Conference on Scientific Challenges for Energy Research - Planning

The conference was planned under the guidance of an International Steering Committee, comprised of:

Chair (France)

Dr. Bernard Frois

National Research Agency (ANR)

Project Administrator (OECD)

Mr. John Newman

Global Science Forum, OECD

Australia

Dr. David Brockway

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

Belgium

Dr. Jan Kretzschmar

Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO)

Canada

Dr. Harry Swain

University of Victoria

Denmark

Dr. Birte Holst Jørgensen

Nordic Energy Research

Finland

Prof. Hannu Hänninen

Helsinki University of Technology 

France

Dr. Dominique Goutte

Ministry of Higher Education and Research

Germany

Dr. Anneliese Bohn

Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)

Dr. Sabine Semke

Julich Research Centre (Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH)

Italy

Dr. Alicia Mignone

National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and the Environment (ENEA)

Norway

Dr. Arne Mathias Bredesen

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Poland

Prof. Roman Domański

Warsaw University of Technology

South Africa

Dr. Boni Mehlomakulu

Department of Science and Technology

United Kingdom

Prof. James Skea

UK Energy Research Centre

United States

Dr. Arthur B. Ellis

National Science Foundation (NSF)

Dr. Harold Jaffe

Department of Energy (DOE)

Mr. Robert Vallario

Department of Energy (DOE)

European Commission

Mr. Jacques Bonnin

Research Directorate

IEA Secretariat

Dr. Robert K. Dixon

International Energy Agency (IEA)

IEA Ad Hoc Group on Science and Energy Technologies (AHGSET)

Dr. Yvan Faure-Miller

Ministry of Economy, Finance and Energy

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Global Science Forum

The Global Science Forum brings together science policy officials from OECD countries. The delegates, who meet twice a year, seek to identify and maximise opportunities for international co-operation in basic scientific research.