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| Seminar: Knowledge Economy in Latin America and the Caribbean |
Knowledge Economy in Latin America and the Caribbean
First workshop
September 12-14, 2007
México CityMain Goals The nature of technological innovation is changing, the production of highly sophisticated products makes increased demands on the scientific base, and inter and trans-disciplinary research and fusion of heterogeneous technological trajectories. New patterns of communication and interaction are emerging, patterns that researchers, innovators and policymakers have to recognize and comprehend. The complex dynamics of innovation systems require both and demand a pooling and sharing of such data in order to avoid expensive duplication of effort. In the past a whole array of instruments has been developed to provide strategic intelligence. We think the use of these tools could improve considerably the quality, efficiency and efficacy of all the projects sponsored by the Knowledge Economy Program for Latin -America and the Caribbean IDRC/FLACSO. The main approach involves improving the use and deployment of existing instruments and tools like: Technology Foresight in S&T, Policy Evaluation and New indicators. A great deal could be gained via the further development of these instruments and their use in interesting new combinations at different levels national vs. international for the analyses of different projects. All the participants in the IDRC/FLACSO KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY PROGRAM should know about instruments that support the following functions: - The management of interfaces.
- To build and organize (innovation) systems.
- To provide a platform for learning and experimenting.
- To provide an infrastructure for strategic intelligence.
- To stimulate the articulation and integration between the demand and the goals of each project.
- To develop diffusion capabilities of research results among social actors.
Working Plan The Seminar will be in Flacso México from September 12 to 14. We propose the following schedule to organize the activities: September 12 - Concepts and experiences of Technology foresight, policy evaluation and new indicators for innovation and S&T 09:00 | Registration
| 09:30 | Welcoming Speech - Excmo. Ambassador Carlos García de Alba- SEP (Waiting for confirmation)
- Excmo. Ambassador Gaëtan Lavertu - Canadian Embassy in Mexico (Waiting for confirmation)
- Mtra. Giovanna Valenti –FLACSO-México, General Director
- Dr. Gustavo Crespi – IDRC/Senior Program Officer
| 10:00 – 13:00 | Panel with experts: - Dr. Mike Hollinshead-Facing the Future Inc.
Foresight sectoral experiences
- Dr. George Sciadas – StatCAN/IDRC
New Indicators for the Knowledge Economy
- Dr. Alessandro Maffioli- IADB
Science and Technology Policy Evaluation in LA.
Discussion: Concepts and experiences of Technology foresight, policy evaluation and new indicators for innovation and S&T and the possible combinations for these approaches | 13:00 - 15:00 | Lunch recess | 15:00 – 19:00 | Panel with experts: - Dra. Elizabeth Baier- Fraunhofer Institute
Foresight and new indicators in Europe
- Dr. Claudio Roveda- Roselli Foundation
Foresight at regional levels and evaluation techniques
Discussion: Concepts and experiences of Technology foresight, policy evaluation and new indicators for innovation and S&T and the possible combinations for these approaches. First day conclusions | Main Questions to answer are: | Over the last two decades considerable effort has been made to improve the design and conduct of effective science, technology and innovation policies. In particular formalized methodologies have been introduced and developed which attempt to analyze past behaviour (evaluation), review technological options for the future (foresight), and assess the implications of adopting particular options (technology assessments). Also, as a complement of evaluation, other tools such as comparative studies of the national, regional of sectoral “technological competitiveness” benchmarking methodologies were developed and used. - Is it worth applying in Latin American contexts?
- What are the necessary conditions for this?
- What we can we learn from other experiences?
- How can different IDRC/FLACSO research projects apply these approaches effectively?
- How to build more solid and comparable indicators to measure dynamics and trends to allow a better understanding and characterization of Knowledge Society?
- How to develop new indicators addressing emerging problems and issues to allow greater comparability and aggregation of existing indicators?
| 19:00 | Welcome cocktail |
September 13 - Presentation of the financed projects and their research progress | | 09:00 - 10:00 | Project PEC A-26.
Dr. Gabriel Yoguel. Argentina.
Knowledge networks in production sectors: Generation, circulation, and appropriation of knowledge and creation of competitive advantages in Argentinean production networks.
| 10:00 - 10:30 | International Evaluation Team (GEI) comments about research design.
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Response of team A-26 to questions and comments
| 11:00 - 12:00 | Project PEC B-107.
Dr. Paulo Bastos Tigre. Brasil and Argentina.
Challenges and opportunities for software and services industries in Brazil and Argentina.
| 12:00 - 12:30 | International Evaluation Team (GEI) comments about research design | 12:30 - 13:00 | Response of team B-107 to questions and comments | 13:00 - 15:00 | Lunch recess
| 15:00 - 16:00 | Project D-105.
Dr. José Luis Solleiro. México, Brasil, Chile.
Knowledge management and value creation in R&D centers.
| 16:00 - 16:30 | International Evaluation Team (GEI) comments on research design.
| 16:30 - 17:00 | Response of team D-105 to questions and comments
| 17:00 - 18:00 | Project D-180.
Mtro. Claudio Pinto Murray. Costa Rica.
Determinants of an industry based on knowledge, the IT sector in Costa Rica: formation processes as a source of sustainability and job generator.
| 18:00 - 18:30 | International Evaluation Team (GEI) comments on research design
| 18:30 - 19:00 | Response of team D-180 to questions and comments |
September 14 - Guidelines to define an agenda to promote the research results | | 09:00 - 11:00 | Presentation of the principal guidelines to construct a common strategy to promote the research results. - How to involve multiple actors in the diffusion process?
- What kind of results should be distributed and promoted?
- How to do technology transfer?
| | | A-26 Presentation of the calendar of activities and diffusion strategy
| | | B-107 Presentation of the calendar of activities and diffusion strategy
| | | D-105 Presentation of the calendar of activities and diffusion strategy
| | | D-180 Presentation of the calendar of activities and diffusion strategy
| 11:00 - 13:00 | Final thoughts on the way to integrate the tools of strategic intelligence in the research projects
| | | A- 26 | | | B-107 | | | D-105 | | D-180 |
Further information at: http://www.continentedigital.net
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