Working Group activities - Research, Innovation and Human Resources

Ad-Hoc Group on Innovation and Human Resources - 29-30 October 2007

• Agenda of the meeting [26 KB]
• Pollen and its implications [12 MB] (11 MB) by Petra Skiebe-Corrette (Freie Universität Berlin)
  A transnational initiative to increase interest in science and engineering in primary school in order to increase the number of high school and university students that study chemistry

• Regulation, standards and intellectual property rights [2 MB] (1.3 MB) by Gernot Klotz (CEFIC)
  Aspects of regulation; Standards and innovation
• Innovation - more than just R&D [2 MB] by Reinhard Ditz (Merck)
  Merck experience and activities in R&D
• Societal and political aspects, communication [427 KB] by Gernot Klotz (Cefic)
  Basic rules for communication on chemistry & innovation; the Sustainable European Chemical Industry goal.
• The Importance of creativity and Innovation for medium and long term Growth [2 MB] (1.8 MB) by Charles G. Bienfait (Solvay)
  Medium & long term Growth versus creativity and innovation
• Chalmers School of Entrepreneurship - Accelerating research commercialization [461 KB] by Johan Carlsten (Chalmers University of Technology)
• The Dutch Polymer Institute: A Leading Technology Institute [2 MB] by Jacques G.H. Joosten (Dutch Polymer Institute)
• Skills Project: a summary of skills issues for the Ad-Hoc Group [188 KB] by Ian Click (North East England - Humber Chemical Focus)
  Problems related to the availability of qualified staff in six European Regions
• Research intensity and expenditure [684 KB] by Hans-Jürgen Klockner (VCI)
  Role and characteristics of innovation in the chemical industry
• Human Resources. Market Situation [450 KB] by Dieter Jahn (Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker)
  Status quo, trends and recommendations
• Key Figures 2007 on Science Technology and Innovation [2 MB] (1.3 MB) by Andrea Tilche (European Commission, Research Directorate-General)
  Political targets and actual situation of R&D in Europe vis-à-vis international competitors
• Attractiveness of Chemical Engineering Education [205 KB] by Michael Matlosz (ENSIC-Nancy)
  A project to bridge the gap between process development and market impact
• Chalmers School of Entrepreneurship - Accelerating research commercialization [461 KB] by Johan Carlsten (Chalmers University of Technology)
  Providing education for future entrepreneurs within a pre-incubator environment, to develop new technical ideas into start-ups
• Increasing Private Investment in R&D: few comments from Chemical Industry [622 KB] by Charles G. Bienfait (Solvay)
  Impact of R&D on growth/financial return and performances and future changes for EU chemical industry
• Regulation and Innovation [499 KB] by René Kemp (UNU-MERIT)
  The effects of regulation on the innovation process and assessment of existing situation
• Consumer confidence - a downstream user perspective [2 MB] (1.03 MB) by René Lammers (Unilever Europe)
  Understanding customers' behaviours and gaining their confidence
• Action Plan «Towards a sustainable industrial policy» [179 KB] by Daniel Deybe (European Commission, Enterprise and Industry Directorate-General)
  A European industrial policy for a competitive low carbon economy

Ad-Hoc Group on Innovation and Human Resources - 1 October 2007

• Agenda of the meeting [10 KB]
• Role of Chemistry and Chemicals in innovation [544 KB] by Gernot Klotz (Cefic)
  Role, drivers and challenges for innovation in the chemicals industry
• Chemistry for Future Energy Supply - Role of Chemistry and Chemicals in Innovation [2 MB] (1.5 MB) by K. Wagemann (Dechema e.V.)
  New energy sources, climate change and the European chemicals industry
• Driving the innovation agenda for UK chemistry-using industries [2 MB] (1 MB) by Steve Fletcher and Richard Philpott (Chemistry Innovation/Knowledge Transfer Network)
  A knowledge transfer network to support innovation in the chemistry-using industries in the UK
• New Business Models Perspectives for Chemical Industry Competitiveness [2 MB] (2 MB) by Russel Mills (Dow)
  Sustainable new business models for the chemicals industry: priorities, integration, global perspective, deployment & market driven businesses
• The SusChem Approach [4 MB] (3.8 MB) by Marian Mours (Cefic)
  SusChem objectives, organisation, roadmap and activities