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from 10-Sep-2009 to 11-Sep-2009
Information communication technologies (ICTs) are crucial to reducing poverty, improving access to health and education services and creating new sources of income and employment for the poor. But there are substantial discrepancies in access to ICTs between, but also within, countries, depending on key factors such as gender, rural coverage, skills and educational levels. This workshop, organised jointly by the World Bank/infoDev and the OECD, aimed to share best practices in coherent approaches to meeting development objectives laid out by Ministers.
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from 28-Jan-2009 to 30-Jan-2009
This workshop examined ways in which knowledge contributes to innovation, especially in developing countries. These include knowledge produced formally through research and development, and knowledge from informal and indigenous sources, that can be combined to produce value.
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Symposium on Global Open Innovation Networks
on 23-Jan-2009
This symposium at the OECD headquarters in Paris will examine the phenomenon of global open innovation from the perspective of companies and research organisations in France and Europe. Bringing together business representatives from leading companies such GE Research, IBM, Deutsch Telekom, as well as public research organisations like the Pasteur Institut and INRIA, it will also assess the international variations in open innovation practices.
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on 08-Dec-2008
The objective of this workshop was to take stock of advances in social networks analysis and explore the possible use of this approach in OECD work, notably on innovation. It sought to present the network approach to economists and stimulate discussion with experts on the analytical potential of this approach for innovation analysis and measurement. Presentations are now available.
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from 20-Nov-2008 to 21-Nov-2008
While well documented in the US and Europe, open innovation strategies to mobilise knowledge and technology inside and outside firms are also being launched in Asia. To take stock of recent developments and share experience between western and Asian OECD countries, the Japanese Ministry of Economy and Industry (METI) is hosting this symposium. A second aim is to launch follow-up work on the policy implications of open innovation and globalisation. For further information, contact mario.cervantes@oecd.org and satou-kenichi@meti.go.jp.
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Workshop on Enhancing Research Performance through Evaluation and Priority Setting
from 15-Sep-2008 to 16-Sep-2008
How can OECD countries design, implement and use evaluations to improve research quality and impacts? How can they improve the ways through which they identify and set priorities for public support to research and innovation? This two-day workshop brought together practitioners and experts to explore new developments in evaluation for policy making and to identify general principles and practices for priority setting.
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on 05-Dec-2007
In co-operation with the OECD, the Federal Public Service of Foreign Affairs of Belgium is organising a presentation of the main findings of the forthcoming OECD review of China’s innovation policy on 5 December in Brussels.
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from 27-Aug-2007 to 28-Aug-2007
This conference launched the synthesis report of the first OECD review on Chinese national innovation system (NIS). Based on the findings of the synthesis report, a high-level international business symposium took place back-to-back with the conference to address the issue of globalisation of R&D.
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from 29-Nov-2007 to 30-Nov-2007
This conference will consider innovation in the software sector from an economic perspective, taking into account the factors that drive innovation, including key framework conditions.
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on 06-Dec-2006
This conference was held in the Hague, the Netherlands, to examine trends in globalisation and an "open and networked" model of innovation as well as implications for policy. The conference programme, policy issues paper and conference presentations are available at the link above.
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