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EuroLIO European Seminar 2012 :

Geography of Innovation

EuroLIO, in collaboration with its european partners, is pleased and honoured to announce its first european seminar, to be held in Saint-Etienne

from 26th to 28th of January 2012.

 

The goal of the seminar is twofold.

  • First, from an academic point of view, it will gather the european scientific community working on the geography of innovation.
  • Second, from a more applied perspective, the seminar intends to bring together researchers, data producers and public actors in innovation in order to discuss the specific issues related to localized indicators of innovation and territorial public policies.
   

NEW :

The preliminary programme is now available online. It includes:

 

- Opening ceremony:

Maurice Vincent (Senator-Mayor of Saint-Etienne, President of Saint-Etienne Métropole).

Marc Challeat (General Secretary for Regional Affairs of Rhône-Alpes Region Prefecture)

Laurent Beauvais (President of Commission Enseignement Supérieur Recherche et Innovation from French Regions Association, ARF, President of Basse-Normandie Regional Council) 

Joaquim Oliviera-Martins (Head of Division, Regional Development Policy, OECD)

 

- Plenary conferences:

Prof. Philippe Aghion (Harvard University), opening conference
Prof. David D. Audretsch (Indiana University)
Prof. Maryann P. Feldman (University of North Carolina) 

 

- Round tables:

National Agencies and Regions: Regionalizing Indicators
Evaluation of Regional Policies: Territorial Implications
Regional Policies in Europe: The "Smart Specialisation" debate 

 

- Parallel sessions:

Around 80 communications analysing the geography of innovation and local innovation policies.

 

- Closing sessions : 

In presence of :

Khaled Bouabdallah (President of Saint-Etienne University).

Jean Louis Gagnaire (Deputy of Loire Departement, Vice-President of Rhône-Alpes Regional Council).

 

More information.

EDITO

Innovation and knowledge are now at very heart of the dynamics governing both a territory’s competitiveness and its attractiveness. It has therefore become necessary to develop tools capable of providing territorial and positional diagnosis in terms of innovation in order to provide guidelines for local public policies.

With this in mind, EuroLIO has put together a network of competences to assist Regions, Poles and Agglomerations with:

 Placing their technological potential on a national and European scale, thanks to creation/construction of innovative indicators resulting from university research.
 
 Benefitting from exclusive territorial statistical analyses thanks to partnerships with national and European statistics organisations.
 
 Guiding their mid-term strategies thanks to monitoring tools which have been developed by renowned research teams.
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EuroLIO is co-financed by the European Union within the framework of the Europ’Act programme.

Europe is committed in France through the European Funds for Regional Development.