[Air-l] Fwd: Second Call for Papers: Blue Sky II Forum - Innovation Indicators

[Dan L Burk]

Of possible interest.  DLB

On 22 Mar 2006, Washington.Contact at oecd.org wrote:
> 
> 
> Call for Papers
> 
> 
> 
> Blue Sky II Forum: What are the Indicators for Science, Technology and
> Innovation Policies in the 21st Century?
> 
> September 25-27, 2006
> 
> Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
> 
> The Westin Ottawa
> 11 Colonel By Drive
> 
> Registration Form
>
<http://www.statcan.ca/english/conferences/sciencetech2005/pdf/registrati=
> on.p
> df>
> 
> 
> Description:
> 
> The Blue Sky II 2006 Forum
> <http://www.statcan.ca/english/conferences/sciencetech2005/index.htm> 
> will
> examine new areas for indicator development and set a broad agenda for
> future
> work on science, technology and innovation (STI) indicators. Emphasis
> will be
> placed on indicators of outcomes and impacts in order to support 
> monitoring
> benchmarking, foresight activity, and evaluation, applied to policies 
> and
> programs, and their economic and social impacts. The Forum is expected
> to
> provide ideas and guidance for indicators work in both OECD and non OECD
> countries, as well as in their international organizations. The Forum
> will
> include plenary sessions featuring invited guest speakers who are
> leading
> authorities in their fields. Break-out sessions will discuss papers on
> specific themes selected through a call for papers.
> 
> 
> The first Blue Sky Forum was organized by the OECD and held in Paris in
> 1996.
> It helped set the agenda for developing STI indicators over the past
> decade.
> The intent of Blue Sky II is to review progress made while looking
> towards
> development of policy-relevant STI indicators in today's global economy.
> The
> OECD has partnered with Statistics Canada, the US National Science
> Foundation
> and Industry Canada to host this landmark conference.
> 
> The Forum covers four broad topics:
> 
> *	New uses of existing science, technology and innovation indicators;
> *	New uses of existing non STI indicators for the purpose of STI policy
> making;
> *	Completely new science, technology and innovation indicators; and
> *	A synthesis of findings leading to an agenda for the next decade of
> work on STI indicators.
> 
> Call for Papers:
> 
> Papers are invited on new indicators and approaches to support science,
> technology and innovation policies. The audience will include public
> policy
> researchers, economists, social scientists and statisticians, together
> with
> policy makers, government officials and other stakeholders with an
> interest
> in science, technology and innovation indicators.
> 
> All papers are expected to develop metrics and indicators that can be 
> useful
> to policy making. Proposals must be in the form of a 500-word (maximum)
> abstract submitted by Friday, March 31, 2006. Submissions should be
> accompanied by a detailed r=E9sum=E9 as well as a brief biographical
> note of no
> more than 40 words.  For more information, please see the "Call for
> Papers
> <http://www.statcan.ca/english/conferences/sciencetech2005/forumcall.htm>
>  "
> website.
> 
> We are soliciting policy-relevant papers with an emphasis on the 
> following
> themes:
> 
> *	Globalization of research and development (R&D) activities and
> networks
> <http://www.statcan.ca/english/conferences/sciencetech2005/forumcall.htm#
> 1>
> *	New understandings of the changing nature of science and innovatio
> and their impacts
> <http://www.statcan.ca/english/conferences/sciencetech2005/forumcall.htm#
> 2> 
> *	Capturing the value of scientific research and innovation
> <http://www.statcan.ca/english/conferences/sciencetech2005/forumcall.htm#
> 3>
> *	Human resources in science and technology (HRST) and global knowledge
> flows
> <http://www.statcan.ca/english/conferences/sciencetech2005/forumcall.htm#
> 4>
> *	Building scientific knowledge capital
> <http://www.statcan.ca/english/conferences/sciencetech2005/forumcall.htm#
> 5>=20
> *	Multidisciplinary science, technology and innovation fields including
> emerging technologies
> <http://www.statcan.ca/english/conferences/sciencetech2005/forumcall.htm#
> 6> =20
> *	Shifting science, technology and innovation landscape: regions,
> players and issues
> <http://www.statcan.ca/english/conferences/sciencetech2005/forumcall.htm#
> 8> =20
> *	New indicators for science and innovation policies
> <http://www.statcan.ca/english/conferences/sciencetech2005/forumcall.htm#
> 8>
> 
> The abstracts must be submitted by Friday, March 31, 2006 by e-mail
to:=20
> bluesky at statcan.ca <mailto:bluesky at statcan.ca>
> 
> =20
> 
> Alternately, by regular mail to:
> 
> Blue Sky Forum 2006
> Attn: Forum Secretariat, Paper Review Committee
> Statistics Canada
> R.H. Coats Building, 7th floor Section A
> Ottawa, Ontario
> Canada, K1A 0T6
> 
>
> 
> For more information, please contact Alessandra Colecchia
> <mailto:alessandra.colecchia at oecd.org> , OECD
> 
> or Louise Earl <mailto:bluesky at statcan.ca> , Statistics Canada
> 
> 
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Dan L. Burk
Oppenheimer, Wolff & Donnelly Professor
University of Minnesota Law School
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Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA
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