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
Category Archives: Speaking Engagements
Circle Working Paper: Efficiency of Research and Innovation Systems for Economic Growth and Employment
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
Video: Charles at the Swedish Entrepreneurship Forum
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
On March 20, 2014 ERAC organized a Mutual Learning Seminar in Brussels. The topic was on national R&I policies. Charles Edquist was, as an independent expert: Prepared an introduction note to the session on “The Efficiency of the Research and Innovation System”, Introduced and moderated this session at the seminar, and Produced a report on … Continue reading
On March 13 – 14 2014, Charles was invited to the Lundvall Symposium 2014, an annual international symposium on Innovation Studies, organized by the IKE Group of Ålborg University in Denmark. The theme for its third year was: “Innovation policy – how can it make a difference?” For the symposium, Charles has written a paper … 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”. Other participants were Annie Lööf (Minister of Industries), Charlotte Brogren (General Director, VINNOVA ), Fredrika … Continue reading
