05/03/10 The 2010 Innovation Summit

Delivering The 2010 Guglielmo Marconi Lecture, the Lisbon Council’s flagship event on innovation and creativity, Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, European commissioner for research and innovation, called on Europe to step up its innovation performance, outlining how transformative changes should be used to address "grand challenges." Commissioner Geoghegan-Quinn’s address was part of The 2010 Innovation Summit, which also saw interventions from Prof. Dr. Martin Schuurmans, chairman of the board of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), Anthony D. Williams, senior fellow for innovation at the Lisbon Council and co-author of bestseller Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything, Andrew Wyckoff, director, science, technology and industry directorate at the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) and Rian Liebenberg, engineering director of Google.

Watch highlights of The 2010 Innovation Summit
Watch Commissioner Geoghegan-Quinn's lecture in full on YouTube
Watch remarks of Prof. Martin Schuurmans, EIT
Watch interview with Anthony D. Williams on Wikinomics in Europe

04/03/10 Wikinomics in Europe: new e-brief

A timely contribution to the Europe 2020 strategy, this e-brief explores the changing nature of innovation, towards more open, collaborative and inter-disciplinary systems. Entitled Wikinomics and the Era of Openness: European Innovation at a Crossroads, the study demonstrates how Europe can benefit from participating in a global movement to share knowledge, raise creativity and encourage social innovation. The author is Anthony D. Williams, co-author of the international bestseller Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything, who also serves as senior fellow at the Lisbon Council.

Watch interview with Anthony D. Williams on Wikinomics in Europe

25/01/10 High Cost of Low Educational Performance

The Lisbon Council hosted the European launch of a watershed OECD publication on the High Cost of Low Educational Performance. Presented by Andreas Schleicher, head of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) at the OECD, the study demonstrates the enormous economic return on investment in education. If, for instance, all OECD countries could raise their educational performance to Finland’s level, the result could be an aggregate GDP increase of $260 trillion – an important conclusion as the EU is pondering next steps in its EU 2020 strategy.

Watch interview with Andreas Schleicher here

05/02/10 Newsletter: Eco-Innovation, Government of the Future, and more

Read the latest Lisbon Council Newsletter, full of information about recent and upcoming activities, including Eco-Innovation Summit, EU 2020, Government of the Future Centre, Digital Europe, Why Skills are Key to Europe's Future and much more.

06/12/09 EU 2020: Why Skills are Key for Europe's Future

As part of the Lisbon Council's contribution to the EU 2020 strategy, Paul Hofheinz, president of the Lisbon Council, argues that this crucial agenda should prioritise skills acquisition and the necessary accompanying investment in human capital. He maps out a one-of-a-kind intellectual framework to evaluate skills policy and explains what levers can be utilised to finally move from rhetoric to action.

08/11/09 European Growth and Jobs Monitor Autumn Update

The autumn update of The European Growth and Jobs Monitor, a bi-annual study published by the Lisbon Council and Allianz SE, looks at the ongoing controversy regarding exit strategies – How should exit strategies be timed? When should they start? And what could happen if policy makers get it all wrong? “The stimulus packages in place for next year are both necessary and appropriate,” says Prof. Dr. Michael Heise, chief economist of Allianz and principal author of the study. “But it is time to start being vigilant again. We must make sure that the progress we see will lead to sustainable growth, not more financially fuelled growth. We must learn the lessons of the past, and not allow another bubble to develop.”

16/03/10 Hofheinz on Greek Bailout

Watch Paul Hofheinz, president of the Lisbon Council, comment on Bloomberg TV about Greek bailout package and the Alternative Investment Fund Managers directive.

06/08/09 Innovation High-Level Working Group

Convening under the timely theme Open, Collaborative, Interdisciplinary: What the Next Wave of Innovation will Mean for Europe, this High-Level Working Group brought together key thought leaders and global practitioners. Hal Varian, author of Information Rules: A Strategic Guide to the Network Economy and chief economist of Google, delivered The 2009 Guglielmo Marconi Lecture, the Lisbon Council’s flagship event on innovation and creativity. In another session, Dirk Pilat and Andrew Wyckoff of the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development introduced their leading-edge work on the OECD’s new Innovation Strategy.

Watch The 2009 Guglielmo Marconi Lecture in full on EUX.tv

13/08/09 Viviane Reding on Digital Europe

"Europe's digital economy has tremendous potential," says Viviane Reding, commissioner for telecommunications and media in a landmark address to the Lisbon Council. Calling advances in the digital economy "my specific answer to the present economic downturn," Ms. Reding lays out a four-point plan of priorities in the digital area for the incoming European Commission. Watch The 2009 Ludwig Erhard Lecture in its entirety on EUX.tv.

Watch Commissioner Reding's remarks in full
EUX.tv: Reding Presents EU's Priorities at Lisbon Council
EUX.tv: EU Media Chief: Internet Piracy is "Wake-Up Call" for Policy Makers
EUX.tv: EU's Reding: Web 2.0 can Create 2 Million Jobs in Europe
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13/08/09 Felipe González on Europe's Future

In a passionate and compelling address, Felipe González, chairman of the Reflection Group on the Future of Europe and former prime minister of Spain, discussed the challenges we face – and the solutions at our disposal. He called on EU states to do more to fight the economic downturn. Delivering The 2009 Robert Schuman Lecture, he explained how the reflection group he is leading plans to contribute to a healthy and multi-faceted debate on the future of Europe.