12th International Conference on Technology Policy and Innovation - ICTPI 09
13 July 2009 - 14 July 2009
Austria
For more than one decade ICTPI has been a major event successfully bringing researchers, business and policy-makers together to share their knowledge and experience in issues of critical importance for the use of science and technology to foster sustainable socio-economic development. Previous conferences have been held in various places in Europe, US and Asia, as in the ICTPI website
(http://in3.dem.ist.utl.pt/confpolicy/(opens in new window)).
This year, the conference is organized by the University of Porto and INESC Porto with the support of UTEN Portugal (University Technology Enterprise Network) and in cooperation with the IC2 Institute of the University of Texas at Austin and will address Science, Technology and Knowledge Networks and their central role in the development of long term growth strategies to face the financial crisis. The theme and motto of ICTPI09 is due to challenge us in developing strategic responses to the crisis that
integrate long-term concerns, by involving research and development, higher-education and science-based innovation.
Interested authors are invited to submit electronically to ictpi2009@inescporto.pt, by May 11, 2009, 1-2 page abstracts of papers to be presented at the ICTPI09 in the following areas:
a) New frontiers in science, technology and innovation for short and long term growth strategies, including
- sustainable energy systems: property rights challenges, emerging carbon markets and consumer
trends
- multimodal transportation systems and infrastructure
- networking industries, cyber-physical systems and the emergence of new generation networks
- manufacturing, engineering design and the role of new production systems
- nanotechnologies, biotechnologies and their convergence
- interactive digital media: a new dialogue between the arts, the humanities and engineering
b) User-driven innovation and the role of lead markets: implication for private and public strategies
- which balance for IPR protection, open access and knowledge diffusion?
- building evidence on user-driven innovation
c) Institutions for a new era
- how to foster university autonomy, diversity and integrity in times of increasing financial
constraints?
- knowledge networks and R&D consortia for new knowledge
d) Human resources strategies and policies
- how to balance the need to broaden the social context for innovation and to strengthening advanced
training and target research?
- learners and teachers for a learning society
Key note speakers and thematic sessions, as well as updates on the conference program, are being
updated at www.ictpi09.org.pt
Full papers will be considered for publication in a special issue of "The Journal of Technology Forecasting
and Social Change" and "The International Book Series on Technological Policy and Innovation", Purdue University Press.
The ICTPI09 is organized in the UNESCO World Heritage City of Porto, Portugal, the sessions being held at Casa da Música, a unique piece of innovative architecture.
(http://in3.dem.ist.utl.pt/confpolicy/(opens in new window)).
This year, the conference is organized by the University of Porto and INESC Porto with the support of UTEN Portugal (University Technology Enterprise Network) and in cooperation with the IC2 Institute of the University of Texas at Austin and will address Science, Technology and Knowledge Networks and their central role in the development of long term growth strategies to face the financial crisis. The theme and motto of ICTPI09 is due to challenge us in developing strategic responses to the crisis that
integrate long-term concerns, by involving research and development, higher-education and science-based innovation.
Interested authors are invited to submit electronically to ictpi2009@inescporto.pt, by May 11, 2009, 1-2 page abstracts of papers to be presented at the ICTPI09 in the following areas:
a) New frontiers in science, technology and innovation for short and long term growth strategies, including
- sustainable energy systems: property rights challenges, emerging carbon markets and consumer
trends
- multimodal transportation systems and infrastructure
- networking industries, cyber-physical systems and the emergence of new generation networks
- manufacturing, engineering design and the role of new production systems
- nanotechnologies, biotechnologies and their convergence
- interactive digital media: a new dialogue between the arts, the humanities and engineering
b) User-driven innovation and the role of lead markets: implication for private and public strategies
- which balance for IPR protection, open access and knowledge diffusion?
- building evidence on user-driven innovation
c) Institutions for a new era
- how to foster university autonomy, diversity and integrity in times of increasing financial
constraints?
- knowledge networks and R&D consortia for new knowledge
d) Human resources strategies and policies
- how to balance the need to broaden the social context for innovation and to strengthening advanced
training and target research?
- learners and teachers for a learning society
Key note speakers and thematic sessions, as well as updates on the conference program, are being
updated at www.ictpi09.org.pt
Full papers will be considered for publication in a special issue of "The Journal of Technology Forecasting
and Social Change" and "The International Book Series on Technological Policy and Innovation", Purdue University Press.
The ICTPI09 is organized in the UNESCO World Heritage City of Porto, Portugal, the sessions being held at Casa da Música, a unique piece of innovative architecture.