The Danish Council for Research and Innovation Policy:
Science advice and research-based knowledge as tools in societal crisis
Conference 24 November 2020
Time
13.00
–
13.10
Program
Welcome by the chairman of the Danish Council for Research and
Innovation Policy Frede Blaabjerg and moderator Nynne Bjerre
Christensen. A greeting from the minister for Higher Education and Science
Ane Halsboe-Jørgensen
Director General at the Danish Health Authority Søren Brostrøm:
13.10
–
13.20
What have learned about science advice from the way we reacted to
corona-virus in Denmark?
13.20
–
13.30
Team Leader COVID-19 and Assistant to the Special Advisor to the EC
President on COVID-19 Sigrid Weiland:
Real-time learning: Science advice close to the political leadership during
the corona crisis
13.30
–
13.45
13.45
–
14.00
14.00– 14.10
Panel debate with Søren Brostrøm, Sigrid Weiland and Frede Blaabjerg
moderated by Nynne Bjerre Christensen
Sharing experiences with science advice and communication during the
corona crisis
–
in groups (break-out session)
Chair of The Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy
Corien Prins:
Making science advice in turbulent times
–
how do we stay science-based?
14.10
–
14.20
Evidence-informed policy in a crisis
–
what have we learned so far?
Panel debate with Corien Prins and David Mair
moderated by Nynne Bjerre Christensen
PAUSE
Welcome back by Nynne Bjerre Christensen
Professor at the Department of Economics at Aarhus University
Philipp Schröder:
Head of Unit, Joint Research Centre, European Commission David Mair:
14.20
–
14.30
14.30
–
14.40
14.40
–
14.45
14.45
–
14.55
How can non-health-science advice be brought into play in a health crisis:
Dilemmas, learnings and suggestions
14.55
–
15.05
Clinical Director, NIAID, National Institutes of Health (USA) Clifford Lane:
Can and should scientists coordinate their advice? Learnings and
suggestions
15.05
–
15.15
Panel debate with Philipp Schröder and Clifford Lane
moderated by Nynne Bjerre Christensen
15.15
–
15.45
15.45
–
16.00
Workshops on pre-selected subjects
A dialogue between Professor Michael Bang Petersen, Aarhus University,
and Nynne Bjerre Christensen:
The role of the media
–
experiences and perspectives