The Final Conference on "Globalisation of Innovation" has been organised by Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM) and held on 9th December 2011 at the European Commission, DG Research and Innovation.
Innovation is a key component of success for all world regions and works as a central platform through which government actions and businesses efforts can interact. We are witnessing a surge in knowledge-intensive activities by firms in catch-up economies, which are altering the geography of ideas and their commercialisation across the globe. This clearly has implications for the EU in terms of international competition and growth strategy.In three years of activities, the EU research project INGINEUS has mapped the new geography of knowledge-intensive activities and has put an initiative in understanding the concept of Global Innovation Networks (GINs).
The Final Conference shed light on:
The Conference has also been an opportunity to discuss the results of the project with the EU, stakeholders and a selected audience from the S&T community. It also aimed at exploring possible new collaborations in the field of Global Innovation Networks.
Presentations:
Welcome and introduction
Global innovation networks and innovation policy
The INGINEUS survey
External discussant on survey
Prospective implications of offshored knowledge-based activities: outlook for industries in the EU
Changing roles of sub-national regions in the evolution of GINs
Strategies of R&D offshoring and its long-run impact on European firms
External discussant on case studies
The perspective of the South: the role of competence building and institutional frameworks in the emergence of GINs
Concluding remarks