STI Indicators for policymaking and strategic decision

3rd European Network of Indicators Designers Conference

The Conference is organized in Paris in the framework of the European Network of Indicators Designers ENID (www.enid-europe.org) by the Institut Francilien Recherche, Innovation, Société (IFRIS). It follows preceding conferences in Lugano (November 2006) and Oslo (May 2008). The aim of the conference is to gather researchers, indicator producers and stakeholders interested in new developments in the field of STI indicators, around the notion of positioning indicators, as well as the use of indicators for strategic decisions of policymakers and research actors.

Scientific Committee

Rémi Barré, CNAM Paris.
Alessandra Colecchia, OECD, Paris.
Benoît Godin, INRS, Montréal
Ben Jongbloed, CHEPS, University of Twente.
Loet Leydesdorff, ASCOR, University of Amsterdam.
Martin Meyer, SPRU, University of Sussex.
Anthony F.J. van Raan, CWTS, Leiden.
Peter van den Besselaar, Rathenau Institutt, Den Haag

Conference Chair

Benedetto Lepori, University of Lugano.

Poster Session Chairs

Emanuela Reale, CNR-CERIS, Rome

Philippe Larédo, LATTS, ENPC, Paris.

Conference programme

Opening : Wednesday 3th March 2010, 11:00

Closure : Friday 5th March 2010, 15.30

The program will include :

opening of the conference by the organizers.
welcome speech of a representative of the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research.
keynote speeches on selected topics.
parallel sessions with paper presentation and discussion.
exploratory sessions on experiments and new avenues in indicators design.
short presentations of posters in plenary sessions and special poster sessions during breaks.
a panel debate on the role of indicators for policy and evaluation.
social event and conference dinner

Deadline for abstract submission

1st September 2009

Paris

3-5th March 2010

www.enid-europe.org/conference.html

Organised by :

Institut Francilien pour la Recherche, l’Innovation et la Société (IFRIS)

With the support of

Observatoire des Sciences et Techniques (OST)

Contact information

Benedetto Lepori

Università della Svizzera italiana