Programme

Keynote:

• Peter-Paul Verbeek, Professor, University of Twente

Speakers (confirmed):

• Helena Nader, Vice-President, Brazilian Academy of Sciences (Biomedical Scientist)
• Alexander Kagansky, Director, Centre for Genomic and Regenerative Medicine, Far Eastern Federal University, Russia
• Marie-Hélène Parizeau, Chairperson of COMEST 2016-2019

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

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
• Carole Mundell, Chief Scientific Adviser, Foreign and Commonwealth Office UK
• Her Royal Highness Sumaya bint El Hassan, President, Royal Scientific Society of Jordan (RSS)
• Teruo Kishi, Science and Technology Advisor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
• William Colglazier, Editor in Chief, Science & Diplomacy
• Elisa Reis, Vice-President, International Science Council