Rethinking Research Policies in an Enlarging Europe
December 6-8, 2001, Lille, France

The Fourth Semmering Science and Technology Forum entitled "Institutional Changes: Efficiency and Effectiveness - Economic and Political Aspects of European Science and Technology Policies for the 21st Century" took place in Vienna from December 3rd to 5th 1999 and was organised jointly by the Interdisciplinary Centre for Comparative Research in Social Sciences (ICCR) and the European Association for the Advancement of the Social Sciences (EA).

Agenda

Thursday, December 6, 2001

10:00 - 10:30	General introduction
10:30 - 12:00	The Institutional Structures of Research (part 1) Chair: Ronald J. Pohoryles - ICCR Vienna Programming network-based research John Crowley - CERI & Nadia Auriat - UNESCO Network versus institutions? Thierry Leterre - Université de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Discussant: Nadia Auriat - UNESCO
12:00 - 12:30	Discussion
12:30 - 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:30	The Public-Private Interface (part 1) Chair : Francis Wallart - Pôle Européen Universitaire, France Analysis of an Interdisciplinary Research Program as a Public-Private Interface Florent Loiseau - Université de Paris I, France Measures Taken by the French Ministry of Research in the Public-Private Interface in Biotechnologies Jean-Alexis Grimaud - Ministère Français de la Recherche Bio-technics, food technology and organic farming in Europe today Martin Peterson - University of Göteborg, Sweden
15:30 - 16:00	Coffee Break
16:00 - 17:30	The Question of Excellence Chair : Ronald J. Pohoryles - ICCR Vienna Research Evaluation Criteria in Human and Social Sciences: the Case of Cultural and Social Ethnology-Anthropology Philippe Jeannin - Université de Toulouse III & Marie Dominique Mouton - Université de Paris X Russian Policy for the Promotion of Centers of Excellence for Scientific and Technical Research since 1994 : „Federal Research Centers" Marie Laure Couderc - Center of Industrial Economics, Ecole des Mines de Paris, France Discussant: Ariane Chebel d’Appollonia - Centre Américain de Sciences-Po
17:30 - 18:30	General Discussion
20:00	Dinner

Friday, December 7, 2001

09:00 - 10:00	Enlargement : Workshop A (1st parallel session) Chair & rapporteur: Nikolai Genov - Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Problems of science, technology and innovation policies: the Czech case Adolf Filacek - Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic The Bulgarian national strategy for scientific and technological development Christo Balarew - Bulgarian Academy of Sciences R&D policy and European integration in Estonia Helle Martinson - Estonian Science Foundation Science and technology policy indicators Judith Mosoni-Fried - Hungarian Academy of Sciences Moderator; John Crowley - CERI
09:00 - 10:00	Enlargement: Workshop B (1st parallel session) Chair & rapporteur: Chris Caswill - ESRC, UK The lack of technology policy in Croatia Jasminka Laznjak - University of Zagreb, Croatia & Jadranka Svarc - Ministry of Science and Technology, Republic of Croatia Analysis of science and technology policies in Ukraine: current problems and perspectives Lidiya Kavunenko - National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine & Irina Novikova - Kiev National University of Economics, Ukraine Economic aspects of the development of science in Bulgaria Rossitsa Chobanova - Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Updating the legal environment of S&T to the EU norms in Hungary György Darvas - Hungarian Academy of Sciences Moderator: Marie-Laure Couderc - Center of Industrial Economics, Ecole des Mines de Paris, France
10:00 - 10:15	Coffee Break
10:15 - 11:15	Enlargement: Workshop A (2nd parallel session) Chair & rapporteur: Nikolai Genov - Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Adolf Filacek - Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Christo Balarew - Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Helle Martinson - Estonian Science Foundation Judith Mosoni-Fried - Hungarian Academy of Sciences Moderator: John Crowley - CERI, France
11:15 - 11:30	Coffee Break
11:30 - 12:30	Enlargement: plenary round table Chair: Ronald Pohoryles - ICCR Vienna Rapporteurs: Nikolai Genov - Bulgarian Academy of Sciences & Chris Caswill ESRC, UK Moderators: John Crowley - CERI, France & Marie-Laure Couderc -Center of Industrial Economics, Ecole des Mines de Paris, France Workshop reports Presentation of draft final declaration General discussion
12:30 - 14:00	Lunch Break
14:30 - 15:15	Structures in transition Chair: Gérard Grunberg - Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques, France Applied social research networks in the new democracies Pal Tamas - Hungarian Academy of Sciences Key tendencies in the transformation of R&D in the Post-Soviet states and their impact on cooperation with the EU Igor Egorov - National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine On University Research Departments Norma Morris - University College London, UK Accomodation to new environment: the case of introducing innovation studies at a technological university in a late socialist country Imre Hronszky - Budapest Technical University, Hungary
15:15 - 15:45	Discussion
15:45 - 16:15	Coffee Break
16:15 - 17:30	Towards the New Framework Programme Chair: Gérard Caudron - Parlement Européen Chris Caswill - ESRC, UK Perspectives for social sciences and humanities in the European Research Area and the New Framework Programme Peter Fisch - European Commission, DG Research The new framework programme: a critical perspective Ronald J. Pohoryles - ICCR European STD policy from an accession perspective Tadeusz Zoltowski - Foundation for Polish Science, Poland
17:30 - 18:00	Discussion
19:30	Réception, Hôtel de Ville, Lille

Saturday, December 8, 2001

09:00 - 10:15	The public-private interface (part 2) Chair: Gilbert Fayl - European Commission, DG Research How an Independent Industrial Foundation Can Help the Accession Process Tamas Kemeny - Foundation for the Technological Progress of the Industry, Hungary Recent developments and policies towards industrial R&D in Poland – The potential for international partnerships Tomasz Kosmider - TMBK Partners; Arthur D. Little, Poland Discussant: Martin Peterson - Department of History University of Göteborg, Sweden
10:15 - 10:45	Discussion
10:45 - 11:15	Coffee Break
11:15 - 12:30	The institutional structures of research (part 2) Chair: John Crowley - CERI, France The idea of an African university Anthony Holiday - University of Western Cape, South Africa An approach to the Study of Institutional Research Structures in Russian Universities: current trends and issues Andrei Rezaev - St Petersburg State University, Russia
12:30 - 13:00	Discussion
13:00 - 13:30	Conclusions Ronald J. Pohoryles - ICCR
13:30	Lunch
15:00	Kick-Off Meeting SEMMERING Project (Restricted to Steering Committee & Project Partners)

Venue

Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Lille
84 Rue de Trévise
59000 Lille, France

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