Who's Who

OECD Science and Technology Policy Ministerial

23-24 April 2024 | Paris, France

Chair Vice-Chairs Participating Countries Institutions OECD Secretariat

Chair

Sylvie Retailleau

France

Minister of Higher Education and Research

https://twitter.com/sretailleau https://www.linkedin.com/in/sylvie-retailleau-855639154/

Vice-Chairs

Leonore Gewessler

Austria

Federal Minister for Climate Action,...

https://twitter.com/lgewessler https://www.linkedin.com/in/leonore-gewessler-194239/

Yesenia Olaya Requene

Colombia

Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation...

Changyune Lee

Korea

Vice Minister, Ministry of Science and ICT

Oddmund Løkensgard Hoel

Norway

Minister of Research and Higher Education

https://www.linkedin.com/in/oddmund-l-hoel-913735100/?originalSubdomain=no

Juan Cruz Cigudosa

Spain

Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and...

Martina Hirayama

Switzerland

State Secretary for Education, Research and...

https://www.linkedin.com/in/prof-dr-martina-hirayama-9005b534/

Participating Countries

Brendan Pearson

Australia

Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the...

Iliana Ivanova

European Commission

Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture,...

https://twitter.com/ili_ivanova?lang=en

Régine Vandriessche

Belgium

Ambassador, Permanent Representative to the OECD

https://www.linkedin.com/in/regine-vandriessche-976945165/

Marcia Barbosa

Brazil

Deputy Minister of Science, Technology and...

Datin Rakiah Abdul Lamit

Brunei Darussalam

Ambassador, Embassy of Brunei Darussalam in Paris

Vanndy Hem

Cambodia

Minister of Industry, Science, Technology &...

Mona Nemer

Canada

Chief Science Advisor

Aisén Etcheverry Escudero

Chile

Minister of Science, Technology, Knowledge, and ...

https://twitter.com/aisenamalia https://www.facebook.com/MinisterioDeCiencia

Orlando Vega Quesada

Costa Rica

Viceminister of Science, Innovation, Technology...

Radovan Fuchs

Croatia

Minister of Science and Education

Ondřej Andrys

Czech Republic

State Secretary, Ministry of Education, Youth...

Christina Egelund

Denmark

Minister for Higher Education and Science

https://www.linkedin.com/in/christina-egelund-69a5336/

Sandra Särav

Estonia

Deputy Secretary General for Economy and...

Elina Laavi

Finland

State Secretary of Science and Culture

Radka BALABANOVA-RULEVA

Bulgaria

Ambassador, Ministry of Innovation and Growth...

Bettina Stark-Watzinger

Germany

Federal Minister of Education and Science

https://www.linkedin.com/in/starkwatzinger/

Maximos Senetakis

Greece

Deputy Minister, Ministry of Development

László Bódis

Hungary

Deputy state secretary responsible for...

Áslaug Arna Sigurbjörnsdóttir

Iceland

Minister of Higher Education, Science and ...

https://twitter.com/aslaugarna https://www.facebook.com/aslaugarna

Gerard Keown

Ireland

Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Ireland...

Shigeo Koyasu

Japan

Science and Technology Advisor to the Minister...

Takahiro Ueyama

Japan

Chief Executive Member, Council for Science,...

Darkhan Ahmed-Zaki

Kazakhstan

Vice-minister, Ministry of Science and Higher...

ANNA LEIŠKALNE

Ministry of Education and Science of the...

Acting Deputy Director for Science, Department...

Indulis Ābelis

Latvia

Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the...

Justas Nugaras

Lithuania

Vice-Minister of Education, Science and Sport

https://www.linkedin.com/in/justasnugaras/?originalSubdomain=lt

Neringa Morozaitė-Rasmussen

Lithuania

Vice-minister of the Economy and Innovation

https://www.linkedin.com/in/neringa-morozaite-rasmussen/?originalSubdomain=lt

Stéphanie Obertin

Luxembourg

Ministre de la Recherche et de l’Enseignement...

Sybel Galván Gómez

Mexico

Permanent Representative of Mexico to the OECD

Abdellatif Miraoui

Morocco

Minister of Higher Education, Scientific...

https://www.linkedin.com/in/miraouiofficiel/ https://www.facebook.com/AbdellatifMiraoui.PageOfficielle/?locale=fr_FR

Robbert Dijkgraaf

Netherlands

Minister of Education, Culture and Science

Judith Collins

New Zealand

Minister of Science, Innovation and Technology

https://twitter.com/JudithCollinsMP https://www.linkedin.com/in/honjudithcollins/?originalSubdomain=nz

Rolando Ruiz Rosas Cateriano

Peru

Ambassador, Embassy of Peru in France

Renato Solidum Jr.

Philippines

Secretary of Science and Technology

https://region1.dost.gov.ph/?fbclid=IwAR2v8fmraYexicV21O6YKU3MI5gJXZGx2gcXgAefcQ5GTLOk8iOvdp96vP4

Andrzej Szeptycki

Poland

Undersecretary of State

https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrzej-szeptycki/

Ana Paiva

Portugal

Secretary of State for Science, Portuguese...

Ivan Bogdan-Gruia

Romania

Minister of Research, Innovation and...

https://www.linkedin.com/in/bogdan-ivan-31379b107/?trk=public_profile_browsemap&originalSubdomain=ro https://www.facebook.com/guv.ro

Chorh Chuan Tan

Singapore

Permanent Secretary (National Research and...

František Ružička

Slovak Republic

Ambassador, Permanent Delegation of the Slovak...

Igor Papič

Slovenia

Minister of Higher Education, Science, and...

Mlungisi Cele

South Africa

Head of the National Advisory Council on...

Mats Persson

Sweden

Minister for Education and Research

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mats-persson-55760ba7/?originalSubdomain=se

Håkan Hillefors

Sweden

Director General, Ministry of Climate and...

https://www.linkedin.com/in/h%C3%A5kan-hillefors-8b28a01b/

Supamas Isarabhakdi

Thailand

Minister of Higher Education Science Research...

Mehmet Fatih Kacır

Türkiye

Minister of Industry and Technology

Andrew Griffith MP

United Kingdom

Minister for Science, Research and Innovation,...

Kei Koizumi

United States

Principal Deputy Director for Science, Society,...

Institutions

Mohamed Belhocine

African Union

Commissioner for Education, Science, Technology...

https://twitter.com/he_belhocine?lang=en

Satvinder Singh

ASEAN Secretariat

Deputy Secretary-General for ASEAN Economic...

Richard Johnson

BIAC (Technology and innovation Committee)

Chairman

Laurence Lwoff

Council of Europe

Head of Human Rights and Biomedicine Division

Peter Gluckman

International Science Council ISC

President

Veronica Nilsson

TUAC

General Secretary

Shamika N. Sirimanne

UNCTAD

Director, Division on Technology and Logistic

https://twitter.com/UNCTAD https://www.linkedin.com/in/shamika-sirimanne-ph-d-a232a2210/

Tatiana Molcean

UNECE

Executive Secretary

https://twitter.com/Tatiana_Molcean https://www.linkedin.com/in/tatiana-molcean-49675777/?originalSubdomain=ch

Lidia Arthur Brito

UNESCO

Assistant Director General for Natural Sciences

https://twitter.com/LidiaArthurBri1 https://www.linkedin.com/in/lidia-brito-05736861/

Ciyong Zou

UNIDO

Deputy to the Director General and Managing...

https://twitter.com/UNIDO https://www.linkedin.com/in/ciyong-zou-787a37135/

OECD Secretariat

Jerry Sheehan

OECD

Director, Directorate for Science, Technology...

www.oecd.org/sti https://www.linkedin.com/in/jerry-sheehan-98511450/

Alessandra Colecchia

OECD

Head, Science and Technology Policy Division

Mathias Cormann

OECD

Secretary-General

https://twitter.com/MathiasCormann https://www.linkedin.com/in/mathiascormann/

Ulrik Vestergaard Knudsen

OECD

Deputy Secretary General

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ulrik-vestergaard-knudsen-b81091289/