Welcome and Introduction to the Global Forum

• Julian Schweitzer, Acting Vice President, Human Development Network, The World Bank
  [ video - 9 minutes]
  
• Japan’s Approach to STI Capacity Building Partnerships 
  Kimikazu Iwase, Deputy Director General for STI Policy, Cabinet Office, Japan
  [ video - 13 minutes]
  
• The Importance of Science, Technology and Innovation for Tanzania 
  Peter Msolla, Minister of Science and Technology, Tanzania
  [ video - 19 minutes]
  Nina Fedoroff, Science and Technology Adviser to the Secretary of State and USAID, United States
  [ video - 9 minutes]

Opening Remarks
STI Partnerships, Capacity Building and the Multi-Lateral Development Banks

• Christian Delvoie, Director, Knowledge Strategy Group, The World Bank
  [ video - 16 minutes]
• Flora Painter, Chief, Science and Technology Division, Inter-American Development Bank [ video - 20 minutes]

Session 1 Pro-Poor Innovation for Social and Economic Development

Chair: Romain Murenzi, Former S&T Minister, Rwanda

• STI Led Inclusive Growth: Shifting Paradigms 
  Ramesh Mashelkar, President, Global Research Alliance  
  [ video - 37 minutes]
  
• Pro-Poor Innovation and Pro-Poor STI for Development 
  Reinie Biesenbach, Innovation Hub, South Africa
  [ video - 20 minutes]
  
• Pro-poor technologies 
  Carlos Guaipatin, Inter-American Development Bank
  [ video - 10 minutes]

Session 1 discussions [ video - 45 minutes]

Session 2 Fostering Technology Transfer and Entrepreneurship: Converting STI Capacity into Business Opportunities

Chair: Jaime Parada, President, Monterrey International City of Knowledge, Mexico

• Technology Transfer for Pro-Poor Development 
  K. Vijayaraghavan, Sath Guru Management Consultants, India; and
  Richard Cahoon, Cornell University
  [ video - 32 minutes]
  
• Unleashing entrepreneurship: How to build STI capacity locally  
  Rohit Shukla, Larta Institute
  [ video - 26 minutes]
  
• The Mystery of Venture Capital 
  Victor Hwang, T2 Venture Capital
  [ video - 20 minutes]

Session 2 discussions [  video - 36 minutes]

 
Session 3 Training the Next Generation of Knowledge Workers for the Global and Local Knowledge Economy

Chair: Eduardo Bitran, President, National Council on Competitive Innovation, Chile

Session 3 discussions [ video - 15 minutes]

Session 4 New Mechanisms for Financing and Implementing STI Partnership Initiatives: Perspectives from Latin America

Chair: Francisco Miranda, Director-General, Colcencias, Colombia

• The Knowledge Economy Fund (KEF) 
  Juan Carlos Navarro, Principal Science and Technology Specialist, Inter-American Development Bank
  [  video - 25 minutes]
  
• Towards Effective international Partnerships in Science, Technology, Production and Innovation 
  Francisco Sagasti, Chairman, Board of the Science and Technology Program (FINCyT), Peru
  [ video - 32 minutes]

Session 4 discussions [ video - 46 minutes]

Session 5 Towards an Action Plan for STI Capacity Building Partnerships

• Peter McPherson, President, Association of Public and Land Grant Universities
  [ video - 18 minutes]
• Kiyoshi Kurokawa, Science Adviser to the Prime Minister (former), Japan
  [ video - 28 minutes]
• Graeme Wheeler, Managing Director, The World Bank
  [ video - 11 minutes]