The conference plenary sessions will focus on some of the major architectural issues and programme features of the Commission’s Innovation Union proposals. This session will give an opportunity to learn about some more specific proposed initiatives:

* Which Financial Instruments to Ensure a Better Access to Finance for RDI in the EU? - Jean-David Malo, Head of Unit, DG Research and Innovation, European Commission
* The European Standardisation System within the Innovation Union – Knut Blind, Berlin University of Technology & Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems FOKUS & Erasmus University
* The Development of the Markets for Technologies - Jean-Claude Prager, Chief Economist Greater Paris Corporation, former Director of ADIT (Agency for the Diffusion of Technological Information)
 

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Source: http://ec.europa.eu/research/index.cfm?pg=conferences&eventcode=4E4F09CD-E8A3-D6EA-5C0C33C5FD7E5BE1.

Date:
From: 12 May 2011
To: 13 May 2011