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News & Events
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19-Jun-2008
This publication, forthcoming in July 2008, reviews the strengths and weaknesses of Norway’s innovation system and recommends steps the government could take to foster innovation activity and increase the impact of innovation on the country’s future prosperity and social well-being.
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19-Jun-2008
This Policy Guidance on Convergence and Next Generation Networks presents a number of principles which could be used by policy makers to reassess regulations and policies and to ensure existing frameworks do not hamper convergence, investment and choice in the marketplace.
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18-Jun-2008
In his opening remarks at the Seoul Ministerial meeting, Angel Gurría reminded the audience that the Internet has already become a leading engine of economic growth, accounting for some 20% of OECD countries’ GDP. He added, however, that there are a number of “pressure points” and that policy-makers must act now, both to secure the Internet’s future and to help promote convergence, creativity and confidence.
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18-Jun-2008
This report examines how risks to the critical information infrastructure are assessed and managed in general terms, the emerging and existing models for public-private information sharing, and the national responses to the growing need for cross-border collaboration. It includes a comparative analysis of the development of policies for the protection of Critical Information Infrastructures (CII) in Australia, Canada, Korea, Japan, The Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States.
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18-Jun-2008
This report provides policy direction and guidance from five OECD Committees in Internet-related policy areas. Its objective is to help decision-makers in their efforts to facilitate convergence, stimulate creativity, strengthen confidence, and expand opportunities for global economic, social and cultural development enabled by the Internet.
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Events
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from 23-Sep-2008 to 24-Sep-2008
This conference, to take place in Rochester, NY, USA, will aim to promote the concepts and practices of sustainable manufacturing among diverse businesses, including small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Leading academics and industry practitioners are expected to be among the speakers and panelists, along with high-level policy makers. The presentations and discussions will help the OECD to identify the needs for the future work in this area.
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The OECD Steel Committee in Paris, La Défense, on 22-23 May 2008
from 22-May-2008 to 23-May-2008
The Steel Committee, a global platform where multilateral steel problems and policy solutions are discussed, held its 64th session in Paris, La Défense, on 22-23 May 2008. Governments, industry representatives and other stakeholders met to discuss issues including the outlook for steel and raw material markets, steel trade and trade policy developments, government support measures for steel, and environmental challenges.
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from 17-Jun-2008 to 18-Jun-2008
Ministers from more than 40 countries met with global business leaders, technical experts and academics in order to agree new ways to improve global co-ordination and co-operation at the OECD Ministerial meeting on “Future of the Internet Economy” in Seoul, Korea.
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on 05-May-2008
The OECD Washington Center regularly holds OECD Breakfast Series events to promote OECD work, and to give the Washington audience a chance to interact with OECD officials. The presentation will provide information on developments and trends, focusing in particular on the growing use of the Internet to conduct ID crime. Efforts to combat the theft will be described, as will policy guidance that was recently approved by the OECD's Committee on Consumer Policy. The discussants will provide further insights on how issues are affecting consumers in Canada and the United States.
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from 22-May-2008 to 23-May-2008
The aims of this workshop include: taking stock of the impacts of information and communication technologies (ICTs) on the environment including in efficient buildings, transport and distribution and distance working; Identifing areas for further analysis of the application and use of ICTs to further environmental goals; Analysis of both positive effects and issues of ICT recycling; Considering policy implications and the development of goals and priorities.
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on 11-Jun-2008
OECD countries are investing more and more in R&D and innovation. What are the impacts of these public investments on the economy and society? What tools do governments have to assess such impacts and how robust are they? How to measure the non-economic impacts? This one-day workshop, under the auspices of the OECD’s Working Party on Innovation and Technology Policy (TIP), will bring together academic experts and policy makers to address these questions and identify good practices for impact assessment.
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A workshop on the application of Knowledge Markets to health innovations will be held on 16 - 17 October, 2008 in Washington DC, USA. The Workshop will explore what knowledge markets are and how they might address inefficiencies in the innovation cycle, their current and potential future applications in the health sector, as well as the challenges and barriers to their widespread use.
Knowledge markets encompass a number of different mechanisms where buyers and sellers can trade a variety of knowledge intensive goods and services.
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An expert workshop will be held on 6-7 October 2008, in Cambridge, United Kingdom, to discuss a number of analytical papers that address some key policy issues in the development and uptake of biomarkers. A policy report based on the papers and the workshop discussion is planned for delivery before the end of 2008.
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