Next Meeting
POSTPONED - SPIDER at INGSA2020 - Montréal - Sept 2020
The next meeting of SPIDER is expected to take place in the margins of the INGSA2020 conference in Montréal in mid-September 2020. The conference committee is monitoring the COVID-19 situation closely, but at this stage we are working towards the meeting taking place as normal.
We will update all INGSA members should anything change.
POSTPONED - Geneva, Switzerland - March 2020
In collaboration the Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) meeting
Meeting Focus: Technology Diplomacy
Regretfully, the Geneva meeting of SPIDER and FMSTAN has been postponed due to COVID-19, with the hope that the meeting will be able to take place early next year.
INGSA would like to thank the interest of our partners and we hope to rekindle the meeting in 2021.
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Past Meetings
Vienna, Austria - 25-27 November 2019
The Vienna meeting of SPIDER/FMSTAN was held in collaboration with the Austrian Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs (BMEIA), the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), the Vienna School of International Studies and the Natural History Museum Vienna.
The hosts are commended on the incredibly high level representation and diversity of stakeholders that were attracted to the meeting. It represented the continued growth of impact and visibility of the FMSTAN and SPIDER networks, and inspired a range of discussions and networking opportunities, from which we hope a number of collaborations will blossom.
Of particular note were the presentations from Jeffery Sachs, Special Advisor to the UN Secretary-General on the SDGs, and Martin Lees, former Secretary General of the Club of Rome, who provided keynote speeches.
A summary of the sessions and links to meeting resources will be available shortly on this page.
Muscat, Oman – February 2019
The inaugural meeting of the SPIDER Special Interest Division was held in collaboration with the Ocean Economy and Future Technology Conference in Muscat, Oman in Feb 2019. In a joint meeting with the FMSTAN network, over 50 people attended to discuss the future of the new network and how SPIDER can become a global voice for Science Diplomacy theory, practice and advice.
It was a highly energising workshop that covered a range of issues across Data Diplomacy, international principles for the conduct of scientists in emergencies, Science Diplomacy for the SDGs and ongoing topics of interest to SPIDER.
The meeting included presentations from:
- Dr Anne Bardsley, Associate Director of Research, SciPoDS (Download presentation – Conduct of Scientists in Emergencies)
- Dr Simon Hodson, Executive Director of CODATA (Download Presentation – CODATA and Data Diplomacy)
- Prof Paul Berkman, Director, Science Diplomacy Center at Tufts University (Download Presentation – Science/Data Diplomacy: Building Common Interests)
- Dr Ana Elorza Moreno, Science Advice Coordinator at the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology, FECYT (Download Presentation – Catalysing Science Diplomacy) – You are also encouraged to support and sign the Madrid Declaration on Science Diplomacy. (https://www.s4d4c.eu/s4d4c-1st-global-meeting/the-madrid-declaration-on-science-diplomacy/)
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