[Report (pdf)] ““Strengthening Strategic Intelligence in STI (Science, Technology and Innovation) policy”“
[Overview] The environment surrounding science, technology, and innovation policy is undergoing significant changes and uncertainties due to the so-called “Grand Challenges”, represented by climate change, increasing geopolitical tensions, and rapid advancements in science and technology. In such an environment, the importance of “anticipatory governance,” which enables future-oriented responses and actions, has been called for.
The need for “strategic intelligence”, which forms the basis for all policies and responses, is not new, but recent changes in the environment have made it even more important than before, and there are discussions as to how to embed strategic intelligence in practice and in policy, in various countries, including the OECD.
This seminar invites Michael Keenan, Senior Analyst in the Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation at the OECD, to introduce his work on S&T policy 2025 and the latest developments in science and technology policy at the OECD. This will be followed by the round table discussion, in which Japanese experts and policy/practitioners comment their own thoughts. The seminar will mark a first step to gain hints for better science and technology innovation policy, institutional design, and ecosystem development in Japan, as well as to provide some ideas for the 7th Science and Technology Basic Plan that will be launched in FY2026.
Time & Date: 18:00-19:30(JST), Tuesday, 28 May 2024
Event Format: Online (Zoom Webinar)
Language: English/Japanese (Simultaneous interpretation available)
Host: Science, Technology and Innovation Governance (STIG) Program, The University of Tokyo
Co-host: Institute for Future Initiatives, The University of Tokyo
Registration required: Please register from the link below.
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If your registration is made after 16:00 27 May, the Webinar link will be announced on 28 May.
Program:
18:00-18:05 Opening remark (Prof. Hideaki Shiroyama, The University of Tokyo)
18:05-18:45 Keynote Speech
“Meeting new expectations on STI policy – the OECD’s Transformative Agenda for STI policies”
Dr. Michael Keenan, Senior Analyst, Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation, OECD
18:45-19:25 Round table Discussion
– Moderated by Dr. Makiko Matsuo (the University of Tokyo)
– Dr. Michael Keenan, OECD
– Hideaki Shiroyama, Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy, The University of Tokyo
– Takeshi Nagasawa, Director for Integrated Strategy, Secretariat of Science, Technology and Innovation Policy, Cabinet Office, Government of Japan
– Kanae Kurata, Director, Strategic Planning, Research and Development Division, Science and Technology Policy Bureau, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
– Kenji Ueki, Director General, Technology Strategy Center (TSC), New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)
– Koji Saeki, Deputy Director-General, Center for Research and Development Strategy, Japan Science and Technology Agency
19:25-19:30 Closing
Speakers’ Bio:
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Michael Keenan | Senior Analyst, Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation, OECD Michael Keenan (PhD) is a Senior Policy Analyst in the OECD’s Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry. He has worked in the science and innovation policy field for more than two decades and leads work on the OECD’s biennial STI Outlook and the EC-OECD STIP Compass. He also leads the OECD’s S&T Policy 2025 project and its development of the OECD Agenda for Transformative STI Policies. He has previously worked on several OECD country reviews of innovation policy, including those of Sweden, Korea, Netherlands, Mexico, Russia, and SE Asia. Before joining the OECD in 2007, Michael was a tenured researcher at the University of Manchester. |
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Takeshi Nagasawa | Director for Integrated Strategy, Secretariat of Science, Technology and Innovation Policy, Cabinet Office, Government of Japan 東京大学工学部地球システム工学科卒、カリフォルニア大学サンディエゴ校国際関係論大学院修了。1996年、通商産業省（経済産業省）に入省。産業技術政策やエネルギー・環境政策等に従事。2016～2019年、UNIDO（国連工業開発機関）ウィーン本部出向。帰国後、原子力国際協力推進室長、生活製品課長、地域経済産業政策課長を歴任。2023年7月より内閣府科学技術・イノベーション推進事務局参事官として、科学技術・イノベーション基本計画や総合知等を担当。 |
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Kanae Kurata | Director, Strategic Planning, Research and Development Division, Science and Technology Policy Bureau, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology 2002年文部科学省入省。2007年英国・LSE留学・修士課程修了。2009年国立大学法人九州大学総務部総務課長、2011年文部科学省研究開発局原子力課補佐、2014年在英国日本国大使館一等書記官（科学技術担当）、2018年文部科学省研究開発局宇宙利用推進室長、2020年内閣府科学技術・イノベーション推進事務局企画官（国際担当）、2021年文部科学省大臣官房会計課予算企画調整官などを経て、2023年4月より現職。 |
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Kenji Ueki | Director General, Technology Strategy Center (TSC), New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) 1999年に通商産業省（現・経済産業省）入省以来、経済産業省や関係省庁において、技術・イノベーション、規制改革、地域開発など様々な政策分野を担当。2023年7月にNEDO技術戦略研究センター次長に着任。トランスフォーマティブ・イノベーションの実現に向けた政策やプロジェクトのあり方について検討を進めている。東京工業大学大学院修了（機械工学）。 |
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Koji Saeki | Deputy Director-General, Center for Research and Development Strategy, Japan Science and Technology Agency 1985年に科学技術庁（現文部科学省）に入庁。宇宙、原子力、ライフサイエンスといった分野の研究開発等を担当、科学術・学術政策研究所長を最後に2023年3月に退官。2024年4月より現職。東京大学工学部卒。 |
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Hideaki Shiroyama | Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy, The University of Tokyo 東京大学法学部卒、同助手、東京大学大学院法学政治学研究科講師、助教授を経て、東京大学大学院法学政治学研究科教授（公共政策大学院教授を兼務）。専門は、行政学、国際行政論、科学技術と公共政策。主要業績に、「国際行政の構造」、「中央省庁の政策形成過程」、「法の再構築Ⅲ科学技術の発展と法」、「国際援助行政」、「科学技術ガバナンス」、「政治空間の変容と政策革新①政策革新の理論」等がある。 |
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Makiko Matsuo | Project Associate Professor, GraSPP and IFI, The University of Tokyo 2020年4月1日より現職。現在、科学技術イノベーション政策における「政策のための科学」教育・研究ユニット（STIG：Science, Technology, and Innovation Governanceプロジェクト）で、国際政治・公共政策学・リスク研究等多様な観点から科学技術と社会の交錯領域（食品安全、バイオエコノミー、国際保健等）におけるガバナンスやELSIにかかわる研究に従事。履歴・業績：https://researchmap.jp/makiko_matsuo |