Programme / Science Diplomacy to Strengthen Governance and Build Enduring Relationships
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Friday / 10 nov
14:30 - 16:00
While international science cooperation has long served the interests of science, there is increasing interest and focus on the role of science to promote diplomatic interests. These may serve a country’s own direct interests which will depend on a country’s size, geopolitics and state of development – for example, in projecting a country’s reputation and influence, for promoting trade, for attracting scientific expertise and knowhow, and for technology access. Science diplomacy may also be necessary to promote common cross-border interests in areas such as environmental or resource management or in disaster or crisis management. Science diplomacy’s essential role in vital global agendas, as reflected in the Sustainable Development Goals, or in the management of the ungoverned spaces of the planet (such as the polar regions, deep oceans and space) further emphasises how central science diplomacy is to the theme of Science for Peace. This session will explore these different dimensions of science diplomacy and help to establish a framework for fulfilling the goals set by earlier plenary sessions.
Keynote Speaker:
Speakers:
- Lassina Zerbo, Executive Secretary, Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization
- Flavia Schlegel, Assistant Director General for Natural Sciences, UNESCO
- Peter Gluckman, Chief Science Adviser, Office of the Prime Minister of New Zealand
- Gihan Kamel, Infrared Beamline Scientist, SESAME (Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East)
- Daya Reddy, Officer of the ICSU Executive Board, International Council for Science (ICSU)
- Pavel Kabat, Director General and Chief Executive Officer, International Institute for Applied System Analysis