3rd SciREX Open ForumNew Development of Science,
Technology and Innovation Policies
Session̲NO.10

FreeUp to500

participants

Outlook of Science and Technology Diplomacy
in the Pandemic
Organizer：SciREX Center
2021.

3.9（Tue）18:30～19:30

ZOOM session

Special website

English-Japanese translation

https://www.scirex-openforum.info/

Session_NO.10 Outline
With Science and Technology (S&T) and International Relations becoming more and more intertwined, gradually
surfaced from around 2010 is S&T Diplomacy. Amid the global movement of establishing the International Network forGovernment Science Advice (INGSA) that advices the governments from scientific viewpoints, and the ForeignMinistries S&T Advice Network (FMSTAN), Japan for the first time created a post of S&T Advisor to the Minister ofForeign Affairs in 2015 to advice on S&T-related diplomatic policies and strengthen networking with relevant people inand outside Japan. Today, facing such global challenges as responding to the new corona virus diseases and attaining SDGs, and the start of new administration in the U.S., the role of S&T and the importance of S&T Diplomacy are
ever more recognized.
The SciREX Open Forum’s 10th session will invite Dr. Yoichiro Matsumoto who assumed the position of the 2nd S&T
Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs as a speaker to talk about what we can see from the pandemic, how S&TDiplomacy should be in the ongoing pandemic, and what actually can be done. The focus will be on what kind ofmeasures are being taken and what the future outlook will be. During the discussion time, Dr. Takashi Shiraishi,Advisor to the SciREX Center, who has been deeply involved in S&T Diplomacy ever since the establishment of theS&T Advisor position, will join the session to talk about the history of S&T diplomacy and possible future activities.
Speaker

Yoichiro Matsumoto
S&T Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Aﬀairs

Commentator

Takashi Shiraishi
Advisor to the SciREX Center

Moderator

Atsushi Sunami
Director, SciREX Center

Inquiries

scirex-openforum@nagoya-nsc.co.jp

Sponsors

Sponsor: National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) SciREX Center
Co-sponsors: Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT);and SciREX Core Centers and Related organizations

Outline
3rd SciREX Open Forum
Commemorating the 10th Anniversary of the SciREX Program“New Development of Science, Technology and Innovation Policies”
The Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) policies are at a turning point. The STI policies now cover theareas beyond the S&T promotion to cope with the societal change brought by the rapid development of digitaltechnologies and include SDGs that try to solve complex and diverse social issues. It is now essential for the STI
polices to have participation by and co-creation with various stakeholders. Most recently, the new corona virus
pandemic posed a number of issues to be shared not only among the experts but also among the public as seenin communication and mutual reliance between policies and science and the importance of evidence-based policy
decisions. The post-corona pandemic days will face new development different from the previous S&T promotion,
human resources development, and the diversity of science community. What are needed for STI policies? How
the relationship between policies and science should evolve? These issues will be discussed from various angles
through the 11 ZOOM seminar sessions of the SciREX Open Forum, including introduction of the domestic andinternational trends surrounding the science policies as well as the activities of the SciREX Program that is being
funded by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT).

Schedule
11 seminar sessions will be held between late December 2020 and March 2021 as follows:【1】Theme No.1 is relationship between policy and science;【2】Theme No. 2 EBPM;【3】Theme No.3 Human resources training; and【4】No. 4 Coevolution.
Also, please note that “M” means main sessions organized by the SciREX Center and“P” is for the sessions proposed by the SciREX core centers and related organizations.

♯ Day & Time112/22（Tue）

21/11（Mon）

31/18（Mon）

41/21（Thu）

5
6

18:30-19:30

18:00-19:30

18:30-20:00

18:00-19:30
1/26（Tue）
18:30-20:00
2/5（Fri）
18:00-19:30

72/12（Fri）

82/16（Tue）

18:30-20:00

18:00-20:00

92/17（Wed）

103/9（Tue）

報告会

18:00-20:00

18:30-19:30
2/17（Wed）
Time TBD*Day & Time may change.

Theme

Organizer

Session【1】

SciREX Center

M1：Science, Politics, and Policies【3】

Kyushu University: CSTIPS

P1：Looking back the 7 Years of STI Policy
Course at CSTIPS@Kyushu University【2】

SciREX Center【2】

Kyoto University: STiPS【1】

JST RISTEX

【3】
【3】

【1】

English-Japanese translation

P2：Use of Health and Medical Data inCooperation with Local Governments toEnhance EBPM
P3：Science of Science Policy in Post-pandemic
Days: Possibility of Combining Risk andEconomic Models
M3：Changing Science, Technology andInnovation Policy Ecosystem and Human
Resource Development

GRIPS GiST & SciREX Center

M4：Present and Future of the STI Policy

University of Tokyo: STIG

Research and Education

University of Tokyo: STIG

P4：New Development of Risk Governance andCommunication – Complex Responses to the
Newly Emerging Infectious Diseases, Natural
Disasters, and Climate Changes

SciREX Center

Osaka University: STiPSEnglish-Japanese translation

【4】
【1】

【4】

M2：Prospects of EBPM-based STI Policies

SciREX Center

M5：Ideal and Reality of Policy-Science
Coevolution - to Move to the Next Stage

SciREX Center

P6：Outlook of Science and Technology Diplomacy

English-Japanese translationin the Pandemic

MEXT

P5：Reporting of SciREX Coevolution Projects