STPI hosted the “International Conference on STI policy: Navigating the Innovations through Evaluation” at Grand Hotel Taipei on July 11. The well-reputed speakers are from MIoIR of Manchester University in UK, METI and NEDO of Japan, NIST of America, HSE of Russian, KISTEP of Korea, etc. |
Conference photo montage |
Director Edler from MIoIR delivered a keynote speech “Innovation policy for the demand side: Rationales, instruments and challenges for evaluation”. Besides, the three sessions were focused on “Facilitating the Technology Commercialization through the Evidence-Based Strategic Funding and Complementary Interventions”, “Informing the Interagency Coordination and Managerial Interventions through Ex-ante and Ex-post Impact Assessment Aligned with Needs of Policy Makers”, and ” Utilizing Evaluation Results to Adapt the STI Policy to the Changing Competition Context”, with lectures delivered by 6 invited speakers. |
Director General Joung Yuh-Jzer of STPI welcomed audience guests |
There were about 170 participants attending the conference. The conference catalyzed the cross-country contextualized learning and collaborations in terms of STI policy planning, delivery mechanisms, evaluation methodologies and supportive governance structures through the interactions among speakers and audience. |
Professor Edler, the Director of MIoIR at Manchester University, delivering a keynote speech “Demand Side Policy. Concept, evidence, challenges” |
Professor Kobayashi, Chairman of the Research Evaluation Committee for METI and NEDO, talking about “Strategy and Evaluation of R&D for Innovation in METI, NEDO and University in Japan” |
Miss Ruegg, Former Director of the ATP's Economic Assessment Office (Created by National Institute of Standards and Technology, NIST), sharing her experiences in evaluation. |