OECD Reviews of Innovation Policy: China

OECD Reviews of Innovation Policy: China. Paris: OECD, 2008.

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China has achieved a spectacularly high rate of economic growth over a sustained period for more than two decades. Nevertheless, today China faces the challenge of making the transition from sustained to sustainable growth from social, economical, ecological and envionmental points of view. Innovation has been identified as a main engine for this new growth model, and the Chinese government has launched a national strategy to build an innovation-driven economy and society by 2020. Will China be able to succeed in making this challenging transition? What will it require in terms of policy and institutional changes? How will China's emergence as a future innovation economy affect the OECD countries, as well as the global systems for knowledge production, dissemenation and use?

This publication sheds light on these issues by assessing the current status of China’s national innovation system and policies, and by recommending the most important improvements required in both the policy and institutional environments for China to succeed in promoting innovation through a market-based approach.

This book is part of a series of OECD Reviews of Innovation Policy.

Key findings in this volume include:

• At USD 73.5 billion in purchasing power parity (PPPs), China’s GERD was the third largest worldwide in 2006, after the United States and Japan.
• The R&D intensity – the ratio of GERD to gross domestic product (GDP) – of China’s economy has increased spectacularly. It reached 1.43% of GDP in 2006, up from 0.6% in 1995.
• However, China’s spending on R&D remains heavily focused on experimental development; only 5.2% of all R&D in 2006 was aimed at basic research, compared to 10-20% in OECD countries.
• Although rising rapidly, only 11% of patents by Chinese firms in 2006 were considered inventive (invention patents), compared with 74% of patents by foreign firms patenting in China.
• Foreign-owned companies (including joint ventures and wholly owned), including those controlled from Hong Kong and Macao, China, and Chinese Taipei, account for an ever-growing share of total high-technology exports, which have increased from 73% in 1998 to 88% in 2005. These trends continued in 2006.
• Chinese high-technology industries continue to have much lower R&D intensity than their counterparts in most advanced OECD countries.
• In 2006, high R&D intensity remained heavily concentrated in some regions, notably Beijing, Shanghai, Shaanxi, and Sichuan.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Executive Summary
• Part I. Synthesis Report
• Part II. Thematic Chapters
• The Chinese Innovation System: Main Features and Performance
• Chapter 1. Institutional Set-Up, Performance, Objectives and Key Challenges
• Chapter 2. Innovation and R&D in China's Business Sector
• Chapter 3. China's Public Research Institutes
• Chapter 4. Industry and Science Relations
• Chapter 5. China and the Globalisation of Research and Development
• Chapter 6. Human Resources for Science, Technology and Innovation in China
• Chapter 7. Regional Innovation Systems in China: Insights from Shanghai, Sichuan and Liaoning
• The Role of Policy and Governance in Innovation
• Chapter 8. The Evolution of China's Science and Technology Policy 1975-2007
• Chapter 9. Framework Conditions for Innovation
• Chapter 10. Governance and the Role of Government in the Chinese National Innovation System
• Chapter 11. Chinese Research and Development Programmes for Science and Technology

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OECD Science, Technology and Industry Outlook 2008

OECD Science, Technology and Industry Outlook 2008. Paris: OECD, 2008.

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Global patterns of science, technology and innovation are quickly changing. What are the implications for science and innovation policy? What steps are countries taking to boost their capabilities in science, technology and innovation? What is the contribution of science and innovation to growth and social goals?

The OECD Science, Technology and Industry Outlook 2008 reviews key trends in science, technology and innovation in OECD countries and a number of major non-member economies including Brazil, Chile, China, Israel, Russia and South Africa.

Using the latest available data and indicators, the book examines topics high on the agenda of science and innovation policy makers, including science and innovation performance; trends in national science, technology and innovation policies; and practices to assess the socio-economic impacts of public research.

New to this edition are individual profiles of the science and innovation performance of each country in relation to its national context and current policy challenges. The graphs enable countries to see some of their relative strengths and weaknesses as compared to other countries' performance.

Table of Contents

• Executive Summary
• Chapter 1. Global Dynamics in Science, Technology and Innovation
• Chapter 2. Main Trends in Science, Technology and Innovation Policy
• Chapter 3. Science and Innovation: Country Notes
• Chapter 4. Assessing the Socio-Economic Impacts of Public R&D: Recent Practices and Perspectives
• Chapter 5. Innovation in Firms: Findings from a Comparative Analysis of Innovation Survey Microdata

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Open Innovation in Global Networks

Open Innovation in Global Networks. Paris: OECD, 2008.

As global competition intensifies and innovation becomes riskier and more costly, the business sector has been internationalising knowledge-intensive corporate functions, including R&D. At the same time, companies are increasingly opening their innovation processes and collaborating on innovation with external partners (suppliers, customers, universities, etc.).

What drives these global innovation networks across different industries? How are they related to companies' overall strategies? Are they accessible for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)?

Such global networks clearly have important implications for policy making, given the important role of innovation in OECD countries’ economic growth.

This publication presents the findings of a recent OECD project on globalisation and open innovation, expanding upon work carried out by the OECD following a March 2005 OECD forum on the internationalisation of R&D. It also builds on information in a chapter of the OECD Science, Technology and Industry Outlook 2006 on the internationalisation of R&D, as well as a volume entitled The Internationalisation of Business R&D: Evidence, Impacts and Implications, published by the OECD in June 2008. Presentations and discussions at a symposium on open innovation in global networks (Copenhagen, February 2008) were another source of important input to this publication. The report also draws heavily on a large number of company case studies in various countries that were undertaken by national experts.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Open Innovation in Global Networks

The concept of open innovation Applications of open innovation: user innovation, lead markets and open source Open innovation in the innovation literature Drivers of open innovation: demand and supply factors Global networks and innovation ecosystems Open innovation across industries Modes of open innovation The advantages and disadvantages of global innovation networks Global innovation networks and intellectual property

Chapter 2. Empirical Measures of Open Innovation

Case studies and surveys Trends in R&D collaboration Innovation surveys: the role of networks and collaboration Patents: co-inventions and co-applications Trends in licensing Some tentative conclusions

Chapter 3. Insights from the Company Case Studies

General overview Quantitative findings on the globalisation of innovation Qualitative findings: open innovation on a global scale Towards an integrated model of open innovation

Chapter 4. Policy ImplicationsPolicy issues related to globalisation and open innovation Policy responses Towards a different innovation policy?

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Unleashing India’s Innovation: Toward Sustainable and Inclusive Growth

Unleashing India’s Innovation: Toward Sustainable and Inclusive Growth/ edited by Mark A. Dutz. Washington, DC: The World Bank, 2007.

Report Summary

India’s becoming a top global innovator for high-tech products and services. Yet, the country is underperforming relative to its innovation potential. To sustain competitiveness, economic growth, and rising living standards over the long term, India needs to aggressively harness its innovation potential.

India is increasingly becoming a top global innovator for high-tech products and services. Still, the country is underperforming relative to its innovation potential —with direct implications for long-term industrial competitiveness and economic growth. This book focuses on inclusive innovation — knowledge creation and absorption efforts most relevant to the needs of the poor in India. This is in addition to the book’s emphasis on how faster growth can be facilitated by promoting “new to the world” knowledge creation and commercialization—the traditional understanding of the term innovation—as well as through often underappreciated but even higher-impact “new to the market” diffusion and absorption of existing knowledge.

Facts:

• Domestic R&D spending has never exceeded 1% of GDP.
• India's stock of scientists and engineers engaged in R&D is among the largest in the world.
• Only 16% of Indian manufacturing firms provide in-service training; firms that provide in-service training are up to 28% more productive.
• The sectors most open to competition have increased R&D spending the most.
• The informal sector accounts for roughly 90% of the workforce.
• Only 10-25% of general college graduates are suitable for employment.

Table of Contents

• Chapter 1: The Indian Context and Enabling Environment
• Chapter 2: Creating and Commercializing Knowledge
• Chapter 3: Diffusing and Absorbing Knowledge
• Chapter 4: Promoting Inclusive Innovation
• Chapter 5: Strengthening Skills and Education for Innovation
• Chapter 6: Upgrading Information Infrastructure
• Chapter 7: Enhancing Innovation Finance

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Measuring the Information Society: The ICT Development Index 2009

Just Published

Measuring the Information Society: The ICT Development Index 2009. Geneva: International Telecommunication Union, 2009.

Abstract

The latest edition of Measuring the Information Society features the new ITU ICT Development Index. The Index captures the level of advancement of ICTs in more than 150 countries worldwide and compares progress made between 2002 and 2007. It also measures the global digital divide and examines how it has developed in recent years. The report also features a new ICT Price Basket, which combines fixed, mobile and broadband tariffs for 2008 into one measure and compares it across countries. The analytical report is complemented by a series of statistical tables providing country-level data for all indicators included in the Index.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 – Introduction

Chapter 2 – ICT Market Overview

Chapter 3 – The ITU ICT Development Index (IDI): background and methodology

Chapter 4 – The ITU ICT Development Index (IDI): presentation and discussion of results

Chapter 5 – Measuring the Digital Divide

Chapter 6 – ICT Price Basket

Chapter 7 – Conclusions

Annex 1: ICT Development Index (IDI) methodology

Annex 2: ICT Price Basket methodology

Annex 3: List of economies included in the IDI and the ICT Price Basket by region

Annex 4: Statistical tables of indicators used to compute the IDI

Annex 5: Statistical tables of tariffs used to compute the ICT Price Basket

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The Handbook of Science and Technology Studies

The Handbook of Science and Technology Studies. Third Edition. Edited by Edward J. Hackett, Olga Amsterdamska, Michael Lynch and Judy Wajcman. Published in cooperation with the Society for Social Studies of Science. Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 2008.
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Just Published:: India's National Innovation System: Key Elements and Corporate Perspectives

India's National Innovation System: Key Elements and Corporate Perspectives

by Cornelius Herstatt, Rajnish Tiwari, Dieter Ernst, and Stephan Buse

East-West Center Working Papers, Economics Series, No. 96

Publisher: Honolulu: East-West Center

Publication Date: August 2008

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Abstract

In January 2007, a joint research project on "India's Innovation System: Exploring the Strengths" was launched by the Institute of Technology and Management at Hamburg University of Technology in cooperation with the East-West Center. The elements and inherent strengths and weaknesses of India's innovation system were examined, particularly in knowledge-intensive sectors. Representatives of private firms as well as Governmental / institutional bodies (85 in total) were interviewed.

India is in the process of emerging as a major R&D hub for both large and medium-sized multinational companies in various industries. This development is mainly owing to the availability of skilled labor produced in world-class elite institutions. Cost advantages, e.g. in the form of low wages are still present but receding due to substantial wage hikes often ranging between 15 and 25% per annum. The striking finding is, however, about market-driven factors. Of late, India's market potential, in the meantime ranked as 3rd largest worldwide by the Global Competitiveness Report 2007-08, has emerged as a crucial driver. Rising income levels of India's billion-plus population are creating unique market opportunities for firms, both domestic and foreign.

In India, the Government has historically played a major and in most cases a singularly positive role in the formation of its innovation system. Despite explosive population growth, the literacy rate in India grew from 18.3% in 1950-51 to 64.8% in 2001 thanks to concerted Government efforts; female literacy rose from a mere 8.9% to 53.7% in the same period. Moreover, the quality of education in India is generally ranked as very good. According to the Global Competitiveness Report 2007-08, the quality of mathematics and science education in India is ranked as 11th best in the world, much ahead of 29th placed Japan, 36th placed Germany, 45th placed United States and 46th placed United Kingdom.

Nevertheless, India is faced with major challenges related to infrastructure and bureaucratic hurdles. The quality of education, notwithstanding such excellent rankings as stated above, in many institutions does not reach the standards required for (cutting-edge) R&D efforts. Moreover, a booming economy is leading to a shortage of qualified and experienced skilled labor--which result in inflationary wage growth and high attrition rates, which generally lay in a double-digit range.With the Government maintaining a pro-active role many of these problems may, however, be expected to get resolved to a manageable extent. In its Eleventh Five Year Plan (2007-12) the Government has announced massive investments in infrastructure and education sectors to enhance both the quantity and the quality.

Industrial firms in India have recognized their chances and are investing heavily in R&D capacities. India is also a beneficiary of global mobility and exchange of talents, technology, and resources as much of the world, especially the developed Western countries, have profited from India's export of brain power.

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NCSTC Rajat Jayanti Science Communicator Fellowship 2009

Rajat Jayanti Vigyan Sancharak Fellowship

Proposals are invited for twenty Rajat Jayanti Vigyan Sancharak Fellowships instituted by Rashtriya Vigyan Evam Pradyogiki Sanchar Parishad, Department of Science & Technology. The Fellowship recognizes Science Communicators with uniformly brilliant academic record and field work. It also supports innovative Science Communication efforts in selected scientific institutions/universities/S&T based voluntary organizations under the guidance of a senior science communicator.

The candidates below 35 years on 31.12.2009 (relaxable by 5 years for Women) must possess a graduation or higher degree in science, engineering, medical science, agriculture, information technology, mass communication etc. from a recognized university.

The duration of the fellowship will be for one year and will comprise honorarium of Rs. 12000/- per month (16000/- in case of a Ph.D) and an annual contingency of Rs. 30000/- and travel grant of Rs. 15000/-. Mentors will receive Rs. 20000/- in a year. Applicants are requested to carefully study Annexure I-V before submitting the proposal.

The selection will be made by a committee of experts and decision of DST will be final.

Send Your Proposal and supporting documents to:

Head (RVPSP), Department of Science & Technology

Technology Bhavan, New Mehrauli Road, New Delhi – 110016

Email sanuj[at]nic.in, ahujas[at]nic.in

Phone: 011-26866675

Last date for receiving completed applications is 15th April 2009.

Illustrative list of projects ideas

• Impact assessment of science outreach programmes developing and using innovative instruments.
• Developing and testing scripts for biodiversity, street theater for raising awareness on health, sanitation, water, etc.
• Developing modules for trainers in use of low-cost learning/teaching aids for high school science teachers.
• Developing strategies for promoting innovation among school teachers/students.
• Comparative study on effectiveness of different means of communication
• Developing and updating website on popular science.

For More Details and Application Form visit:

http://www.dst.gov.in/whats_new/what_new09/rajat-jayanit-09.pdf

Science Writing Fellowships at Current Science

S. Ramaseshan Science Writing Fellowships at Current Science
The Current Science Association has instituted Science Writing Fellowships in memory of Professor Sivaraj Ramaseshan for his contributions to the journal Current Science. The fellowships are initially awarded for a period of one year, extendable for a further period of one year.
Qualification: Candidates must possess a basic degree in any branch of science. Candidates with postgraduate (after B.Sc.) degree in literature, journalism or mass communication can also apply for the fellowship.
Desirable: A flair for writing and wide interest in diverse areas of science. Age: Not more than 50 years as on 1 April 2008. The candidates should not have any position (full time or part time) that entitles to any remuneration.
Job description: Selected candidates will be expected to write for the News, Research News, and General sections of the journal Current Science on a regular basis. Candidates may be based in any part of India but must have access to science libraries, journals and the Internet. Candidates based in Bangalore are expected to assist the editorial staff in the publication of Current Science.
Fellowship: Selected candidates would be offered a fellowship in the range Rs 8000 to Rs 12,000 depending on qualification and experience. Applications, which must include a detailed CV and reprints of popular science publications, must be sent to
Executive Secretary,
Current Science Association
P.B. No. 8001
Sadashivnagar P.O.
Bangalore 560 080

Applications can be submitted, however, these will be considered in April 2009.
Source: http://www.ias.ac.in/currsci/rswf.pdf

Fourth Summer School on Philosophy for the Social Sciences and Humanities

(Sponsored by ICSSR Western Regional Centre, Mumbai)

Organized by: Centre for Philosophy, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore

A three-week summer school for MA, MPhil and PhD students from all over the country will be held at the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore.

Dates: Monday, June 8, 2009 -Friday, June 26, 2009.

Who can apply: MA, MPhil and early PhD students working in the broad areas of social sciences and humanities (including philosophy).

How to apply: Send a CV (with marks, email, phone and contact address details) along with an essay/working paper that you have written. The last date for receiving
the complete application is March 15, 2009.

Accommodation and travel
Selected students will be reimbursed for their outstation travel by Non- AC, sleeper class train or bus fare (to and fro) and will also be provided accommodation free of
cost at NIAS during the course period.

Contact: Send your application as an email attachment to Centre for Philosophy, NIAS, email: cfpnias@gmail.com or mail a hard copy to the address below:
Centre for Philosophy
National Institute of Advanced Studies
Indian Institute of Science Campus
Bangalore -560 012
Telephone: +91-80-22185000

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Applications Invited: Summer Workshop on Quantitative Methods in Political Science

Lokniti - Programme for Comparative Democracy, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), Delhi, in collaboration with Indian Institute of Advanced Study (IIAS), Shimla invites candidates to apply for a two week Summer Workshop on Research Methodology: Analyzing Quantitative Data on Indian Politics to be held at Shimla from Monday, 15th June 2009 to Saturday, 27th June 2009.
Research training in Political Science remains one of the weakest aspects of learning for any student in India. Keeping this in view we plan to bring together a group of young political scientists with the aim of providing them an opportunity to improve their skills in quantitative analysis. While some of our mid-career colleagues would be invited to attend the summer school, we will select candidates from across the country for the limited seats that are available through a process of competitive selection. In this Summer School there will be a special emphasis on making sense of quantitative data of both aggregate nature and survey data for analysis of Indian politics. The selected participants will be given a set of readings before they come to attend the workshop and will be expected to attend lectures and practical data analysis sessions. This is the Third Summer School being organized by CSDS and IIAS beginning in 2007. Some of the leading scholars working on empirical methods in Political Science have been involved in designing this summer school and will act as resource persons. These include Pradeep Chhibber (University of California at Berkeley), Peter deSouza (IIAS, Shimla), Irfan Nooruddin (Ohio State University), Yogendra Yadav (CSDS), Suhas Palshikar (University of Pune) and Sandeep Shastri (IACT).

• We invite the following categories of candidates to apply for this workshop:
• Teachers of Political Science in colleges and Universities who are working on empirical subjects and would benefit from further training.
• Research students of Political Science who are working on empirical themes for their M. Phil. or Ph. D. dissertations and can benefit from further training.
• Any other person (including those from outside Political Science and outside academia) who are interested in making sense of politics by analyzing quantitative data.

We would give preference to young scholars. We have only about 16 seats to be filled through selection and we expect a tough competition. Please send your detailed CV with a statement of research interest (those already registered for M. Phil. or Ph.D. should clearly mention the topic of dissertation along with a brief summary of the objectives and methodologies used) in about 500 words. Applicants should also visit our website http://www.lokniti.org/index.htm; access the questionnaire used for National Election Study 2004 and write a 500 word Note on a research question based on this questionnaire that interests them. Selection for the workshop will be made on the basis of the two write-ups submitted by candidates as mentioned above. The last date for receiving the nomination/application is 23rd March 2009. We will not entertain any nominations/applications received after the above-mentioned date.

The Summer School is sponsored by the IIAS and the Institute will meet the travel expenses (Train AC II or its equivalent) of the participant from his/her place of residence to Shimla both to and fro. IIAS will also provide free accommodation and food during the Summer School. Please note that this is a full time residential training course and candidates admitted to the workshop are expected to stay at the Institute and engage in full time work on all days during this period. Please send your nominations/applications by email to banasmita[at]gmail.com or by snail mail to:
The Co-director
Lokniti: Programme for Comparative Democracy
Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS)
29 Rajpur Road, Delhi 110 054. India

Source: http://www.lokniti.org/summer_workshop_at_shimla2009.html

CSSP Seminar “Emerging Knowledge Economy India: A European View of the Indian NKC”

Centre for Studies in Science Policy
SEMINAR SERIES

"Emerging Knowledge Economy India:
A European View of the Indian National Knowledge Commission"

By
Dr. Waltraut Ritter
Research Director, Knowledge Enterprises, Hong Kong; &
Adjunct Faculty, International School of Information Management at the University of Mysore

Venue: Room no. 227, SSS (I), JNU
Time: 4.00 P.M.
Date: 5th February 2009

Abstract
The lecture will discuss the functions and goals of the NKC and discuss the role of NKC in advancing India’s position as knowledge economy, which is, according to the World Bank Knowledge Economy index, quite low in the overall ranking, however, leading among South East Asian countries. She will also discuss NKC from a European Perspective based on the OECD KBE framework.

National Knowledge Commission Launches Online Contest

NKC's recommendations have been crafted to achieve the objective of tapping into India's enormous reservoir of knowledge, mobilising national talent and creating an empowered generation with access to tremendous possibilities for the 550 million youth.
To accelerate the process of reform and to create a groundswell of public opinion, NKC invites everyone to Online Contests.

Contest Period: 1 February – 1 March 2009

Categories: Film, Debate and Essay
Film Topic: Make a short film (not exceeding 6 mins)
1) How can I make a difference in transforming India
Debate Topics: Give your opinions in video format (not exceeding 4 mins each)
1) India will realise its demographic dividend in the next 15 years
2) Vocational education and training courses should be introduced in all schools
Essay Topics: Write your views (not exceeding 2000 words each)
1) How can India unleash its innovation and entrepreneurship potential?
2) Expansion, excellence and inclusion – the three challenges of the Indian education system

Important Dates
Contest Begins: Feb 1, 2009
Contest Closes: March 1, 2009
Results Declaration: March 10, 2009

Prizes
Winners get to meet Mr. Sam Pitroda
Cash Prizes of more than INR 1.5 lakhs
Certificates to first 500 entries
Log on to http://knowledgeportal.in/contests to participate

International Conference on Climate Change, Livelihoods and Food Security

Call for Papers

International Conference on Climate Change, Livelihoods and Food Security

April 24 - 26, 2009

Organisers
Institute of Development Studies, Jaipur in collaboration with Association of Asian Scholars, Bangkok

This conference expects papers on various issues that reflect on nexus of climate change with livelihood and food security. We expect papers on:
1. Debate on climate change and developed and developing countries
2. Impact on resource poor people/ communities
3. Changes in Livelihood strategies of poor/ affected
4. Carbon trading
5. Agricultural production and climate change
6. Climate change and health risks
7. Climate change and mitigation issues
8. Climate change and adaptation strategies
9. Climate Change and role of Governments
10. Climate change and international protocols
11. Climate Change and Civil Society Response
12. Climate Change and Energy Poverty and Energy Security
13. Climate Change and Water

The abstracts of the papers are expected by end-January and the full papers by end- March. There would be around 150 participants representing various stakeholders. Of these 150 participants, 30 would be from outside India.

Abstract/ Papers may be mailed at surjit07@gmail.com
More Details: http://www.idsj.org/intrntinal.htm

Bergen Summer Research School 2009, Norway

Theme: Climate, Environment, and Energy

The second edition of the Bergen Summer Research School to be held 22 June – 3 July 2009 and dedicated to the theme of Climate, Environment and Energy. The 2009 theme will intersect with the other key topics of the Bergen Summer Research School (poverty, health, norms, values, language and culture) and will be structured around the following concepts:

• Mitigation
• Adaptation
• Responsibilities
• Opportunities

Considering the predicted dramatic increase in the energy demand in the next decades, one can easily argue that one of the key issues is also a global energy challenge. These are also fundamentally economic challenges, leading to rethink new forms of local, national and global governance.

Travel grants
The BSRS is able to offer a limited number of travel grants to students and junior faculty in the global south. To obtain a travel grant, applicants must fill in the required information in the application form and state clearly the reasons why they need financial support. Travel grants will be prioritised for PhD students according to scientific qualifications.

For candidates receiving travel grants the BSRS Secretariat will book air tickets and send the tickets electronically to each participant. The grants will also cover hotel accommodation, including breakfast, and the tuition fee. Internal travel costs in the applicants’ home country will as a rule not be reimbursed. Visa and travel insurance costs and airport tax must be paid by the participants themselves, but for travel grant receivers who bring with them the original receipts, such costs may be refunded during their stay in Bergen.

• BSRS 2009 will accept a maximum of 100 candidates
• Deadline for applications is 15 February 2009
• Application form: http://www.gdc.uib.no/application-form/
• More Information: http://www.gdc.uib.no/program/2009/

International Conference on Combating Challenges of Climate Change

Call for Papers & Call for Participation

International Conference on Combating Challenges of Climate Change

Followed by one day Self-Empowerment Retreat

Conference Venue: Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi
Date: 7th & 8th February 2009

Retreat Venue: Om Shanti Retreat Center
Date: 9th February 2009

Prajapita Brahma Kumaris Ishwariya Vishwa Vidyalaya, an NGO, is organizing an international conference on “Combating Challenges of Climate Change.” The conference will deliberate on various technical and ethical aspects connected with the theme of the conference on 7th & 8th February 2009 in Vigyan Bhawan followed by one day Empowerment Retreat on 9th February 2009 at its Northern India Campus for Higher Learning – Om Shanti Retreat Center (located near Gurgaon) which will quench the thirst of those who seek the deepest peace, the greatest love and the truest happiness in life. The conference is co-sponsored by National Disaster Management Authority, Union Ministries of Earth Sciences, Environment & Forests, Science & Technology, New & Renewable Energy, Defence (DRDO), National Hydroelectric Power Corporation and supported by many others.

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Call for Papers - 11th International Conference on Technology Policy and Innovation - ICTPI '09

11th International Conference on Technology Policy and Innovation - ICTPI '09

Dates: March 13-15, 2009

Venue: Habitat World, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India

Organized by the EMPI Group of Institutions, New Delhi

Supported by National Knowledge Commission in collaboration with NISTADS, CSIR

Conference Theme: Frontiers of Knowledge and Innovation: Blending Emerging Technologies with Inclusive Developments

The International Conferences on Technology Policy and Innovation (ICTPI) are held annually in different countries on different aspects of interconnections between science, technology, innovation, and development. The 11th ICTPI in India will focus on inclusive development.
The New Delhi Conference will be a common platform for academia, business, government and civil society to deliberate on the role and applications of frontiers of knowledge of science and technology and innovation in tackling the problems of inclusive development.

Call for Papers
Paper selection will be based upon submission of an extended abstract of at least 300 words, which should be typed double-spaced in English. The extended abstracts should clearly state the objectives, methodology, results and conclusions of the work with supporting main references. It must include e-mail and/or FAX addresses.
Please ensure that the abstract is representative of the research work to be submitted for presentation during the Conference and include KEY-WORDS and the MAIN TOPIC to which your presentation relates (select one from 'Topics' listed under 'About ICTPI '08 '.)
Papers and presentations on innovative approaches that have demonstrated significant impact on addressing the problems of inclusive development are especially welcome.
Interested authors may click here to submit their abstracts.

Deadlines
Paper acceptance notification: Before January 30, 2009

Training Workshop on Mathematical Modelling

Training Workshop on Mathematical Modelling

(India-IIASA Programme)
February 23rd - 27th, 2009
Jointly organized by
Technology Information Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC),
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) &
National Institute of Science Technology and Development Studies (NISTADS)

Hosted By:
NISTADS, CSIR
K. S. Krishnan Marg,
New Delhi-110 012, India

Technology Information Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC) an autonomous body of Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, National Institute of Science Technology and Development Studies (NISTADS) and International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) are jointly organizing a 5 day training workshop on ‘Mathematical Modeling’ during February 23rd - 27th, 2009 at NISTADS in New Delhi.

The objective of the training workshop is to educate and train the budding scientists/engineers/ researchers/policy-makers in the field of mathematical modeling of real life application oriented problems in their respective areas of work. The workshop includes a series of lectures on the techniques of mathematical modeling in conjugation with sophisticated software packages by eminent scientists. Limited numbers of seats are available. Boarding and lodging arrangement would be made available to registered participants. Arrangement for travel cost is to be made by candidate themselves.

Interested candidates having Master’s degree in Science disciplines or Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Technology/Engineering may send their duly filled registration form (through proper channel if employed) along with registration fees in favour of ‘Technology Information Forecasting and Assessment Council, New Delhi’ at the following address:

Dr. L. P. Rai
Scientist and Coordinator Mathematical Modeling,
National Institute of Science Technology and Development Studies (NISTADS)
K. S. Krishnan Marg,
New Delhi-110 012, India

One advance copy of completed registration form along with CV may be sent by email to: lp_rai[at]yahoo.com, lprai[at]nistads.res.in.

Last date for receiving the application along with registration fees at NISTAD: 24th January 2009.

Workshop Details http://tifac.org.in/news/Workshop_Pamphlet.pdf
Registration Form http://tifac.org.in/news/Registration%20format_Modified_NISTADS.doc

WIPO WorldWide Academy offers Online IP Courses

DL-101 General Course on Intellectual Property

Summary: This course covers the main areas of intellectual property, namely copyright, related rights, patents, trademarks, geographical indications, industrial design, plant breeders' rights, unfair competition and international registration systems.

Duration: 50 hours. This course involves about 50 hours of study time over a period of six weeks. Tutorial assistance is provided by in-house experts via the course administrator. The course is offered two times in a year.

Cost: Free of Charge [Online Registration]

Distance Learning Session: March 1 to April 15 (Exam: April 16-18) 2009

Enrollment: December 1, 2008 to February 18, 2009

Course Outline: Delivered via the Internet, this course comprises twelve modules: Guide to Studying the Course, Introduction to IP, Copyright, Related Rights, Trademarks, Geographical Indications, Industrial Design, Patents, WIPO Treaties, Unfair Competition, Protection of New Varieties of Plants, Summary and Discussion on IP Rights.

Students must submit a final exam before completing the course.

Target Audience: Government officials, staff in collective management societies, business managers in publishing, broadcasting and industry, students in faculties of law, business, chemistry, engineering, journalism, etc. needing a basic knowledge of IP.

Other Advanced Courses (Fee-based)

• DL-201E Copyright and Related Rights
• DL-202E Electronic Commerce and Intellectual Property
• DL-204E Biotechnology and Intellectual Property
• DL-301E Patent
• DL-302E Trademarks
• DL-317E Arbitration and Mediation Procedure
• DL-318E Patent Information Search
• DL-320E Basics of Patent Drafting

Online Registration: http://www.wipo.int/academy/en/courses/distance_learning/catalog/c_index.html

The Knowledge Society Debates: A series of events exploring science, technology and innovation in India

The Knowledge Society Debates: A series of events exploring science, technology and innovation in India

5th-13th January, 2009

Hyderabad (5-6th), Bangalore (8-9th), Delhi (12-13th)

In India, as in Europe, visions of a ‘knowledge society’ have brought science, technology and innovation to the forefront of politics, democracy and public life. As India positions itself in global high-technologymarkets and European governments attempt to tame their sceptical public, ‘knowledge society’ and ‘knowledge economy’ have become buzzwords in public policy.

But...

• What is a ‘knowledge society’?
• Whose knowledge counts?
• What are the drivers of change?
• What are the contending perspectives?

India and Europe present many parallels in how they engage with the ‘knowledge society’. Following the work of the ‘National Knowledge Commission’ in India and the ‘Taking the Knowledge Society Seriously’ report in Europe, there is much that each can learn from the other. What is common between European and Indian visions of a ‘knowledge society’? Can these form a basis for an alternative visionof the global future to that of a borderless market? ...Or is the underlying picture one of greater conflict and uncertainty?

These are just some of the questions to be discussed in a series of debates across India – in Hyderabad, Bangalore, and Delhi.

Three lead authors of the European report will discuss their findings with Indian academics, policymakers and activists.

Lead discussants

• Brian Wynne, Professor of Science Studies and Associate Director of the UK ESRC, Centre for Economic and Social Aspects of Genomics, Lancaster University
• Sheila Jasanoff, Pforzheimer Professor of Science and Technology Studies at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
• Andy Stirling, Professor and Director of Science at the Science and Technology Policy Research Unit and Co-Director of the STEPS Centre, University of Sussex
• Shiv Visvanathan Professor of Sociology of Science and Technology at DA-IICT, Gandhinagar
• A number of academics, civil society members, policy commentators, and activists will join the debate to bring in India specific perspectives

Events at the Knowledge Society Debates

a) Roundtable Discussions

b) Public Discussions

(A) Roundtable Discussions

In each city the first day of the debate will be an invitation-only workshop which will critically engage with the politics of ‘knowledge society’. The workshop at each location will include three sessions:Rethinking innovations: Who innovates for whom?Democracy or technocracy? Civic engagement in knowledge societyKnowledge society or risk society? Uncertainty, regulation and precaution

Venues

• Hyderabad, 5th Jan, Centre for Economic and Social Studies
• Bangalore, 8th Jan, National Institute of Advanced Studies
• New Delhi, 12th Jan, India Habitat Centre

Contact

To participate in the events please contact:

Shanti Mahendra

Email: knowledgedebates[at]ids.ac.uk

(B) Public Discussions

The roundtables will be followed by a public discussion on the next day, in each city and are open for all. Issues raised at the roundtables will be carried forward to these debates which will focus on the following:

• Knowledge society and uncertain futures, Hyderabad, 6th Jan 2009, Centre for Economic and Social Studies
• Knowledge futures in the innovation city, Bangalore, 9th Jan 2009, National Institute of Advanced Studies
• Democratising Knowledge futures, New Delhi, 13th Jan 2009, British Council Auditorium

More Details

http://www.steps-centre.org/ourresearch/knowledgesociety.html

http://www.steps-centre.org/PDFs/Knowledge%20Society%20flyer_Novt08_small%20file.pdf

Call for Papers: Fourth International Conference on Public Policy and Management

Fourth International Conference on Public Policy and Management

August 9th -12th 2009

Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB)

The IV International Conference provides a stimulating forum for scholars, academics, practitioners and other stakeholders engaged in public policy. It also offers unique opportunities for networking and sharing knowledge, from different parts of the world. This year's focal themes are:

1) Managing Global Economic Challenges: Policy Responses and Governance Initiatives, and

2) National and International Governance Challenges.

Aside of these focal themes, we also invite papers and proposals for panel sessions from all domains of public policy and management spanning public policy theory, practice, management and teaching of public policy.

Papers should clearly indicate which of the two themes they wish to be considered under. In case authors wish their papers to be considered as a general entry they are requested to indicate this in their abstract. The author(s) of proposed paper which is outside the two focal themes are encouraged to suggest a thematic topic/group for the paper to be placed if accepted.

Submit an Abstract of 200 Words with Four Keywords and Author’s Profile with Contact Details by January 19th, 2009. Please mail your Abstract to the concerned Regional Coordinator (rameshg[at]iimb.ernet.in) with a copy to us & (cppconference2009[at]iimb.ernet.in). Abstracts and Papers will be blind reviewed before acceptance.

Full Paper Submission by April 15th, 2009

For more details on paper submission guidelines and for the registration form, please visit conference website.

Conference Themes

(i) Managing Global Economic Challenges: Policy Responses and Governance Initiatives

While globalization has vastly increased possibilities of gains from transactions across and within nations it has also meant that governance has become even more important. A key policy concern is how to make income growth more inclusive in a globalized world particularly for marginalized communities. Other concerns pertain to regulation and developing a uniform set of standards for goods and services, the domains of intervention for government and non-government organizations, and even the very relationship and meaning of nation states in such a globalized world. Papers under this theme could focus on characterizing globalization, drivers of globalization, role of public policy in managing global pressures, and decentralized and centralized structures of governance that make globalization and which seek to provide an enabling environment for society at large.

(ii) National and International Governance Challenges

Electoral competition in states with multi-party electoral systems has inevitably meant that governments are no longer formed by single party majorities but by coalitions of smaller parties. Public policy processes in such settings, ranging from policy formulation, to its very implementation would appear to require compromises that are unintended and in the extreme may dilute the very purpose of the policy itself. Papers on this theme may document the fragmentation of the political mandate, analyze the consequences of such fragmentation, effective governance structures, and study of role of non-government organizations in delivering public policy or even explore legal, fiscal and institutional reforms that could be used to mitigate the consequences of such fractured political mandates.

Conference Secretariat:

Centre For Public Policy

Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB)

Bannerghatta Road, Bangalore 560 076, Karnataka, India

Ph: 91-80-26993323, 26993051

Email: cppconference2009[at]iimb.ernet.in

Conference Website: <http://www.iimb.ernet.in/iimb/cppconference/index.htm>

Call for Papers: Innovations for Digital Inclusion - ITU-T Kaleidoscope 2009

Innovations for Digital Inclusion

ITU-T Kaleidoscope event, Mar del Plata, Argentina, 31 August - 1 September 2009

Innovations for Digital Inclusion is the second in a series of peer-reviewed academic conferences that aims at increasing the dialogue between experts working on the standardization of information and communications technologies (ICT) and academia. By viewing technologies through a “Kaleidoscope”, these forward looking events will also seek to identify new topics for standardization.

Kaleidoscope-2009 will analyze technologies, services and applications five years and beyond that will capitalize on NGN infrastructure and promote digital inclusion. The event will cover multidisciplinary aspects, including regulatory and societal challenges as well as analysis of standardization needed.

Innovative technologies will help bring the benefits of ICTs to all segments of the population, in particular those in underserved communities and developing countries. The event seeks to promote research that supports innovation in ICTs toward universal, sustainable, ubiquitous and affordable access by all.

The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), Geneva 2003 – Tunis 2005, advocated turning the digital divide into a digital opportunity. In accordance with WSIS declarations and ITU’s commitment to connect the world, the Standardization Sector of ITU (ITU-T) is calling for original academic papers offering innovative approaches addressing digital inclusion. A prize fund totalling $10,000 will be awarded for the three best papers.

Deadlines:

Submission of full paper proposals: 15 January 2009

Notification of paper acceptance: 15 April 2009

Submission of camera-ready accepted papers: 15 May 2009

Contact: kaleidoscope[at]itu.int

Second Call for papers: http://www.itu.int/oth/T0B0C00000D/en/

Source: http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/uni/kaleidoscope/2009/

Dissertation Workshop on Social Capital and Civic Engagement in Asia

Dates: May 3-6, 2009

Venue: Asian Institute 1 Devonshire Place, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3K7 Canada

Workshop Statement

This dissertation workshop seeks to engage scholars whose work explores the impacts of collective action and social capital, and its various component parts (trust, norms, networks and associations) in diverse parts of Asia, where the nature of state, civil society and alternate civilities is changing rapidly. Our premise is that the “productivity” of civic engagement in terms of enhancing the economic and political vitality of local communities depends, to a large extent, on the responsiveness of the local government and the nature of civil society/alternate civilities in the region under examination. As such, empirical research that seeks to discover and document how social capital and civic engagement interact with other aspects of social and political life to enhance, or perhaps diminish, well-being is important to both intellectual and policy debates taking place across a variety of academic disciplines. Further, researchers who focus on Asia are well positioned to contribute to theoretical debates about the relative usefulness of the concept of “social capital” and associated terms such as social cohesion, cooperation, public participation, empowerment, and community as ways of apprehending the complex dynamics of Asian settings. The workshop thus seeks to bring empirical research and re-theorizations from Asia into a productive dialogue.

Eligibility and Arrangements

The workshop is intended for doctoral students whose dissertation projects concern the role of civic engagement and social capital, in its many variations, in fostering dynamic change in any part of contemporary Asia. The purpose of the workshop is to encourage and assist doctoral students who are just beginning work on these issues, as well as those who are farther along in their projects. The workshop will involve intensive discussion of the individual projects and also the larger theoretical and methodological issues that they raise. Possibilities for continuing associations among interested students and faculty will be explored. Applicants must be enrolled in a full-time doctoral program. They must have drafted a dissertation research proposal, even though it may not yet be approved by their committees. They must be prepared to engage in some work prior to the meeting, namely reading and commenting on the proposals of other participants to establish a basis for productive exchange at the event.

The workshop will take place over three days on the campus of the University of Toronto. It will include twelve students and four faculty members from a variety of disciplines and interdisciplinary fields. The Asian Institute at the University of Toronto will cover the costs of work, meals, and accommodation. Travel will be subsidized up to a maximum of CDN$600 per participant.

Application Deadline is January 30, 2009

Applications consist of two items: 1) a current curriculum vitae and 2) an 8 to 10 page double spaced dissertation proposal. Alternatively, if the work is well underway, an 8 to 10 page double spaced description of the specific issues being addressed, the intellectual approach, and the materials being studied. Workshop participants will be selected on the content of the submitted projects, the potential for useful exchanges among them, and the benefits of including a wide range of disciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches and intellectual traditions. Applications should be sent in an email attachment to ai.soc@utoronto.ca. Applicants will be informed about whether or not they have been selected for the workshop by February 6th 2009. For further information about the workshop or eligibility, please contact the workshop assistant at ai.soc@utoronto.ca.

Erasmus Mundus External Cooperation Window Lot 15 (EMECW15)

Study or Work in Europe – Hundreds of Scholarships Available for Indian Nationals

The Erasmus Mundus External Cooperation Window Lot 15 (EMECW15) offers 301 scholarships available to Indian nationals wishing to participate in an institutional mobility scheme funded by the European Commission. Candidates will have the opportunity to study, teach or work in one of twelve prestigious European Universities who participate in the programme. The duration of the scholarship (from 1 to 34 months) varies according to the type of position applied for.

All costs are covered: Through EMECW15, successful applicants (undergraduate, graduate, doctoral and post-doctoral students and academic staff) will be awarded a scholarship which will cover travel, insurance, possible tuition, living expenses and housing. The deadline for online applications is December 15th 2008. Applications must be submitted through http://www.erasmuswindow15.org.
The Erasmus Mundus External Cooperation Window Lot 15 (EMECW15) for India is designed to fund higher education student and teaching staff mobility activities between 12 European universities and 8 Indian universities. Also eligible for scholarship are other Indian nationals. The EMECW15 scheme is part of the
EMECW, a project funded by the European Union to increase cooperation and exchange between Europe and other parts of the world.

Project Objectives: the project aims at better understanding between European Union and India, as well as mutual enrichment. The universities in this consortium will strive to achieve this goal. The cooperation instrument is guided by the DCI regulations, the Development Millennium Goals, and regional needs expressed by the Government of India. The objectives include a mission to create a partnership for research and development that will strengthen ties between India and the EU. Topics that will be included in the education and research collaboration are agriculture, food processing, climate change, energy, environment, ICT, biotechnology and nanotechnology. particular stress has been given to these subjects because of the inequalities in India's development and the pressing needs to address issues such as malnutrition, health, medicine, urban and rural livelihood and so on. These all reflect the regional needs of India. It is with this background in mind that the consortium was formed and its members selected. The aim is to strengthen academic cooperation between India and Europe at the academic level, and eventually in areas such as
trade, politics, and international organisations.

For more information about the EMECW15 and how to apply, please visit http://www.erasmuswindow15.org

Call for Papers: Globelics 2009 - 7th International Conference

GLOBELICS 2009 "Inclusive Growth, Innovation and Technological Change: education, social capital and sustainable development"

Organized by:

• The Global Network for the Economics of Learning, Innovation, and Competence Building Systems (Globelics)
• UNU-MERIT (Maastricht, The Netherlands)
• CRES, UCAD (Dakar, Senegal)

Date: October 6-8, 2009Place: Dakar, Senegal

GLOBELICS (Global Network for Economics of Learning, Innovation, and Competence Building Systems) is an international network of scholars who apply the concept of "learning, innovation, and competence building system" (LICS) as their framework and are dedicated to the strengthening of LICS in developing countries, emerging economies and societies in transition. The research aims at locating unique systemic features as well as generic good practices to enlighten policy making relating to innovation, competence building, international competitiveness, regional development, labor market and human capital development. In an increasingly global and knowledge-based competition, management strategies need to be based upon an understanding of these framework conditions and the public policies which seek to regulate the environment.

GLOBELICS has regional chapters in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Apart from providing training for PhD scholars through the Academy at Lisbon and Tampere GLOBELICS organizes annual conferences. Until now six such conferences have been organized. The first GLOBELICS conference was held in 2003, at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, it was followed by the second conference at Beijing, China (2004), the third conference at Tshwane (Pretoria), South Africa (2005), the fourth in Trivandrum, India (2006), the fifth in Saratov, Russia (2007) and the sixth in Mexico City (2008). All six conferences were attended by leading scholars in the field from the developed and developing worlds.

For the seventh conference to be held in Dakar (Senegal), papers that contribute to the understanding of the role of technology and innovation in achieving sustainable growth and development in the broadest sense of the term are invited. Apart from many of the LICS traditional topics, papers with a focus on African issues and in particular on the role and contribution of education, human capital and health on development, inequality patterns, entrepreneurship and new forms such as micro-finance and micro-insurance of financial innovation and inclusion, agriculture and fishing and sustainable development, etc.

The conference will be organized around a number of themes on the following broad issues:

• Innovation, education, health, inequality and development
• Population dynamics, gender equity, migration and development
• Agriculture, fishing, biofuel, energy systems, water supply, transport, tourism and sustainable development
• Innovation and entrepreneurship: indigenous knowledge systems and traditional sectors (e.g. agriculture, handcraft, fashion, clothing, music, eco-tourism, etc.)
• The role of new ‘horizontal technologies' (ICTs and biotechnologies) and local competitiveness; factors of attractiveness and embeddedness of MNCs in local/regional/national systems
• Privatization of knowledge, Intellectual Property Right (IPR) and development
• Financial innovation and development: the role of microfinance and micro-insurance
• International cooperation and national innovation policies facing global challenges

Spanning three days, the conference will include a variety of sessions: plenary, invited parallel, panel; and special sessions on contributions to innovation activities in the cultural sector (fashion, clothing, music, etc.) and African entrepreneurship.

Submissions: The conference organizing committee invites submission of full papers to be presented on the conference topics by March 31th, 2009, via: the website or to Théophile Azomahou and Luc Soete Program Chairs (globelicsdakar@merit.unu.edu). We especially encourage young researchers to submit their research.

Acceptance of participation will be based on full papers only (at least a first draft). The selection of contributions will be based on a review by the Conference Scientific Committee upon novelty, academic quality and relevance to the themes of the conference. Authors of accepted papers will be notified by April 30th, 2009. All presented papers will be placed on the Website of the conference.

PhD students’ paper competition: Ph.D. students currently in programs of developing countries may enter the PhD students' paper competition. Winners will receive free accommodation and travel support, a small grant to support their research and a diploma.

All participants with accepted papers will be provided local hospitality for three days (October 6-8, 2009). Participants from developing countries with accepted papers will also be provided some travel support. The Globelics Board will be mobilizing resources for providing such travel support. Participants should be prepared though to pay for all other expenses in the hotel like mini bar, telephone, laundry, etc and outside like the city tour, other social events etc.

More Details: http://globelics2009dakar.merit.unu.edu/index.php

Call for Papers: 6th Asialics International Conference

• 6th Asialics International Conference
• Venue: Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) Campus, Clearwater Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR
• Dates: 6-7 July 2009

Asialics International Conference seeks to explore is how innovation systems in Asia are linked to global innovation networks on the one hand, and how emerging interactions within and among innovation systems are shaping their performance on the other hand. The promotion of interactions among innovators – through university-industry linkages, global production chains, or in innovative clusters – is becoming a key priority for innovation policies. One area of particular interest is the interactions between research and technology organizations (RTO) and other innovation actors such as universities and industry. A special session will be arranged by JIIP to provide comparative perspectives from Asia and Europe.

Conference Objectives

• Assessing various policies, programs and trends relating to innovation at regional, national and firm levels in Asia
• Enabling policy learning to take place across Asian countries
• Extending the frontiers of academic research
• Facilitating networking and research collaborations

Sub-Themes

A number of sub-themes have been preliminarily identified for the conference, including:

• Regional interaction among innovation systems in Asia
• University-industry linkages and the changing role of universities in dynamic innovation systems
• Promotion of innovative clusters
• The emergence and evolution of knowledge-intensive services in Asia
• Migration of human resources and regional and global innovation linkages
• Role of knowledge organizations and intermediary agents in influencing innovative performance
• The changing role of Transnational Corporations in Asian innovation systems
• Evaluation of innovation policies in Asia
• Innovation surveys and indicators
• Global innovation linkages: Scientific cooperation and technology transfer
• Government programs promoting regional or global linkages

Who Should Attend

• Government science and technology policy makers
• Technology policy and innovation management researchers
• Educationists, social scientists and natural scientists
• Industry practitioners

Paper Submission, Review and Acceptance

• Significant and original (unpublished) submissions are solicited. People submitting abstracts will be able to do a presentation of paper after peer review process of the abstracts. Full papers should not exceed 8,000 words and include an abstract of 100-150 words.
• Full paper submission guidelines: Only novel research is eligible for presentation. Further, only previously unpublished work will be eligible for possible inclusion either in an edited book or a journal special issue. Please write your text in good English (American or British usage is accepted, but not a mixture of these). On the first page of your paper, you must indicate which of the conference sub-themes your paper falls into (see home page for list of sub-themes). Additionally, the paper title, author's name, affiliation, full postal address, as well as email address should appear on the first page. A concise and factual abstract, able to stand alone from the paper, is required (maximum length 150 words). The abstract should state briefly the purpose of the research, the principal results and major conclusions. References in the abstract should be avoided, but if essential, they must be cited in full, without reference to the reference list. All text in the manuscript should be in double-spaced typing. Ample margins should be left on both sides of the page. Each page of the typescript should be numbered. Footnotes should be numbered consecutively and placed together in single-spacing at the bottom of the relevant page.
• Accepted papers will be included in a conference CD and selected papers will be published in a book or Asian Journal of Technology Innovation after a peer review process.
• The deadline for abstract submission is 1 March 2009.
• Please submit your abstract by email to: asialics@ust.hk.

For the full set of deadlines, please refer to under the 'Registration and Deadlines' tab.
For More Details visit: http://asialics6.ust.hk/call.html

Call for Papers: 12th International Conference on Scientometrics and Informetrics (ISSI 2009)

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 14-17 July 2009

The 12th ISSI Conference – ISSI 2009 - will be organized by BIREME/PAHO/WHO (Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information of the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization) and co-organized by a list of partner public and private organizations, under the auspices of the International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics (ISSI), in July 2009, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Objectives

The ISSI 2009 Conference will provide an international open forum for scientists, research managers and authorities, information and communication related professionals to debate the current status and advancements of Scientometrics theory and applications, with emphasis on the progress of scientometrics and science in developing countries.
The conference will bring a key contribution to the socialization of scientometrics in developing countries, particularly within LA&C (Latin America and Caribbean) scientific related community and it will contribute to promote international collaboration.

Target audience

ISSI 2009 is aimed at a broad multidisciplinary audience. It includes researchers, policy-makers, educators, librarians, information science professionals, and students interested in the dynamics of research productivity, scholarly communication networks, information retrieval and evaluation.

Scope

The biannual ISSI conference is the premier international venue for research within the areas of informetrics, scientometrics and bibliometrics. The purpose of the ISSI 2009 conference is to bring together scientists, research managers and authorities, as well as information and communication related professionals in an open international forum to discuss advancements of theory and applications in the field, and to shape future research directions through the publication of high quality applied and theoretical research findings. ISSI 2009 also includes satellite workshops and a Doctoral Forum. ISSI 2009 is organised under the auspices of ISSI - the International Society for Informetrics and Scientometrics (

http://www.issi-society.info/). The conference language is English.

Areas of Interest

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

- GENERAL WORKS ON INFORMETRICS (Structure of the field and relations to other fields, History of bibliometrics, Analysis of acknowledgements)

- THEORY (Informetric laws, distributions and concentration, Time and growth, Other works on theory)

- METHODS AND TECHNIQUES (Mapping and visualization, Text and data mining and other linguistic techniques, Network analysis, Classification, Other methods)

- CITATION ANALYSIS (Characterizing publications and fields, Theoretical and methodological aspects, Self-citation, Ego-centered citation studies, Quality assessment, Errors in citation analysis, Other Citation analysis)

- INDICATORS (h-Index, Impact factors, Other bibliometric indicators)

- WEBOMETRICS (Web Impact Factors, Measures and methodological issues, The ‘academic’ web, Commercial sites, Linking motivations and/or content analysis, Journals and web citations)

- JOURNALS (The ‘impact factor’ debate, Journal quality, Journal coverage and structure, Journal profiles, Non-English journals and internationalization, Journal editors and editorial boards)

- OPEN ACCESS AND ELECTRONIC PUBLICATIONS (Studies on Open access and/or Electronic publications, Debate on Open access and/or Electronic publications)

- PRODUCTIVITY AND PUBLICATIONS (Country level studies, Field specific studies, Media coverage of science, Interdiscplinarity, Gender and/or other Sociological issues, Other studies on Productivity)

- COLLABORATION (Studies in specific fields, Studies on national, group or author level)

- RESEARCH POLICY (Research evaluation, University rankings, Scientometrics indicators in S&T policy, Other studies and/or debate on Research policy)

- PATENT ANALYSIS (Patent citations and science and technology links, Other patent indicators)

- BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASES (comparisons between databases, coverage, retrieval techniques and data isolation)

Submission of Papers

At ISSI 2009 three types of submissions are accepted: Full papers (FP), Research in progress papers (RP) and poster papers. The category 'research in progress paper' is meant to enable participants to present ongoing research, and particularly their most recent work that is not yet fully completed at the time papers are to be submitted. A research in progress paper is shorter than a full paper (see below). The authors should clearly outline the central objective or hypothesis of the research, and present preliminary or intermediate results. If the intention is to present the most recent findings (not yet available at the submission date) at the conference, the potential significance of the findings should clearly be indicated. Authors are requested to submit their contributions using the ISSI 2009 electronic submission form.

Valid document formats are: Microsoft Word (doc) and Rich Text Format (rtf).- Full papers - max. 12 pages. - Research in progress paper - max. 5 pages - Poster presentations - max. 2 pages.
To prepare your FP, RP and/or Poster paper, you must use and conform to the ISSI 2009 paper template.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Failure to conform templates will lead to paper rejection from the Proceedings and Conference. The working language of the conference is English.

Important Dates:

Full papers and research in progress papers

- Submission deadline: 19th January, 2009

- Notification of Acceptance: 2nd March , 2009

Poster papers

- Submission deadline: 9th March, 2009

- Notification of Acceptance: 30th March, 2009

Workshop proposals

- Submission deadline: 19th January, 2009

Doctoral Forum

- Submission deadline: 1st April, 2009

- Camera ready papers due in MS Word/RTF format: 13th April, 2009

For More Details, please visit: http://www.issi2009.org/php/level.php?lang=en&component=46&item=2 OR http://www.issi2009.org/