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Monica Beltrametti, Xerox’s R&D chief in Europe, asks whether recession can provide a stimulus to trans-Atlantic cooperation in research.

We will look back on 2008-2009 as a halcyon time for early stage technology, says Ron Petersen, Managing Director at the Boots Centre for Innovation.

Governments often find scientific advice unpalatable. But they shouldn’t shoot the messenger, writes Senior Editor Nuala Moran.

Recent improvements in intellectual property protection make China a great place to innovate, says patent attorney Adrian Tombling.

As the EU ponders an Innovation Act, the UK Business Secretary Peter Mandelson gave budding entrepreneurs his view of what government can bring to innovation.

While the US needs a quality lift; Europe needs political leadership and new governance, says Bruno van Pottelsberghe of the Bruegel think tank.

The economic crisis is forcing a rethink, on both sides of the Atlantic, on the scope for collaboration in R&D.

Despite rules and red tape, government investment in venture capital can be effective, says Rory Earley, CEO of Capital for Enterprise

In the second of a two-part series John Wood, chair of the European Research Area Board, considers the role the Internet will play in shaping the European Research Area.

Decisions need to be taken now to shape the European Research Area in 2030. The first in a two part series by John Wood, chair of the European Research Area Board.