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Council Members

In alphabetical order of countries and of individual names within countries

(* Board Members / ** Auditor)

 

  ABDOOL KARIM, Quarraisha,  President, The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), ZA
  ABDUL HAMID, Zakri,  Chairman, Malaysian Industry Government Group for High Technology (MIGHT); Chairman, ATRI Advisory; former Science Advisor to the Prime Minister of Malaysia, MY
AL-KHOWAITER, Ahmad, Executive Vice President, Technology & Innovation, Aramco, SA
  BESS, Lane, Chief Executive Officer, Deep Instinct, US
  BLANCO MENDOZA, Herminio, President, IQOM, Inteligencia Comercial; former Minister of Trade and Industry, MX
BRABECK-LETMATHE, Peter, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator (GESDA); Chairman Emeritus, Nestlé S.A., CH
  CHUNG, Jin-ho, President, The Korean Academy of Science and Technology (KAST), KR
  COLOMBANI, Pascal, Chairman emeritus, Valeo; former Chairman and CEO, Atomic Energy Commission; founding Chairman, Areva; Vice-Chair, French Strategic Council for Research, FR
  COLWELL, Rita R., Distinguished University Professor, University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies,University of Maryland College Park; Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; former Director, National Science Foundation (NSF), US
  COMBES, Françoise, President, French Academy of Sciences, FR
  DAVIES, Mitch, President, National Research Council Canada (NRC), CA
  DE-ONG, Wiparat, Executive Director, National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT), TH
  DIERMEIER, Daniel, Chancellor, Vanderbilt University, US
  DIJKGRAAF, Robbert, President-Elect, International Science Council (ISC); former Minister, Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, Government of Netherlands, NL
  DIRKS, Nicholas B., President and Chief Executive Officer, The New York Academy of Sciences (NYAS), US
  EBRARD CASAUBÓN, Marcelo Luis, Secretary of Economy, Government of Mexico, MX
FUJII, Teruo, President, The University of Tokyo, JP
** FUJIMORI, Yoshiaki, Chairperson of the Board of Directors, Oracle Corporation Japan; Senior Executive Advisor, CVC Japan, JP
GÁLVEZ MUÑOZ, Lina, MEP, Vice-Chair, Panel for the Future of Science and Technology (STOA), European Parliament; Full Professor of History and Economic Institutions, Pablo de Olavide University, ES
  GONOKAMI, Makoto, President, RIKEN; former President, The University of Tokyo, JP
  GUTFREUND, Hanoch, Professor Emeritus of Physics and former President, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, IL
  HAMAGUCHI, Michinari, Director General, Strategic Center of Biomedical Advanced Vaccine Research and Development for Preparedness and Response (SCARDA), Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED), JP
  HARA, George, Chairman, The Alliance Forum Foundation; Chairman and CEO, DEFTA Partners, JP
  HASHIMOTO, Kazuhito, President, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST); former President, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), JP
  HENGARTNER, Michael O., President, ETH-Board, CH
  HILTON, Doug, Chief Executive, CSIRO, AU
  HORIBA, Atsushi, Chairman & Group CEO, HORIBA, Ltd; Chairman, Kyoto Chamber of Commerce and Industry, JP
**  INAGAKI, Seiji, Chair of the Board, Dai-ichi Life Holdings, JP
ISHIGURO, Norihiko, Chairman and CEO, Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), JP
  ISHII, Naoko, Special Presidential Envoy, Professor and Founding Director, Center for Global Commons, The University of Tokyo; former CEO, Global Environment Facility (GEF), JP
  ISHIMURA, Kazuhiko, President & CEO, The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), JP
  JOHNSON, Ray O., Senior Advisor to the President, Khalifa University; former Chief Executive Officer, Technology Innovation Institute; former Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Lockheed Martin Corporation, US
KABAT, Pavel, Secretary-General, International Human Frontier Science Program Organization (HFSPO), FR
KADRI, Ilham, Executive Committee Chair, World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD); Chief Executive Officer, Syensqo, BE
  KANDA, Masato, President and Chairperson of the Board of Directors, Asian Development Bank, PH
  KAZAO, Yukihiko, Director General, Science and Technology in Society forum (STS forum), JP
* KLEINER, Matthias, Professor, Technical University of Dortmund; former President, Leibniz Association, DE
* KOMIYAMA, Hiroshi, Chairman, Science and Technology in Society forum (STS forum); Chairman of the Institute, Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc.; former President, The University of Tokyo, JP
  KOTANI, Motoko, Executive Vice President for International Research Strategy, Tohoku University; Executive Director of Science, RIKEN; Science and Technology Co-Advisor to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, JP
KUDELSKI, André, President, Innosuisse - Swiss Innovation Agency; Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Kudelski Group, CH
* KUMAR, Ashwani, Senior Advocate Supreme Court; former Union Minister of Law & Justice; former Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha), IN
  LENZI, Andrea, President, National Research Council (CNR), IT
* LIM, Chuan Poh, Chairman of the Board, Singapore Food Agency (SFA); former Chairman, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), SG
  LIMPIJUMNONG, Sukit, President, National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA), TH
LIU, Mark, Founder and Chairman, J&M Copper Beech Ventures; former Executive Chairman, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. (TSMC), TW
  LIU, Peng, Managing Director, Sinocity Investment Limited; General Partner, Universal Partners LLC, CN
MARKIDES, Karin, President and CEO, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST), SE
  MARWALA, Tshilidzi, Tshilidzi, Rector, United Nations University; Under-Secretary-General, United Nations, ZA
  MAZUR, Eric, Balkanski Professor of Physics and Applied Physics and Dean of Applied Physics, Harvard University; Past President, The Optical Society, US
* McKINNELL, Henry A., Chairman, North American Associates of the STS forum; Chairman Emeritus, Pfizer Inc.; Chairman Emeritus, US Business Roundtable; former Chairman, Moody’s Corporation, US
* McNUTT, Marcia, President, National Academy of Sciences, US
  MEYERSON, Bernard S., IBM Fellow, Chief Innovation Officer Emeritus, IBM Research, IBM Corporation, US
  MITAL, Amit, CEO, Kernel Labs, US
MITSUISHI, Mamoru, President, Science Council of Japan (SCJ), JP
* NAGAI, Ryozo, President, Jichi Medical University, JP
* NEMER, Mona, Chief Science Advisor, Government of Canada, CA
* NURSE, Paul, Honorary Life President, The Francis Crick Institute; former President, The Royal Society; Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2001), UK
  NZIMANDE, Bonginkosi Emmanuel "Blade", Minister, Department of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, ZA
  OHNO, Hideo, Special Advisor on Science and Technology to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry(METI); Special Senior Advisor to the President, Tohoku University, JP
  PARIKH, Sudip, Chief Executive Officer, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), US
PETIT, Antoine, Chairman and CEO, National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), FR
  PHANCHAROENWORAKUL, Surasak, Minister, Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation, TH
  QUIRION, Rémi, Chief Scientist, Office of the Chief Scientist of Québec, CA
  RAHIM, Rushdi Abdul, President & Chief Executive Officer, Malaysian Industry-Government Group for High Technology (MIGHT), MY
  ROBERTS, Richard J., Chief Scientific Officer, New England Biolabs; Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1993), UK
  ROCKENBACH, Bettina, President, The German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, DE
  SATRIA, Arif, Chairman, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), ID
* SERAGELDIN, Ismail, Founding Director Emeritus, Library of Alexandria, EG
  SILVER, Mariko, President and CEO, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts; former President/CEO, Henry Luce Foundation, US
  SMITH, Adrian, President, The Royal Society, UK
  SUGINO, Tsuyoshi, President, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), JP
  SUZUKI, Norihiro, Chairman of the Board, Hitachi Research Institute, JP
THOMPSON, Herbert Hugh, Managing Partner, Crosspoint Capital Partners; former Chief Technology Officer, Symantec Corporation, US
* TSUCHIYA, Sadayuki, Executive Director, Science and Technology in Society forum (STS forum); former Ambassador of Japan to the Republic of Peru; former Vice Minister, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), JP
* TSUTSUI, Yoshinobu, Chairman, KEIDANREN (Japan Business Federation); Executive Advisor, Nippon Life Insurance, JP
* WALLBERG, Harriet, Professor and former President, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet; Chair, Sweden Japan Foundation, SE
  WALPORT, Mark, Foreign Secretary and Vice-President, The Royal Society; former Chief Executive, UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), UK
  WINCE-SMITH, Deborah L., President & Chief Executive Officer, Council on Competitiveness, US
  ZERHOUNI, Elias A., Professor Emeritus, Radiology and biomedical engineering, Johns Hopkins University; former President of Global Research & Development, Sanofi SA; former Director, National Institutes of Health (NIH), US

 79 Council Members from 24 countries, regions and international organizations, 22 Board Members, 2 Auditors

Getting to STS forum (NPO) Secretariat

By Tokyo Metro (Subway)

From Akasaka-Mitsuke Station on Marunouchi Line /Ginza Line
Take Exit 11 (1 minute on foot)
Take Exit 10 (3 minutes on foot)

From Nagatacho Station on Hanzomon Line/Yurakucho Line/Namboku Line
Take Exit 8 (5 minutes on foot)