Agenda of First International Conference on the Evaluation of RTD Programmes

The First International Conference on the Evaluation of RTD Programmes will take place in Thessaloniki, Greece, on 26-28 April 1995. The organization of this event demonstrates the important role of evaluation in the specific programmes implementing the Fourth Framework Programme for research and technological development and demonstration (1998-1998). The European Commission's Scientific and Technical Research Committee (CREST), which is responsible for assisting the Commission in the field of scientific research and technological development, has recently established an ad-hoc committee dealing with evaluation.

The conference aims to:

- Bring together experts in the evaluation of RTD and establish a basis for discussion and further cooperation between the European Union, non-EU countries and international organizations;
- Review the experience of EU and non-EU countries in the field of RTD evaluation;
- Present the latest results in the field of RTD evaluation of work carried out under DG XII of the Commission.

The conference programme includes sessions on:

- EU activities in RTD evaluation;
- Evaluation activities: The international experience;
- Evaluating industrial research;
- New approaches to the evaluation of RTD.

The preliminary agenda for the conference is as follows:

- Wednesday 26 April 1995:

Welcoming address:
Prof. Chirstodoulakis - Secretary General for Research and Technology, Greece.

Opening address:
"The role of evaluation in Community RTD policy" - Prof. Fasella - Director-General, DG XII - Science, Research and Development, European Commission.

- EU activities in RTD evaluation:

. "RTD: Strategy and accompanying measures" - Chaired by Mr. J. Gabolde - Director, DG XII/A;

. "Methodology for the evaluation of the economic effects of EC RTD programmes: The case of BRITE" - Dr. J.M. Ledoux - BETA, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France;

. "The structural effects of EC RTD programmes: Case studies of the medical research and non-nuclear energy research programmes" - Dr. P. Laredo - Centre de Sociologie de L'Innovation (CSI), Ecole des Mines de Paris, France;

. "UK Government Departments' experience of RTD programme evaluation and methodology" - Dr. K. Cunion - Department of the Environment, London, UK;

. "German Government Departments' experience of RTD programme evaluation and methodology" - Dr. S. Kuhlmann - Fraunhofer Institut für Systemtechnik und Innovationsforschung, Karlsruhe, Germany;

. "Spanish Government Departments' experience of RTD programme evaluation and methodology" - Prof. Borrell - Commission Interministerial de Ciencia y Tecnologia, Agencia Nacional de Evaluacion y Prospectiva, Madrid, Spain.

A round-table discussion with the speakers on evaluation methodology will be chaired by Mr. J. Gabolde.

- Thursday 27 April 1995:

. "Evaluation activities: the international experience" - Chaired by Dr. D. Deniozos - Special Secretary, Secretariat General for Research and Technology , Athens, Greece;

. "RTD evaluation developments in the US" - Dr. S. Cozzens - Renssalaer Polytechnic Institute, Department of Science and Technology, New York, USA;

. "RTD evaluation developments in Japan" - Dr. K. Gonda - National Institute of Science and Technology Policy, (NISTEP) Tokyo, Japan;

. "The PREST experience of evaluation" - Dr. W. Krull - Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e.v. Munich, Germany;

. "RTD evaluation developments in the Nordic countries" - Dr. E. Helander - Research Director, Nordic Science Policy Council, Helsinki, Finland;

. "Evaluating industrial research" - Chaired by Dr. Meyer-Krahmer - Director of Fraunhofer Institut für Systemtechnik und Innovationsforschung, Karlsruhe, Germany;

. "Research audit - a process of evaluation research at the Daimler-Benz Group" - Dr. E. Lepiorz - Vice-President, Corporate Staff, Strategy and Research Audit, Research and Technology, Daimler-Benz, Stuttgart, Germany;

. "Patents as indicators for the evaluation of industrial research output" - Dr. F. Narin - Research Computer Horizons Inc. (CHI), USA;

. "Evaluation of industrial research" - Dr. S. Papadopoulos - Managing Director, Painwebber, New York, USA;

. "Evaluating research projects at Toshiba" - Dr. A. Kameoka - Interdisciplinary Research Laboratory, Research and Development Center Toshiba Corporation, Kawasaki, Japan;

. "Evaluating RTD in Canadian industry" - Mr. W.A. Smith - Director of Corporate Planning and Evaluation, National Research Council of Canada.

A round-table discussion chaired by Dr. F. Meyer-Krahmer with speakers and a representative from the Commission, DG III/A, Industrial Policy, Mr. Deniozos (Ministry of Industry, Energy and Technology, Greece) and a representative of the Korean Industrial Technology Association.

Honoured speaker: Prof. Alain Pompidou, President of STOA, European Parliament (subject to confirmation).

- Friday 28 April 1995:

- "New approaches to the evaluation of RTD" - Chaired by Dr. E. Ormala - Finnish Ministry of Trade and Industry, Helsinki, Finland;

. "Evaluation of industry - University relationships" - Dr. T. Ohmi, Division of Solid State Electronics, Tohoku University, Japan;

. "Evaluation of the macro-economic aspects of RTD" - Dr. D. Kiriakou - Commission, DG II - JRC, Instituto de Prospectiva Technologica de Sevilla (IPTS), Spain;

. "RTD, regional development and evaluation" - Dr. J. O'Herlihy - Industrial Liaison Office, Letterkenny Regional Technical College, Ireland;

A round-table discussion will be chaired by Dr. E. Ormala and Prof. Y. Katsoulakis, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece, and Dr. P. Hills , PREST, University of Manchester, UK;

. "European report on indicators" - Dr. L. Soete - MERIT, Rijksuniversiteit Limburg, the Netherlands;

. "Research impact quantification" - Dr. R. Johnston - Australian Center for Innovation and International Competitiveness, University of Sydney, Australia;

. "Methodologies for the evaluation of regional innovation potential" - Dr. C. Nauwelaers-Rider, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.

A round-table discussion will be chaired by Dr. E. Ormala with speakers and Dr. R. Barre, Observatoire des Sciences et des Techniques (OST), Paris, France, Dr. T. Higgins, CIRCA Group, Dublin, Ireland, Ms. W. Hansen, Industry and Science Policy Sector, Industry Canada, Ontario, Canada, and a representative of DG XIII of the Commission.

Closing remarks will be made by Dr. M. Donato - Commission, Head of Evaluation Unit, DG XII/A-4, Evaluation of R&D Programmes.
For further information, please contact:

European Commission
Dr. Matteo Donato/Mr. Isidoros Karatzas
Head of Evaluation Unit/Conference Coordinator
DG XII/A-4
200 rue de la Loi (T-61/1-2)
B-1049 Brussels
Tel. +32-2-2953955/2950027; Fax +32-2-2962006