For reference, this is the programme of the inaugural conference held in Auckland on 28-29 August 2014.
Click here for the Science Advice to Governments programme (downloadable)
See also: Pre-conference symposium on Science and Diplomacy.
Day 1
| 8:30-9:00 | Registration - Morning Tea/Coffee available | Morning Tea and Coffee available on arrival |
| 9:05-9:15 | Opening Remarks | |
| 9:15-9:30 | Welcome | Steven Wilson, Executive Director, International Council for Science (ICSU) |
| 9:30-10:00 | Opening address - Sir Peter Gluckman, Prime Minister's Chief Science Advisor, New Zealand | |
| 10:00-11:45 | Panel 1 - The process and systems of science advice | Sir Peter Gluckman (NZ, Chair) Jörg Hacker (Germany) Shaukat Abdulrazak (Kenya) Raja Chidambaram (India) Kari Raivio (Finland) Nils Stenseth (Norway) David Mair (EC) William Colglazier (US) |
| 11:45-12:45 | Lunch | |
| 12:45-13:30 | Keynote Speaker - Professor Anne Glover (Chief Science Advisor to the President, European Commission) | |
| 13:30-15:00 | Panel 2 - Science advice in situations of crisis | Anne Glover (EC, Chair) Yuko Harayama (Japan) Andreas Hensel (Germany) Lourdes Cruz (Philippines) Mary O'Kane (NSW, Australia) |
| 15:00-15:15 | Break | |
| 15:15-16:45 | Panel 3 - Science advice in the context of opposing political / ideological positions | Ian Boyd (Defra, UK, Chair) Hubert Deluyker (EFSA, EC) Roger Pielke (US) Gordon McBean (Canada) Chris Tyler (UK) Ian Chubb (Australia) |
| 16:45-17:30 | Keynote Speaker - Sir Mark Walport (UK Chief Scientific Advisor) | |
| 18:30-20:00 | Networking Reception; cocktails and appetisers | |
Day 2
| 8:40-9:00 | Morning Tea/Coffee available | |
| 9:00-9.10 | Recap, look-ahead - Sir Peter Gluckman (Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor, NZ) | |
| 9:10-09:40 | Keynote Speaker - Prof Zakri Abdul Hamid (Science Advisor to the Prime Minister of Malaysia) | |
| 9:40-11:15 | Panel 4 - Developing an approach to international science advice | Zakri Hamid (Malaysia, Chair) Carlos Nobre (Brazil) Steven Wilson (ICSU) Romain Murenzi (TWAS) John Boright (US) Jaqueline McGlade (UNEP) Pavel Kabat (IIASA) |
| 11:15-11:45 | Keynote Speaker - Dr Phil Campbell (Editor-in-Chief, Nature) | |
| 11:45-12:30 | Lunch | |
| 12:30-14:00 | Panel 5 - The modalities of science advice: accumulated wisdom | Phil Cambell (Nature, Chair) Heather Douglas (Canada) Mark Ferguson (Ireland) Remi Quirion (Quebec) Tateo Arimoto (Japan) Fidel Castro Díaz-Balart (Cuba) Brian Collins (UK) Peter Gluckman (NZ) |
| 14:00-14:15 | Break | |
| 14.15-15:00 | Keynote Speaker - Dr James Wilsdon (Professor of Science and Democracy, Science and Technology Policy Research (SPRU), University of Sussex) | |
| 15:00-16:00 | Look ahead and general discussion - led by Sir Peter Gluckman (NZ) | |