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OECD Roundtable on Higher Education in Regional and City Development 2012: Universities for skills, entrepreneurship, innovation & growth – Agenda
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Wednesday 19 September 2012 |
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OECD Conference Centre CC9 |
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14.00 |
Registration |
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14.30 |
Welcome & introduction Andreas SCHLEICHER, Deputy Director and Special Advisor on Education Policy to the Secretary-General, Directorate for Education
Higher education driving stronger, fairer and cleaner cities & regions Reviews of HE in Regional and City Development mobilise HEIs for local socio-economic development. Since 2005, OECD has reviewed over 30 cities and regions in 20+ countries. What are the key lessons? How do the reviews link to other OECD work on skills, entrepreneurship and innovation? Jaana PUUKKA, OECD/EDU Comments from: Rik BLEEKER, Amsterdam Economic Board (NL) |
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15.30 |
Chair: Sergio ARZENI, OECD/Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs and Local Development SKILLS, ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND LOCAL GROWTH What are the key issues that local and regional authorities need to take into consideration when designing a local skills strategy? How can they balance the nurturing and attraction of talent, the integration of disadvantaged groups into the labour force and the up-skilling of those already in employment? What can universities and other HEIs do to support this work? Jonathan BARR
Higher education can play an important role in closing regional skill gaps, but in practice, institutional aspirations and internal reward systems, as well as government policies, conflict with this role. The session will review the findings from OECD reviews and offer suggestions to overcome barriers to regional engagement. Aims McGUINNESS, NCHEMS (US)
OECD Reviews for Skills for Entrepreneurship David HALABISKY, OECD LEED Comments from: Massimo GIORDANO, Regional Minister, Piedmont Region (IT) |
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16.30 |
BREAK |
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17.00 |
Chair: Dominique GUELLEC, OECD/Science, Technology and Industry FROM GLOBAL TO LOCAL – INNOVATION POLICY MIXES AND SMART SPECIALISATION Management of research and innovation has emerged as a specialised area of management in response to the new policy and funding modalities of research and innovation that have emerged over the last 10 to 20 years. It involves attracting funding, managing funds, liaising with funding bodies, project planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, as well as publications, research dissemination and, in some cases, commercialisation. What are the necessary skills and knowledge requirements on policy and institutional levels for managing research and innovation in the current policy context? What are the implications for developing and emerging countries? Åsa OLSSON,OECD/STI
The past two decades have seen important shifts in the innovation policy mix in terms of target groups, goals and instruments. Some of these developments – e.g. an increased emphasis on industry-science co-operation and related policy initiatives – had a strong impact on Higher Education institutions. The series of OECD Reviews of Innovation Policy sheds light on related developments in innovation systems across countries of different levels of development. Gernot HUTSCHENREITER, OECD/STI
Smart Specialisation - Policy drive and HEI responses Higher education institutions can play an important role in the development of Smart Specialisation Strategies. Smart Specialisation has emerged as a new approach to industrial and innovation policy to improve the allocation of public investment in R&D and innovation related investments, including human capital and skills. What can HEIs do to support the policy strategy process? What kind of policy mix is needed to align research, industrial, innovation and educational priorities? Inmaculada PERIANEZ-FORTE, OECD/STI Comments: John HEARN, University of Sydney (AU) and Worldwide Universities NetworkMary WANG, University of Sydney (AU) Jason LANE, SUNY Albany (US) Ghita BENKIRANE on behalf of AMAQUEN (Morocco) Martí PARELLADA, Fundación CYD (Spain) John EDWARDS, European Commission John GODDARD, University of Newcastle upon Tyne (UK) |
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18.00 |
END OF DAY 1 |
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19.00 |
DINNER (self-financed) |
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Thursday 20 September 2012 |
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OECD Conference Centre CC9 |
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9.30 |
Chair: Richard YELLAND, OECD/EDU UNIVERSITIES AND KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER Universities and knowledge transfer: Insights from the OECD Regional Innovation Reviews “Regions rely on universities for knowledge transfer to boost the performance of their regional innovation systems for economic growth. Taking a step back, what are the conditions that determine how much a region can expect from universities in that regard? And what are the common challenges observed? Research on regional growth and learning points flowing from different OECD territorial reviews will be used to address such questions.” Karen MAGUIRE, OECD/GOV Regional Development Policy
Innovation and knowledge transfer: Mobilising HEIs for business creation and jobs HEIs’ tech transfer may generate saleable intellectual property and start-ups but rarely enterprises that contribute to local development. What does the experience from the US, Mexico, Spain and Italy teach us? Susan CHRISTOPHERSON, Cornell University (US)
Universities and Triple Helix collaboration Universities can play a key role in Triple Helix co-operation, if organisational and institutional innovations promote their active involvement. What can we learn from Sweden and other Nordic countries? Bjørn T. ASHEIM, CIRCLE (Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the Learning Economy), Lund University (SE) Comments from: |
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10.30 |
BREAK |
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11.00 |
MOBILISING UNIVERSITIES FOR KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER Government driving knowledge exchange: Incentives, indicators and evaluation Jenni CHAMBERS, HEFCE (UK)
Mobilising university staff in the University Rovira i Virgili – What works in practice? University Rovira i Virgili in Tarragona has a broad outreach strategy which involves industry engagement, skills development and cultural outreach. How does the university encourage, measure and reward staff involvement in these activities in the Spanish university context? Francesc GRAU, University Rovira i Virgili (ES)
Mainstreaming university engagement – practical tools to support cultural change Universities need practical tools to embed public engagement in research and learning, and to move engagement from the periphery to the core of their activities. The EDGE Toolkit, developed by the National Coordinating Centre for Public Engagement, offers one solution. It enables universities to assess their institutional support for public engagement and helps them to develop an effective public engagement strategy. Paul MANNERS, University of the West of England (UK) Comments from: Baroness Sal BRINTON (UK) |
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12.00 |
Wrap up of the Meeting Comments from: Mary-Louise KEARNEY, Society for Research into Higher Education (UK) |
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13.00 |
Meeting closes |