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Foreword Organisers Towards a European Innovation Ecosystem One year ago, when the 2nd European Innovation Summit took place, we thought that the Global Financial Crisis would soon be over. The economies of several European countries were booming again and it was assumed that their positive performance would sooner or later spill over to the rest of Europe. Even though some states were struggling with their budgets, we thought that they would be helped out by their European partners. Now, one year later, everyone is speaking of a “double dip” crisis and the budget and dept problems of some European states have turned out to be much more difficult to overcome than initially thought. Hardly anyone will deny that one of the keys to bring Europe back on track and to generate a long-term sustainable economic growth is to significantly improve the performance of Europe’s innovation system. Very often, we hear the argument that in order to achieve this, public expenditure for R&D&I support must be increased and that we must not wait for the end of the crisis to do this. In other words, it is advocated to act in a countercyclical way. Whilst this argument may be right in principle, it must be acknowledged that this is quite difficult when states are close to bankruptcy and face explosive social situations. There is, however, another way forward which bears an enormous potential for bringing about a fundamental improvement in the performance of the European economy: to tap into the unused or underused potential of the European innovation systems. This means a serious transformation of the present systems, among other things through the harmonisation and progressive integration of Europe’s R&D&I funding system. While some competition between different national systems is certainly beneficial, it must be stated that the degree of fragmentation, complexity and duplication inherent in the European research and innovation landscape are clearly the biggest obstacle to bringing about a “New Renaissance” in Europe. The harmonisation must have two dimensions. One is the alignment of EU, member states’ and regions’ policies with each other. The other one is the synchronisation, to the best possible extent, of many different policies, e.g. in the areas of education, IPR, standardisation, regulation and, last but not least, public procurement. In short, our objective should be to achieve a true European Innovation Eco-System. The European Commission has launched various initiatives that go into the right direction. Just a few days before last year’s European Innovation Summit, the “Innovation Union” proposal had been published and was generally quite positively received by the participants of our conference. The focus on the “Grand Challenges” provides a good basis for uniting the member states around a common cause and to design Innovation Partnerships or Joint Programming Initiatives. The fact that it is embedded in a holistic overall strategy, the “Europe 2020”, acknowledges the need for harmonisation of different policy fields. One year after the “Innovation Union”, it is time to bring all stakeholders together again and to discuss the next steps. Particularly important is now the role of member states and regions. For this reason, we are proud that one part of this year’s European Innovation Summit is taking place in Warsaw and is coorganised by the Polish government, currently holding the EU Presidency. By bringing the European Innovation Summit to a national capital, we hope to provide an excellent opportunity for bringing together not only policy-makers, industry and academia, but also EU, national and regional levels. Because all of them need to be involved when we move “Towards a European Innovation Ecosystem”. Jos Leijten President Knowledge4Innovation Roland Strauss Managing Director Knowledge4Innovation 8 European Innovation Summit 2011
Knowledge4Innovation and K4I Forum of the European Parliament Association Knowledge4Innovation (K4I) is an open, independent non-profit organisation enabling multiple stakeholders of the knowledge and innovation economy to meet and exchange their experiences with the common objective of improving Europe’s innovation performance. K4I is unique because it engages the relevant actors and sectors with different backgrounds and expertise, mobilising know-how and resources and engaging in a structured, continuous dialogue with policy makers from the EU institutions and Member States. Forum The K4I Forum organises regularly dinner and lunch debates in the European Parliament. It provides the Space for Debate on the Future if Innovation in Europe bringing together innovation stakeholders from the public and private academic sectors. The European Innovation Summit is the major annual event and is organised for the third time from 10 to 13 October 2011 in Brussels and Warsaw. Members European Innovation Summit 2011 9
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