Past Events

Patents: slow and steady wins the race?

The European Institute of Innovation and Technology, or EIT in Brussels-speak, is finally under way with the formation of its Governing Board and Executive Committee in late 2008.

A healthy dialogue between science and policy is vital in our age. Whether in Brussels or the national capitals, policy decisions need input from what research can tell us about the world.

Launch, at ESOF 2008 in Barcelona, Europe’s largest multidisciplinary science conference, of a series of workshops on enterprise in science.

An open discussion of new ideas for reforming the IP system in Europe. In autumn 2007, the French Senate at long last ratified the London Protocol, ending a requirement that every EU patent be translated into French.

What public policies make for a successful innovation cluster - a dynamic community of university researchers, industrial partners, technology investors and growth companies?

The European Commission's premier R&D initiative, Framework Programme 7, is now more than a year old. So how is it doing? Is the paperwork any easier for participants? Is the selection of projects any fairer?

Commission Vice President Günter Verheugen is determined to repeat the GSM standard success story. To do so, the European Union must step in to help bring innovative products and services to market.