Round table "Neighbors in research"

Side-event of the Global Research Council 2018 Annual Meeting

Hosted by "Russian Foundation for Basic Research"
Date: 14 May 2018, Time: 9:00 – 12:45
Venue: "Sapphire" Hall, Lotte Hotel Moscow, Moscow, Russia
Language: Russian/English (simultaneous translation)

Time	Session
08:30 – 09:00	Participants registration
09:00 – 09:30	Participants roundtable introduction Key note report - “Russian science status: Presence and Future”, Mikhail Kovalchuk, President, NRC «Kurchatov Institute»
09:30 – 10:00	Session 1. Supporting regional research collaboration: funding agencies experience (Moderator – Jeorg Schneider, Head of the GRC ESG) — Science Europe input in developing of the European Research Area (Maud Evrard, Science Europe) — Efforts to create a joint research area in Africa (Aldo Strobel, executive director, NRF, South Africa) — Experience in developing multilateral research collaborations in Asia-Pacific region (Yoshiko Shirokizawa, executive director, JST, Japan)
10:00 – 10:50	Session 2. Research potential of the post-soviet area: condition, development, accessibility (Moderator – Vladimir Kvardakov, RFBR Deputy Board Chairman) Presentation from Belorus – Sergey Gaponenko, Scientific Council Chairman, Belorussian Foundation for Basic Research Presentation from Armenia – Samvel Arutyunyan, Chairman of the State Science Committee of Armenia Presentation from Uzbekistan – Alisher Umarov, Deputy Minister of Innovation Development, Uzbekistan Presentation from Kyrgyzstan – Murat Jumataev, President National academy of sciences, Kyrgyzstan Presentation from Kazakhistan – Anuarbek Sultangazin, General Director, “Science Foundation”, Kazakhstan Presentation from Russia – Igor Sheremet, RFBR Deputy Director
10:50 – 11:05	Refreshments
11:05 – 11:45	Session 3. Research potential of the Eurasian frontier countries: need for a regional multilateral cooperation (Moderator – Alexander Sharov, Head of Division, RFBR) Presentation from Mongolia – Bulgaa Ganbat, adviser to the Minister of education, culture, science and sport of Mongolia Presentation from Iran – Seyed.H Tabatabaeian, Head of the Technology studies institute of the Presidency of the Islamic Republic of Iran; Ahmadi Hossein, Director for international relations of the Centre for Progress and Development of the Presidency of the Islamic Republic of Iran Presentation from Korea – Park Du Young, Director of Department, National Research Foundation of Korea Presentation from Turkey – Prof. Hasan Mandal, TUBITAK President
11:45 – 12:10	Closing session. Perspectives for development of an Eurasian research area (Moderator – Vladimir Kvardakov, RFBR Deputy Board Chairman) — Eurasian Association for Promotion of Scientific Research as a model regional organization (Yaroslav Sorokotyaga, Head of Division, RFBR) — Facilitated discussion, Summary, Final remarks and closure
12:10 – 13:00	Joint lunch
13:00	Departure for the NRC “Kurchatovsky Institute”
13:45 – 16:00	Introduction of the NRC research facilities
18:30 – 20:00	Welcome reception

List of invited participants

	From Russia: — Mikhail Kovalchuk, President оf NRC «Kurchatov Institute» — Vladislav Panchenko, RFBR Board Chairman — Vladimir Kvardakov, Deputy of the RFBR Board Chairman — Leadings experts from the Eurasian studies centers in Moscow (HSE, RCIA) — Director of the Eurasian Economic Commission — An official from the Department of Integration Development, MFA of Russia
	HORCs from the post-soviet states: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan
	HORCs from some Eurasia border states: Mongolia, Iran, Turkey, Korea
	Official representatives from EU, Science Europe, South Africa, Japan

Annual Meeting, Moscow 14–16 May 2018