4th EU-Japan Science Policy Forum: The Changing Map of Science, Nations and Industries in the Global Innovation System

EU News 394/2013

11 September 2013

Kyoto, Grand Prince Hotel 5 October 2013 13:00- 18:00

Organised by the EU Delegation to Japan together with the EU Member States and the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)

Despite economic difficulties, the levels of research and development spending are growing and great efforts are undertaken to modernise and restructure the national innovation systems. All this is done in order to keep up in the immensely growing international competition.

In this fierce competition those nations are more successful that are able to breed their national excellence while at the same time they participate in international networks. Sharing and collaborating with competitors/partners has become key. Nations want their researchers to become international, but they do not want to lose them. How does this work?

International collaboration brings the direct confrontation of different schools of thought, the integration and the exposure to different cultures and markets. From an industrial point of view, is collaboration not too sensitive? When preparing for a new generation of technology international standardisation will be a crucial goal of joint research. Technologies need to be accepted in various countries. How to navigate between competition and cooperation?

As the international collaboration becomes more  important, efforts are on the way to create a Global Research Council. Today, the EU's "Horizon2020" is the most open collaboration programme. Are national science organisations ready to take the challenge? What are the demands of industry – how do they link up for a next generation of their products?

Speakers amongst others:

Geneviève FIORASO            Minister of Higher Education and Research of France
Mauro Dell’ AMBROGIO    State Secretary for Education, Research and Innovation of Switzerland
Maria  ORLOWSKA              Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education of Poland
Carmen VELA                         State Secretary for Research, Development and Innovation of Spain
Yuko HARAYAMA                Executive Member, Council for Science and Technology Policy, Japan
Malcolm HARBOUR            EU Parliament's Vice President of STOA (Tech Assessment)
Michiharu NAKAMURA    President, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Japan

Draft Agenda:

Master of Ceremony                      Barbara RHODE, Head of S&T, EU Delegation to Japan

13:00h                                                   Welcome

Hans Dietmar SCHWEISGUT, Ambassador of the EU to Japan
Koji OMI  (Chair and Founder of STS), JP
Takashi SHIRAISHI, President of GRIPS, JP
 
Co-Chairs :  Roger GENET, DG French Ministry of Science and Higher Education
Tateo ARIMOTO, Professor of GRIPS, JP

13: 30- 14:00                                      

15:00 – 16:00     

Yasuo NISHIGUCHI, Former President, Kyocera Corporation, JP
Martha CRAWFORD-HEITZMANN, Senior Executive, VP, Research and Innovation, AREVA, FR
Yuko MAEDA, VP Bridgestone Corporation and Innovation Initiative Network, JP
Richard PARKER (tbc), Director of Research & Technology, Rolls-Royce, UK

16:00 - 16:25               Coffee Break

16:30 – 17:45

Geneviève FIORASO, Minister of Higher Education and Research of France
Mauro Dell’ AMBROGIO, State Secretary for Education, Research and Innovation, CH
Maria ORLOWSKA,  Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education, PL
Carmen VELA OLMO, State Secretary for Research, Development and Innovation, ES
Yuko HARAYAMA, Executive Member, CSTP, Cabinet Office, JP
Malcolm HARBOUR, EU Parliament's Vice President of STOA
Sotaro ITO, Senior Deputy DG, Science and Technology Policy Bureau, MEXT, JP

Conclusion: Hans Dietmar SCHWEISGUT, Ambassador of the EU to Japan

Closing Remarks: Yuko HARAYAMA, Executive Member, CSTP, Cabinet Office, JP

End  18:00

Please register by sending your name, affiliation and e-mail address to Delegation-Japan-St@eeas.europa.eu

Contacts: Barbara RHODE - 03-5422-6050 Tom KUCZYNSKI - 03-5422-6058

Simultaneous English Japanese translation provided

Updated 2013.10.04

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