ERA
Conference

Towards a 
European 
Research Area

 

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October 19th – 21st , 2005

Towards a European Research Area

Fall Conference of the Research Institute for Public Administration Speyer

The Research Institute for Public Administration devoted its Annual Fall Conference in 2005 to the development of the European Research Area. This year’s topic expands the research profile of the institute to the Issue of Science Policy after having dealt with Multilevel Democratic Governance in Europe in 2003 and the development of a European Administration Area  in 2002.

Universities and research institutions, policy makers at various levels, new and old intermediary organizations in the policy process as well as funding councils are confronted with an increasing pace in the development of the European Research Area.

The conference attracted a European audience, both academics and practitioners in the area of European Research, Technology and Development policy.

Around 90 participants took part in the lively discussion on the relation between the RTD policy at the European and the various national levels with a special focus on the new member states. Three sessions will deal with central topics from the debate: (1) the coming into being of a European Research Council, (2) the need for internationalization of research and the overcoming of barriers to mobility and collaboration, and (3) the decision process on Framework Programme 7.

The presentations of the sessions are available from the programme webpage.