Mr Alan Paic

Senior Policy Analyst, Science and Innovation Policies
OECD
Alan Paic is Senior Policy Analyst in the Science and Technology Policy (STP) Division, within the Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation (DSTI) of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Alan is in charge of various aspects of science and innovation policy, notably Open Science, Artificial Intelligence, governance of STI policies, as well as Innovation Policy Reviews. He acts as OECD liaison with the Global Partnership for Artificial Intelligence Working Group on AI and the Pandemics. Recent publications include Policies for Artificial Intelligence in Science and Innovation, Enhanced Access to Publicly Funded Data for Science, Technology and Innovation, Why open science is critical to combatting COVID-19, Governance of Science and Technology Policies Mr. Paic joined the OECD in 2010 and has worked in the Global Relations Secretariat, as Head of Programme for South East Europe, working on the general competitiveness agenda as well as on specific innovation policies. He initiated and co-ordinated the flagship publication series: Competitiveness in South East Europe: A Policy Outlook which covers 15 areas of policy with contributions across the OECD. Prior to the OECD, Mr. Paic worked as particle physicist at CERN, and as a strategy consultant in the private sector, with Monitor Company and Stratorg. Mr. Paic holds a Ph.D in particle physics from the Neuchatel University (Switzerland) and a Master of Business Administration from INSEAD, Fontainebleau.