Science and Policy-Making: towards a new dialogue - Bruxelles, 29-30 settembre 2016

Jointly organised by the European Commission and the International Network for Government Science Advice (INGSA), the conference will bring together users and providers of scientific advice on critical, global issues. Policy-makers, leading practitioners and scholars in the field of science advice to governments, as well as other stakeholders, will explore principles and practices in a variety of current and challenging policy contexts.

The conference seeks to:

• Identify core principles and best practices, common to structures providing scientific advice for governments worldwide.
• Identify practical ways to improve the interaction of the demand and supply side of scientific advice
• Describe, by means of practical examples, the impact of effective science advisory processes

The conference will be a combination of plenary lectures and topical panels in parallel (concurrent) sessions:

• Parallel Session I: Scientific advice for global policy
• Parallel Session II: Getting equipped – developing the practice of providing scientific advice for policy
• Parallel Session III: Scientific advice for and with society
• Parallel Session IV: Science advice crossing borders

Call for Speakers

The European Commission and INGSA are now in the process of identifying speakers for the above conference sessions. As part of this process we invite those interested in speaking to submit their ideas. Interested policy-makers, scientists and scholars in the field of scientific advice, as well as business and civil-society stakeholders are warmly encouraged to submit proposals.