The Science|Business Innovation Board
Board publications
Clustering for growth: How to build dynamic innovation clusters in Europe
Born to Grow: How to harness Europe’s most innovative entrepreneurs – to create jobs and prosperity
Making Clusters Happen
High-Growth Entrepreneurship
To encourage public dialogue about innovation policy in Europe, the Science|Business news service and Microsoft Corp. in 2007 created a blue-ribbon panel of leaders in industry, academia and policy. The Science|Business Innovation Board meets twice a year to debate important aspects of European innovation policy, and to formulate recommendations for policy action. The aim: to use the collective experience of the board members to improve the climate for innovation in Europe. Organisation and reporting of the Science|Business Innovation Board’s work is by the Science|Business news service.
Board members
J. Frank Brown, Dean, INSEAD
Jean-Philippe Courtois, President, Microsoft International
Pat Cox, President, European Movement International, and former President of the European Parliament
Roch Doliveux, CEO and Chairman, UCB
David Eyton, Group Head of Research and Technology, BP
Sir Keith O'Nions, Rector, Imperial College London
Philippe Pouletty, General Partner, Truffle Ventures, and Honorary Chairman, France Biotech
Alfons Sauquet, Dean, ESADE Business School
Guest participants in Board meetings have included:
Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, EU Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science
Janez Potočnik, EU Environment Commissioner
Marc de Garidel, Vice President, Amgen International
Jean-Noël Durvy, Director of Innovation Policy, European Commission
Prof. Pontus Braunerhjelm, KTH-Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden)
Prof. Erkko Autio, Tanaka Business School, Imperial College London
Reports, recommendations and articles by the Innovation Board
The Innovation Board is regularly contributing to the policy debate by publishing influential reports and by contributing to the media. Below is a selection of recent recommendations.
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1 June 2009 - Leadership for a more innovative Europe. An introduction to the Science|Business Innovation Board.
1 June 2009 - Towards a more innovative Europe. Yearbook of the Academic Enterprise Awards.
12 February 2009 - How to Drive Innovation in Europe (published on the Wall Street Journal Europe)
Reprinted with permission of The Wall Street Journal © 2009 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All rights reserved.
