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Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO
József Pálinkás, President of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Concert by: Kristóf Baráti and Szilvia Mikó

József Pálinkás, President, HAS; President, WSF
Viktor Orbán, Prime Minister of Hungary
Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations (video message)
Irina Bokova, Director-General, UNESCO
Yuan Tseh Lee, President, ICSU
Alan I. Leshner, Chief Executive Officer, AAAS
Dominique Ristori, Director-General, Joint Research Centre, European Commission
Greetings from the International Space Station

Prize presented by:
Irina Bokova, Director-General, UNESCO
Madiha Ahmed Al Shaibani, Minister of Education, Oman; Chairperson, The Oman National Commission for Education, Culture and Science
Singer:
Márta Sebestyén, UNESCO Artist for Peace Laureate

Chaired by József Pálinkás
Gretchen Kalonji, Assistant Director-General for Natural Sciences, UNESCO on UNESCO Science Report
William Colglazier, Science and Technology Adviser to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
Sir Chris Llewellyn Smith FRS, Chair, the Royal Society Advisory Group on Global Science Report
Sergio Machado Rezende, Former Minister of Science and Technology, Brazil
Johan Rockström, Executive Director, Stockholm Environment Institute, Stockholm Resilence Center, member of the ICSU Scientific Overview Committee

Chair: Jacob Palis, President, Brazilian Academy of Sciences
HRH Princess Sumaya bint El Hassan, President of El Hassan Science City and the Royal Scientific Society, Jordan
Vilasrao Deshmukh, Minister of Science and Technology, India
Daniel Hershkowitz, Minister of Science and Technology, Israel
Mukhtar Ahmed, Deputy Director General, Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO)
Gebisa Ejeta, 2009 World Food Prize Laureate, Science Envoy of President Barack Obama
Romain Murenzi, Executive Director, TWAS
Kari Raivio, Vice-President for Scientific Planning and Review, ICSU

Chair: Werner Arber, Nobel Laureate
Sir Brian Hoskins, Director, Grantham Institute at Imperial College London
H. Jeff Kimble, Professor, California Institute of Technology
Vijay Chandru, Chairman, CEO Strand Life Sciences
Richard A. Mathies, College of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley
Stanislas Dehaene, Professor, Collège de France
Peter A. Singer, CEO, Grand Challenges Canada

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Chaired by: Lidia Brito
Ellen Hazelkorn, Director of Research and Enterprise, and Dean of the Graduate Research School, Dublin Institute of Technology; Head of Higher Education Policy Research Unit
Teboho Moja, Clinical Professor of Higher Education, School of Education, Department of Administration, Leadership, and Technology at New York University, USA
Adnan Badran, former Prime Minister of Jordan, President of Petra University, Senator and Chair of Senate Committee on Science, Education and Culture
Atta-ur-Rahman, FRS, Coordinator General COMSTECH, former Minister of Science and Technology Pakistan and President Pakistan Academy of Sciences
Francois Taddei, Research Scientist and Founder of Center for Research and Interdisciplinarity, France

Chaired by: Volker ter Meulen
S.H.E. Kaufmann, Max-Planck-Institute for Infection Biology, Department of Immunology
Hans D. Klenk, Institute for Virology, University of Marburg 
Hans-Georg Kräusslich, Department of Infectious Diseases, Virology, University Hospital Heidelberg
Peter F. Zipfel, Department of Infection Biology, University of Jena

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Dinner
Performance of Csillagszemú Folk Dance Academy

The reception is hosted by István Tarlós, Mayor of Budapest

Moderated by: Sir Brian Heap, President of European Academies Science Advisory Council and former Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society
Ruth Arnon, Wolf Prize Laureate, President, Israel Academy of Sciences
Ricardo Hausmann, Director, Center for International Development, Harvard University
Volker ter Meulen, Former President, Leopoldina
AnnaLee Saxenian, Dean, Berkeley School of Information
Wolfgang Burtscher, Deputy Director-General in charge of Policy and Management of the Framework Programme, DG for Research and Innovation, European Commission
Jun Xia, Director, Director, Center for Water Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences and President, International Water Resources Association

Chaired by: E. Sylvester Vizi, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
László Acsády, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Albert László Barabási, Notre Dame University and Harvard University
Tamás Vicsek, Eötvös Loránd University Budapest
Eörs Szathmáry, Eötvös Loránd University Budapest
Kimmo Kaski, Aalto University School of Science
Guido Caldarelli, University “Sapienza” Roma

Chaired by: Vaughan Turekian
Alan I. Leshner CEO, AAAS, introductory speaker
Bud Rock CEO, Association of Science and Technology Centers
Julie Maxton, Executive Director, Royal Society
Tateo Arimoto, Director General, RISTEX; Deputy Director General, CRDS Japan Science and Technology Agency
Patrick Cunningham, Chief Science Adviser to the Irish Government
Cathleen A. Campbell, CRDF
Tom Wang, reporter to session

Co-Chairs: Henry Roman and Mandë Holford
Kevin Govender, Director, Global Office of Astronomy for Development, South Africa;
Linda Kamau, Ushahidi, Kenya;
Humphrey Oborah, President, African Council of Gifted and Talented, Kenya;
Francois Taddei, Research Scientist, INSERM, Paris, France;
Victor Henning, CEO and founder Mendeley Limited, London, UK;
Kaitlin Thaney, Manager, External Partnerships, Digital Science, London, UK;
Peter Csermely, President, Hungarian National Talent Support Council

Chaired by: Dong-Pil Min, Honorary Chairman Seoul S&T Forum
Alan l. Leshner, CEO, AAAS
Joshua Mandell, World Bank, STI Global Forum
Stefan Michalowski, OECD Global Science Forum
Richard O'Kennedy, President, London International Youth Science Forum (LIYSF)
Tomihiro Taniguchi, Japan STS forum
Peter Tindemans and Raphaela Kitson-Pantano, ESOF (European Science Open Forum)
Won-Hoon Park, President, Association of Academies of Sciences in Asia (AASA)

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Chaired by: Yuan Tseh Lee, President, ICSU, Carthage Smith, Deputy Executive Director, ICSU
Nebojsa Nakicenovic, Director, Global Energy Assessment
John Marks, Chair ICSU Taskforce on Foresight
Francoise Caillods, Senior Managing Editor, World Social Science Report International Social Science Council
Attila Havas, Senior Research Fellow, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Michael Keenan, Country Studies and Outlook Division, Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry, OECD

Chaired by: Jacob Palis, Elibio Rech
Roger N. Beachy, Wolf Prize Laureate, Former Director, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, US
Paul Christou, University of Leida, Spain
Thorsten Storck, BASF Plant Science Company, Germany
Dionne Shepherd, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Elibio Rech, EMBRAPA Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Brazil
John Ingram, Environmental Change Institute Oxford University, UK
Fumiko Kasuga, Vice President, Science Council of Japan

Concert of Muzsikás Folk Ensemble and Thiago Bertoldi
Reception

The reception hosted by Pál Schmitt, President of Hungary

Chair: Balázs Gulyás, Executive Director, World Science Forum
Tibor Navracsics, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Public Administration and Justice
Paul Rübig, Chairman, STOA - Science and Technology Options Assessment - European Parliament
Henry Dzinotyiweyi, Minister - Ministry of Science, Zimbabwe
Patrick Amuriat Oboi, Member of Parliament, Uganda
Ulla Burchardt, Chair, Committee on Education, Research and Technology Assessment, Bundestag, Germany
Rémi Barré, Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers Recherche (CNAM), France
Andrew Miller, Chairman, Science and Technology Committee, House of Commons UK

Declaration presented by:
József Pálinkás, President, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Gretchen Kalonji, Assistant Director-General for Natural Sciences, UNESCO
Yuan Tseh Lee, President, ICSU

Pál Schmitt, President of Hungary
Katalin Bogyay, President of the General Conference, UNESCO
HRH Princess Sumaya bint El Hassan, President of El Hassan Science City and the Royal Scientific Society, Jordan
Aloizio Mercadante, Minister of Science and Technology, Brazil
József Pálinkás, President, Hungarian Academy of Sciences