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Benchmarking of national service innovation policies and measures and the work towards policy implications continued at the EPISIS Think Tank meeting in Paris

Paris was the location of the sixth meeting of the European Service Innovation Think Tank on 24-25 October 2011. Two themes – service innovation policies at the member state level and continuation of work towards policy implications – were the major agenda points. The meeting was opened by a keynote speaker from the hosting organisation. Laure Reinhart, General Manager for Innovation from OSEO gave an overview of the service innovation policy in France.

EPISIS access to finance for service gazelles first task force meeting - 16/11/2011 Techworld London

Investing in Internationalisation of Service Gazelles:Crossing the Divide - EPISIS Workshop

The third and final EPISIS conference

Jun 4 2012
Venue: 
Finlandia Hall

POSITIVE IMPACTS OF SERVICE INNOVATION - FROM INTANGIBLE INVESTMENTS TO EMERGING INDUSTRIES AND ECOSYSTEMS

The third and final EPISIS conference will take place in Helsinki on 4th – 5th of June 2012. The conference will be held at Finland Hall, a unique venue by the Finnish architect Alvar Aalto.

Interview of Ms. Annamaria Andres, member of European Service Innovation Think Tank

Name: Ms. Annamaria Andres, Austrian Research Promotion Agency/FFG, Austria
 
Short presentation

Proceedings report of the second EPISIS conference published

The second EPISIS Conference “European and National Strategies for Service Innovation - Service innovation as a Driver of Value Creation” took place on 6 – 7 September 2011 in Hamburg (Germany). Over 150 policy makers, company representatives, researchers and other interested parties from 27 different countries attended to two days of discussions, debates and workshops.

Final report of Task Force 2 (Impact Assessment and Analysis) published

The final report of Task Force 2 "Impact Assessment and Analysis" of the EPISIS project has been published. Please see the "publications" section to view or download the report.

EPISIS strategy for European Service Innovation launched!

The EPISIS (European Policies and Instrument to Support Service Innovation) project and the European Service Innovation Think Tank - a wider forum of policy makers established by EPISIS -have formulated a Strategy for European Service Innovation consisting of a set of strategic goals and concrete actions to ensure that Europe benefits from its service innovation potential.

Service innovation fuels future growth and well-being - Insights from the second annual conference of the EPISIS INNO-Net

The second EPISIS Conference ‘European and National Strategies for Service Innovation - Service Innovation as a Driver for Value Creation’ was held in Hamburg, Germany on 6-7 September 2011.Over 150 policy makers, company representatives, researchers and other interested parties from 27 different countries attendedto two days of discussions, debates and workshops.