Industry Issues

Conference on Globalisation and the Knowledge Economy

on 09-Oct-2006

This conference shed light on a crucial issue concerning the phenomenon of globalisation and its impacts upon the development of the “knowledge economy”:  the link between innovation, structural change and productivity growth amid the intensification of cross-border economic linkages. It discussed the scope for public policy in implementing a national innovation and growth strategy in the global economy, and offered guidance for future work in this domain, in particular by the OECD Committee on Industry, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE).

102nd meeting of the Council Working Party on Shipbuilding

on 24-Jul-2006

The meeting will take place at the OECD in Paris.

Joint India/OECD/IISI Workshop, New Delhi

from 16-May-2006 to 17-May-2006

On 16-17 May 2006, the OECD, in co-operation with the International Iron and Steel Institute and the Indian Government, will hold a conference in New Delhi on the situation and outlook for steel. The conference is an outgrowth of the high-level work on steel that was initiated under the auspices of the OECD in September 2001.

Steel Committee Meeting on 27-28 October 2005

The forthcoming Steel Committee Meeting to be held at the OECD Paris-La Défense, on the 27-28 October 2005 will focus on: i) the situation in the steel market and industry (demand for and production of steel, international trade, prices, situation in raw materials, transport situation) and ii) strategy to involve non-member economies in the Committee's work.

OECD/WIPO expert meeting on measurement of counterfeiting and piracy

from 17-Oct-2005 to 18-Oct-2005

Held in Geneva, this meeting focused on techniques that could be used to assess the magnitude and scope of counterfeiting and piracy worldwide and their effects on producers, consumers and governments.

High-Level Meeting of the Special Negotiating Group on a New Shipbuilding Agreement

on 27-Sep-2005

The meeting took place at the OECD Headquarters in Paris.

Meeting of the Special Negotiating Group on Shipbuilding, July 2005

from 04-Jul-2005 to 08-Jul-2005

The meeting will take place at the OECD in Paris.

Meeting of the Special Negotiating Group on Shipbuilding, May 2005

from 10-May-2005 to 12-May-2005

The meeting will take place at the OECD Headquarters in Paris.

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OECD Science, Technology and Industry Outlook 2006