International engagement

Juliet regularly engages with the Chief Science Advisors from other nations and the wider international science community on matters of mutual interest.

June 2024

Juliet and Susie met with CSAs from Australia, Canada, UK and US.

April 2024

Juliet attended a series of meetings in the UK including meetings with Dame Angela McLean (Government Chief Scientific Advisor, UK) and departmental science advisors

April 2024

Juliet attended a series of meeting in Brussels including meetings with Salla Saastamoinen (Deputy Director General, EC Joint Research Centre), Daivd Mair (Head of Unit, Science Advice to Policy, EC Joint Research Centre) and Signe Rasto (Director General, EC Research and Innovation).

April 2024

Juliet attended the Pacific Marine Plastics/Micro-plastics Summit in Rapa Nui. The conference  focussed on strategies for prevention and reduction of plastics in the ocean.

April 2024

Juliet attended a series of meeting in Chile including a meeting with Aisen Etcheverry, Minister of Science, Technology, Knowledge and Innovation.

December 2023

Our CSA Forum members participating in an online meeting with their UK CSA counterparts.

June 2023

Juliet was a part of an MFAT delegation to the ASEAN-Indo-Pacific Workshop on Marine Plastics Debris at the Regional Capacity Center for Clean Seas, Indonesia.

May 2023

Juliet attended the Nobel Prize Summit on Truth, Trust and Hope in Washington DC.

May 2023

Juliet attended a series of meetings in Washington DC including with Arati Prabhakar (Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy) and Sethuraman Panchanathan (Director of the National Science Foundation).

April 2023

Juliet attended a meeting of the  Forum of Australian Chief Scientists (FACS) in Melbourne.

Juliet is an invited member of the FACS and regularly attends their online and in person meetings

July 2022

Juliet and Emma joined the Federation of Māori Authorities (FOMA) – Māori Science
and Innovation Delegation for the signing of an Indigenous Trans-Tasman Strategic Alliance Agreement on Science and Innovation between FOMA and Indigenous Leaders.

April 2021

The New Zealand and Canadian CSA Forums held a joint online meeting.

2020 – 2021

The community of international chief science advisors met regularly online throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic

August 2019

Juliet met with Dr Mona Nemer, Canada’s Chief Science Advisor

Professor Juliet Gerrard and Dr Mona Nemer

August 2019

Juliet met with Kelvin Droegmeier, Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy and Science Advisor to the President, pictured here with Chris Liddell, the President’s Deputy Chief of Staff for policy coordination.

Visit the website of the USA’s Science Advisor

Chris Liddell, Juliet Gerrard and Kelvin Droegmeier

July 2019

Juliet visited Patrick Vallance, Government Chief Scientific Advisor to Her Majesty’s Government, UK.

Visit the website of the UK’s Government Office for Science

Juliet Gerrard and Patrick Vallance

April 2019

Juliet joined the Forum of Australian Chief Scientists meeting, as an invited guest, held in Darwin

Juliet joined the Forum for Australian Chief Scientists in Darwin last week.