Charles was a speaker at the 2021 KOPPEX International Public Procurement Workshop: “Innovation and inclusion in Public Procurement” on September 29, 2021. The title of his speech was “Functional Public Procurement and Innovation”. The workshop was organized by the Public Procurement Service (PPS), Korean Government, and Korea Institute of Procurement. The presentation was recorded in … Continue reading
On November 13, 2020 Charles participated in an online Discussion Panel Roundtable devoted to “The Future of Industrial and Innovation Policies” organized by the Economics of Innovation Working Group of the Young Scholars Initiative (YSI). The presentation topic was “Holistic Innovation Policy: Theoretical Foundations, Policy Problems and Instrumental Choices”. The program of the YSI Virtual … Continue reading
On May 20, 2019, Charles made a presentation entitled “Fossil free innovations by means of functional procurement – daring to think in new ways” at the “Fossil Free Sweden Initiative” in Stockholm. The title of the conference was “Fossil Free Public Procurement – obstacles and possibilities”. The video of the conference is available at http://fossilfritt-sverige.se/pa-gang/sandning-fossilfri-offentlig-upphandling-hinder-och-mojligheter/ … Continue reading
The book by Susana Borrás and Charles Edquist entitled “Holistic Innovation Policy: Theoretical Foundations, Policy Problems and Instrument Choices” was presented by Charles on May 13, 2019 at the Research Institute of Industrial Economics (Institutet för Näringspolitiska Studier – IFN), Stockholm. More information about the book is available at Oxford University Press. The Table of … Continue reading
Charles presented the report on functional public procurement written for the Swedish Competition Agency at a seminar at the Swedish Ministry of Finance on April 5, 2019. The report is available at: http://www.konkurrensverket.se/contentassets/916ecd96293549589d7ae5ee2e2c0eae/forsk-rapport_2019_2-.pdf. For more information about the report, please see an entry further below on this home page. Continue reading
During March 1 – 31, 2019, Charles was appointed to hold the “UAM-Accenture Visiting Fellowship” in the area of economics and management of innovation at the “UAM-Accenture Chair”, the Autonomous University of Madrid. Information about the UAM Accenture Chair can be found here: Continue reading
On September 5 – 7 Charles visited Bangkok, Thailand. He met with Top Executives at the Ministry of Science and Technology, including NSTDA, TCELS, and the STI Policy Office. He also gave a lecture entitled “Driving Innovation through Public Policy: The Case of Sweden” in which there were some emphasis on financing of innovations and … Continue reading
The Italian Presidency of the EU Council organized a meeting of Health Ministers in Milan on September 21-22. A conference was held on “Innovative Systems and Health Horizons”. At this event, Charles gave a Keynote speech on the health innovation system and the role of innovative public procurement. Continue reading
Charles Edquist 