Of possible interest. DLB On 22 Mar 2006, Washington.Contact@oecd.org wrote:

Call for Papers

Blue Sky II Forum: What are the Indicators for Science, Technology and Innovation Policies in the 21st Century?

September 25-27, 2006

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

The Westin Ottawa 11 Colonel By Drive

Registration Form

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Description:

The Blue Sky II 2006 Forum <http://www.statcan.ca/english/conferences/sciencetech2005/index.htm> will examine new areas for indicator development and set a broad agenda for future work on science, technology and innovation (STI) indicators. Emphasis will be placed on indicators of outcomes and impacts in order to support monitoring benchmarking, foresight activity, and evaluation, applied to policies and programs, and their economic and social impacts. The Forum is expected to provide ideas and guidance for indicators work in both OECD and non OECD countries, as well as in their international organizations. The Forum will include plenary sessions featuring invited guest speakers who are leading authorities in their fields. Break-out sessions will discuss papers on specific themes selected through a call for papers.

The first Blue Sky Forum was organized by the OECD and held in Paris in 1996. It helped set the agenda for developing STI indicators over the past decade. The intent of Blue Sky II is to review progress made while looking towards development of policy-relevant STI indicators in today's global economy. The OECD has partnered with Statistics Canada, the US National Science Foundation and Industry Canada to host this landmark conference.

The Forum covers four broad topics:

* New uses of existing science, technology and innovation indicators; * New uses of existing non STI indicators for the purpose of STI policy making; * Completely new science, technology and innovation indicators; and * A synthesis of findings leading to an agenda for the next decade of work on STI indicators.

Call for Papers:

Papers are invited on new indicators and approaches to support science, technology and innovation policies. The audience will include public policy researchers, economists, social scientists and statisticians, together with policy makers, government officials and other stakeholders with an interest in science, technology and innovation indicators.

All papers are expected to develop metrics and indicators that can be useful to policy making. Proposals must be in the form of a 500-word (maximum) abstract submitted by Friday, March 31, 2006. Submissions should be accompanied by a detailed r=E9sum=E9 as well as a brief biographical note of no more than 40 words. For more information, please see the "Call for Papers <http://www.statcan.ca/english/conferences/sciencetech2005/forumcall.htm> " website.

We are soliciting policy-relevant papers with an emphasis on the following themes:

* Globalization of research and development (R&D) activities and networks <http://www.statcan.ca/english/conferences/sciencetech2005/forumcall.htm# 1> * New understandings of the changing nature of science and innovatio and their impacts <http://www.statcan.ca/english/conferences/sciencetech2005/forumcall.htm# 2> * Capturing the value of scientific research and innovation <http://www.statcan.ca/english/conferences/sciencetech2005/forumcall.htm# 3> * Human resources in science and technology (HRST) and global knowledge flows <http://www.statcan.ca/english/conferences/sciencetech2005/forumcall.htm# 4> * Building scientific knowledge capital <http://www.statcan.ca/english/conferences/sciencetech2005/forumcall.htm# 5>=20 * Multidisciplinary science, technology and innovation fields including emerging technologies <http://www.statcan.ca/english/conferences/sciencetech2005/forumcall.htm# 6> =20 * Shifting science, technology and innovation landscape: regions, players and issues <http://www.statcan.ca/english/conferences/sciencetech2005/forumcall.htm# 8> =20 * New indicators for science and innovation policies <http://www.statcan.ca/english/conferences/sciencetech2005/forumcall.htm# 8>

The abstracts must be submitted by Friday, March 31, 2006 by e-mail to:=20 bluesky@statcan.ca <mailto:bluesky@statcan.ca>

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Alternately, by regular mail to:

Blue Sky Forum 2006 Attn: Forum Secretariat, Paper Review Committee Statistics Canada R.H. Coats Building, 7th floor Section A Ottawa, Ontario Canada, K1A 0T6

For more information, please contact Alessandra Colecchia <mailto:alessandra.colecchia@oecd.org> , OECD

or Louise Earl <mailto:bluesky@statcan.ca> , Statistics Canada

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