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Keynote speeches are presented at the
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"Integration of Art and Science" |
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Speaker: Bulent Atalay,
University of Mary Washington and the University of Virginia;
Fellow, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton |
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Bulent
Atalay presents science through art, and art through science, and approaches
the larger goal of achieving a synthesis of the two fields. He invokes the
model of Leonardo – part-time artist, passionate scientist, consummate
inventor. The qualities of timelessness and universality in Leonardo's
miraculous works speak eloquently for themselves. With Leonardo's model
providing the unifying thread, however, it becomes possible, first, to
glimpse Leonardo's restless intellect, that extraordinary psyche; second, to
see whence the ideas for his works of art came; and ultimately to appreciate
his art at a different level. What also emerges is a timeless message:
Leonardo's model can assist in bridging the cultural divide prevailing in
our age of specialization, and it can help make us all more creative. |
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Dr. Bulent Atalay is a scientist and an
artist. He lectures around the world on art, archaeology, astrophysics,
and atomic physics. After his early education in Eton (UK) and St.
Andrew's School (Delaware), Dr. Atalay received BS, MS, MA and Ph.D.
degrees and conducted post-doctoral work in theoretical physics at
Georgetown, UC-Berkeley, Princeton and Oxford. Now, he is a professor
of physics at the University of Mary Washington, and an adjunct
professor at the University of Virginia. He is also a member of the
Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton.
Dr. Atalay’s research areas include theoretical nuclear physics; perturbation theory
for projected states; alternate future sources of energy; high tech archaeology;
integrating science and art; and the art and science of Leonardo da Vinci.
He is also a successful artist with works in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian
Institution, White House and Buckingham Palace.
As an accomplished artist, Atalay has presented his
works in London and Washington. His two books of lithographs; "Lands of
Washington" and "Oxford and the English Countryside" are in the
permanent collections of Buckingham Palace, the Smithsonian, and the
White House. His most recent, and highly acclaimed book, "Math and the
Mona Lisa," is a powerful discussion of the power of cross-semination of
disciplines in the manner practiced by Leonardo da Vinci. After the
plenary session, Dr. Atalay will sign his book for the audience.
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"The Role of Government in
Technological Innovation: East Asian Perspectives" |
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Speaker: Youngrak Choi, Chairman, Korea Research Council of Public Science & Technology (KORP), Korea |
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The
role of government in technological innovation is considered crucial in
general. Is it? Aren’t there any other critical factors? This paper explores
this fundamental question by examining the innovation policies in three East
Asian countries with particular emphasis on government-business relation.
The paper explains the
patterns and processes of industrial development in Korea, Taiwan and
Singapore, which have managed the shift from light
industries to high-technology reasonably well. Korea's approach to
technological innovation through large enterprises (s0-called Chaebol),
Taiwan's emphasis on small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and
Singapore's success with multinational enterprises (MNEs) are described.
The role of government policies in
technological innovation such as the cultivation of key R&D players, mobilization
of resources, development of the R&D infrastructure, etc. is discussed.
In particular, similarities and differences in government policies are
emphasized, and the change of government policies after 90s, when self-growing
S&T capability was the key issue, is explored.
The paper focuses on the
crucial role of government policy in technological innovation, but it also
articulates that the role of private enterprises is equally essential.
Examples of private firms are given which have made massive in-house R&D
efforts and succeeded in establishing strong R&D capability in response to
government initiatives.
The paper concludes
with lessons learned from these East Asian perspectives.
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Dr. Youngrak Choi is Chairman of Korea Research Council of Public Science & Technology (KORP). Previously, he was the president of STEPI (Science & Technology Policy Institute) in S. Korea. He is the President of the Korean Society for Technology Management & Economics and a member of the Presidential Advisory Council for Science & Technology.
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"Where
Computing is Going...and how not to get there" |
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Speaker: Bob Colwell,
President, R & E Colwell and Associates,
United States |
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The computer industry has always prided itself on
how fast it changes. But for the past two decades, those changes have been
planned, predictable, and monotonic -- Moore's Law told you the rough shape
of what was coming. Not any more. The industry is attempting to navigate a
sharp turn in the road, forced upon it by physics (power dissipation), and a
maturing base of users with a finite appetite for performance. The
challenges we face now will not be like what we have faced before. This talk
will outline these challenges and some technical management tactics that we
must also leave behind. |
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Bob Colwell was
Intel's chief IA32 microprocessor architect from 1992-2000, and managed
the IA32 Arch group in Intel's Hillsboro, Oregon facility through the P6
and Pentium 4 projects. He was named the Eckert-Mauchly
award winner for 2005, the highest honor in the field of computer
architecture, for "outstanding achievements in the design and
implementation of industry-changing microarchitectures, and for
significant contributions
to the RISC/CISC architecture debate." He was named an Intel Fellow in
1996.
Previously, Colwell was a CPU architect at VLIW pioneer Multiflow
Computer, a hardware design engineer at workstation vendor Perq Systems,
and a member
of technical staff at Bell Labs. He has published many technical papers
and journal articles, is inventor or co-inventor on 40+ patents, and has
participated in numerous panel sessions and invited talks. He is the
Perspectives editor for IEEE Computer Magazine, and writes the At Random
column. He is currently an independent consultant. Colwell holds the
BSEE degree from the University of Pittsburgh, and the MSEE and PhD from
Carnegie Mellon University.
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"Infotronics Technologies for
Innovative Service Business" |
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Speaker: Jay Lee, University of Cincinnati;
Director
of NSF Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for Intelligent
Maintenance Systems (IMS) Center |
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For the past decade, the impact of web-enabled and
tether-free technologies have added “velocity’ and “transparency”
to business productivity in globally integrated enterprise. Today’s
competition in industry depends not just on lean manufacturing, but also on
the abilities to provide customers with proactive services for sustainable
value.
This presentation
introduces how Infotronics technologies can transform today's service
industry to value-added innovative business. Infotronics technologies
provide precision information to enable products and systems to predict
their performance and autonomously request service and synchronize business
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Dr. Jay Lee is an
Ohio Eminent Scholar and L.W. Scott Alter Chair Professor in Advanced
Manufacturing at the Univ. of Cincinnati and is founding director of
National Science Foundation (NSF) Industry/University Cooperative
Research Center (I/UCRC) on Intelligent Maintenance Systems (IMS) which
is a multi-campus NSF Center between the Univ. of Cincinnati and the
Univ. of Michigan-Ann Arbor. He also serves as a co-director for
Industrial Innovation Center (IIC) at Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ. (www.iissjtu.com)
in China.
Previously, he held
a position as Wisconsin Distinguished Professor and Rockwell Automation
Professor at the Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Prior to joining
UW-Milwaukee, he served as Director for Product Development and
Manufacturing Department at United Technologies Research Center (UTRC),
E. Hartford, CT, and was responsible for the strategic direction and R&D
activities for next-generation products and manufacturing, and service
technologies. Prior to joining UTRC, he served as Program Directors for
a number of programs at NSF during 1991-1998, including the Engineering
Research Centers (ERCs) Program, the Industry/University Cooperative
Research Centers (I/UCRCs) Program, and the Materials Processing and
Manufacturing Program (MPM). In addition, he had served as an adjunct
professor for a number of academic institutions, including Johns Hopkins
University, where he was an adjunct faculty member for the School of
Engineering and Applied Science as well as for the Hopkins Technical
Management Program during 1992-1998.
His
current research focuses on IT-enabled infotronics technologies for
innovative product service systems. Currently, he serves as member of
Board on Manufacturing and Engineering Design (BMAED) of National
Research Council (NRC).
Dr.
Lee received Milwaukee Mayor Technology Award in 2003 and was a
recipient of SME Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineering Award in
1992. He is also a Fellow of ASME and SME.
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"Networked Innovation: A National
Model" |
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Speaker: John McDougall, President and CEO Alberta
Research Council |
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We've all
heard of the innovation gap. Understanding it, facing this challenge, and
bridging the gap on a national level requires a whole new approach. John
McDougall, president and CEO of the Alberta Research Council, shares his
approach to driving Canada's innovation agenda, by strengthening the
capacity of that country's small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) to
commercialize. |
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John McDougall has served
as President and CEO of the Alberta Research Council since the fall of
1997. He is also Chairman of CFER Technologies; President and General
Manager of McDougall & Secord, Limited; and a Director of PFB
Corporation.
Born and raised in Edmonton, Mr. McDougall
received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering from the
University of Alberta in 1967. He also completed a number of
postgraduate courses in environmental engineering.
An active participant in professional and community affairs, Mr.
McDougall is a Director of the Canadian Academy of Engineers and St John
Ambulance, special representative to the Alberta Chamber of Resources
and serves on several advisory boards and committees including IRAP,
NSERC, AUTO 21 and the Conference Board Leaders Forum on Technology
Commercialization. He is also the Past-President of the Canadian
Council of Professional Engineers, APEGGA and the Edmonton Chamber of
Commerce.
John is a fellow of the Canadian Academy of
Engineers, Honorary Colonel of the 8 Field Engineer Regiment, honorary
life member of APEGGA and honorary member of the Mexican College of
Civil Engineers. He has served as an advisor to federal and provincial
governments on economic development, construction, trade, technology and
human resources.
He is listed in Who's Who in Canada, Who's Who in Canadian Engineering
and Who's Who in America and was named one of the 50 most influential
Albertans in 1998.
He is married to Irene and has three grown sons - John, Jordan and
Michael and one stepson - Kyle. |
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"Technology
Innovation and Technology Management" |
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Speaker: Nam P. Suh, MIT, United States |
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To most effectively
manage and promote technology innovation within a given industry, the
manager of technology must first understand innovation processes and then
create an infrastructure that enables the achievement of specific business
goals. It will be a significant academic milestone in the field of
technology management if we are able to teach corporations to design
innovative technology systems and processes based on a set of basic
principles rather than depending on the current ad hoc policies and methods
in use. Doing so will enable corporations to operate at their most
efficient, productive and inventive levels. Unfortunately, there is
currently no unified theory or methodology that is being used to direct the
technology innovation process, although there are many ideas published on
innovation processes based on case studies.
In this presentation, a
hypothetical theory of the technology innovation process will be presented
based upon an analysis of real experiences in technology innovation and
management. Examples will be drawn from many different fields to identify
the common features that must be present to advance technology innovation
across industries. |
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Positions Held at MIT:
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, 1970-1975; Director, MlT-Industry
Polymer Processing Program 1973-1984; Professor of Mechanical
Engineering, 1975-Present; Director, Laboratory for Manufacturing and
Productivity, 1977-1984; Cross Professor, 1989-Present; Director,
Manufacturing Institute, 1990-Present; Department Head,
1991-2001;.....[Non-MIT Positions Held:] National Science Foundation,
1984-1988, (Assistant Director for Engineering, Presidential Appointee);
University of South Carolina, 1965-69 (Assist./ Assoc. Professor); USM
Corporation, 1961-65; Guild Plastics, 1958-60 Honors and Awards: Gustus
L. Larson Memorial Award, Pi Tau Sigma and ASME, 1976; Election to CIRP,
1978; Citation Classic of ISI, 1979; Best Paper Award of SPE, 1981;
Blackall Award of ASME, 1982; Who's Who in America; Honorary D Eng.
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 1986; The F.W. Taylor Research Award,
SME, 1986; Fellow, ASME 1987; Federal Engineer of the Year, NSPE, 1987;
Distinguished Service Award, NSF 1987; Honorary LHD, University of
Mass., 1988; Foreign Member, Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering
Science, 1988; Centennial Medallion Award, ASEE, 1993; The Ennor
Manufacturing Technology Award, ASME, 1993; The KBS Award for Scholarly
Achievements, 1995; Korean Academy of Science and Technology Life
Member, 1995; The 1997 Ho-Am Prize for Engineering, Ho-Am Foundation,
1997; Honorary Doctor (Tekn. Hedersdoktor), Royal Institute of
Technology, Sweden, 2000; The Mensforth International Gold Medal, The
Institution of Electrical Engineers, United Kingdom, March 15, 2001; The
Hills Millennium Award of the Institution of Engineering Designers of
the United Kingdom (First recipient), June 4, 2001. |
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"Hydrogen
Civilization" |
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Speaker: T. Nejat Veziroglu,
Director, Clean Energy Research Institute, University of Miami;
President, International Association for Hydrogen Energy |
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Fossil fuels (i.e., petroleum, natural gas and
coal), which meet most of the world’s energy demand today, are being
depleted fast. Also, their combustion products are causing the global
problems, such as the greenhouse effect, ozone layer depletion, acid rains
and pollution, which are posing great danger for our environment and
eventually for the life in our planet. Many engineers and scientists agree
that the solution to these global problems would be to replace the existing
fossil fuel system by the Hydrogen Energy System. Hydrogen is a very
efficient and clean fuel. Its combustion will produce no greenhouse gases,
no ozone layer depleting chemicals, little or no acid rain ingredients and
pollution. Hydrogen, produced from renewable energy (e.g., solar) sources,
would result in a permanent energy system, which we would never have to
change.
It is expected that during the present century
the whole world will convert to the Hydrogen Energy System or to Hydrogen
Economy (since energy is the locomotive of the economy). Three major
economies of the world, U.S.A., Europe and Japan have worked out Road Maps
for conversion to Hydrogen Economy. The United Nations has established the
United Nations Industrial Development Organization - International Centre
for Hydrogen Energy Technologies (UNIDO-ICHET) in Istanbul, Turkey, to
assist developing countries in converting to the Hydrogen Energy System.
The Metal Hydrogen Electric Batteries are
already commercial. Hydrogen Fueled Buses are already available for sale.
Toyota and Honda companies are leasing Hydrogen Fueled cars in California
and Japan. Airbus Company is working on a Hydrogen Fueled passenger plane.
German Navy has decided that their new generation of submarines should be
hydrogen fueled. There are already various types of Hydrogen Fuel Cells
producing Electric power. Soon, there will be very small Hydrogen Fuel Cells
in the market in order to provide electricity for mobile phones.
As a result of Hydrogen Economy, not only the
Global Environmental Problems will disappear, but also noise levels in the
streets will be greatly reduced and the landscape pollution produced by
electric power lines in the cities and between the cities will disappear.
Using any and all primary energy sources
available to it, each country will be able to produce the fuel, hydrogen, it
needs to support its economy. They will not have to spend foreign exchange
to buy petroleum or natural gas, which is concentrated in certain locations
of the globe. Consequently, petroleum wars will disappear; each country will
speed up its economy to improve the standard of living for its people, slow
down and stop the population growth, and reach a sustainable state.
In summary, Hydrogen will provide the World
Economy with a clean and efficient fuel, which will end the environmental
problems, petroleum wars and will provide the humankind with higher quality
of life and sustainable future, or the Hydrogen Civilization. |
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Dr.
Veziroglu, a native of Turkey, graduated from the City and Guilds
College, the Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of
London, with degrees in Mechanical Engineering (A.C.G.I., B.Sc.),
Advanced Studies in Engineering (D.I.C.) and Heat Transfer (Ph.D.).
After
serving in some Turkish government agencies as a Technical Consultant
and Deputy Director of Steel Silos, and then heading a private company,
he joined the University of Miami Engineering Faculty, and served as the
Director of Graduate Studies, Mechanical Engineering (initiating the
first Ph.D. Program in the College of Engineering), Chairman of the
Department of Mechanical Engineering, and the Associate Dean for
Research. Presently, he is the Director of the Clean Energy Research
Institute.
Dr.
Veziroglu teaches Heat Transfer, Mass Transfer, Nuclear Engineering,
Solar Energy and Hydrogen Energy. His research interests are
instabilities in Boiling Water Reactors, Interstitial Heat Transfer,
Renewable Energy Sources and Hydrogen Energy System. He has published
some 350 scientific reports and papers, edited 200 volumes of
proceedings, and is the Editor‑in‑Chief of the monthly scientific
journals International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. He has been
an invited lecturer and/or consultant on energy research and education
to many countries, including Argentina, Australia, Bahrain, Brazil,
Canada, China, Columbia, Egypt, England, France, Germany, India, Italy,
Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Russia, Saudi
Arabia, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine and Venezuela, and to several
universities and research organizations in the United States.
Dr.
Veziroglu organized the first major conference on Hydrogen Energy: The
Hydrogen Economy Miami Energy (THEME) Conference, Miami Beach, March
1974, and proposed the Hydrogen Energy System. Subsequently, he
organized several conferences and symposia on Alternative Energy
Sources, Environment, Hydrogen Energy, Heat and Mass Transfer, and
Remote Sensing.
Dr.
Veziroglu has membership in some twenty scientific organizations, has
been elected to the Grade of Fellow in the British Institution of
Mechanical Engineers, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and
the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and is the
Founding President of the International Association for Hydrogen Energy.
Dr. Veziroglu has been the recipient of several international awards,
including Turkish Presidential Science Award, 1975, Honorary
Professorship, Xian Jiaotong University, Xian, China, 1981, I. V.
Kurchatov Medal, Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow, U.S.S.R,
1982, Energy for Mankind Award, 1986, Twenty-Five Years' Service Award,
American Nuclear Society, 1987, Turkish Superior Service to Mankind
Award, 1991, Honorary Doctorate, Anadolu University, Eskisehir, Turkey,
1998, Honorary Member, Argentinean Academy of Sciences, 2000, and
Honorary Doctorate, Donetsk State Technical University, Donetsk,
Ukraine, 2001. In 2000, he was nominated for the Nobel Prize in
Economics for both envisioning the Hydrogen Economy, and striving
towards its realization.
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"Democratizing
Innovation" |
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Speaker:
Eric von Hippel
, MIT Sloan School of Management |
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Innovation is rapidly becoming democratized. Users, aided by
improvements in computer and communications technology, increasingly can
develop their own new products and services. User innovation, the data show,
is strongly concentrated among “lead users.” These lead users--both
individuals and firms--often freely share their innovations with others,
creating user-innovation communities and a rich intellectual commons. The
trend toward democratized innovation is visible both in information products
like software and also in physical products. Lead user innovation provides
a valuable feedstock for manufacturer innovation, and produces an increase in social welfare relative to a
manufacturer-only innovation system.
Freely-revealed innovations by users forms the basis for a
user-centric innovation system that is so robust that it is actually driving
manufacturers out of product design in some fields. I will suggest ways
that manufacturers can redesign their
innovation processes to adapt to newly-emerging user-centric innovation
systems. Changes should also be made to governmental legislation and
policies, such as the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, that inflict
“collateral damage” on user innovation. The emergence of democratized
innovation systems will be disruptive to some, but I propose that the end
result is well worth striving for.
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Eric von Hippel is Professor and Head of the
Technological Innovation and Entrepreneurship Group at the MIT Sloan
School of Management. He is a graduate of Harvard College (BA), MIT
(MS) and Carnegie Mellon University (PhD). His research examines the
sources of and economics of innovation, with a particular focus on the
significant role played by “lead users” in the innovation development
process. In a new book, “Democratizing Innovation,” he reports on the
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"Technology
Driven Business Creation - Carve-out Methodology and Frameworks for Enhancement" |
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Speaker: Seiichi Watanabe, Senior General Manager,
Terumo Corporation |
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As the economy to change, the technology side is expected to take
initiatives in creating significant corporate values for the future. One effective way is the
"carve-out venturing". Flexible corporation systems such as LLC in the US are extensively used
in relation to such efforts. Similar systems are being studied and employed in Europe and Japan.
The joint study at JATES (Japan Techno-Economics Society) aims to find appropriate methodologies
for such initiatives including "carve-out venturing". The speaker would like to discuss how
"carve-out venturing" can be effectively undertaken and how corporation systems can assist in
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Dr. Seiichi Watanabe is Senior General Manager, Terumo Corporation. Previously, he served as Advisor at Sony since June 2004 when he retired as Executive Vice President responsible for Environmental Affairs. He was responsible for research and development at Sony as Director of Research Center and President of Frontier Science Laboratories from 1989 to 1993 and 1998 to 2001 respectively. He promoted many innovative research projects in developing key technologies for major businesses of the company, including compound semiconductors for lasers and high frequency devices, lithium ion batteries, magnetic recording materials, etc.
At JATES
(Japan Techno-Economics Society) he represents Sony Corporation since 1990 and now serves
as Chairman of the Committee for the Study on R&D Initiated Corporate Value Creation.
The Study group consists of representatives of major companies located in Japan and seeks
to generate formulas that can be utilized at member companies wishing to effectively manage
business creation under R&D initiatives.
He hopes
that technology management will serve to turn technological innovations into businesses
that are successful both economically and environmentally. He lived in Minnesota, US,
from 1959 to 1960 as an American Field Service exchange student where he experienced
the importance of mutual understanding to overcome culture barriers.
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"The
Lisbon Agenda Revisited: The Key Role of the 7th Framework
Programme for Research" |
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Speaker: Rosalie Zobel,
Director,
IST Research; Information Society and Media Directorate-General,
European Commission |
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Five years ago the European
Union launched an ambitious agenda, aiming at Europe to become the largest
knowledge-based economy in the world by 2010. At half-time, the Commission
is reviewing the progress made. This process has led to a vigorous debate at
European and national level amongst all those with an interest in Lisbon’s
success. The Commission has benefited from the work of a High Level Group,
chaired by the former Dutch Prime Minister Wim Kok, that reported last
November. The result of this assessment is that Europe is still far from
achieving its potential for change that the Lisbon strategy offers. While
the diagnosis and the remedies are not contested, the reality is that not
enough progress has been made.
At their Spring Council
meeting, 22-23 March 2005, in Brussels, Europe’s Heads of State and
Government reaffirmed their commitment to the principles of the Lisbon
Agenda, and reinvigorated measures around two principal tasks – delivering
stronger, lasting growth and creating more and better jobs. The renewed
Lisbon Action Programme identifies new action at European and national level
which will help to see the Lisbon vision achieved.
One of the key elements of this
action plan is an increased commitment to R&D and innovation. A doubling of
the resources for the next European Framework Programme for Research
(2007-2013) has been proposed by the European Commission.
The presentation will highlight the novelties in terms of research content
as well as in terms of a new management approach to R&D that the Commission
has proposed in order to strengthen the European R&D base and to move
research into innovation more effectively.
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Rosalie A. Zobel was born
in England. She received a bachelor's degree in physics from Nottingham
University, UK, in 1964, and a PhD in radiation physics from London
University in 1967.
She started her career in the Information Technology industry in ICL in 1967, and later held
positions as a systems engineer in CERN (Centre Européen pour la
Recherche Nucléaire), Geneva, Switzerland, the Atomic Energy Research
Establishment, Harwell, UK, and the Max-Planck Institut für Plasmaphysik,
Garching, Germany. At the latter she became operations manager of the
first CRAY Supercomputer centre in continental Europe.
In 1981 she moved to the USA and took up a position in the AT&T Headquarters, Basking Ridge, USA.
She held positions as senior marketing manager for open systems software
both for the USA and international markets, and was responsible from
1983-1986 for the international UNIX business. In 1986 she became senior
marketing manager for information technology products in AT&T Japan.
She returned to Europe in 1988 as Deputy Head of Unit of the European Community's ESPRIT Business
Systems unit. In 1991 she launched the initiative in Open Microprocessor
systems (OMI). From 1995 she was the Head of unit "Business systems,
multimedia and microprocessor applications", and EU-coordinator of the
G7 Pilot Project "Global Marketplace for SMEs". From 1999-2002 she was
Director of “New Methods of Work and Electronic Commerce”. From 2003
she is Director of "Components and Systems" in the Information Society
and Media Directorate-General of the European Commission.
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