The Science|Business Innovation Board

Board publications

How to make a Silicon Valley 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

Esko Aho, President, Finnish innovation fund SITRA, and former prime minister of Finland

Jean-Philippe Courtois, President, Microsoft International

Pat Cox, President, European Movement, and former President of the European Parliament

Roch Doliveux, CEO and Chairman, UCB

Denis Payre, Co-founder, Business Objects, and CEO, Kiala

Philippe Pouletty, General Partner, Truffle Ventures, and Chairman, France Biotech

Alfons Sauquet, Dean, ESADE Business School

Helmut Schühsler, Managing Partner, TVM Capital

Harriet Wallberg-Henriksson, President, Karolinska Institutet

Guest participants in Board meetings have included:

Janez Potočnik, EU Science & Research Commissioner