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EIGHTH REGULAR MEETING OF THE INTER-AMERICAN OEA/Ser.W/XIII.3.8
COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CIDI/COMCYT/doc.
November 14-15, 2013 30 October 2013
Washington, D.C. Original: Spanish
DRAFT SCHEDULE
Thursday, November 14, 2013
9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Registration of participants (Lobby of the Padilha Vidal Conference Room–Terrace Level, GSB Building, 1889 “F” St. N.W., ashington, D.C. 20006)
9:30 a.m. – 9:50 a.m. INAUGURAL SESSION
Welcoming remarks:
§ OAS General Secretariat
§ Rubén Berrocal, National Secretary for Science, Technology and Innovation of Panama, Chair of the Inter-American Committee on Science and Technology (COMCYT)
9:50 a.m. – 10:20 p.m. FIRST PLENARY SESSION
9:50 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Adoption of the Draft Agenda (CIDI/COMCYT/doc.2/13), Draft Annotated Agenda (CIDI/COMCYT/doc.3/13) and Draft Schedule (CIDI/COMCYT/doc.4/13)
10:00 a.m. – 10:20 a.m. PROGRESS REPORTS ON THE PLAN OF ACTION OF PANAMA 2012-2016
Inter-American Committee on Science and Technology (COMCyT)
§ Report of the COMCYT Chair, Rubén Berrocal, National Secretary for Science, Technology and Innovation of Panama
Executive Secretariat, Organization of American States (OAS)
§ Presentation by the OAS Executive Secretary for Integral Development, Sherry Tross
§ Progress report on FEMCIDI projects in the area of Science and technology, Kim Osborne, Chief, Technical Cooperation Section
Comments by delegations
Thursday, November 14, 2013 (continued)
10:20 a.m. – 1:00 p.m SECOND PLENARY SESSION
10:20 a.m. – 11:10 a.m. Plan of Action of Panama- Pillar 1. Innovation
México: Coordinator of Working Goup 1-Innovation, and moderator for the session: Working Group 1 Progress Report and proposals for concrete actions- Arturo Borja Tamayo, Director of Evaluation and International Cooperation of CONACYT (10 minutes)
Country Reports on successful practices in Innovation: Presentations by Member States:
§ Guatemala: Armando Pokus, Undersecretary, National Secretariat for Science and Technology SENACYT (to be confirmed) (10 minutes)
§ Costa Rica: Alejandro Cruz, Minister of Science, Technology and Telecommunications (10 minutes)
Comments by delegations (20 minutes)
11:10 a.m. – 11:20 p.m. COFFEE BREAK
11:20 pm. – 12:00 pm Presentations by public- and/or private-sector institutions and civil society organizations:
§ Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute (Private Sector Partnership, United States)- Martha Connolly (10 minutes)
§ Universidad Pontifícia Bolivariana de Medellín, Colombia (UPB) Dr. Jhon Wilder Zartha Sosa, Coordinator of the Policy Research and Technology Management Group (to be confirmed) (10 minutes)
Presentation by the Competitiveness, Technology and Innovation Section -César Parga, Section Chief(10 minutes)
Comments by delegations and conclusions (10 minutes)
12:00 p.m.- 1:00 p.m. THIRD PLENARY SESSION
. Plan of Action of Panama- Pillar 2. Human Resources Training and Education
Argentina: Coordinator of Working Group 2- Human Resources Training and Education, and moderator of the session: Working Group 2 Progress Report and proposals for concrete actions- Héctor Pralong, Coordinator of International Cooperation with Businesses of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Productive Innovation
MINCYT (10 minutes)
Thursday, November 14, 2013 (continued)
Country Reports on successful practices in Human Resources Training and Education: Presentations by Member States
§ Trinidad and Tobago: Joycelyn Lee Young, Registrar, National Institute of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology (NIHERST), (10 minutes)
§ Country 2: (10 minutes)
Opportunities for cooperation and coordination with other areas of the Executive Secretariat for Integral Development (SEDI)
§ Mexico: Joint presentation with the OAS Scholarship Section on the CONACYT- OAS Scholarship Program- Arturo Borja Tamayo, Director of Evaluation and International Cooperation of CONACYT and Nelly Gochicoa, Senior Specialist for Latin American Cooperation of the OAS Department of Human Development, Education and Employment (10 minutes)
Comments by delegations (20 minutes)
Special Presentation of the PermanentObserver Mission of Italyto the OAS- Amb. Sebastiano Fulci, Permanent Observer, and Prof. Reno Mandolesi, President of EGEOS and member of the Executive Council of the Italian Space Agency (ASI) (20 minutes)
1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. LUNCH BREAK
2:30 p.m. -3:20 p.m. Presentations by public and/or private-sector institutions and civil society organizations
§ Institute for Computing in the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (I-CHASS) University of Illinois: Scott Poole, Director (10 minutes)
Civil society recommendations
§ Pan-American Union of Engineering Institutions: Reginald Vachon, Vice-President for North America (10 minutes);
§ Latin American and Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Institutions (LACCEI), Maria Petrie, LACCEI Executive Director, EftA Vice-President for Curricular Improvement (10 minutes)
Comments by delegations (20 minutes)
3:20 p.m. – 3:35 p.m. COFFEE BREAK
Thursday, November 14, 2013 (continued)
3:35 p.m. – 4:35 p.m. Private Sector Panel: Public/private partnerships for education in technology and talent development (60 minutes).
Moderator: César Parga, Chief of the OAS Section on Competitiveness, Innovation and Technology
Participants:
o Softtek (México)- Alejandro Camino, Vicepresident for Marketing and Communications
o TECSIS (Brasil)- Bento M. Koike, President and CEO (to be confirmed)
o Symantec (Mexico)- Rafael A. García, Marketing Director
o G.E. (United States)- Thaddeus Burns, Director of International Intellectual Property
o Dell (United States)- Jennifer Friday Jones, Corporate Responsibility (to be confirmed)
4:35 p.m – 5:30 Gender in STEM: New Initiatives:
§ Inter-American Network of Academies of Science (IANAS): Pedro Laclette, Co-Chair and Adriana de la Cruz Molina, Executive Secretary (10 minutes)
§ tbt National Productions, SciGirls Program, Minnesota Public Television (United States)- Rita Karl, director of STEM Outreach and Education (10 minutes)
Comments by delegations (20 minutes)
5:30 p.m.- 7:30 p.m. Networking Reception for COMCYT participants (Hall of the Padilha Vidal Conference Room)
Friday, November 15, 2013 Padilha Vidal Conference Room
9:30 a.m.- 1:00 p.m. FOURTH PLENARY SESSION
9:30 a.m.- 11:00 a.m. Plan of Action of Panama- Pillar 3: National Quality Infrastructure
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Canada: Coordinator for Group 3-National Quality Infrastructure and moderator for the session: Activity and progress report of Working Group 3 and proposals for concrete actions 2013-2014 (10 minutes)
National Reports on successful practices in National Quality Infrastructure: Presentations by Member States
§ United States- National Institute of Standards and Measures (NIST) Claire Saundry, Chief, Office of International Affairs, (to be confirmed) (10 minutes)
Friday, November 15, 2013 (continuation)
§ CARICOM Regional Organization for Standards and Quality (CROSQ)- Ms Dianne Lalla-Rodrigues, Director, Antigua and Barbuda Bureau of Standards, CROSQ Council Member and past Chair. (10 minutes)
Opportunities for cooperation and coordination with other areas of the Executive Secretariat for Integral Development (SEDI)
§ United States: Joint presentation with the OAS Department of Sustainable Development on the Project “Renewable Energy and Climate Science: Metrology and Technology Challenges in the Americas”- Claire Saundry, Chief, Office of International Affairs, National Institute of Standards and Measures (NIST) and Rubén Contreras, Project Coordinator, OAS Department of Sustainable Development. (10 minutes)
Presentations by public- and/or private-sector institutions and civil society organizations:
· Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) Germany: Dr. Alexis Valqui, Head of the Latin America and Caribbean Working Group, International Technical Cooperation (10 minutes)
Civil society recommendations:
· Inter-American Accreditation Cooperation (IAAC): Ms. Ileana Martínez, Chair (10 minutes)
OAS initiatives related to Innovation
· Young Americas Business Trust YABT- Luis Viguria, Chief Executive Officer (10 minutes) (to be confirmed)
· Regional Dialogue of High Authorities on SMEs hosted by Brazil- Conclusions and Recommendations (10 minutes) (to be confirmed)
Comments by delegations (20 minutes)
11:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. COFFEE BREAK
11:15 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. FIFTH PLENARY SESSION
11:15 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Plan of Action of Panama- Pillar 4: Technological Development.
Colombia: Coordinator for Group 4-Technological Development and moderator for the session: Progress report of Working Group 3 and proposals for concrete action- Sara Araujo, Chief, International Group (10 minutes)
Country Reports on successful practices in Technological Development: Presentations by Member States
§ Peru: Gisella Orjeda, President, National Council for Science, Technology and Technological Innovation (10 Minutes)
§ Country 2: (10 minutes)
Presentations by public- and/or private-sector institutions and civil society organizations:
§ Special Presentation by the PermanentObserver Mission of Spainto the OAS: Spanish Association of Biotech Companies (ASEBIA), Jorge Barrero, Deputy Chairman and Director of BIOLATAM (10 minutes)
§ TruBios Research Center- Roberto Trujillo, President and CEO (to be confirmed) (10 minutes)
Civil society recommendations:
§ Women, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Panel (45 minutes)
Moderator: Maryse Robert, Director of the OAS Department of Economic and Social Development
Participants:
o Lisa Smith, Director, Bowie Business Innovation Center, MD, United States
o Maya Trotz, Caribbean Science Foundation Council, Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, University of South Florida
o Ana Grief, National Business Incubation Association NBIA Representative for Latin America and the Caribbean.
o Rosibel Ochoa, Honduran Scientist, Executive Director of the von Liebig Entrepreneurism Center of the University of California, San Diego (video) (to be confirmed)
Comments by delegations (20 minutes)
1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. LUNCH BREAK
2:30 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. SIXTH PLENARY SESSION
Strategies and measures to support implementation of the Plan of Action of Panama 2012-2016 and next steps:
Comments by delegations
3:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Fourth Meeting of Ministers and High Authorities on Science and Technology: Place and date
Comments by delegations
3:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Other business
3:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Recommendations and suggestions of the Eighth Regular Meeting of the COMCYT
4:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. Election of COMCYT Officers for the next term of office
4:15 p.m. Closing