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CIRCLE Policy Advisory Board
As part of the VINNOVA program “Tranformation and Growth in Innovation Systems: Innovation Policy for Global Competitiveness of SMEs and R&I Milieus”, CIRCLE has established a Policy Advisory Board which will be used for providing input on strategic issues concerning CIRCLE’s research and third mission agenda. The board will meet at least once each year. The board consists of experts representing both private and public sector. The members are used as informal advisors and their membership is based on their personal competence.
The following professionals are currently part of the advisory board:
- Sarah Fredriksson, CEO, Genovis AB.
- Pia Kinhult, Chair of the Regional Executive Committee, Region Skåne.
- Christer Fåhraeus, serial entrepreneur, founder of companies like Anoto, Agellis, Cellavision, Precise Biometrics, Respiratorius, Elqpharma and Flatfrog.
- Göran Marklund, Head of Operational Development Division and Deputy Director General, VINNOVA (The Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems).
- Sara Modig, The Swedish Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications, in charge of the development of a national innovation strategy for Sweden.
- Claire Nauwelaers, Policy Analyst, Innovation Unit, Regional Development Policy Division, the OECD Directorate for Public Governance and Territorial Development.
- Ashkan Pouya, Director of Lund University Innovation and Chairman of Serendipity Innovations AB.
- Andrew Wyckoff, Director of the Division of the OECD Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry.
CIRCLE Policy Advisory Board - First Meeting
The first board meeting was held at CIRCLE in May 2011. The following issues were discussed at the meeting:
- Core objectives and instruments for innovation policy.
- Research areas relevant for innovation policy that seem to be neglected in CIRCLEs current portfolio.
- Theoretical issues and empirical fields identified as important for innovation policy.
- Alternative and complementary modes of dissemination/communication between the research community and the policy sphere.
Short summary of the meeting May 2011
Last modified 13 May 2011