The annual Almedalen Week in Visby, the Island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea, was the largest meeting place for the exchange of social, economic and political ideas in Sweden – with a history of 45 years. In 2012, there were 1 818 seminars and other events in the official program. This year, Charles participated in a … Continue reading →

Charles was a speaker at “Global Economy and Industry Forum 2013, Creativity, Innovation, Industry; New challenges for Policies”, in Seoul, Korea, June 24, 2013. The Forum was organized jointly by KDI (Korean Development Institute) and the Koreas Government (Ministry of Strategy and Finance).The Forum aimed to examine the global trends in industrial innovations and their … Continue reading →

A large event entitled “The Swedish Innovation Parliament” took place in Lund on May 22-24, 2013. It was the annual conference organized by SISP – Swedish Incubators and Science Parks. It gathered leading politicians and people from industry and government. For example, Members of parliament Anna Kinberg Batra (representing the government) and Jennie Nilsson (spokeswoman … Continue reading →

April 11, 2013, 1430-1630 Track 7:  New Policy Instruments. Session 2: Developing new approaches to innovation policy Chair: Susana Borrás Why Pre-Commercial Procurement is not Innovation Procurement Edquist, Charles; Zabala-Iturriagagoitia, Jon Mikel; Download conference programme. This paper presented in this conference has also now been published as a working paper. See details below: In 2006 the European … Continue reading →

Charles was the keynote speaker at the recently concluded OECD Expert Workshop on the Measurement of Public Procurement of Innovation that took place at the OECD Headquarters in Paris last February 4, 2013. The title of his speech was “Public Procurement for Innovation (PPI): What is it and what does it mean for grand challenges, … Continue reading →

Diskussion om innovation at ESBRI Mycket har hänt inom svensk innovationssystemsforskning de senaste sex åren. Fältet har svällt, en forskargemenskap har växt fram, och kontakter har etablerats mellan akademi och policy. Vinnovas finansiering av fyra forskningscentrum inom området har bidragit till utvecklingen. 4 mars samlade vi de fyra centrumföreståndarna för ett samtal om innovation, forskning … Continue reading →