PROGRAM

Thursday, October 31

Conference & Reception

12:00 PM: Doors open

1:00 PM: Welcome Remarks

Ona Ambrozaite, Co-Director, JHU Science Diplomacy Hub Host Welcome 

Vice President DAAD Muriel Helbig and Director DWIH NY Christian Strowa

Keynote Address

German Ambassador to the United States Andreas Michaelis

U.S. Perspectives on Emerging Tech Diplomacy

Eugene Bae, Director of Technology Partnerships at

the Office of the Special Envoy for Critical and Emerging Technology

Science Diplomacy Quiz

1:45 PM: Flash Talk: Practical Models for Science Diplomacy

Leo Eigner (ETH Zürich)

Panel Discussion on CONCEPTS

Finja Isabel Augsburg (University of Erfurt),

Ruppert Stüwe (Federal Parliament Germany), and Martin Wählisch (moderator)

Audience Q&A

2:45 PM: Coffee break

3:15 PM: Flash Talk: Science Diplomacy Hubs

Ona Ambrozaite (Johns Hopkins University)

Flash Talk: Private Actors as Agents of Disruption

Christian Rieck (University of Potsdam)

Panel Discussion on ACTORS, INSTITUTIONS, AND NETWORKS

E.W. Colglazier (American Association for the Advancement of Science), Marcus Weller (Aionic Machine Learning),

Derya Büyüktanir Karacan (George Washington University), and Eva Bosbach (moderator)

Audience Q&A

4:20 PM: Break

4:45 PM: Flash Talk: Disaster Resilience Technology and Diplomacy

Sumie Nakaya (Hitotsubashi University)

Flash Talk: International Medical Education and Science Diplomacy

Anette Wu (Columbia University)

Panel Discussion: NEW FRONTIERS

Yuko Harayama (Tohoku University), Christian Neubacher (University of Cambridge),

Francisco Del Canto Viterale (University of North Dakota), and Kathrin Kohs (moderator)

Audience Q&A

Closing Remarks

Vice President DAAD Muriel Helbig and Head of Programs DWIH NY Jan Lüdert

18:00 PM - 19:30 PM: Reception

DWIH FUTURE FORUM Event Venue:

Johns Hopkins Science Diplomacy Hub
555 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, DC 20001