Eighth session of the Team of Specialists on Innovation and Competitiveness Policies
Eighth session of the Team of Specialists on Innovation and Competitiveness Policies
Introduction
The substantive segment of the 2015 meeting was an Applied Policy Seminar on “The Innovation Adoption Gap – Strategies and Policy Options for Accelerating the Adoption and Diffusion of Innovations”. In September 2015, the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda. Innovation can make an important contribution towards advancing this agenda, but only if it is adopted quickly and widely. This will require policy support not only on the supply side, but also on the demand side of the innovation process. The applied policy seminar discussed good practices and policy recommendations for addressing gaps in the adoption of innovations.
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Presentations
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| Session 1 – Sustainable lifestyles and circular economy: raising awareness of innovative approaches and facilitating systemic change
Moderator: Charles Wessner, Georgetown University, United States |
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Gulnara Roll, Head, Housing and Land Management Unit, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe |
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Session 2 – Sustainable energy: making markets for renewables and energy-saving technologies Moderator: Salvatore Zecchini, Chairman, Expert Consulting, Professor University of Rome Tor Vergata
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Charles Wessner, Georgetown University, United States
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Session 3 - Clean technologies and greening the economy: policies to strengthen demand and encourage investments Moderator: Salvatore Zecchini, Chairman, Expert Consulting, Professor University of Rome Tor Vergata
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Laurent Horvath, Cleantech Manager, OPI Cleantech Genève, Switzerland Zaal Lomtadze, Chief of Section, Environment Division, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe |
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fileadmin/DAM/ceci/documents/2015/ICP/TOS-ICP/Lomtadze.pdfSession 4 – Public procurement: the state as a source of demand for innovation for sustainability Moderator: Snjezana Ivic-Pavlovski, Ministry of Entrepreneurship and Crafts, Croatia
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Svend Otto Remoe, Special adviser, Director General's Staff, Research Council of Norway |
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| Review of work and inter-sessional implementation plan | |
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Review of the work of the Team of Specialists on Innovation and Competitiveness Policies
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