Above: the platform at the report’s launch. From left to right: Jean-Philippe Courtois, President, Microsoft International; Esko Aho, former Prime Minister, Finland; Hans Martens, CEO, European Policy Centre; Peter Dröll, chef de cabinet of EU Research and Science Commissioner Janez Potocnik; and Jiri Plecity, member of Vice President’s cabinet for innovation.
Innovation: The Demand Side
On 8 December 2006 in Paris, the Science|Business news service organised a unique debate among a dozen leaders in European industry, policy and academia. The Roundtable discussion, hosted by Microsoft, focused on an important new trend in Europe – demand-side innovation policy, to foster the growth of high-tech markets and thereby create more jobs and prosperity. The resulting report, Innovation: The Demand Side, exploring the trend and drawing upon the views of the Roundtable participants, was launched in Brussels on 16 March at the Representation of the State of Baden-Württemberg to the European Union.Click here for a full list of delegates at the Brussels launch.
Read the News Highlight article on the report’s launch
Download a copy of the report here, or email terri.robinson@sciencebusiness.net to be mailed a printed copy.
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