9h30-10h00

• Göran Marklund, Deputy Director General at VINNOVA, and Chair of the OECD Working Party on Innovation and Technology Policy – Chair of the Workshop
• Alessandra Colecchia, Head of Science and Technology Policy Division, Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation, OECD
• Caroline Paunov, Senior Economist and Head of Secretariat of the Working Party on Innovation and Technology Policy, Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation, OECD

10h00-10h45

This session will set the stage for the day’s discussions. Keynote speakers will share their perspectives on how recent developments are changing the framework conditions for innovation policymaking. What are new demands for innovation policy? What are new opportunities and challenges ahead for policymakers? How important is innovation compared to other areas in driving systems transitions? How to demonstrate the value from STI relative to other competing priorities?

• Jürgen Wengel, Policy Officer, Common R&I Strategy & Foresight Service, Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, European Commission (virtual)
• Pluvia Zuniga, Researcher, United Nations University (UNU-MERIT) (virtual)

• What is needed for the digital and sustainable transitions to succeed? What policy tools are best used to address the challenges they bring?
• Viewed from your policy area, how relevant are STI and STI policies in supporting those transitions?
• What skills and capacities are required to prepare for these transitions?

Speakers:

Policy perspectives on the digital transition

• Stijn Broecke, Senior Economist, Future of Work, Skills and Employability Division, OECD Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs (ELS) (virtual)
• Karine Perset, Senior Economist, Digital Economy Division, Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation (STI)

Policy perspectives on the sustainability transition

• Masaomi Koyama, Director, International Affairs Office Industrial Science & Technology Policy and Environment Bureau, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), Japan
• Andrew Prag, Senior Project Manager, Horizontal Project on Climate and Economic Resilience, OECD Environment Directorate (ENV)

Industry perspectives on transitions

• Sicco Lehmann-Brauns, Senior Director, Research and Innovation Policy, Siemens AG

 

A keynote speaker will share perspectives on how to reshape innovation systems so that they are best prepared to respond to current challenges and future uncertainties.

• Maria Chiara Carrozza, President of the National Research Council, Italy (virtual)

During this breakout group session, delegates will share country perspectives and policy considerations around two areas related to collaboration in policymaking as outlined below (focusing on one question during the first half of the session, and the other one during the second half).

• Question 1.Strategy setting and action planning: How to set shared policy directions across government areas with regards to innovation? How to effectively align action plans across policy areas?
  • Moderators: Alberto di Minin, Full Professor of Management at Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna (Italy) and Vice-Chair of the OECD Working Party on Innovation and Technology Policy, and Nikolas Schmidt, Policy Analyst, OECD
• Question 2.Co-creative governance: How to best engage industry and civil society in collaborative decision-making towards transitions?
  • Moderators: David Legg, Regional Manager at Innovate UK and Vice-Chair of the OECD Working Party on Innovation and Technology Policy, and Sandra Planes-Satorra, Policy Analyst, OECD

• How to promote higher risk tolerance and a culture of experimentation within public administrations?
• What practices from the COVID-19 rapid responses can be kept? What adjustments would be needed?
• How can existing tools be used more strategically? What are experimental tools (e.g. sandboxes) worth exploring further?

Panellists:

• Sylvia Schwaag-Serger, Professor, Lund University, Sweden
• Kirsimarja Blomqvist, Professor, LUT University, Finland
• Lise Anna Bruynooghe, Lecturer at Anant University, India; Lecturer at Sciences Po Paris; Executive Advisor to Sustainable Infrastructure Foundation; Founder & CEO, ProFound Consulting (virtual)

Insights from a policy case:

• Rodney Ghali, Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet of the Impact and Innovation Unit at the Privy Council Office, Government of Canada (joining virtually at 17.15)

• Göran Marklund, Deputy Director General at VINNOVA, and Chair of the OECD Working Party on Innovation and Technology Policy – Chair of the Workshop
• David Legg, Regional Manager at Innovate UK and Vice-Chair of the OECD Working Party on Innovation and Technology Policy
• Alberto di Minin, Full Professor of Management at Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna (Italy) and Vice-Chair of the OECD Working Party on Innovation and Technology Policy