RIETI Workshop

Smart Policy Making in Digitalization Era

Announcement

Advancement of information technology opens new avenues of evidence-based science and technology policy, with open science and data sharing mechanism and software technologies allowing visualization and quantitative policy analysis. This workshop will invite expert of OECD, as well as researchers in Japan, to take stock of existing activities inside and outside of Japan, and to draw policy implications for further works.

Information

*Open by invitation only

  • Time and Date: 14:30-17:00, November 2, 2016
  • Venue: RIETI's seminar room (METI Annex 11th floor, 1121) 1-3-1, Kasumigaseki Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
  • Language: English
  • Host: Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI)

Program

14:30-15:00 "OECD Work on Digitalization of STI (Science, Technology and Innovation)"

Mario CERVANTES (Science and Technology Policy Division, OECD/STI)

15:00-15:30 "Understanding Linkage of Science and Technology: Frontier of Database Development and Policy Analysis"

MOTOHASHI Kazuyuki (RIETI and University of Tokyo)

15:30-16:00 "SciREX Policymaking Intelligent Assistance System (SPAIS)"

HARA Yasushi (GRIPS, SciREX Center)

16:00-16:10 Break

16:10-17:00 Panel Discussion

Panelists

AKAIKE Shinichi (Director, Science and Technology Foresight Center, NISTEP/MEXT and CAO)

KOURA Katsuyuki (Director, Technology Policy Planning Office, METI)

Mario CERVANTES

HARA Yasushi

Moderator

MOTOHASHI Kazuyuki