Program · Draft Agenda

InnSciD SP 2026 · Metascience and Global Scientific Cooperation

August 10–14, 2026 · Auditório do IEA, University of São Paulo — R. da Praça do Relógio, 109, São Paulo/SP, Brazil.

Draft agenda — sessions and speakers may be updated. TBC = to be confirmed.

Monday
August 10
Opening & Foundations
  • 09:00 – 09:40
    Opening Ceremony
    • Amâncio Jorge de Oliveira (USP / InnSciD SP)
    • Secretary Pedro Ivo Ferraz da Silva (MRE / InnSciD SP)
    • Carlos Gilberto Carlotti Junior (Aucani / USP)
    • Roseli de Deus Lopes (IEA-USP)
    • Secretary Vahan Agopyan (SP State Secretary for STI)
  • 09:40 – 10:00
    InnSciD SP: a Global South School
    • Amâncio Jorge de Oliveira (USP / InnSciD SP)
    • Janina Onuki (USP)
  • 10:00 – 11:00
    International Relations, Foreign Policy, and Science Diplomacy — Book Launch
    • The International Dimension of Science, Technology and Innovation — Ary Plonski (USP)
    • Diplomacia da Inovação: Soberania Digital e Política Externa Brasileira — Eugênio Vargas Garcia (MRE)
    • Dawisson Belém Lopes (UFMG)
  • 11:00 – 11:30
    Break
  • 11:30 – 12:30
    Science, National Interests and Global Challenges — An Introduction to Science Diplomacy
    • Pierre Bruno Ruffini (University of Le Havre Normandy)
  • 12:30 – 14:00
    Break
  • 14:00 – 15:00
    Introduction to Innovation Diplomacy: A New Frontier for Global Climate Cooperation
    • Pedro Ivo Ferraz da Silva (MFA)
  • 15:00 – 17:00
    Anticipatory Science Diplomacy
    • Claudia Freymond (GESDA)
  • 15:00 – 17:00
    Practical Activity: Quantum Diplomacy Game
    • Moderator: Hermano do Amaral Pinto Neto (USP)
Venue
Auditório do IEA
R. da Praça do Relógio, 109 — São Paulo/SP, 05508-050, Brazil
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