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 provided advisory services for the Taiwan Institute of Economic Research (TIER) in September 2014 on “How to build an Asian Innovation Policy Platform”. He also participated and gave a speech at The 2014 International Conference on Industrial Technology Innovation in Taipei on September 3 – 5 2014, organized by TIER. He spoke about … Continue reading
On August 29, 2014, Charles made a presentation entitled “Public procurement and innovation – Obstacles and how to overcome them” at a seminar on innovation procurement at The Swedish Energy Agency, Stockholm. The presentation was based on the report that he has written for the Swedish Competition Agency. Continue reading
Based on the series of meetings with the European Research and Innovation Area Committee (ERAC), Charles has produced a final report in the form of a working paper entitled: “Efficiency of Research and Innovation Systems for Economic Growth and Employment”. He also presented this report at the Eu-SPRI (European Forum for Studies of Policies for … Continue reading
Charles participated in the 2014 STEPI International Symposium on May 15, 2014 in Seoul. The theme this year was ‘Revisiting NIS in the Creative Economy’. Charles spoke about “A Holistic Innovation Policy.” (STEPI is the Science and Technology Policy Institute of Korea.) The symposium website could be seen here: http://sis.stepi.re.kr/ Continue reading
Charles was invited to speak on Innovation policy and Research Policy at the ERAC ad-hoc Working Group on the European Semester and ERA monitoring Seminar on the Efficiency and Effectiveness on R&I Systems at DG RTD, European Commission on May 5, 2014. He has produced a final report based on the meetings with ERAC, and … Continue reading
Swedish Entrepreneurship Forum celebrated its 20th anniversary at a conference called “Småföretagsdagarna” last March 12, 2014 at the Concert Hall in Stockholm. At that occasion, Charles Edquist participated in a panel discussion on “Innovation Power for a more Entrepreneurial Sweden”. Continue reading
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