The Innovation Unlimited site was started by a panel of business innovators set up by DG Enterprise and Industry to develop new ideas for future European innovation policy. The panel felt that the comments and ideas of others would increase the relevance of their report. The site was managed by the DG Enterprise and Industry innovation policy unit. We were impressed by the quality and creativity of the comments made on the site and also by the potential for this form of communication to improve our policy making. So we have decided, with the agreement of the panel, to take over this site ourselves and to use it to post items that are live topics in the debate on European innovation policy. This is a particularly exciting time as we prepare for a new European Innovation Act that is due to be presented in early 2010 and set a new agenda for EU innovation policy. We will be posting various blogs over the coming months and really look forward to your comments and ideas.