VentureLab: Lecture: The Europe of Innovation, Competetiveness and GrowthThursday 16 February 2012, 18:00 - 22:00 |
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Prof. Dr. Frans van Vught, owner of FVV Consultancy, is the president of the European Centre of Strategic Management of Universities, and the former president and rector of the University of Twente. His VentureClass will be about about the Europe 2020 Strategy on Innovation (2010 – 2020). It is the follow up of the "Lisbon Process" (2000 - 2010), the first general EU innovation strategy to boost the EU's competitiveness and growth. The general objectives of the new policy are to close the innovation gap with the USA and Japan, to better integrate research and innovation processes and to create more knowledge-intensive products and services. It may be expected that in the coming years the European higher education and research institutions will increasingly be involved in this second EU innovation strategy. Given the gloomy financial perspectives for higher education and research in the various national higher education systems in Europe, the new EU budgets will be highly attractive. Read more on: http://www.venturelabtwente.com/ |
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