Rannis' Autumn Assembly 2011
Science and Innovation for Growth, is the theme of Rannis' Autumn Assembly, which will be held on 14 December 2011, 8.30-10.30, at Grand Hotel Reykjavik
Breakfast for guests from 8.15. Please register your participation at rannis@rannis.is
Programme:
8.30
21st Century Policies for Innovation
Andrew Wyckoff, Director of Science, Technology and Industry, OECD
[Iceland reflected in the light of OECD statistics, with focus on the subject of science and innovation for growth. Small countries' persepective. Iceland's excellence and drawbacks. Reccomendations for the future for Iceland, new challenges ahead, possible areas of emphasis.]
9.10
How can universities contribute to innovation and value creation?
Kristín Ingólfsdóttir, Rector, University of Iceland
9.30
Potential sectors for growth in the next 20 years
Orri Hauksson, Director, Federation of Icelandic Industries
9.50
Policy making and vision of the Science and Technology Policy Council
Guðrún Nordal, chair of the Science committee of the STPC
Policy making and vision of the Science and Technology Policy Council
Sveinn Margeirsson, member of the Technology committee of the STPC
10.15
Discussion
Meeting chaired by: Hallgrímur Jónasson, Rannís General Director
