Future Activities On June 6, Charles will go to Vilnius, Lithuania. He will meet with the team of the President of Lithuania. Among the issues that will be discussed are “Holistic innovation policy”, The Swedish National Innovation Council” and “Functional public procurement to enhance innovation”. On June 7, Charles will speak at the TAFTIE ANNUAL …
On June 7 – 8 Charles participated in the EU-SPRI 2018 Conference in Paris, entitled “Governance and relevance: Towards a new generation of research and innovation policies”. Together with Susana Borrás he presented a paper entitled “Theoretical Foundations of a Holistic Innovation Policy”. Together with Jon Mikel Zabala Iturriagagoitia he presented a paper entitled “Introducing … Continue reading
On June 7, 2018 Charles spoke at the TAFTIE ANNUAL CONFERENCE. TAFTIE is The European Network of Innovation Agencies , and the conference is hosted by MITA, The Agency for Science, Innovation and Technology, Vilnius. Charles made a presentation entitled: “Make Public Procurement Drive Innovation: Specify Functions Instead of Products!” Continue reading
Last June 6, 2018 Charles went to Vilnius, Lithuania. He met with the team of the President of Lithuania. Among the issues that was discussed were “Holistic innovation policy”, The Swedish National Innovation Council” and “Functional public procurement to enhance innovation”. Continue reading
Bengt-Åke Lundvall, Björn Johnson and Esben Sloth Andersen at Department of Business and Management at Aalborg University decided to formally retire and celebrated this by a common retirement last June 1st 2018 at Aalborg University – in which Charles participated. Ned Lorenz, Jan Fagerberg and Cristina Chaminade made presentations and Bengt-Aake, Esben and Björn gave … Continue reading
The Swedish National Innovation Council has four (or more) meetings per year. The most recent one was held on May 28, 2018. The venue was in Harpsund, which is the country residence for the Prime Minister of Sweden. The meeting lasted for 5 hours and addressed the following issues: Working places for life-long learning, Renewal in healthcare, … Continue reading
During May 14-19, 2018, Charles visited Thailand. He contributed to the “STI Strategy Development and Anchor Program Workshop, at Thonburi University in Bangkok. He gave two lectures: Innovation Theory for Developing a Holistic Innovation Policy – Replacing Linearity! Make Strategic Public Procurement Drive Innovation: Specify Functions Instead of Products He also provided consultancy services to … Continue reading
CIRCLE organized the EU-SPRI Winter School on March 5 -12, 2018. The general topic was “Policies for research and innovation: Geography of innovation”. Charles contributed with a lecture entitled “A Holistic Innovation Policy and the Practice of the Swedish National Innovation Council”. Continue reading
