The OECD Science, Technology and Innovation
Outlook 2021
Times of Crisis and Opportunity

DETAILS

Time – Japan
Mon., April 19 6:30pm – 8:00pm
Venue: Online
Language: English and Japanese

SciREX Seminar #33
The OECD Science, Technology and Innovation Outlook
2021 is the latest in a series that reviews key trends inscience, technology and innovation (STI) policy in OECD
countries and several major partner economies.

(Simultaneous translation service provided)

Reference:OECD Science, Technology and Innovation
Outlook 2021 –Times of Crisis andOpportunityhttps://d0.1787/25186167

SPEAKER
Dr. Michael Keenan
Senior Policy Analyst, OECD

MODERATOR
Dr. Shinichi Akaike
SciREX Program Consultant, SciREX
Center; Senior Fellow, National
Institute of Science and Technology
PolicyRegister throughhttps://zoom.us/webinar/register/
WN_jsq1S8AXRNSqkEc1RaT8JQThe 2021 edition focuses on the COVID-19 pandemic,
which has triggered an unprecedented mobilisation of thescience and innovation communities. While the pandemic
has underscored the importance of science andinnovation to being both prepared and reactive toupcoming crises, it has also stretched research andinnovation systems to their limits, revealing gaps thatneed filling to improve overall system preparedness for
future crises. It is a wake-up call that highlights the needto recalibrate STI policies to better equip governmentswith the instruments and capabilities to point researchand innovation efforts towards the long-term goals ofsustainability, inclusivity and resiliency.
The STI Outlook 2021 covers a range of topics, including
research system responses to the pandemic, impacts on
the research workforce, and likely implications forgovernment support to business research and innovation.
It also reviews various governance challenges, including
the need for governments to renew their policy
frameworks and capabilities to fulfil a more ambitious STI
policy agenda.
The seminar will provide an overview of STI system
responses to the pandemic crisis in 2020 before
considering what a new STI policy might look like and theimplications this has for STI governance arrangements.

Contact:
SciREX Center, National Graduate Institute for
Policy Studies（GRIPS）
Email: scirex-center@grips.ac.jp

SPEAKER and Moderator
Dr. Michael Keenan
Senior Policy Analyst,
Organization for Economic Cooperation andDevelopment (OECD)
Michael Keenan (BSc, MA, PhD) is a senior policy analyst in the OECD's
Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation. He leads the OECD'swork on the STI Outlook and the STIP Compass, an international knowledge
management system for STI policies. Before joining the OECD in 2007, hewas a senior research fellow at the University of Manchester.

Dr. Shinichi Akaike
SciREX Program Consultant, SciREX Center;
Senior Fellow, National Institute of Science andTechnology Policy
Shinichi Akaike obtained Master’s degrees from the Graduate School of Artsand Sciences of the University of Tokyo, and PRU of University of Sussex, andPh.D. from the Graduate School of Decision Science and Technology of theTokyo Institute of Technology. He worked for Science and Technology Agency,Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japanese
Embassy in Sweden, Cabinet Office, Japan Science and Technology Agency’s
CRDS, and National Institute of Science and Technology Policy (NISTEP). He
has been a NISTEP senior fellow since 2018.