Draft programme. Impact of Science. Finding shared approaches to assess, enable and accelerate impact of science on society June 2018

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1 Draft programme Impact of Science Finding shared approaches to assess, enable and accelerate impact of science on society June 2018 Organised by: Partners:

2 IMPACT OF SCIENCE Canada has been successful the last years in calling for more attention to the position of Canada worldwide in their research intensity and innovation. This has led to a variety of evaluations and strategies, most notably, the Fundamental Science Review, the Innovation and Skills agenda, and more recently the Superclusters initiative. Furthermore the three federal research councils, as well as the CFI and several provinces, have been aiming to evaluate funded projects on more than just academic impact. Finally the government has reintroduced the position of Chief Science Advisor in order to generate more evidence-informed policymaking. These prospects and initiatives share one common goal: setting realistic targets for assessing, enabling and accelerating the societal impact of science. The AESIS Network has successfully organised the annual conference Impact of Science five times, bringing together experts such as R&D evaluators, university managers, research councils, policy makers, funders, and other stakeholders of impact. The goal is sharing, evaluating and discussing best practices around the world on: Policy strategies for societal impact Creating (long-term) alliances between stakeholders Regional, national and international instruments for evaluating and achieving impact Current issues on i.e. public engagement, evidence-based policy, interdisciplinary approaches and harmonising definitions and assumptions. In its approaches the AESIS Network is convinced that societal impact: can only be robust based on a well-balanced insight on how the impact of science on society can be measured; should investigate the impact of the humanities, the social sciences and the hard sciences in one comparable approach for accountability; will be optimised by combining perspectives from all stakeholders of impact, including (but not limited to): research management, funders, scientometricians & societal partners. The political momentum and current research eco-system in Canada are an excellent and indeed inspirational context to foster the worldwide debates on impact. At the same time, several international perspectives can offer valuable and critical evaluations to the current progress and obstacles in Canada. The AESIS Network and its partners are excited to welcome you at the Impact of Science 2018 conference in Ottawa. Programme Advisory Committee AESIS Advisory Board Martin Kirk David Phipps Laura Hillier Susan Morris Catherine Gold Sarah Viehbeck Amonulla Khakimov Canadian Association of Research Administrators ResearchImpact Canada Canada Foundation for Innovation SSHRC & NSERC, Canada Elsevier Canadian Institutes of Health Research Ontario Government Koenraad Debackere Luke Georghiou Chris James Barend van der Meulen Susan Renoe Tobin Smith David Sweeney Pauline Tay Paul Wouters University of Leuven, Belgium University of Manchester Elsevier Rathenau Institute, Netherlands National Alliance for Broader Impacts American Association of Universities Research England Research Council, Singapore CWTS, Netherlands

3 Draft Programme Thursday 14 June Registration Welcome by the Conference Prof. Koenraad Debackere, General Manager of Leuven University, Belgium & Chair of the AESIS Network I Plenary opening: Policy framework for Impact of Science The Honourable Kirsty Duncan*, Minister of Science, Canada Rush Holt, CEO of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, USA David Sweeney, Executive Chair Designate, Research England, United Jane Muir*, Co-founder of Empowering Women in Technology Startups (Ewits) Mona Nemer*, Chief Science Adviser Canada Yuko Harayama, Executive Member, Council for Science, Technology and Innovation (CSTI), Japan Panel discussion led by the conference chair Group picture & Break II Parallel sessions: Demonstrating Impact Measurement tools Internal evaluation policies Assessment for funders Indicators for SSH impact Chris James, Senior Product Manager Research Metrics, Elsevier, The Netherlands Universities Canada David Sweeney, Executive Chair Designate, Research England, United Paul Wouters, Director of Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University, The Netherlands Jason Owen-Smith, Executive Director of the Institute for Research on Science and Innovation (IRIS), USA Luke Georghiou, Vice- President for Research and Innovation at the University of Manchester, United Cara Tannenbaum, Scientific Director, Institute on Gender and Health, Canadian Institutes of Health Research Claire Donovan, Science and Technology Studies, Brunel University, London, United Sean Newell, Chief Executive Officer, Researchfish, United Clarivate Analytics Barend van der Meulen, Rathenau Institute and professor at the Centre for Sciences and Technology (CWTS), Leiden University, The Netherlands Gabriel Miller, Executive Director of the Canadian Federation of Humanities and Social Sciences Lunch

4 Draft-Programme Thursday 14 June III Parallel sessions: Accelerating Impact outside the Academic world Entrepreneurial knowledge transfer Global challenges/issues Collaboration with industry Community engagement Cynthia Goh, Founder and Director of the Impact Centre of the University of Toronto Jean Lebel, President of International Development Research Centre, Canada Wendy Naus, Executive Director at the Consortium of Social Science Associations (COSSA), USA Halle Tecco*, Founder Rock Health, USA Representative of StartupDelta Susan Renoe, Director of the National Alliance for Broader Impacts, USA Magnus Gulbrandsen, Centre for Technology, Innovation and Culture at the University of Oslo, Norway Alejandro Adem*, Chief Executive Officer and Scientific Director, Mitacs Inc., Canada Richard Gordon*, Chief Executive at Landcare Research, New Zealand Crystal Tremblay, Research Director UNESCO Chair in Community Based Research & Social Responsibility in HE Break IV Partners in mediating impact to address broader challenges Brad Fenwick, Senior VP for Global Strategic Alliances at Elsevier Rosalinde van de Vlies*, Head of the Evaluation Unit at the Research and Innovation Directorate, European Commission V Interactive debate: Conditions for integrating an impact policy; shared and tailored approaches Recommendations from the parallel sessions Moderator: Martin Kirk Panel members: Dr. B. Mario Pinto, President of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Canada During the debate the audience can post statements and vote for them. These questions will (also) be debated 17:00 Closing remarks and summary by the Conference Prof. Koenraad Debackere, General Manager of Leuven University, Belgium & Chair of the AESIS Network Reception Dinner

5 Draft-Programme Friday 15 June Registration Conference Prof. Koenraad Debackere What we achieved at the first day and how it relates to the 2nd day program VI The Government as a user of Science Molly Shoichet & Rémi Quirion, Chief Scientists of Ontario & Québec, Canada Michele Jolin*, CEO and Co-Founder of Results for America Move to roundtables (check registration for correct session) VII Roundtables Responsive Research Councils Implementing Impact in Institutions CRIS & University Needs Regional Innovation Cluster Policies Science of Science Impact Additional Plenary Session: Topic: Melanie Knetsch, Economic and Social Research Council, United David Phipps, ResearchImpact & Susan Renoe, National Alliance for Broader Impacts Elsevier New Brunswick development cooperation Superclusters & Kathryn Graham, Alberta Innovates, Canada & Topsectoren David Budtz Pedersen*, Humanomics, Denmark Results and Delivery in the science eco-system Rodney Ghali*, Assistant Secretary of the Innovation Hub, Privy Council, Canada Break

6 Draft-Programme Friday 15 June VIII Parallel sessions: Institutional Policy, Programmes & Culture Research policy & strategy Big Science & Infrastructure Applied research institutes Interdisciplinary approach Moura Quayle, Director pro tem at UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, Canada Guy Levesque, Vice- President of Programs and Performance, Canada Foundation for Innovation Christine Trauttmansdorff, Vice President of Colleges and Institutes, Canada Mark Hochman, Business Development Manager, Australasian Research Management Society TRIUMF Mikael Östling, Deputy President, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden National Research Council (NRC) André Roos, Director Centre for Entrepreneurship at Saxion, the Netherlands Amy Cook (Director, Knowledge Mobilization) & Lara O'Donnell (Senior Director, Research), Canadian Institute for Advanced Research Felicity Callard*, Director of Hubbub at Wellcome Collection, United Lunch IX How to implement an overall impact strategy in Canada? Broader challenges & setting targets Outcomes Parallel sessions & Roundtables Ranking the Recommendations Closing Panel: Koenraad Debackere Ted Hewitt, President of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Canada, Chair of the Canada Research Coordinating Committee Pari Johnston, Vice-President Policy and Public Affairs, Universities Canada Gilles Patry, Executive Director U15 Group of Canadian Research Universities 15:30 Closing remarks and summary by the Conference Reception Prof. Koenraad Debackere, General Manager of Leuven University, Belgium & Chair of the AESIS Network