18 May, Wednesday
Arrival of participants, organized transfer to Hotel City, Crnogorskih serdara 5, Podgorica
19.30 – 20.30 Welcome Cocktail (Hotel City)
19 May, Thursday
9.00 – 9.30 Registration (Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts, Rista Stijovića 5, Podgorica)
9.30 – 10.45 Opening session (Welcome addresses)
- Academician Momir Đurović, President, Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts (CANU)
- Prof. Heitor Gurgulino de Souza, President, World Academy of Art and Science (WAAS)
- Prof. Graham Caie, European Federation of Academies of Sciences and Humanities (ALLEA); President, Royal Society of Edinburgh
- Prof. Felix Unger, President, European Academy of Sciences and Arts (EASA)
- Dr Gilbert Fayl, President, The Global Round Table (GRT)
- Prof. Gordon McBean, President, International Council for Science (ICSU)
- Mathieu Denis, Executive director, International Social Science Council, (ISSC)
10.45 – 11.00 Coffee break
11.00 – 12.15 Session I (chair: Academician Ivo Šlaus, Prof. Ullica Segerstrale)
- Gordon McBean, Professor Emeritus, Western University, Canada; President of ICSU,[*]
- Miroslav Vesković, International, Interinstitutional and Stakeholder Relations Unit, Joint Research Center, European Commission, Reinventing together society, economy and science
- Tadej Bajd, President, Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (SAZU), Science and Technology Issues through the Development of Robotics
- Loucas Christophorou, Academy of Athens, Science-Based Technology and Society: Arrows to the Future
- Alexander Likhotal, President, Green Cross International, Switzerland, WAAS trustee
- Josef Lazar, The Czech Academy of Sciences (ASCR), Technology and knowledge transfer in post-transformation economies
12.15 – 12.30 Discussion
12.30 – 14.00 Lunch
14.00 – 14.30 Transfer from Hotel to MASA
14.30 – 16.15 Session II (chair: Dr Garry Jacobs, Prof. Neven Duić)
- Agni V. Arvanitis, President, Biopolitics International Organization, WAAS fellow, Biopolicy – building a vision of hope: Techne and technology as the tools for future society
- Juri Engelbrecht, Estonian Academy of Sciences, WAAS trustee, Complex Society and Values
- Miloš Trifković, President, Academy of Sciences of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ANUB&H), Are legally-imposed model ethics codes sufficient to improve moral behavior of public enterprises in Bosnia and Herzegovina?
- Alberto Zucconi, President, Institute of Person Centered Approach (IACP), Italy, WAAS trustee, What kind of Education is Needed to Navigate the Fourth Industrial Revolution?
- Mathieu Denis, Executive director, International Social Science Council (ISSC),
- Ljubiša Rakić, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (SANU), Technology – society relation, challenge for future existence
- Winston P. Nagan, Visiting Professor Al-Farabi Kazakh National University of Kazakhstan, WAAS trustee, Technology, Scientific Consciousness and Values, The Challenge of Scientific Responsibility for the Future of Science
- Vesna Baltezarević, John Naisbitt University, Faculty of Culture and Media, EASA fellow, The Internet and Virtual “Reality”
16.15 – 16.30 Discussion
16.30 – 17.00 Coffee break
17.00 – 18.15 Session III (chair: academician Juri Engelbrecht, academician Josef Lazar)
- Ullica Segerstrale, Illinois University, Chicago, WAAS fellow, Cooperation as a Social Technology
- Peter McGrath, Executive Director, The Global Network of Science Academies (IAP), Synthetic Biology: Opportunities and governance
- Msgr. Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo, Chancellor, Pontifical Academy of Sciences, Vatican, Pope Francis’ Encyclical Laudato Si
- Ljupčo Kocarev, Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts (MANU), Networks: co-evolution of technology and society
- Dragan K. Vukčević, Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts (CANU) Growth and Development
- Oksana Slyusarenko, Corresponding member of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (NASU), Socio-political Position of Women of Western Balkans and Ukraine
18.15 – 18.30 Discussion
18.30 Transfer to Hotel
20.00 Transfer from Hotel to Vine Cellar “Šipčanik” for “Vine Dinner”
20 May, Friday
8.30 – 9.45 Session IV (chair: Prof. Agni Vlavianos Arvanitis, academician Ljubiša Rakić)
- Erich Hoedl, European Academy of Sciences and Arts (EASA), How to Govern Technological Advances?
- Veselin Vukotić, Rector, University of Donja Gorica, associate member of CANU, Culture and Globalization
- Lorenzo Gascon, Real Academia de Ciencias Economicas y Financieras, Barcelona (RACEF), Technology, Globalisation and its Impact in the Future
- Francois Guinot, President, Groupe Interacadémique pour le Développement, Paris (GID), International Relations and Technologies
- Saulo Casali Bahia, Professor and Federal Judge, Brazil, WAAS trustee, Technology, Values and Society
- Neven Duić, University of Zagreb, WAAS fellow, Smart Energy Systems – decoupling from resource based energy
- Timi Ećimović, World Philosophical Forum – WPF University, Slovenia, WAAS fellow, Homo sapiens Universal Upbringing, Education and Whole Life Learning toward Sustainable Future of Humankind
9.45 – 10.00 Discussion
10.00 – 10.30 Coffee break
10.30 – 12.15 Session V (chair: Prof. Veselin Vukotić, Prof. Erich Hoedl)
- Garry Jacobs, CEO of WAAS, Technology, Employment & Human Welfare
- Ionel Haiduc, Romanian Academy, What Technologies are needed for the Future?
- Gheorghe Duca, President, Academy of Sciences of Moldova (ASM), Science for Sustainable Development of Society
- Carlos Alvarez Pereira, President, Fundacion INNAXIS, Spain, A New Conceptual Framework to Prevent Technolitarian Futures
- Nebojša Nešković, Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences, University of Belgrade, WAAS trustee, Importance of basic research for technology advances
- Saša Popović, School of Economics, University of Montenegro, WAAS associate fellow, Financial Innovations and Tech-No-Logical Progress
- Dragoljub Mirjanić, Academy of Sciences and Arts of the Republic of Srpska (ANURS), The Influence of Renewable Energy Sources and Clean Technologies to the Climate Changes in the Undeveloped Countries. Overview of Republic of Srpska and B&H
- Anita Etale, University of South Africa, Johannesburg, Ethics in Nanotechnology Research: Perceptions of Researchers at UNISA
12.15 – 12.30 Discussion
12.30 Transfer to the Hotel
12.30 – 14.00 Lunch
14.00 – 14.30 Transfer to Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts
14.30 – 15.45 Session VI (chair: academician Ionel Haiduc, academician Dragoljub Mirjanić)
- Ulric Fayl v. Hentaller, The Global Round Table, Brussels, Science + Society = Policy-Advice
- Velimir Srića, School of Economics and Business, Zagreb, Harmonious Leadership – A Key to Superior Organizational Culture
- Paulo Alcantara Gomes, Candido Mendes University, Rio de Janeiro, WAAS fellow, Technological advances to improve social changes in Brazil
- Gustav R. Grob, Energy Institute, London, Chairman of ISO committee for Technical Energy Systems Analyses, The Global Transition to Sustainable Energy Security and Safety
- Gabriel Bianchi, Director, Institute for Research in Social Communication, Slovak Academy of Sciences, What to do with the spirit-soul gap when facing technology innovations: Another case for a liminality hotspot?
- Alexander Ruser, Zeppelin University Friedrichshafen, Germany, Technology can save us, can’t it? The emergence of the ‘techno-fix’ narrative in climate politics
15.45 – 16.00 Discussion
16.00 – 16.30 Coffee break
16.30 – 18.00 Session VI (continuation) (chair: Prof. Nebojša Nešković, academician Ljupčo Kocarev)
- Mirjana Radović-Marković, Institute of Economic Sciences, Belgrade, Serbia, fellow of WAAS, EASA, The use of information technologies for enhancement cooperation between the virtual university and the business environment
- Salvatore Bushati, Academy of Sciences of Albania, Encourage the creativity starting at the early childhood: The most effective investments for quality young researchers in the future
- Abdeslam Badre, EU-MENA Mohammed V University–Rabat, Future Trends of EU-Southern Mediterranean Economic Diplomacy: The case of EU-Morocco DCFTA
- Radovan Stojanović, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Montenegro, Science and technology transfer from rich to poor – help or bubble
- Gordana Laštovička Medin, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Montenegro, Interactive Art, Ubiquitous Space, Tangible Interface, Learning and Cognitive Artefact: Relationships and implications for knowledge, creativity and communication
- Neki Frasheri, Gudar Beqiraj, Academy of Sciences of Albania, The tragedy of innovation – reflections on innovation and disruption impact
18.00 – 19.00 Closing session
- Academician Ivo Šlaus, HAZU, WAAS trustee
- Academician Momir Đurović, President of CANU
19.00 Transfer to Hotel
21 May, Saturday
Departure of participants (organized transfer to airport by flight details sent)
Optional
Whole day sightseeing tour by bus (visit to Cetinje, old Royal Capital, to Montenegrin littoral towns: Kotor – on UNESCO list, and Budva)
[*] It is envisaged for each speaker to have presentation in duration of 12 minutes.