Dear colleagues, The Science Policy Support Group is pleased to announce our latest user workshop, "Collaboration and Networking in European Science and Technology" under the ESRC European Context of UK Science Policy Programme", the core of which is set out below. We hope you will agree that the issues the research team are discussing are central to the current state of science, technology and innovation policy and offers much to our understanding of this increasingly important subject. For further information, or to request a registration form, please contact: Tim Rogers Science Policy Support Group 1 Birdcage Walk Westminster London SW1 T. +44 171 799 3335 F. +44 171 799 3336 Or go to the website: www.spsg.org/eurocon where you can find full programme details and an on-line registration form. Registration costs 18 pounds and includes lunch and refreshments. Places are strictly limited so early booking is advised. ----------------------------------------------------------- Collaboration and Networking in European Science and Technology ----------------------------------------------------------- A User Workshop of the ESRC European Context of UK Science Policy Programme Monday June 28 1999 Science Policy Support Group 1 Birdcage Walk London SW1H 9JJ Much has been discussed about increased scientific and technological collaboration, but what does it actually mean in a European policy context? Are patterns of innovation collaboration and networking changing over time? What new forms of collaboration in technological innovation are emerging? How can the European Commission and member states intervene more effectively in fostering scientific and technological collaboration? These are some of the questions being addressed in this workshop which has been organised to disseminate the results of the ESRC Research Programme The European Context of UK Science Policy. 10.50 - 11.10 Registration and Coffee 11.10 - 11.20 Introduction and Welcome: Peter Healey, Programme Director, SPSG and Jeremy Howells, Workshop Chair, PREST/CRIC, University of Manchester 11.20 - 11.50 Small Firms, Social Capital and the Enhancement of Business Performance through Innovation Programmes Phil Cooke, Cardiff Centre for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences, University of Wales, Cardiff. 11.50 -12.20 Linking the Framework Programme into Regional Development Objectives: The Role of the Structural Funds. David Charles, CURDS, University of Newcastle upon Tyne. 12.20 - 12.50 Governing European Science. Andrew Barry, Department of Sociology, Goldsmiths College, University of London. 12.50 - 13.10 Discussion 13.10 - 14.00 Lunch 14.00 - 14.30 Inter-firm Collaboration for Innovation: Learning Experiences and Adaptive Behaviour. Helen Lawton Smith, Centre for Local Economic Development, University of Coventry 14.30 - 15.00 Collaboration and Informal information Flows in ESPRI. Stuart Macdonald, Sheffield University Management School, University of Sheffield 15.00 - 15.30 Transnational Research Facilities. Kate Barker, PREST, University of Manchester 15.30 - 16.00 European Collaboration in Biotechnology: The molecular analysis of Genomes. Sandra Thomas, Nuffield Council of Bioethics 16.00 - 16.30 Implications for Policy and Future Research: Discussion 16.30 - Tea and Departure %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%