Demos: New perspectives on Chinese innovation February 21, 2008

"China has big plans to boost its capacity for homegrown innovation. It is rising fast up the global league tables for investment, publications and patents, and a recent review by the OECD concludes that China 'is now a major R&D player'.

But further progress will depend on the playing out of a complicated set of tensions: between the planned economy and the market; between national priorities and global networks; between the hardware of research infrastructure and the software of culture, skills and creativity.

This half day workshop aims to provide a series of fresh perspectives on Chinese innovation, whilst also encouraging networking and an exchange of ideas between the many UK-based projects now working on aspects of Chinese innovation."

Speakers include:
Gang Zhang, Principal Administrator, OECD Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry
Richard Halkett, Executive Director of Policy and Research, NESTA
Simon Collinson, Professor of International Business and Innovation, Warwick Business School
Nikolas Rose, Professor of Sociology & Director, BIOS Centre, London School of Economics
Rushanara Ali, Associate Director, The Young Foundation
David Tyfield, Research Associate, Lancaster University & Demos

Official Website: http://www.demos.co.uk/events/newperspectivesonchineseinnovation