The OECD work on science, technology and innovation for global and societal challenges

The first regular session on the Paris conference on science diplomacy and health research focused on the OECD STIG project and the OECD use of STIG in its current work.

Below find the presentations of the chief scientist of STIG, Andreas Stamm and Ken Guy, the head of the Science and Technology Policy Division of the OECD.

Stamm presented the findings from the STIG project.  His presentation can be downloaded here.

Guy presented the current work of the OECD in the area of science and innovation collaboration for societal challenges. His presentation has been embedded below.

Conference on governance for international science co-operation: the example of Health research

Dr. Silke Beck from the
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research.

There was a follow up conference to the OECD STIG project on February 11 and 12 this year in Paris.

The conference, titled "Science diplomacy in action, Governance for international science co-operation:
the example of Health research", was arranged by the German and British embassies in Paris in collaboration with the French organisation AVRIST (Association de valorisation des relations internationales scientifiques et technologiques).

The agenda included many very interesting presentations from the border area between policy making and research, with a focus on international R&D collaboration in the area of health.

The participants were welcomed by Alice Dautry, Directrice générale of Institut Pasteur, who hosted the conference.  Sir Peter Ricketts, British Ambassador to France  and Susanne Wasum-Rainer, German Ambassador to France opened the event.

I have included a few of the presentations below to give you an idea of the kind of topics and arguments the conference covered.

All presentations can be found at the AVRIST site.
The conference programme is available here.

This is the Powerpoint-presentation made by Zafar Mirza,  WHO, who presented the WHO perspective on global health research:

Hugh Laverty of the Innovative Medicines Initiative discussed the challenges facing the development of  new medicines:

 

Presentation of the OECD Project on Governance of STI Co-operation for Global Challenges

By Per Koch, Chair of the OECD STIG project 

Here is a presentation of the results of the OECD project on governance of international science, technology and innovation co-operation for meeting global challenges (STIG).

 This version was made for the recent discussion of STIG at the Royal Society, and for a workshop on the follow up of STIG held at the Imperial College in London on October 30.