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Membership and organisation

Membership is currently based on country representation, however members do not formally represent their country. Members have to be in a formal and active position to provide science-based strategic advice to their democratic governments. Members of ESAF are nominated by EU-member governments at the request of the European Commission. Members can have an alternate represent their country at ESAF meetings. ESAF membership is open to non-EU countries which are associated countries of the European Research Area. ESAF members decide on admission of a non-EU member country to ESAF membership.

Parties interested in joining or contributing to ESAF as a member or associate are welcomed to express their interest to the executive secretary (info@esaforum.eu).

List of members

Country	Organisation/function	Member
Austria	Austrian Academy of sciences	Prof. Anton Zeilinger
Belgium	Academie Royale de Belgique	Prof. Didier Viviers
Belgium	Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts	Prof. Joos Vandewalle
Bulgaria	Advisor to the Minister of Education and Science	Prof. Ivan Dimov
Croatia	University of Zagreb, Faculty of Economics & Business	Prof. Alen Stojanović
Cyprus	Chief Scientist for Research and Innovation	Dr. Nikolaos Mastroyiannopoulos
Czech Republic	Vice-Chairman, Research, Development and Innovation Council of the Czech Republic	Mr. Vladimir Mařík
Denmark	Chair of the Danish Council for Research and Innovation Policy	Prof. Frede Blaabjerg
Estonia	President of the Estonian Academy of Science	Prof. Tarmo Soomere
Finland	Vice president for research of the Academy of Finland	Prof. Riitta Maijala
France	Head of the Strategy, Research and Innovation service at the French Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation	Mr. Nicolas Chaillet
Germany	President of the German Academy of Science Leopoldina	Prof. Gerald Haug
Greece	Professor of International Economic Relations	Prof. Achilleas Mitsos
Hungary	Vice President for Science and International Affairs National Research, Development and Innovation Office	Dr. István Szabó
Italy	President, National Research Council of Italy	Prof. Maria Chiara Carrozza
Latvia	Chairperson of the Board, Association of Latvian Young Scientists	Mr. Miķelis Grīviņš
Lithuania	Vice-Chairman of the Research Council of Lithuania	Prof. Ričardas Rotomskis
Luxembourg	First Government Adviser (Premier Conseiller de Gouvernement), Ministry of Higher Education and Research	Dr. Romain Martin
Malta	Designation: Consultant – Policy and Strategy Unit, The Malta Council for Science and Technology.	Jennifer Cassingena Harper
Netherlands	Vice President of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW).	Prof. Marileen Dogterom
Poland	Professor of Biological Sciences	Prof. Janusz M.Bujnicki
Portugal	President of the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology	Prof. Helena Pereira
Romania	President Romanian Consultative Body for Research Technological Development and Innovation	Prof. Octavian Mădălin Bunoiu
Slovakia	CEO & Founder HighChem	Dr. Robert Mistrík
Slovenia	President of the Scientific Council of the Slovenian Research Agency	Prof. Marko Topić
Spain	Senior Advisor at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center	Mr. Enric Banda
Sweden	Director General of the Swedish Research Council	Mr. Sven Stafström
Switzerland	President of the Swiss Science Council	Prof. Sabine Süsstrunk
United Kingdom	Chief Scientific Adviser	Mr. Patrick Vallance

List of associates and guests

	Organisation/Function	Associate
European Commission	Scientific Advice Mechanism	Mr. VERRAES Jacques
Netherlands	Chair of the Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR)	Prof. Corien Prins
Scotland	Chief Scientific Adviser for Scotland	Prof. Julie Fitzpatrick