Venue - Kigali Convention Centre

Registration | 07:30 - 18:30

SATELLITE EVENTS

FMSTAN Meeting | 08:30 - 17:00 | Invite only | INGSA | AD12

International Public Policy Observatory (IPPO) Roundtable | 10:00-12:00 | Invite only| IPPO/UCL/INGSA | AD10

INGSA Chapter Meetings | 14:00-17:00 | Invite only | INGSA | AD10

INGSA2024 Welcome Cocktail | 17:30 – 19:30 | Evening

Venue - Kigali Convention Centre

Registration | All Day

7:30 AM - 8:30 AM :

|Cultural Troupe

8:30 AM – 11:00 AM:

| High-Level Opening Ceremony and Plenary Address – INGSA

| Welcome Remarks

• Hon. Gaspard Twagirayezu, Rwandan Minister of Education

| INGSA on a Global Stage

• Rémi Quirion: President INGSA and Québec Chief Scientist – Canada

| Fireside Chat:

• Romain Murenzi: Professor of Physics, Worcester Polytechnic Institute and former Executive Director of The World Academy of Sciences for the Advancement of Science in Developing Countries (TWAS) – Rwanda/USA

• Adeline Cyuzuzo: Environmentalist and Coordinator of Storytelling Working Group, Loss and Damage Youth Coalition – Rwanda

• Moderated by: Kristian Allen: Executive Secretary -INGSA

11:30 AM – 1:00 PM: MORNING PARALLEL SESSIONS

1.1. FISHBOWL Session-AI for Evidence-Informed Policymaking: Developing a Framework | George Mason University

1.2 City-led Science Diplomacy: Leveraging Evidence and Cooperation for More Resilient Cities | SciTech Diplo Hub

1.3 Science granting councils and innovation agencies as advocates for strong national STI systems | IDRC and FCDO

1.4 Towards a Global Definition of Excellence in Research | CIE and GYA

13:00 – 14:15 | LUNCH including side events

13:15 – 14:00

| SATELLITE EVENT: Unlocking solutions through transformational science: outlooks for Africa

2:15 PM – 3:45 PM: AFTERNOON PARALLEL SESSIONS

2.1 FISHBOWL Session - Push and Pull: Science Advice for Legislatures | UCL STEaPP

2.2 Connecting Science Diplomacy Agendas in a Fragmented World | European Commission

2.3 Unleashing the Transformative Potential of African Science Advice: Towards an Africa Science Leaders Forum | Future Africa and ISC

3:45 PM - 4:05 PM:

| Afternoon tea /coffee break

| GDN Award Ceremony – Presenting:

Japanese Award for Outstanding Research on Development Award

Japanese Award for Most Innovative Development Project

4:15 PM - 5:45 PM | Closing plenary:

The Transformation Imperative - Science and Shaping the Transformations We Want to See | INGSA

| Networking activities

5:45 PM – 7:15 PM:

| Réception de réseautage pour les francophones | Invite only| RFICS

7:30 PM- 9:30 PM:

| Conference Official Dinner | Evening | Host: University of Rwanda

Venue - Kigali Convention Centre

Registration | All Day

| 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM : Morning Networking

MORNING:

| 8:30 AM - 8:45 AM:

Welcome and Recap | INGSA

| 8:45 AM - 9:15 AM:

High-Level Address: Jeremy Farrar – Chief Scientist at World Health Organisation-UK

| 9:15 AM – 10:45 AM :

Plenary Panel: Expanded Evidence: New Wisdom for Complex Problems | INGSA

| 11:15 AM – 12:45 PM :

MORNING PARALLEL SESSIONS

3.1 Science Advice in the Multi-lateral System: Emerging Challenges and Innovative Solutions | ISC

3.2 Institutional Development/Mapping: From Mechanisms to Ecosystems | Aalborg Universitet

3.3 Evidence for Science Advice and Diplomacy: Considering Quality, Equity, and Diversity of Sources | RFICS, Georgia Tech and Global Commission on Evidence

3.4 Skills for Transformation - Training the Next Generation of Experts at the Interfaces | UNESCO Chair on Science Communication for the Public Good

| 12:45 PM – 2:00 PM | LUNCH including side events

| 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM

AFTERNOON PARALLEL SESSIONS

4.1 Anticipatory Science Diplomacy and Disruptive Tech: Towards Renewed Multilateralism | GESDA

4.2 Systemic Institutional Innovations: Creating better conditions for transformative evidence-informed policy-making | European Commission

4.3 Disruptive Technologies: Impact and Leadership from Africa | FRQ

4.4. Advances in capability development for Science Advice – Frameworks and Tools | INGSA

| 4:00 PM- 4:30 PM

High-level address | Sujatha Raman, UNESCO Chair in Science Communication for the Public Good

| 4:30 PM- 6:00 PM

Closing plenary: Plenary Panel — Inclusive Policies for Diverse Contexts | INGSA

Close of Day 2

Venue - Kigali Convention Centre

Registration | All Day

MORNING

High-Level Dialogue on the Future of Science Diplomacy | 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM | Places Limited - click here to find out how to apply | AAAS, European Commission, GESDA, The Royal Society

 Bridging Worlds of Knowledge – Promoting Endogenous Knowledge Development | 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM| Organisation for Southern Cooperation | Find out more and Apply

INGSA Board meeting | Invite Only | INGSA | 10:00AM - 12:00PM

Translating Research into Policy and Practice: Insights from COVID-19 Pandemic Response in Africa and Plans for the EPSILON Initiative | 11:30AM - 1:00PM | Science for Africa Foundation, University of Oxford Pandemic Sciences Institute

AFTERNOON

INGSA/GESDA/AIMS World Build Simulation Training – Quantum Technology | 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM | Places Limited – Apply now| Hands-on and immersive science diplomacy training on emerging technologies

INGSA2024 Public lecture – Science of the infinitely small to the infinitely large – what are the impacts on society | 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Rwanda University and INGSA