Presentations Made At The Global Forum

4-5 November 2009

Opening session: Setting the scene

• David Popp - Policies for the Development and Transfer of Eco-Innovations: An Economist’s Perspective
• Moon-Seob Youn - Korea’s Green Growth Vision and Eco-Innovation Policies
• Ronaldo Seroa da Motta - Eco-Innovation in Brazil

Session 1: Measuring eco-innovation

• David Widawsky - Results-Based Innovation at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Mícheál Lehane - Research & Innovation for a Green Economy, EPA
• Priyadarshi R.Shukla - Eco-Innovations for Low Carbon Society: A Macro Perspective on Measurement in Emerging Economies
• René Kemp - Measuring Eco-innovation, Results from the MEI project

Session 2: Strengthening the design of policy instruments

• Wiana Partakusuma - Supporting eco-innovation: sustainable public procurement
• Frida Gavelin and Lena Höglund Isaksson - The Swedish charge on NOx emissions from stationary combustion plants
• Yael Mason - The Use of Standards and Other Measures to Prevent Salinization of Aquifers in Israel
• Herman Vollebergh - Strengthening the design of policy instruments

Session 3: Public-Private Partnerships for eco-innovation

• Soung-An Kwon - Korea’s Incubation Policy for the Environmental Venture Companies
• Arnold Black - Environmental Sustainability KTN, Adapting to the new Paradigm 
• Klaus Plate - Eco–Innovation: The role of Science Parks 
• Gianluca Salvatori - The Green Innovation Hub in Trentino, Italy 
• Gernot Klotz - Solutions through Innovation
• Herman Vollebergh - Publc-Private Partnerships for Eco-innovation 

Session 4: Particular challenges for non-OECD countries

• David Ockwell - Difficulties developing countries face in accessing markets for eco-innovation
• Nuna E. Almanzor - Overcoming barriers to the diffusion of clean technologies in developing countries
• Paul Ginies - Training and technology transfer: the engines of eco-innovation and entrepreneurship in Africa
• Alfred Oteng-Yeboah - The challenges faced by emerging and developing countries regarding eco-innovation: The case of MEAs