1 Draft Paper IV nov. 2002 INTERNATIONAL ROUND TABLE MEETING IN FINLAND January 13 - 14, 2003 Venue: Parliament of Finland, Mannerheimintie 30, 00100 Helsinki, Finland Preliminary Program SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION POLICY - Parliamentary Perspective Sunday 12 January, 2003 Arrival at Helsinki Accommodation 19.0 Get-together hosted by Finnish National Fund of Research and Development SITRA Restaurant Adams, (Erottajankatu 15-17, 00130 Helsinki) Ms Kaarina Dromberg, Minister of Culture Monday 13 January, 2003 9.00 Opening of the Round Table Mrs Riitta Uosukainen, Speaker of the Parliament of Finland Mr Koïchiro Matsuura, Director General, UNESCO or Walter Erdelen, Assistant Director General for Natural Sciences, UNESCO Mr Paavo Lipponen, Prime Minister, Chairman of Science and Technology Policy Council of Finland Dr Kalevi Olin, MP, Chairman of the Organizing Committee for the International Round Table Meeting, Finland Dr. Abdilaziz Othman Altwaijri, Director-General, Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) · 10.00 -10.30 Coffee break 2 10.30 The Role of Science, Technology and Innovation Policy in Society Chair: Dr Martti Tiuri, MP, Chairman of the Committee for the Future, Finland Co-Chair: Dr Walter Erdelen, Assistant Director General for Natural Sciences, UNESCO KEYNOTE ADDRESSES Dr Werner Arber, 1978 Nobel Laureate in Medicine, Switzerland Ms Lídia Maria Ribeiro Arthur Brito, Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology, Mozambique Dr Reijo Vihko, Director General, Academy of Finland / Ministry of Education (Finnish Model) Mr Timo Kekkonen, Director General, Technology Department, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Finland D i s c u s s i o n 13.00 Lunch 14.30 Innovation and Innovativeness as Driving Forces in Society - Future Perspective to Development of Science, Technology and Innovation Policy 1. Back to basics: Challenges of Education Ms Suvi Lindén, MP, Chairman of the Education and Culture Committee, Finland Mr M.H.A.Hassan, Executive Director, Third World Academy of Science Dr Paavo Uronen, Rector of the Helsinki University of Technology, Finland D i s c u s s i o n 2. Dialogue between Scientists and Parliamentarians Dr Martti Tiuri, MP, Chairman of the Association of Parliament Members and Scientists, Finland Ms Majléne Westerlund Panke, Chairman of the Swedish Association of Researchers and Parliamentarians D i s c u s s i o n 3. Responsibility of Media Mr David Dickson, Director, SciDevNet, United Kingdom D i s c u s s i o n 4. Private/Public – innovations (???) 3 17.30 Buffet dinner hosted by the National Technology Agency TEKES (Kyllikinportti 2, Länsi-Pasila, 00240 Helsinki) Tuesday 14 January, 2003 09.00 Challenges of Parliaments while Contributing Science, Technology and Innovation Policy - Is There a Need for New Global Networking? Session Chair: Dr Riitta Keiski, Professor, University of Oulu, Finnish National Commission for UNESCO Session Co-Chair: Mr Kyösti Karjula, MP, Member of the Committee for the Future, Finland Review on parliamentary and inter-parliamentary practises Working paper prepared by Mr Halvor Lervik, Council of Europe The Inter-Parliamentary perspective on Science, Technology and Innovation (Mr. Anders B. Johnsson, Secretary- General, Inter-Parliamentary Union, not available, somebody else?) The introduction of the EPTA Network Mr David Cope, Director, Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology POST, Houses of Parliament, UK (to be confirmed) 10.30 Coffee Break 11.00 USA: (to be confirmed) ASIA: Mr. Shri C. Ramachandraiah, Chairman of the Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests, Lok Sabha (House of the People), India (confirmed) D i s c u s s i o n 13.00 Lunch 14.30 AFRICA: Mr Jenrade Kareem Adekunle Chairman of the Committee on Science and Technology, the House of Representatives, Nigeria (confirmed) LATIN AMERICA: Mrs Silvia Alvarez Bruneliere, President of the Science and Technology Committee, Mexico (to be confirmed) ARAB REGION: Mrs Bahia Hariri, Chairman of the Education, Culture, Technical & Vocational Education Committee, Lebanese Parliament, Lebanon (to be confirmed) D i s c u s s i o n Conclusions and Recommendations of the Round Table Meeting Mr Markku Markkula, MP, Member of the Committee for the Future, Finland Mr Mustafa El Tayeb, Director, Division of Sciences Analysis and Policies, UNESCO 18.00 Excursion to Nokia Corporation Dinner hosted by Mr Juhani Kuusi and Mr Veli Sundbäck, Nokia Research Center 4 Wednesday 15 - Thursday 16, January, 2003 Excursion to Oulu High Technology Region .