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Introduction

The main speaker in this session presented some of the recommendations currently being discussed and finalised by the Expert Group on The Role of Community Research Policy in the Knowledge-based Economy, due to present its report at the end of October 2009. In turn, the four discussants offered some of their own priorities for future Community research policies, with the audience at the event invited to do likewise. The policy suggestions presented below thus reflect not only the recommendations likely to be made by the Expert Group, but also those suggested during the session and in discussions with participants …

Martin  Curley
Discussant session 2.2
 
Whilst the subject of this conference is the European Research Area, careful consideration needs to be taken of linkage to adjacent areas and competencies.
Investing in research is an investment in future value creation, but this value creation can only be achieved if we have joined up thinking …

Anton Anton
 Discussant session 2.2
 
 1. Forward-looking and evidence-based approach to EU R&D policy is a sentence we are using frequently. The truth is that there is a very week connection between the two notions due to the between the moment we launch a program and the moment we can have a solid evidence-based analysis of the results. Let’s look at ERA-NET:…

Karin Markides
Discussant session 2.2
 
The key to the knowledge based society can be found in how well each community is able to drive strategies on the local, regional, national, EU and global playing fields. Of the same importance is that each stakeholder group, i.e. academy, city, region, companies, institutes and so on, understand its own role and also the role of all other stakeholder in the generation of …

Luc Soete
Main speaker session 2.2
 
The report of the Expert Group (EG) on The Role of Community Research Policy in the Knowledge-Based Economy was prepared for the European Commission (EC) Research DG over the first nine months of 2009. The group was asked to review, assess and interpret the existing evidence on the state of the knowledge-based economy in Europe as well as on the effectiveness, in …

Paula Nybergh
Discussant session 2.2
 
Europe has a high level research in many areas, but from the competitiveness point of view,  we are not good enough to turn these results to new innovations: new products, processes, services, and new ways to act. Instead of developing the R&D strategies, it is important to have a wide view including also the innovation part….