Past Workshops

Innovation Policies for a New Era

The Six Countries Programme held its 25th Anniversary Conference at the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA) in Stockhom on January 15-16, 2001. Close to one hundred people from various sectors were brought together to discuss innovation trends and their policy implications.

Documents for download

• Is innovation theory yet catching up with policy practice? Presentation by Erik Arnold, Managing Director, Technopolis, Brighton, UK

• Innovation studies & policy in the 21st century: Impacts from trends in the economy and society. Presentation by Professor dr. ir. Ruud Smits, Science and Policy Department, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands

• ICT, innovation and policy implications in the "New Economy". Presentation by Thomas Andersson, Deputy Director, Science, Technology and Industry Directorate, OECD, Paris, France

• The supranational perspective: the European Union and its role in innovation in Europe. Presentation by Professor G. N. von Tunzelmann, Director of Research, Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU), University of Sussex, Brighton, UK

• Nations and regions in competition? Presentation by Michael Peneder, Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO), Austria

• Policymaking for innovation: The role of distributed intelligence. Presentation by Dr Stefan Kuhlmann, Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Research (ISI), Karlsruhe, Germany

• Innovation and the life sciences. Presentation by Dr Claes Wilhelmsson, Executive Director Research & Development, AstraZeneca, Sweden

• National innovation systems: A multinational corporate view. Presentation by Erkki Ormala, Director, Nokia, Helsinki, Finland

• Workshop programme

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