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OECD Reviews of Innovation Policy: Luxembourg

22-May-2007

This review assesses the governance of Luxembourg’s innovation system and suggests the reforms needed to ensure that additional public investment in R&D will yield the expected economic and social benefits.

OECD Principles and Guidelines for Access to Research Data from Public Funding

04-May-2007

These recommendations are intended to promote data access and sharing among researchers, research institutions, and national research agencies, while at the same time taking into account the various national laws, research policies and organisational structures of OECD member countries.

Conference on "patents: realising and securing value": Summary report

18-Jan-2007

Held in London in November 2006, this conference engaged patent and licensing professionals, patent officials and policy makers from OECD countries in discussions about the licensing and valuation of patents. It showed the emergence of technology markets and the increasing use of patents for raising capital.

Conference on research use of patented inventions: Summary report

05-Jan-2007

Held in Madrid in May 2006, this conference engaged policy makers and stakeholders from OECD countries in discussions about the use of patented inventions and the knowledge embedded in them for research in the public and private sector.

China will become world’s second highest investor in R&D by end of 2006, finds OECD

04-Dec-2006

China will this year for the first time spend more on research and development (R&D) than Japan and so become the world’s second highest investor in R&D after the United States, according to OECD projections based on recent trends.

Summary of the Workshop on Science of Science Policy: Developing our Understanding of Public Investments in Science

29-Sep-2006

The goal of this one-day workshop was to strengthen the links between real-life, high-level science policy decisions and quantitative/analytical as well as qualitative models of the social and economic impacts of research and development (R&D) investments.
Held in Helsinki on 12 July 2006, the workshop was attended by 22 OECD member countries, the European Commission, and Russia and South Africa.

Report on Grids and Basic Research Programmes

02-Mar-2006

During the next two decades, powerful computing Grids are likely to have an impact that is comparable to the familiar World Wide Web.  Currently, Grids are being developed chiefly to support basic research.  The OECD Global Science Forum has issued a concise policy-level report, featuring findings and recommendations for governments and the scientific community, and describing prospects for the future.




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