Innovation Initiatives
ISTAG - Information Society Technologies Advisory Board Reports
Information Society Directorate - General
European Communities, September 2004
http://www.cordis.lu/ist/istag.htm
More Research and Innovation - A Common Approach
Report by Esko Aho (coordinator)
Hampton Court European Council meeting in October 2005
http://europa.eu.int/invest-in-research
Barrett, Craig R., Chairman, Intel Corporation
Brody, William R., President, The John Hopkins University (editors):
Where in The World Will The Next Big Idea Come From?
Council on Competitiveness
and the National Innovation Initiative
Washington DC, Wall Street Journal, February 8, 2006
http://www.InnovativeAmerica.org
Expression of Interest in the European Network of Living Labs:
Mikael Börjeson, Coordinator, CoreLabs Coordination Action CEO,
Centre for distance-spanning technology, Luelå University of Technology, Sweden
http://www.ami-communities.eu/wiki/Living_Labs_Expression_of_Interest
The Helsinki Manifesto - We have to move fast before it is too late
European Network of Living Labs Launch: A Step Towards a European Innovation System,
Helsinki, November 20, 2006
Helsinki_Manifesto_201106.pdf - [pdf]
The Helsinki Manifesto
The 12 most supported measures
- Implementation of a European Network of Living Labs
- Reap the benefits of re-using bank infrastructure for the e-invoicing
- Break down internal borders for ICT services
- Renewing of the European innovation system
- Creation of a market for innovative products and services
- Focus on services innovation, and establish services science, management and engineering as an academic discipline
- Concrete funding and support for technology start-ups
- Ensure data integration between IT-solutions
- Intensify integration of retail banking market (Payments Services Directive)
- Implementation of European wide compatible e-invoicing system
- Move from an organization-centered system to a citizen-centered system
- Bring people actively to the information society (ICT skills to 10 million adult people in Europe over a 3-year period)