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Strategy Workshop for Policy Makers



Conference



Agenda

3-4 December 2007
State University – Higher School of Economics
Myasnitskaya St., 20
Moscow, Russia


Monday, 3 December 2007
Opening session (English/Russian)
9.00-11.30
ROOM NO 101
09.00–09.30 Registration
09.30–10.00 Opening Remarks
Alexander KHLUNOV, Director of the Department for Science, Technology and Innovation Policy, Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation
[TBC] Paul VANDOREN, Deputy Head, Delegation of the European Commission to Russia
Michael SCHLICHT, Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Germany
[TBC] Jean-Luc CLÉMENT, Ministry of Education and Research, France
Sergiy SIDORENKO, Vice Rector on international cooperation, National Technical University Kiev, Ukraine
Leonid GOKHBERG, Vice Rector, State University – Higher School of Economics
10:00-10:20 The Science, Technology and Innovation Policy of the Russian Federation
Alexander KHLUNOV, Director of the Department for Science, Technology and Innovation Policy, Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation
10:20-10:40 The research and innovation policy of the Ukraine
Sergiy SIDORENKO, Vice Rector on international cooperation, National Technical University Kiev
10.40–11.00 The Present State of S&T Cooperation: Analytical Results of the SCOPE-EAST Project
- Building on the research potential in Russia and the Ukraine
- Joint participation in selected European and international programs
- Setting a frame: Reflections of policy and scientific stakeholders in Member States, Russia and the Ukraine
Anja KOEHLER, International Bureau of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Germany
11.00–11.30 Coffee break
   
Parallel Thematic Workshops (English)
11:30 – 18:00
Biotechnology
Health
Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies
Energy
Scientific coordinator: Prof. Konstantin Skryabin, Director, Centre "Bioengineering" of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
Co-chair:
Prof. Oleg Tikhonovich, Director, All-Russia Institute for Agricultural Microbiology, St. Petersburg
Scientific coordinator:
Dr. Timo Ulrichs,
Koch-Metschnikow - Forum, Berlin
Scientific coordinator:
Prof. Sergey Pikin, A.V. Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
Scientific coordinator:
Prof. Jean-Bernard Saulnier
Centre National de la Recherché Scientifique (CNRS), Paris
   
POLICY MAKER FORUM (English/Russian)
11.30–18.00
Room No 101
11.30-11.40 Moderators:
Joern SONNENBURG, Director General, International Bureau of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Germany
Leonid GOKHBERG, Vice-Rector, State University – Higher School of Economics, Russia
11:40-12.00 S&T and Innovation System of the Russian Federation, Instruments, Priorities and Strategies Towards the EU
Sergey IVANETS, Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation
12:00-12:20 S&T Cooperation with Russia in the Context of the EU-Russian Four Common Spaces and The EU Neighbourhood Policy
Richard BURGER, Science & Technology Counsellor, Delegation of the European Commission to Russia
12:20-12:40

The Seventh Framework Programme: Instruments to Support S&T Policy Dialogues
Tarik MEZIANI, DG for Research, the European Commission

12:40-13:00 Russia and the EU: Activity of Russian Foundation for Basic Research
Vitali KONOV, Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-14:20 S&T and Innovation Policy of Ukraine and Strategies Towards the EU with an Additional Focus on the Activities of the National Academy of Science of Ukraine
Andriy RAGULYA, National Academy of Science, Institute for Problems of Materials Science
14:20-14:40 International Research Staff Exchange Scheme under FP7 People Programme
Barbara RHODE, DG for Research, the European Commission
14:40-15:00 Perspectives of the EU Member States:
Germany’s Bilateral S&T Cooperation with Russia and Ukraine
Joern SONNENBURG, International Bureau of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research
15:00-15:20 Bilateral S&T Cooperation Between France and Russia, France and Ukraine
Jean-Luc CLÉMENT, Ministry of Education and Research, France
15:20-15:40 The Up-Coming INCO-NET Project: S&T International Cooperation Network for Eastern European and Central Asian Countries
Georges BONAS, International Center for Black Sea Studies, Greece
15:40-16:20 Practitioners Views: Lessons Learnt and Scenarios for an Enhanced S&T Cooperation between the EU Member States, Associated States and Eastern Europe
The INTAS Model: Achievements and Lessons for the Future
Alain GÉRARD, Independent Consultant Mandated as Liquidator by INTAS General Assembly
16:20-18:00 ISTC - 15 years of building trust between the Russian Federation/Eastern neighbours and Western partners
Jose Ignacio PRADAS-POVEDA, Senior EU Partner Program Manager, International Science and Technology Center
Discussion on
- How to assure transparency of ongoing cooperation activities and how to use synergies of coordinating bilateral cooperation schemes?
- How to achieve optimum coherence between national/bilateral cooperation schemes and the EU activities?
- How to build a joint framework for S&T and innovation building on each others policy objectives, S&T priorities and instruments?
- How can cooperation in R&D contribute to support other policies of the EU such as the European Neighbourhood policy?
BUFFET RECEPTION
18:15–20:00
 
Tuesday, 4 December 2007
Plenary Session (English)
9.30-13.00
Room No 311
9.30-9.45

Introduction
Moderator of the Plenary Session:
[TBC] Sergey IVANETS, Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation
[TBC] Evgeny UGRINOVICH, Russian Scientific Centre “Kurchatov Institute”

9:45-10:15 Key note speeches: Emerging Horizontal Issues of S&T Cooperation
Mobility of Researchers

Anna PIKALOVA, State University – Higher School of Economics
Strategies and Access to Large Scale S&T Infrastructure
[TBC] Dmitry LIVANOV, Rector, State Technology University “Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys”
10.15-11.15 Presentation of results of thematic workshop and policy forum
11.15-11.45 Coffee break
11.45-12.45

Panel discussion (RUS, UKR, GER, FR, EU-COM)
Moderator:
Michael SCHLICHT, Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Germany
[TBC] Sergey IVANETS, Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation
[TBC] Evgeny UGRINOVICH, Russian Scientific Centre “Kurchatov Institute”
Frédéric BENOLIEL, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), France
Anne BISAGNI, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), France

12.45-13.00 Conclusions and outlook on future joint activities
13.00 Flying Lunch





International Bureau (IB) of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF); project co-ordinator, Germany Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), France National Information Center for Ukraine-EC S&&T co-operation (NIP-UKR), Ukraine State University — Higher School of Economics (HSE), Russia
 
The project is funded by the European Commission
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