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Innovation and competence building for Europe:
Towards a learning society
a seminar on socio-economic research and innovation policy

Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian – LISBOA, 2 October 2003

Objectives: The Seminar is aimed to discuss a new book published by Edward Elgar and to help guiding a future research agenda on innovation and competence building for Portugal within a diversified European environment. The goal is to focus the discussion on the Portuguese experience in Europe and to improve our understanding of critical factors fostering innovation. Recent results from the CIS III will be presented and discussed in light of current understanding of innovation. The book aims to review and interrelate recent understanding and research results in three main areas of socio-economic research: i) science, technology and innovation policy; ii) new skills and competencies building; and iii) social exclusion and social integration; and connect these with the objectives established in the Lisbon Council of March 2000. Now that the book has been published, we aim to discuss future critical topics for socio-economic research on innovation and competence building in Portugal within a diversified European context, reflecting new socio-economic trends and to find policy strategies promoting learning societies. The Research Seminar will involve a number of invited Portuguese researchers and discussion will be launched in terms of current trends in innovation theory and policy making, together with the presentation of new results from the CIS III. Then, the seminar will be oriented in order to guide the development of a research agenda on innovation and competence building. At the end of the day, a public session will be organized to present the new book published by Edward Elgar. Programme (Preliminary; Speakers to be confirmed): PART 1: Research Seminar - Room 1 9:30 - 10:00 Registration 10:00 - 17:00 Technical Programme Chairperson: Manuel Heitor, IST 10.00 - 13.00 Session 1 Introductory Remarks Manuel Heitor 1. Current trends in the co-evolution of innovation theory and policy making Bengt-Aake Lundvall, Aalborg University, DK Discussants: João Caraça 2. Innovation in Portugal: what do we know? What would we like to know? Manuel J. Bóia, Pedro Conceição, Rui Santos and Manuel Heitor Discussants: Manuel M. Godinho; Lino Fernandes (to be confirmed) 3. Informal presentations: • New skills and competence building Roberto Carneiro 4. Open Discussion 13.00 - 14.30 Lunch 14.30 - 17.00 Session 2 5. Trends and Challenges in Organizational Learning Edward Lorenz, Centre d’Etudes de l'Emploi, FR Discussants: Miguel Pina Cunha, Maria Eduarda Gonçalves 6. Informal presentations: • Macro environment and context José Tavares 7. Open Discussion 8. Closure - Challenges and opportunities for a Research Agenda for “Innovation in Portugal” Manuel Heitor Bengt-Aake Lundvall, Aalborg University, DK PART 2: Public Session - Amphiteatre 2 17:30 - 19:00 Public Presentation of the book: “Innovation and competence building with social cohesion for Europe: Towards a learning society” Edited by P. Conceição, M Heitor and B.-A. Lundvall EDWARD ELGAR Publishing Ltd., 2003 http://www.e-elgar.co.uk/ Downloads: European Science and Innovation Policy in the Globalizing Learning Economy, by B-A Lundvall [presentation] Applying innovation policy and innovation theory in Small open economies, by B-A Lundvall [presentation] Organisational Change in Europe: National Models or the Diffusion of a New ‘One Best Way’?, by Edward Lorenz [presentation] Innovation in Portugal: What do we know? What would we like to know?, by Manuel J. Bóia, Pedro Conceição, Rui Santos and Manuel Heitor [presentation] CAMERON COUNTY/MATAMOROS AT THE CROSSROADS - ASSETS AND CHALLENGES FOR ACCELERATED REGIONAL & BINATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, by Dr. David V. Gibson and Dr. Pablo Rhi-Perez and Margaret Cotrofeld, Oralia De Los Reyes, Mark Gipson, Richard J. Rodarte, and Ignacio Rodriguez With Alan Cox, Matt Cunningham, and Dan Houston CivicEconomics, Austin, Texas [presentation]

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