O Ομότιμος Καθηγητής ΕΜΠ Γιάννης Καλογήρου συμμετείχε ως Discussant στο 10ο επεισόδιο της σειράς διαλέξεων “IN CONVERSATION” (Chris Freeman Centenary Lecture Series) που συνδιοργανώνονται από το CRIS-IS.ORG  και το UNU-MERIT.

Σε αυτό το 10ο επεισόδιο της σειράς που διεξήχθη την Τρίτη 11 Οκτωβρίου 2022 στις 4μμ ώρα Ελλάδος, ο Franco Malerba (Full Professor of Applied Economics. President of ICRIOS, Bocconi University) έδωσε συνέντευξη στον Richard Nelson (George Blumenthal Professor Emeritus of International and Public Affairs, Business, and Law at Columbia University, and Director of the Program on Science, Technology and Global Development at Columbia’s The Earth Institute). Στη συνέχεια πραγματοποιήθηκαν σχόλια και ερωτήσεις από τους Xiaolan Fu (University of Oxford), Νίκο Βονόρτα (George Washington University) και Γιάννη Καλογήρου (ΕΜΠ) αλλά και από το κοινό.

Μπορείτε να παρακολουθήσετε το βίντεο της εκδήλωσης εδώ: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppbe-mafms8&ab_channel=CRIS1

Επίσης, παρακολουθήστε εδώ την ομιλία του Richard Nelson (μαζί με την παρουσίασή του από τον Γιάννη Καλογήρου) στο 15ο International Globelics Conference που πραγματοποιήθηκε στην Αθήνα στις 11-13 Οκτωβρίου 2017: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kr-8N5vuPQ

Περισσότερες πληροφορίες ακολουθούν στη συνέχεια (in English):

The IN CONVERSATION series portrays prominent innovation scholars of the day in the form of intellectual-biographical interviews with other senior scholars.

In the 10th event FRANCO MALERBA will be interviewed by RICHARD NELSON on 11 OCTOBER 2022 at 4 pm (Greek time).

The event will be moderated by SUNIL MANI.

Panel of discussants: Xiaolan Fu, Nicholas Vonortas & Yannis Caloghirou

Structure of the program (2 hours split up as follows)

Brief intro to the program and introducing NELSON (by SUNIL) 5 minutes

i. Introductory remarks by NELSON and FRANCO is introduced (10 minutes) followed by a conversation between them as follows

ii. Formative years and major influences – (10 minutes)

iii. Contributions, Critique and weakness, Current work & future course – (35 minutes): starting from the important contributions of FRANCO, evolving towards a critical evaluation of his work. Then moving on to discussions on what next given the changing circumstances, how the theoretical contributions are relevant in current circumstances etc. It is a platform to convey what they want future generations to take from FRANCO and how they can further develop standing on the strong base that was created.

iv. Comment on Status of Innovation Economics and what next? – (10 minutes)

Some of the possible questions could be the following. However the speakers can shape it the way they want it to be!

• How did you end up doing research on innovation?
• What were your most important contributions to the field?
• To what degree have you engaged in teamwork and collective research?
• How do you see the relationship between economics and innovation studies?
• How do you see the role of innovation policy and innovation politics in development strategies?
• How do you see the future for innovation studies?
• At what level should we study innovation – micro, meso and macro?
• What kind of methods should we use to study innovation and economic development?
• What kind of advice would you like to give to young innovation scholars?
• What role can innovation play in meeting global challenges?

B REAK – 5 MINUTES

v. Discussion (1 hour): For the 1 hour discussion a panel of scholars [Xiaolan Fu, Nicholas Vonortas & Yannis Caloghrou] will ask questions or make comments on FRANCO’s work. After FRANCO’s response to them the forum will be open for questions from the general audience.