The Kavli Prize Science Forum
Monday, September 6,
1500 - 1800.
The Kavli Prize Science Forum is a new biennial international forum meeting to facilitate high-level, global discussion of major topics on science and science policy. For the inaugural forum, ten global leaders critical in shaping science policy in the US, Europe and Asia will convene to discuss "The Role of International Cooperation in Science".
Opening speech by Jonas Gahr Støre, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Norway.
Keynote speakers:
- John P. Holdren, Science Advisor to President Barack Obama and Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President
- Ernst-Ludwig Winnacker, the first Secretary General of the European Research Council and now the Secretary General of the Human Frontier Science Program
Speakers:
- Ralph J. Cicerone, President, US National Academy of Sciences
- Kristina Johnson, Under Secretary for Energy, U.S. Department of Energy
- Ichiro Kanazawa, President, Science Council of Japan
- Yongxiang Lu, President, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Martin Rees, President, The Royal Society, United Kingdom
- Nils Christian Stenseth, President, Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
- Charles Vest, President, US National Academy of Engineering (moderator)
