About Business Panel on Future EU Innovation Policy
Introduction to the European Innovation Plan
The December 2008 European Council called for a European Plan for Innovation. As a first step the Commission intends to present possible short term actions in response to the economic crisis and an assessment of achievements made under the Broad Based Innovation Strategy by Summer 2009, accompanied by reviews of the Lead Markets Initiative, Innovation in Services, financing innovation in SMEs and the effectiveness of innovation support measures.
This should provide the basis for consultations and debate on the directions and possible measures to be included in a European plan for innovation that could be presented by the end of 2009. The reflections on future innovation policy should also be an integral part of the wider debate on the Lisbon strategy post 2010.
Business Panel on Future European Innovation Policy
DG Enterprise has established a business panel to provide inputs from a business perspective on priorities for future EU innovation policy. The panel is due to complete its work by early Autumn 2009. The members of the panel are:
- Diogo Vasconcelos (Chair), Distinguished Fellow, CISCO Internet Business Solutions Group
- Dr Anne Stenros, Design Director (Vice President, Design), KONE Corporation
- Gianfranco Corini, President, NEXT-Ingegneria dei Sistemi S.p.A
- Professor Ruediger Iden, Senior Vice President, BASF Aktiengesellschaft
- Jan Lamser, Member of Board of Directors and Senior Executive Officer, CSOB Bank (member of KBC Group)
The panel is supported by a rapporteur:
- Professor Maureen McKelvey, Professor of Industrial Management, School of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg.
