Wednesday: 20th November 2013
Venue: DST Auditorium, Pretoria
Time: 09:00 – 11:30
Prof. Fred Gault, of the United Nations University-Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT), will make a presentation during a seminar on "The future of innovation measurement".
The focus will be on innovation focusing on innovation measurement and its practical applications – country experiences in using innovation indicators in policy, and new perspectives in innovation measurement.
The seminar will be hosted by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), in collaboration with the Tshwane University of Technology's (TUT's) Institute for Economic Research on Innovation (IERI), the National Advisory Council on Innovation (NACI), and the Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators (CeSTII).
Prof. Gault is a TUT Professor Extraordinaire and a member of the IERI. He chairs the Advisory Steering Committee of CeSTII at the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) in South Africa. He currently serves on the Council of Canadian Academies (CCA) Panel on the State of Science and Technology in Canada, the CCA Panel on the Socio-Economic Impacts of Innovation Investments, and the United States' (US) National Academy of Sciences Panel on Developing Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) Indicators for the Future. He is a member of the Scientific Council of the Portuguese Observatory of Science, Technology and Qualifications.
Refreshments will be served. If you would like to attend the seminar, please RSVP to Kgomotso Matlapeng at Kgomotso.Matlapeng@dst.gov.za or 012 843 6480 by 8 November 2013.
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