Meetings
The Strategy Working Group (SWG) met for three days at the end of January 2017 and again towards the end of May, as well as working via teleconferences and email correspondence. This page will be updated with details of meetings as they become available.
First teleconference, 5 January 2017
Minutes of the first SWG teleconference
SWG Workshop, 30-31 January 2017, Paris, France
| First name | Last name | Affiliation | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sergio | Adorno | Strategy Working Group | Brazil |
| Peter | Agre | Strategy Working Group | USA |
| Nada | Al-Nashif | UNESCO | France |
| Chinedum | Babalola | Strategy Working Group | Nigeria |
| Geoffery | Boulton | Royal Society | UK |
| Paul | Boyle | Strategy Working Group | United Kingdom |
| Melody | Brown Burkins | Strategy Working Group | USA |
| Craig | Calhoun | Berggruen Institute | UK |
| Phil | Campbell | Nature, UK | UK |
| Paul | Cannon | Strategy Working Group | United Kingdom |
| Nicole | Capitaine | COFUSI | France |
| Mark | Cesa | IUPAC | USA |
| Saths | Cooper | Co Chair, SWG | South Africa |
| Robbert | Dijkgraaf | Institute for Advanced Study | USA |
| Harsh | Gupta | IUGG | India |
| Peter | Haugan | Strategy Working Group | Norway |
| Jinghai | Li | Co Chair, SWG | China |
| Benedikt | Loewe | Strategy Working Group | Germany |
| Andy | Martin | Firetail | UK |
| Khotso | Mokhele | ICSU/ISSC Facilitator | South Africa |
| Helga | Nowotny | WWTF Vienna Science and Technology Fund | Austria |
| Nick | Perkins | SCIDEV | UK |
| Thomas | Rosswall | Sweden | Sweden |
| Flavia | Schlegel | UNESCO | France |
| Wesley | Shrum | Transition Task Force | USA |
| Evangelia | Tastsoglou | Strategy Working Group | Canada |
Documents
Papers for the SWG workshop
- Straw-Man proposal: Towards a strategy for a new, merged organisation
- ICSU-ISSC Activity Overview
- Overview of International Science Organisations
- History of ICSU-ISSC collaboration
- History of the ISSC
- History of ICSU
- 1+1=10: Leading scholars consider the future of science and the ICSU-ISSC meger
See a recording of the high-level discussion panel and the following Q&A session. There is also a Storify summing up the discussions and a Flickr album of photos.
First in-person meeting of the SWG, 31 January - 1 February 2017, Paris France
Draft agenda for the first in-person meeting of the SWG (to follow).
Second in-person meeting of the SWG, 30 - 31 May 2017
Discussion at the SWG meeting focused on a draft high-level strategy for the new organization, following the feedback from ISSC and ICSU members on the initial draft circulated at the end of March. As highlighted in a recent webinar with ICSU and ISSC members, the strategy will be further developed with reference to agenda -setting, particularly to expand on how the organization’s members and leadership will be involved in selecting priorities. Members of the SWG also worked to strengthen proposals on the new organization’s regional presence, on relationships with members, and on developing an impactful communications strategy.