Events

02/24/2021

+March 9: SciREX Open Forum: 10th Session: Outlook of Science and Technology Diplomacy in the Pandemic

SciREX Center

The 10th session of the 3rd SciREX Open Forum will be held as follows:

FLYER: here
Title: Outlook of Science and Technology Diplomacy in the Pandemic
Date & Time: Tuesday, March 9, 2021 18:30-19:30
Venue: Online via Zoom
To be Registered: through this page
Sponsor: SciREX Center
Co-sponsors: MEXT, SciREX Core Centers
Language: Japanese with Japanese-English translation service

Speaker: Yoichiro Matsumoto, S&T Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs
Commentator: Takashi Shiraishi, Advisor to the SciREX Center
Moderator: Atsushi Sunami, Director, SciREX Center

Outline: With Science and Technology (S&T) and International Relations becoming more and more intertwined, gradually surfaced from around 2010 is S&T Diplomacy. Amid the global movement of establishing the International Network for Government Science Advice (INGSA) that advices the governments from scientific viewpoints, and the Foreign Ministries S&T Advice Network (FMSTAN), Japan for the first time created a post of S&T Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs in 2015 to advice on S&T-related diplomatic policies and strengthen networking with relevant people in and outside Japan. Today, facing such global challenges as responding to the new corona virus diseases and attaining SDGs, and the start of new administration in the U.S., the role of S&T and the importance of S&T Diplomacy are ever more recognized.

The SciREX Open Forum's 10^th session will invite Dr. Yoichiro Matsumoto who assumed the position of the 2^nd S&T Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs as a speaker to talk about what we can see from the pandemic, how S&T Diplomacy should be in the ongoing pandemic, and what actually can be done. The focus will be on what kind of measures are being taken and what the future outlook will be. During the discussion time, Dr. Takashi Shiraishi, Advisor to the SciREX Center, who has been deeply involved in S&T Diplomacy ever since the establishment of the S&T Advisor position, will join the session to talk about the history of S&T diplomacy and possible future activities.

Program:
Announcement by the SciREX Center
Introduction by Dr. Sunami
Talk by Dr. Matsumoto
Comments by Dr. Shiraishi
Comments and Questions by Dr. Sunami and Answers from Dr. Matsumoto
Q&A from the Audience