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Michael Oborne has been working at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) since 1980. Previously, he was Head of the Science and Technology Policy Division of OECD, and Deputy Director for Science, Technology and Industry Department of the OECD. At present he is the Director of Multidisciplinary Issues in OECD and also the Director of the OECD's International Futures Programme. He is also the Director for the OECD’s Global Science Forum. Mr. Oborne received his BA, MA, PHD at the University of California, Berkeley, at Cambridge University, and at the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris. As senior Fulbright professor, he has taught at universities in the United States, Great Britain, France and Italy. In the 1980's he worked on the political economies of the Pacific Basin countries, and published books and articles on technology and direct foreign investment issues in the People's Republic of China. Mr. Oborne has worked extensively in the areas of biotechnology, science policy, innovation policy frameworks, information technology policy and the political economy of China. Currently, the International Futures Programme is working on projects focused on the commercialization of space, the future investment needs for infrastructure, the new security economy (particularly biosecurity issues), monitoring and managing new systemic risks and the emerging bio-economy. Mr. Oborne is the chairman of the OECD Internal Coordinating Group on Biotechnology and Nanotechnology.
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