Programme

Keynote:

• Peter-Paul Verbeek, Professor, University of Twente

Keynote speaker (tbc):

• Shinya Yamanaka, 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Japan

Speakers (confirmed):

• Helena Nader, Honorary President, Brazilian Society for the Advancement of Science (SBPC)
• Alexander Kagansky, Director, Centre for Genomic and Regenerative Medicine, Far Eastern Federal University, Russia

Speakers:

• Tim Berners Lee, Director, World Wide Web Consortium
• Corinna Cortes, Head, Google Research NY
• Elon Musk, CEO, Tesla

Moderator (confirmed):

• József Pálinkás, President, World Science Forum (2008-2014)

Speakers (confirmed):

• Chux Daniels, Research Fellow, University of Sussex
• Mohamed H. A. Hassan, President, The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)
• Michinari Hamaguchi, President, Japan Science and Technology Agency

Speakers:

• Mahama Ouedraogo, Director Human Resources, Science and Technology, African Union Commission
• Roxanne Varza, Director, Station F

Keynote:

• Sheryl Hendriks, Director, Institute for Food, Nutrition and Well-being, South Africa

Speakers (confirmed):

• Indira Nath, Professor, Indian Academy of Sciences
• Quarraisha Abdool Karim, Associate Scientific Director, Centre for the AIDS Program of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA)
• Chieko Asakawa, IBM Fellow

Keynote speaker (confirmed):

• Magdalena Skipper, Editor in Chief, Nature

Moderator (confirmed):

• James Gillies, Senior Communications Advisor, CERN

Speakers (confirmed):

• Linda Nordling, science journalist
• Matthew Liao, Director, Center for Bioethics, New York University College of Global Public Health
• Angela Saini, science writer

Speakers (confirmed):

• Federico Mayor, Former Director-General UNESCO
• Khotso Mokhele, Chancellor, University of the Free State

Speakers:

• Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)