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WSF 2013 - Rio de Janeiro

Sunday, 24 Nov Monday, 25 Nov Tuesday, 26 Nov Wednesday, 27 Nov
09:00 PLENARY SESSION I. "INEQUALITIES AS BARRIERS FOR GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY"

Chair: Gretchen Kalonji, Assistant Director-General, UNESCO (confirmed)

Ricardo Paes de Barros, Strategic Secretary, Secretariat of Strategic Affairs of the Presidency of the Republic, Brazil (confirmed)
Naledi Pandor, Minister of Home Affairs, South Africa (confirmed)
Linxiu Zhang, Deputy Director, Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy
Calestous Juma, Harvard University

DISCUSSION
09:00 PLENARY SESSION IV. "SCIENCE FOR NATURAL RESOURCES"

Chair: Chunli Bai, President, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Pavel Kabat, Director, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) (confirmed)
Ismail Serageldin, Director, Library of Alexandria (confirmed)
Luis Eugenio de Melo, Vale, Brazil (confirmed)
Belinda Reyers, Chief Scientist, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

DISCUSSION
10:00 PARLIAMENTARY SESSION
COFFEE BREAK
COFFEE BREAK
11:00 PLENARY SESSION II. "SCIENCE POLICY AND GOVERNANCE: INVENTING THE FUTURE"

Chair: Alan Leshner, CEO, AAAS (confirmed)

Heneri Dzinotyiweyi, Minister of Science and Technology Development, Zimbabwe (confirmed)
Luiz Davidovich, Director, Brazilian Academy of Sciences (confirmed)
Anne Glover, Chief Scientific Adviser to President of the European Commission (confirmed)
Takashi Onishi, President, Science Council of Japan (confirmed)

DISCUSSION
11:00 PLENARY SESSION V. "SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING EDUCATION"

Chair: Olive Shisana, President, International Social Science Council

Pierre Léna, President, Foundation La main à la Pâte (confirmed)
Dan Shechtman, Professor of Materials Science, Israel Institute of Technology, Nobel Laureate (confirmed)
Eva Maria Neher, XLAB Experimental Laboratory for Young People in Göttingen (confirmed)
Julia Higgins, Senior Research Investigator, Imperial College

DISCUSSION
COFFEE BREAK
12:00 CLOSING CEREMONY AND PRESENTATION OF THE DECLARATION
LUNCH
LUNCH
14:00 PLENARY SESSION III. "SCIENTIFIC INTEGRITY"

Chair: Ernst Winnacker, Secretary General, Human Frontier Science Program

Indira Nath, Director, LEPRA - Blue Peter Research Centre in Hyderabad, India (confirmed)
Bengt Gustafsson, Uppsala University (confirmed)
Nicholas Steneck, Director, Research Ethics and Integrity Program, Michigan Institute for Clinical and Health Research (confirmed)
Paulo Beirão, Coordinator, Global Research Council (confirmed)

DISCUSSION
14:00 PLENARY SESSION VI. "THE FUNDAMENTAL ROLES OF SCIENCE IN INNOVATION"

Chair: Werner Arber, Nobel Laureate (confirmed)

Reiko Kuroda, University of Tokyo (confirmed)
Charles Champion, Executive Vice President Engineering, Airbus
Carlos Tadeu, President of R&D Petrobras, Brazil (confirmed)
Umar Buda Bindir, DG, National Office for Technology and Promotion, Nigeria (confirmed)

DISCUSSION
COFFEE BREAK
COFFEE BREAK
16:00 PARALLEL THEMATIC SESSIONS I. ABC "Nanoscience for Sustainability"
16:00 PARALLEL THEMATIC SESSIONS I. AAAS, TWAS, MTA "Science Diplomacy"
16:00 PARALLEL THEMATIC SESSIONS I. UNESCO "The Role of Higher Education"
16:00 PARALLEL THEMATIC SESSION III. UNESCO, MTA "Water"
16:00 PARALLEL THEMATIC SESSION III. UNESCO, WAYS "New Career Paths for Science"
16:00 PARALLEL THEMATIC SESSION III. SCJ, UNESCO, ICSU "Disaster Reduction"
17:30 PARALLEL THEMATIC SESSIONS II. SBPC "The Medical Challenge of Old Age"
17:30 PARALLEL THEMATIC SESSIONS II. ABC, UNESCO "Sustainable Forests"
17:30 PARALLEL THEMATIC SESSIONS II. UNESCO "Oceans"
17:30 PARALLEL THEMATIC SESSION IV. ABC, "Renewable Energy, Bioenergy"
17:30 PARALLEL THEMATIC SESSION IV. ABC, MTA "Academy and Enterprise"
17:30 PARALLEL THEMATIC SESSION IV. ICSU, UNESCO "Future Earth"
18:30 OPENING CEREMONY

Jacob Palis, President, Brazilian Academy of Sciences; Chairman, World Science Forum
József Pálinkás, President, Hungarian Academy of Sciences; President, World Science Forum
Gordon McBean, President of ICSU
Sergio Cabral, Governor of Rio de Janeiro
János Áder, President of Hungary
Irina Bokova, Director General, UNESCO
Dilma Rousseff, President of Brazil
19:00 UNESCO PRIZE CEREMONY

Prize presented by:
Irina Bokova, Director-General, UNESCO
BUS TRANSFER TO RECEPTION
20:00 RECEPTION

Reception and cultural presentation
20:00 RECEPTION

Reception and cultural presentation
20:00 RECEPTION

Reception and cultural presentation

WSF 2013 - Rio de Janeiro

  • 18:30 - 19:00OPENING CEREMONY

    Venue: Municipal Theatre of Rio de Janeiro
    Jacob Palis, President, Brazilian Academy of Sciences; Chairman, World Science Forum
    József Pálinkás, President, Hungarian Academy of Sciences; President, World Science Forum
    Gordon McBean, President of ICSU
    Sergio Cabral, Governor of Rio de Janeiro
    János Áder, President of Hungary
    Irina Bokova, Director General, UNESCO
    Dilma Rousseff, President of Brazil

  • 19:00 - 19:30UNESCO PRIZE CEREMONY

    Venue: Municipal Theatre of Rio de Janeiro
    Prize presented by:
    Irina Bokova, Director-General, UNESCO

  • 19:30 - 19:45BUS TRANSFER TO RECEPTION

    Venue: Municipal Theatre of Rio de Janeiro

  • 20:00 - 23:00RECEPTION

    Venue: Sugarloaf Mountain
    Reception and cultural presentation

WSF 2013 - Rio de Janeiro

  • 09:00 - 10:30PLENARY SESSION I. "INEQUALITIES AS BARRIERS FOR GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY"

    Venue: Hotel Windsor Atlantica
    Chair: Gretchen Kalonji, Assistant Director-General, UNESCO (confirmed)

    Ricardo Paes de Barros, Strategic Secretary, Secretariat of Strategic Affairs of the Presidency of the Republic, Brazil (confirmed)
    Naledi Pandor, Minister of Home Affairs, South Africa (confirmed)
    Linxiu Zhang, Deputy Director, Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy
    Calestous Juma, Harvard University

    DISCUSSION

  • 10:30 - 11:00COFFEE BREAK

    Venue: Hotel Windsor Atlantica

  • 11:00 - 12:30PLENARY SESSION II. "SCIENCE POLICY AND GOVERNANCE: INVENTING THE FUTURE"

    Venue: Hotel Windsor Atlantica
    Chair: Alan Leshner, CEO, AAAS (confirmed)

    Heneri Dzinotyiweyi, Minister of Science and Technology Development, Zimbabwe (confirmed)
    Luiz Davidovich, Director, Brazilian Academy of Sciences (confirmed)
    Anne Glover, Chief Scientific Adviser to President of the European Commission (confirmed)
    Takashi Onishi, President, Science Council of Japan (confirmed)

    DISCUSSION

  • 12:30 - 14:00LUNCH

    Venue: Hotel Windsor Atlantica

  • 14:00 - 15:30PLENARY SESSION III. "SCIENTIFIC INTEGRITY"

    Venue: Hotel Windsor Atlantica
    Chair: Ernst Winnacker, Secretary General, Human Frontier Science Program

    Indira Nath, Director, LEPRA - Blue Peter Research Centre in Hyderabad, India (confirmed)
    Bengt Gustafsson, Uppsala University (confirmed)
    Nicholas Steneck, Director, Research Ethics and Integrity Program, Michigan Institute for Clinical and Health Research (confirmed)
    Paulo Beirão, Coordinator, Global Research Council (confirmed)

    DISCUSSION

  • 15:30 - 16:00COFFEE BREAK

    Venue: Hotel Windsor Atlantica

  • 16:00 - 17:30PARALLEL THEMATIC SESSIONS I. ABC "Nanoscience for Sustainability"

    Venue: Hotel Windsor Atlantica

  • 16:00 - 17:30PARALLEL THEMATIC SESSIONS I. AAAS, TWAS, MTA "Science Diplomacy"

    Venue: Hotel Windsor Atlantica

  • 16:00 - 17:30PARALLEL THEMATIC SESSIONS I. UNESCO "The Role of Higher Education"

    Venue: Hotel Windsor Atlantica

  • 17:30 - 19:00PARALLEL THEMATIC SESSIONS II. SBPC "The Medical Challenge of Old Age"

    Venue: Hotel Windsor Atlantica

  • 17:30 - 19:00PARALLEL THEMATIC SESSIONS II. ABC, UNESCO "Sustainable Forests"

    Venue: Hotel Windsor Atlantica

  • 17:30 - 19:00PARALLEL THEMATIC SESSIONS II. UNESCO "Oceans"

    Venue: Hotel Windsor Atlantica

  • 20:00 - 23:00RECEPTION

    Venue: Marina da Glória
    Reception and cultural presentation

WSF 2013 - Rio de Janeiro

  • 09:00 - 10:30PLENARY SESSION IV. "SCIENCE FOR NATURAL RESOURCES"

    Venue: Hotel Windsor Atlantica
    Chair: Chunli Bai, President, Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Pavel Kabat, Director, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) (confirmed)
    Ismail Serageldin, Director, Library of Alexandria (confirmed)
    Luis Eugenio de Melo, Vale, Brazil (confirmed)
    Belinda Reyers, Chief Scientist, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

    DISCUSSION

  • 10:30 - 11:00COFFEE BREAK

    Venue: Hotel Windsor Atlantica

  • 11:00 - 12:30PLENARY SESSION V. "SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING EDUCATION"

    Venue: Hotel Windsor Atlantica
    Chair: Olive Shisana, President, International Social Science Council

    Pierre Léna, President, Foundation La main à la Pâte (confirmed)
    Dan Shechtman, Professor of Materials Science, Israel Institute of Technology, Nobel Laureate (confirmed)
    Eva Maria Neher, XLAB Experimental Laboratory for Young People in Göttingen (confirmed)
    Julia Higgins, Senior Research Investigator, Imperial College

    DISCUSSION

  • 12:30 - 14:00LUNCH

    Venue: Hotel Windsor Atlantica

  • 14:00 - 15:30PLENARY SESSION VI. "THE FUNDAMENTAL ROLES OF SCIENCE IN INNOVATION"

    Venue: Hotel Windsor Atlantica
    Chair: Werner Arber, Nobel Laureate (confirmed)

    Reiko Kuroda, University of Tokyo (confirmed)
    Charles Champion, Executive Vice President Engineering, Airbus
    Carlos Tadeu, President of R&D Petrobras, Brazil (confirmed)
    Umar Buda Bindir, DG, National Office for Technology and Promotion, Nigeria (confirmed)

    DISCUSSION

  • 15:30 - 16:00COFFEE BREAK

    Venue: Hotel Windsor Atlantica

  • 16:00 - 17:30PARALLEL THEMATIC SESSION III. UNESCO, MTA "Water"

    Venue: Hotel Windsor Atlantica

  • 16:00 - 17:30PARALLEL THEMATIC SESSION III. UNESCO, WAYS "New Career Paths for Science"

    Venue: Hotel Windsor Atlantica

  • 16:00 - 17:30PARALLEL THEMATIC SESSION III. SCJ, UNESCO, ICSU "Disaster Reduction"

    Venue: Hotel Windsor Atlantica

  • 17:30 - 19:00PARALLEL THEMATIC SESSION IV. ABC, "Renewable Energy, Bioenergy"

    Venue: Hotel Windsor Atlantica

  • 17:30 - 19:00PARALLEL THEMATIC SESSION IV. ABC, MTA "Academy and Enterprise"

    Venue: Hotel Windsor Atlantica

  • 17:30 - 19:00PARALLEL THEMATIC SESSION IV. ICSU, UNESCO "Future Earth"

    Venue: Hotel Windsor Atlantica

  • 20:00 - 23:00RECEPTION

    Venue: Harbour of Rio de Janeiro
    Reception and cultural presentation

WSF 2013 - Rio de Janeiro

  • 10:00 - 11:30PARLIAMENTARY SESSION

    Venue: Hotel Windsor Atlantica

  • 11:30 - 12:00COFFEE BREAK

    Venue: Hotel Windsor Atlantica

  • 12:00 - 13:30CLOSING CEREMONY AND PRESENTATION OF THE DECLARATION

    Venue: Hotel Windsor Atlantica
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