SPNU and the Johns Hopkins Sciences and Diplomacy Group are honoured to organize a transatlantic virtual science diplomacy panel entitled “Science as a vector to shape and influence the national/foreign policy in the United States and France.”

Our speakers will include:

• Dr. Allison Schwier, Acting Science and Technology Adviser to the US Secretary of State. 
• Dr. Daniel Zachary, Program Director for the Energy Policy and Climate Program at Johns Hopkins University.
• Dr. Julian Muller, Deputy Attaché for Science and Technology - Science Policy at the Embassy of France in the United States.
• Dr. Pierre-Bruno Ruffini, emeritus professor of International Economics at the Faculty of International Affairs at the University of Le Havre and former Counselor for Science and Technology at the Embassies of France in Russia and Italy.
• Dr. Ana Persic, Programme Specialist, Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy, UNESCO.

The moderator of the panel is Dr. Stéphanie Balme, Dean of Sciences Po College, Professor at PSIA (Paris School of International Affairs), Research Director at CERI, founding member of ESDI (European Science Diplomacy Initiative), member of the scientific committees of IHEDN and EURICS