Sunday, November 12, 2006
OLYMPUS Future Creation Laboratory : Fields of Research
Humanware: inspiration-induced ubiquitous services. Confession: I thought I might have coined the term "ubiquitous services" for a talk I'm doing soon in Korea at a Ubiquitous Computing conference. I find 200,000+ google hits, even several dozen Gogle Image hits! A few more postings are liable to follow.
Humanware: inspiration-induced ubiquitous services. Confession: I thought I might have coined the term "ubiquitous services" for a talk I'm doing soon in Korea at a Ubiquitous Computing conference. I find 200,000+ google hits, even several dozen Gogle Image hits! A few more postings are liable to follow.
Friday, November 10, 2006
Tekes conference on"Innovative Services and Innovation Policy" :
Conference on Innovation in Services in Helsinki, 10-11 October 2006.
papers downloadable:
Service sector performance and structural changes in the economy
Professor John R. Bryson, University of Birmingham
Markets, Competition, Regulation and Innovation in the financial services sector
Dr Andrew Hilton, Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation
The role of EU innovation policy in support of knowledge intensive services Speech (Speech)
David White, Director of Innovation Policy, European Commission, DG Enterprise and Industry
Innovation Policy and Services in Finland
Timo Kekkonen, Confederation of Finnish Industries, Finland
Innovation and Services - Australian policy experience
Tricia Berman, Australian Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources, Australia
A German approach to Research and Development in the Services Sector
Ursula Zahn-Elliott, Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Germany
A dedicated policy?
Dr Jos Evertsen, Forf'ás, Ireland
Innovation in Services in New Member States
Dr Metka Stare, Univercity of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Present Status of Service Industries in Japan and its Innovation Policy
Toshihiro Mitsuhashi, Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry, Japan
Designing New Hybrid Services and Dealing with Business Transformation Processes
Walter Ganz, Fraunhofer IAO
The City of London and competitiveness - a Global Perspective
Malcolm Cooper, City of London, UK
Innovative consumer services
Eva Torra, JCDecaux, Finland
Health care services
Kari Lappalainen, Intensium Ltd.
Services innovation in knowledge society
Olavi Luotonen, European Commission, DG Information Society and Media, New Working Environments
Day 2: Economic performance and services
Chairperson: Dr Martti af Heurlin, Deputy Director General, Tekes
Conclusions of the Day 1 parallel sessions by chairpersons
Timo Kekkonen, Chairman of the Tekes board
Prof. Christian Grönroos, Swedish School of Economics, Helsinki
Mind the Gap! A Comparison of Services Productivity in Europe and the United States
Prof. Bart van Ark, University of Groningen and The Conference Board Europe
Managing Innovation in R&D and IT Services
Kimmo Solla, Director, Wipro wireless solutions
The Well-Designed Global R&D Network
Georg List, Vice President, Booz Allen Hamilton
Service Industrialization and the Global Information Economy
Prof. Uday Karmarkar, University of California, Los Angeles
Concluding comments
Erkki Virtanen, Permanent Secretary of the Finnish Ministry of Trade and Industry
Conference on Innovation in Services in Helsinki, 10-11 October 2006.
papers downloadable:
Service sector performance and structural changes in the economy
Professor John R. Bryson, University of Birmingham
Markets, Competition, Regulation and Innovation in the financial services sector
Dr Andrew Hilton, Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation
The role of EU innovation policy in support of knowledge intensive services Speech (Speech)
David White, Director of Innovation Policy, European Commission, DG Enterprise and Industry
Innovation Policy and Services in Finland
Timo Kekkonen, Confederation of Finnish Industries, Finland
Innovation and Services - Australian policy experience
Tricia Berman, Australian Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources, Australia
A German approach to Research and Development in the Services Sector
Ursula Zahn-Elliott, Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Germany
A dedicated policy?
Dr Jos Evertsen, Forf'ás, Ireland
Innovation in Services in New Member States
Dr Metka Stare, Univercity of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Present Status of Service Industries in Japan and its Innovation Policy
Toshihiro Mitsuhashi, Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry, Japan
Designing New Hybrid Services and Dealing with Business Transformation Processes
Walter Ganz, Fraunhofer IAO
The City of London and competitiveness - a Global Perspective
Malcolm Cooper, City of London, UK
Innovative consumer services
Eva Torra, JCDecaux, Finland
Health care services
Kari Lappalainen, Intensium Ltd.
Services innovation in knowledge society
Olavi Luotonen, European Commission, DG Information Society and Media, New Working Environments
Day 2: Economic performance and services
Chairperson: Dr Martti af Heurlin, Deputy Director General, Tekes
Conclusions of the Day 1 parallel sessions by chairpersons
Timo Kekkonen, Chairman of the Tekes board
Prof. Christian Grönroos, Swedish School of Economics, Helsinki
Mind the Gap! A Comparison of Services Productivity in Europe and the United States
Prof. Bart van Ark, University of Groningen and The Conference Board Europe
Managing Innovation in R&D and IT Services
Kimmo Solla, Director, Wipro wireless solutions
The Well-Designed Global R&D Network
Georg List, Vice President, Booz Allen Hamilton
Service Industrialization and the Global Information Economy
Prof. Uday Karmarkar, University of California, Los Angeles
Concluding comments
Erkki Virtanen, Permanent Secretary of the Finnish Ministry of Trade and Industry
