Conference Programme
The programme of the 4th UN Open Science and Open Scholarship Conference is organized across three days, each focusing on a specific theme of the Conference. Each day includes panels, keynote presentations, and remarks from high-level speakers across the United Nations System. The Conference will be delivered in English with simultaneous translation to Japanese.
The Conference also includes a closed-door session, ※Open Science and the Pact for the Future.§ This session will not be streamed and is open to members of the Advisory Committee to the Conference and invited guests.
All program times are listed in Japan Standard Time (JST, UTC+9)
This list continuously updates as the programme evolves.
Thursday, October 16
AI, Open Science, and the Global Digital Divide
13:00 每 13:30 Welcome and opening remarks
- Prof. Tshilidzi Marwala, Rector of the United Nations University; Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations
- Dr. Lidia Brito, UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Natural Sciences [video message]
- Kaoru Nemoto, Director United Nations Information Centre in Tokyo
- Thanos Giannakopoulos, Chief UN Information Management Section & Dag Hammarskj?ld Library
13:30 每 13:45 Open Science State of Play
- Progress of Open Science Recommendation & Brief on Scholarly Publishing, Ana Persic, UNESCO, Section of Science Technology Innovation Policy
13:45 每 14:45 Panel 1
- Jane Andrew, University of Sydney Business School
- Michaela Bilic-Merdes, German Research Foundation
- Asmelash Teka Hadgu, Lesan AI
BREAK
15:00 每 16:00 Panel 2
- Moderator: Roheena Anand
- Sadao Kurohashi, National Institute of Informatics; Kyoto University
- Bishesh Khanal, Nepal Applied Mathematics and Informatics Institute
- Naya S芍nchez-Pi, Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies du num谷rique (Inria); Inria Chile; Binational Franco-Chilean Center on Artificial Intelligence
BREAK
16:30 每 17:30 Keynote Speaker
- Maggie Walter, University of Tasmania
17:30 每 17:45 Closing remarks
Friday, October 17
Removing Barriers to Knowledge: Open Infrastructure and the Future of Scientific Access
10:00 每 11:00 Welcome and Opening Remarks
- High-Level Speakers
BREAK
11:15 每 12:30 Panel 3
- Moderator: Patrick Paul Walsh, Sustainable Development Solutions Network
- David Oliva Uribe, UNESCO
- Zeynep Varoglu, UNESCO
- Lisa Petrides, Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education (ISKME)
- Mpine Makoe, University of South Africa
BREAK
14:00 每 15:15 Panel 4
- Moderator: Ana Persic, UNESCO, Section of Science Technology Innovation Policy
- Leslie Chan, Knowledge Equity Lab, University of Toronto Scarborough
- David McCoy, International Institute for Global Health, United Nations University
- Felicia Nkrumah Kuagbedzi, Association of African Universities (AAU)
- Hu Chuan-Peng, Nanjing Normal University
BREAK
15:45 每 17:00 Panel 5
- Sefakor Ankora, West and Central African Research and Education Network
- Mikiko Tanifuji, National Insitute of Informatics (NII)
- Ivonne Lujano Vilchis, Directory of Open Access Journals; El Colegio Mexiquense
- Gustavo Archuby, Universidad Nacional de La Plata
17:00 每 17:15 Closing remarks
Saturday, October 18
Science Communication and Public Engagement
10:00 每 10:15 Welcome and opening remarks
10:15 每 11:15 Keynote Speaker
- Yuko Harayama, GPAI Tokyo Expert Support Center (NICT)
BREAK
11:30 每 12:45 Panel 6
- Afek Ben Chahed, Diocesan Library; Wikimedia
- Myl豕ne Desch那nes, Fonds de Recherche du Qu谷bec
- Thilina Heenatigala, Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI)
BREAK
14:00 -15:15 Panel 7
- Luisa Maria Diele-Viegas, University of Mississippi, BioDivA Lab
- Karen Soacha, Institut de Ci豕ncies del Mar (ICM-CSIC); Iberoamerican Participatory Science Network (RICAP)
- Peter Elias, University of Lagos, Nigeria
BREAK
15:30 - 16:30 Closing Keynote Panel
- Moderator: Kiki Bowman, United Nations University
- Mahaletchumy Arujanan, Malaysian Biotechnology Information Centre
- Maher Nasser, Assistant Secretary General and Commissioner-General of the United Nations at Expo 2025
[More details to come]