Lecture 1: "What is "science" in STI policies? - viewed in history"

Lecturer: Dr. Masahiro KURODA, GRIPS Visiting Professor, Keio University Professor Emeritus
Commentator: Prof. Tateo ARIMOTO, GRIPS Professor

Lecture 2: "The Direction of Innovation Policies learned from Case Studies"

Lecturer: Dr. Manabu ETO, Hitotsubashi Innovation Center Professor

Lecture 3: "The Direction of STI Policies"

Lecturer: Dr. Takuya SAITO, Tokushima University Vice President, SciREX Center Policy Liaison

Lecture 4: "The Relationship between STI Governance and Society"

Lecturer: Prof. Makiko MATSUO, Public Policy, University of Tokyo Graduate School
Dr. Mitsuo KISHIMOTO, Institute for Datability Frontier, Osaka University
Dr. Hideyuki HIRAKAWA, Center for the Study of CO Design, Osaka University

Lecture 5: "STI Policy Examples"

Lecturer: Mr. Mitsuyuki UEDA, International Strategies, Science and Technology Policy Bureau, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)

Lecture 6: "How to make Policies - in the case of START and EDGE programs"

Lecturer: Mr. Keita NAKAZAWA, Planning and Evaluation, Science and Technology Policy Bureau, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)

Lecture 7: "Statistical Index of STI Policies - Introduction to SPIAS-used analyses"

Lecturer: Mr. Yasushi HARA, Specialist, SciREX Center, GRIPS
Dr. Hitoshi KOSHIBA, Researcher, NISTEP Foresight Center, MEXT

Phase II

Phase II was held, inviting young researchers involved in science policymaking and URAs. Several teams were formed among the participants, each of which discussed various policies in detail, and made policy recommendations.