Speeches from Plenary Sessions 2006
Science and Technology in Society forum:
“Lights and Shadows”

September 10, 2006, Sunday
13:30 – 14:30
 100 Opening Plenary Session
• Omi, Koji, Member, House of Representatives, JP (Session Chair)
• Abe, Shinzo, Chief Cabinet Secretary, Cabinet Office, Government of Japan, JP
• Aho, Esko, President, Finnish National Fund for Research and Development (SITRA), FI
• Helal, Hany M., Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, EG
• Marburger, III, John H., Science Advisor to the President and Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy, US
• McKinnell, Jr., Henry A., Chairman, Business Roundtable and Chairman of the Board, Pfizer Inc, US
• Mitarai, Fujio, Chairman, Nippon Keidanren (Japan Business Federation) and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Canon Inc., JP
14:30 – 15:45
 101 Plenary Session: “Sustainability and the Economy”
• Komiyama, Hiroshi, President, University of Tokyo, JP (Session Chair)
• Al-Shatti, Ismael K., State Minister for Cabinet Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister, KW
• Cho, Fujio, Chairman, Toyota Motor Corporation and Vice Chairman, Nippon Keidanren (Japan Business Federation), JP
• Moratti, Letizia, Mayor, City of Milan, IT
• Rahman, Atta-ur, Federal Minister/Chairman of the Higher Education Commission and Advisor to the Prime Minister on Science and Technology, PK
• Rowland, F. Sherwood, Donald Bren Research Professor of Chemistry and Earth System Science, School of Physical Sciences, University of California, Irvine, US
16:30 – 18:30
 102 First Series of Concurrent Sessions
19:30 – 21:00
 104 Official Dinner: “Lights and Shadows of Science and Technology”
Welcome address by: Matsuda, Iwao, Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy, Minister of State for Food Safety, Minister of State for Information Technology, JP
Chaired by: Kurokawa, Kiyoshi, President, Science Council of Japan (SCJ), JP
Speakers:
• Barbour, Haley, Governor, State of Mississippi, US
• Rees, Martin, President, The Royal Society, UK

 

September 11, 2006, Monday
08:30– 09:30
 200 Plenary Session: “Dialogue between Political Leaders and Scientists”
Chaired by: Yeo, Philip, Chairman, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research), SG
Speakers:
• Kumar, Ashok, Chair, Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology, Houses of Parliament, UK
• Rattanapian, Pravich, Minister of Science and Technology, TH
• Schaal, Barbara, Vice President, National Academy of Sciences, US
• Shiozaki, Yasuhisa, Senior Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs, JP
• Varmus, Harold E., President and Chief Executive Officer, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, US
10:00 – 12:00
 201 Second Series of Concurrent Sessions
12:00 – 13:45
 202 Working lunch: “Cooperation Between Academia and Business”
Chaired by: Krieger, Eduardo M., President, Brazilian Academy of Sciences, BR
Speakers:
• Castell, William M., Chairman, The Wellcome Trust, UK
• Russell, Alan J., Director, McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, US
• Sasaki, Hajime, Chairman of the Board, NEC Corporation, JP
14:00 – 16:00
203 Third Series of Concurrent Sessions
16:30 – 17:30
 204 Plenary Session: “Emerging Infectious Diseases Requiring Global Solutions”
Chaired by: McKinnell, Jr., Henry A., Chairman, Business Roundtable and Chairman of the Board, Pfizer Inc, US
Speakers:
• Atlas, Ronald M., Dean, The Graduate School, University of Louisville, US
• Lvov, Dmitry K., Director, The D.I. Ivanovsky Institute of Virology, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, RU
• Meyers, L. R., Lead Operations Officer, The World Bank, US
• Omi, Shigeru, Regional Director for Western Pacific, World Health Organization (WHO), JP

 

September 12, 2006, Tuesday
08:00– 09:45
 300 Plenary Session: Summaries from Concurrent Sessions
Chaired by: Lee, Yuan Tseh, President, Academia Sinica, Chinese Taipei
Theme Chairs:
[ Track A ]
 Zehnder, Alexander J.B., President of the Board, ETH -- Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, CH
[ Track B ]
 Desmarescaux, Philippe, Chairman, Scientific Foundation of Lyon, FR
[ Track C ]
Anzai, Yuichiro, President, Keio University, JP
[ Track D ]
Serageldin, Ismail, Director, Library of Alexandria, EG
[ Track E ]
 Carty, Arthur J., National Science Advisor to the Government of Canada, CA
[ Track F ]
Omenn, Gilbert S., Chairman of the Board, American Association for the Advancement of Science
(AAAS), US
10:15 – 11:15
 301 Plenary Session: “Science and Society”
Chaired by: Yoshikawa, Hiroyuki, President, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), JP
Speakers:
• Furukawa, Kazuo, President and Director, Hitachi, Ltd., JP
• Jarjis, Jamaluddin bin Dato’ Mohd, Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, MY
• Mangena, Mosibudi, Minister of Science and Technology, ZA
• Richter, Burton, Director Emeritus, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC), Stanford University, US
• Seweryński, Michał, Minister of Science and Higher Education, PL
11:15 – 12:00
 302 Closing Plenary Session: “Paving the Way for the Future”
Chaired by: Wallberg-Henriksson, Harriet, President, Karolinska Institutet, SE
Speakers:
• Okamura, Tadashi, Chairman of the Board, Toshiba Corporation and Vice Chairman, Nippon Keidanren (Japan Business Federation), JP
• Omi, Koji, Member, House of Representatives, JP
• Platé, Nikolay, Vice President, Russian Academy of Sciences, RU
• Zerhouni, Elias A., Director, National Institutes of Health (NIH), US

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