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Stakeholder day

Devolution and regionalisation have taken place in almost all centralised European countries, driving, de facto and whatever the legal framework is, to an important development of regional research and innovation policies.
While there have been numerous studies on “regional innovation systems” and on specific components of regional R&D (industrial districts and clusters in particular), we lack both a conceptual framework and robust comparative empirical work on the variety, content, instruments and effects of such policies.
This “stakeholder day” was organised as an exchange between regional policymakers and PRIME researchers, based upon the work that has been undertaken during the last year.
The stakeholder day provided a platform for the sharing of policy experiences and lessons and its objective was to jointly take hold of knowledge acquired and to identify priority areas for further inquiry and research.

Box 5 : Stakeholder day on Research and Innovation Policies

10.00 - 10.15 : Introduction by Marc Lipinski, Vice president for research, Ile de France region (TBC)

10.15 – 11.00 : Key note speech by Phillip Cooke : Constructing regional advantage, implications for regional research and innovation policies, main conclusions of the EC high level group.

11.00 – 12.00 : Session 1 – Supporting innovation capabilities of firms
Lessons from experience on innovation support measures for : SMEs/industrial districts ; clusters/competitive poles ; high-tech/established firms, policies to attract R&D of large firms

Speakers : Jean Lachmann (Conseil Régional de Bourgogne), Knut Koschatzky (FhG-ISI)

12.00 – 13.00 : Session 2 – Science policies and the promotion of university research
Lessons from experience on : promotion of start-ups, incubators, entrepreneurship, support of university research capabilities (PhD funding, research programmes, investments, core grants)

Speakers : Ms. Gerlind Schütte (Bremen), Jose Dominguez Abascal (Secretary general for Universities, Research and Entreprises. Regional Government of Andalusia - Junta de Andalucia), Luis Sanz-Menéndez (CSIC-UPC)

13.00 – 14.30 : Lunch

14.30 – 15.30 : Session 3 – Fostering connectivity and positive externalities
Lessons from experience on : development of shared vision/foresight, public/private linkages ; set up of technology resource centres (TRCs), intermediaries, sectoral network and sector/problem oriented programmes ; generation of entrepreneurship/capabilities in the region ; citizens’ involvement and public debate.

Speakers : Michael Stampfer (WWTF), Gianluca Salvatori (Regional Minister for planning, research and innovation, Autonomous Province of Trento), Jean-Alain Heraud (BETA-UPL)

15.30 – 16.30 : Concluding Round Table session : are regional research and innovation policies national policies writ small ? Policy mixes in a multi-level, multi-actor regional context.

Speakers : Dimitris Corpakis (DG Research, TBC), Günter Clar (Steinbeis Europa Zentrum, Stuttgart), Philippe Laredo (ENPC-LATTS)

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