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
Day 2 will kick off with a look at what is meant by ‘expanded evidence’ to underpin societal transformations. From theory to practice, our esteemed panelists will share their thoughts and experiences about broadening the sources of evidence. Expanding evidence makes the practice more inclusive of knowledge traditions, disciplines and methodologies, of diverse populations, and of interacting policy sectors in formulating evidence for policy innovations.
This panel will ask, for instance:
How, and in what ways, can evidence formulation be more inclusive?
Do we have good examples of the impact of diversifying and expanding types of evidence?
How does it affect public trust in evidence?
How are national research and innovation systems adapting (or not) to produce expanded and actionable evidence for scientific advice on complex issues?
What are the incentives for national funders on the one hand and academics on the other?
We will explore the ‘how’, the ‘what’, and most importantly, the ‘why’ of expanded evidence in developing governmental science advice."
Panelists
Connie Nshemereirwe: Director of the Africa Science Leadership Programme, Future Africa – South Africa
Ann Gabriel: Senior Vice President Global Strategic Networks, Elsevier – USA
Manssour Bin Mussallam: Secretary-General, Organisation of Southern Cooperation – Saudi Arabia
James Wilsdon: Professor of Research Policy, UCL/RORI – UK
Justine Nzweundji: Plant Biotechnologist, Institute of Medical Research and Medicinal Plants Studies – Cameroon
Tracey Brown: Director, Sense about Science - UK