Workshop on Basic Research: Proceedings

... POLICY RELEVANT DEFINITIONS AND MEASUREMENT

Oslo, Norway, 29-30 October 2001

PROCEEDINGS

• Welcome remarks (pdf, 4Kb)
  (Ministry for Education, Research and Church Affairs, Norway)
• Summary report(pdf, Kb)
  (OECD Secretariat)
• Chairman's conclusions (pdf, 23Kb)
  (Peter Tindemans, conference chair)

• Issues paper (pdf, 25Kb)
  (OECD Secretariat)
• Background paper (pdf, 122Kb)
  (Jane Calvert, Ben Martin, SPRU - Science and technology Policy Research, Sussex University)

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PRESENTATIONS

• Introduction (pdf, 35Kb)
  (Hugo von Linstow, Vice-chair, CSTP)

• Keynote presentation: What does "basic research" mean in today's research environment? (pdf, 31Kb)
  (Karl Max Einhäupl, Wissenschaftsrat, Germany)

• The concept of basic research - a government perspective (pdf, 17Kb)
  (Kerstin Eliasson, Science Counsellor, Swedish Embassy Washington)

• The spectrum of research activities - the MIT experience (pdf, 18Kb)
  (Joel Moses, MIT)

• Basic research and the role of universities in Japan (pdf, 90Kb)
  (Shinichi Yamamoto, Centre for University Studies, Tsukuba University)

• Basic vs. applied research - the wrong dichotomy? (pdf, 258Kb)
  (James Kahan, RAND Europe)

• Public research institutions at a crossroads? (pdf, 4Kb)
  (Enric Banda, European Science Foundation, abstract only)

• Basic and applied research in the university - have they changed? (pdf, 226Kb)
  (Signe Kjelstrup, Norwegian University of Science and Technology)

• Creating, connecting and collaborating: The role of Academe in the 21st century (pdf, 2,985Kb)
  (John Hurt, National Science Foundation)

• The changing context of basic research: CNRS and its environment (pdf, 23Kb) and some slides (pdf, 183Kb)
  (Jacques Sevin, CNRS)

• Research basic to Philips(pdf, 12Kb) and some slides (pdf, 2,037Kb)
  (Jan van den Biesen, Philips Research)

• The Biovalley business model: From a high potential in basic research to the creation of new companies (pdf, 143Kb)
  (Sylvie Schott-Reverberi, Association Alsace BioValley)

• Basic research: statistical issues (pdf, 47Kb)
  (Dominique Guellec, OECD Secretariat)

• Assessing statistics on basic research in Canada (pdf, 14Kb)
  (Fred Gault, Statistics Canada)

• Is the definition of "basic research" the real policy issue? (pdf, 207Kb)
  (Kevin Bryant, Australian Department of Industry, Science and Resources)

Last update 07 December 2001