, France
    Introduction

Gaëll MAINGUY, Chairman, WAYS
    Can Social Networks Tackle our Common Equation?

Raphael ADESIYAN, Editor-in-Chief, Science Times, Nigeria
    Prioritizing science for Nigeria's development

Jenny BAESEMAN, Director, Association of Early Career Scientists (APECS)
    Shaping the Future of Polar Research

Marin DACOS, Director, Open Electronic Publishing Center (CLEO)
    Welcome to the Read/Write Web

Zvi PALTIEL, Chairman, Network of Youth Excellence
    Inspire Youth? Engage them in Contemporary Scientific Research

Franz MÖNKS, President, European Council of High Ability
    Gifted Education in Europe: 1916 - 2009

Péter CSERMELY, Chairman, Hungarian National Talent Support Council

Máté OLÁH, Secretary, Network of Youth Excellence
    Networking possibilities to promote science recruitment of talented students

Room D

Mobilizing Policy for Science/Science for Policy to address global challenges

Organiser: UNESCO and ISESCO
Facilitators: Mustafa EL-TAYEB, Director, Science Policy and Sustainable Development Division, UNESCO, and Diana MALPEDE, Science Policy Division, UNESCO
Rapporteur: Diana MALPEDE, Science Policy Division, UNESCO

Koïchiro MATSUURA, Director General, UNESCO

Abdulaziz Othman ALTAWAIJRI, Director General, ISESCO

Luiz Antonio ELIAS, Deputy Minister of Science and Technology, Brazil

Moneef R. ZOU'BI, Director General, Islamic World Academy of Sciences (IAS), Jordan

Ruth LADENHEIM, Secretary of Planning and Policies in Science, Technology and Productive Innovation of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Productive Innovation, Argentina

Juan Carlos Romero HICKS, Director General of the National Council for Science and Technology, Mexico

Crispus M. KIAMBA, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology, Kenya

Teiichi SATO, Honorable Director, Tokyo National Museum, Japan

Dato Lee Yee CHEONG, Academician, Malaysia

Bruce ALBERTS, InterAcademy Council, USA

Yongxiang LU, President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Mohamed HASSAN, Executive Director, The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS), Italy

David COPE, Director, Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology, Houses of Parliament, UK

Patrick Amuriat OBOI, MP, Uganda

Ulla BURCHARDT, MP, Germany

Yoon CHUNG, President, Korea Foundation for the Advancement of Science and Creativity (KOFAC), Korea

Nadia EL-AWADY, Board Member, World Federation of Science Journalists, Egypt

Olivier PIOU, Director General, Gemalto, France

Hossam BADRAWI, MP, Egypt

Room F

Science diplomacy

Organiser: AAAS
Facilitator: Vaughan TUREKIAN, Chief International Officer and Director, Center for Science Diplomacy, AAAS
Rapporteur: Tom C. WANG, Director for International Cooperation and Deputy Director for the Center for Science Diplomacy, AAAS

Dan BITAN, Co-director of IPSO

David CLARY, Chief Scientific Adviser to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office
    Science diplomacy at the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Hassan DWEIK, Co-director of IPSO

Nina FEDOROFF, Advisor to the US Secretary of State

Yoshinori KATORI, Ambassador for Science an Technology Cooperation, Japan Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Norman NEUREITER, Senior Advisor, Center for Science Diplomacy, AAAS
    Science Diplomacy in Action - Personal Recollections

Dragan PRIMORAC, Former Minister of Science, Croatia

Roland SCHENKEL, Director General, Joint Research Center, EU

16.30 - 17.00

Coffee break

17.00 - 19.00
Room A

PLENARY SESSION

Forum of global science fora
Chair: Werner ARBER, Co-chair of the World Science Forum Series Steering Committee

Representatives of global science fora:

  • AAAS: Vaughan TUREKIAN, Chief International Officer and Director Center for Science Diplomacy, AAAS
  • European Science Open Forum (ESOF): Peter TINDEMANS, Treasurer
  • International Social Science Council (ISSC): Heide HACKMANN, Secretary General
  • STS forum: Koji OMI, Founder and Chairman, Science and Technology in Society forum, Japan
  • OECD Global Science Forum: Stefan MICHALOWSKI, Director
  • World Bank Global Science Fora: Joshua MANDELL, Science and Technology Program Officer, The World Bank
  • World Knowledge Dialogue: Francis WALDVOGEL, Executive Director
  • London International Youth Science Forum (LIYSF): Richard O'KENNEDY, President

19.30 - 22.00

Banquet
given by László SÓLYOM, President of the Republic of Hungary
Boat "EURÓPA"

Saturday, 7 November 2009

Hungarian Parliament (Budapest V. 1-3, Kossuth Lajos square)
Shuttle buses leave from the Hotel Sofitel Budapest Chain Bridge at 08.00. Badge and passport are strictly required for entrance.

09.00 - 10.30

PLENARY SESSION

Closing session /1
Chair: Balázs GULYÁS, Executive Director of the World Science Forum

Béla KATONA, Speaker of the Parliament of the Republic of Hungary

Representatives of the thematic sessions:

  • Science and ecosystem services - sustainability in nature: Julia MARTON-LEFEVRE
  • Science funding in a changing global economy: Alan I. LESHNER
  • Mobilizing Policy for Science/Science for Policy to address global challenges: Diana MALPEDE
  • Science and technology foresight and innovation policy for sustainability: Jiarui WU
  • Women in science: Dame Wendy HALL CBE
  • Science diplomacy: Tom WANG
  • Science and youth: Mande HOLFORD

Representatives of the pre-forum meetings:

  • Ministerial Round Table - Structure, Organization and Funding of Scientific Research: the Role of the States: Mustafa EL-TAYEB
  • Fighting climate change: Cecilia BJÖRNER
  • ISTIC Governing Board Meeting: Dato Lee Yee CHEONG
  • ICSU Regionals: Meeting of ICSU officers, regional directors and chairpersons: Reiko KURODA
  • ALLEA IPR agenda setting meeting: Rüdiger KLEIN
  • WAYS Governing Board Meeting: Henry ROMAN

10.30 - 11.00

Coffee break

11.00 - 12.30

PLENARY SESSION

Closing session /2
Chair: E. Sylvester VIZI, Chair of the World Science Forum Series Steering Committee

  • Gordon BAJNAI, Prime Minister of the Republic of Hungary
  • Ahmed ZEWAIL, Nobel Laureate
  • Davidson L. HEPBURN, President of UNESCO's General Conference
  • József PÁLINKÁS, President, HAS

12.30

Farewell reception
given by Gordon BAJNAI, Prime Minister of the Republic of Hungary
Hungarian Parliament