Cafe Crossfire; Brussels 4 October 2004; 17.30; Bibliotheque Solvay
4 Ottobre 2004 - 4 Ottobre 2004
Belgium
One of Europe's answers to the economic challenges it faces has been to greatly boost public and private spending on research. Business in the European Union currently contributes only some 56% of research spending. In Switzerland, by contrast, 69% of research funds come from private sources.
Will the EU's proposed conditions for private investment be enough to stimulate a surge in business-funded R&D and what lessons can be learned from the Swiss case?
The Event features:,Achilleas Mitsos, Director General for Research, European Commission,Pan Miloslav Ransdorf MEP, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, European Parliament,Jane Royston, Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), and President of CreateSwitzerland http://www.startupcafe.ch/cv/CV_Royston_Jane_e.htm(si apre in una nuova finestra)
Will the EU's proposed conditions for private investment be enough to stimulate a surge in business-funded R&D and what lessons can be learned from the Swiss case?
The Event features:,Achilleas Mitsos, Director General for Research, European Commission,Pan Miloslav Ransdorf MEP, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, European Parliament,Jane Royston, Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), and President of CreateSwitzerland http://www.startupcafe.ch/cv/CV_Royston_Jane_e.htm(si apre in una nuova finestra)