Expert Panel on Services Innovation in the EU

Workshop 3, 23-24 September 2010. Venue: SPRU, Freeman Centre, University of Sussex, Brighton

DRAFT annotated AGENDA

Day 1 Thursday 23 September

Time / Topic / Main activity
12.30 / Assemble / Experts arrive at Freeman Centre (G23) Ground Floor.
Informal lunch will be served
13.30-14.00 / Welcome to Workshop 3 / Welcome
  • Welcome all experts
  • Agree minutes from Workshop 2
  • Set out the expectations to Workshop 3: agenda, expected outputs, progress on the Policy Roadmap and input to the final recommendations and Final Report
  • Summary papers for each growth area.Experts’ views on the summaries

14.00-15.00 / Break out 1
Summary papers sign off / Break out 1
Summary statement for each growth area (‘sign-off’ Workshop 1-2)
The summary statements will summarize the work in each growth area and what have been the key points and agreements.
Firstly: Each group signs off the summary statements that were presented in plenary 1.
Secondly, each group identify what should be policy actions in the MSs (national and local level) in order to address:
  • The growth priorities
  • The challenges, obstacles and drivers´
  • The transversal potential

15.00-15.45 / Plenary 1 / Plenary 1 feedback from Chairs and plenary policy discussion
  • Presentation of policy needs indentified in each group and their relation to barriers and drivers. Discussion in plenary of these needs

15.45-16.15 / Break
16.15-17.15 / Break-out 2
Preliminary discussion on national policy schemes / Break-out session 1
Understanding and assessing initiatives
  • Select the most interesting and impactful policy schemes and cases
  • Indentify the link to the growth area
  • Examine the selected schemes according to the Analytical Framework in Mini –study (to be circulated in advance of workshop). What are the challenges to deployment and impact

17.15-17.45 / Plenary 2
Present group discussion / Plenary 2 – bullet point feedback ¨´
17.45 -17.99 / Conclusions / ConcludingDay 1
Report back on progress in group discussions
Outline day 2: continue the discussions of the concrete policy schemes
19. 30 / Dinner / Dinner at restaurant in Brighton (tbc)

Day 2 Friday 24 September

Time / Main topic / Activity
08.30-08.45 / Introduction /
  • Recap conclusions from Day 1
  • Aim for Day 2: detailed discussions of the concrete policy examples from MSs to establish useful policies to feed into the final report

08.45-9.45 / Break out 3
Explore policy examples / Break-out 3Examine policy cases
Continue discussions from Day 1
09.45-10.45 / Plenary 3 Discussing policy actions / Plenary 3
Presentation of policy selection in each group
  • Group discussion
Introduce the discussion of how to establishlink between growth priority and services innovation, Present analytical framework for this assessment
10.45-11-15 / Break
11.15-12.15 / Plenary 4
Innovation programme / Plenary 4
Commission presents plans for innovation programme
Discussion of EU-level actions and priorities (key issues also discussed in next session)
12.15- 13.15 / Lunch
13.15-14.00 / Break out 4 / Break-out 4
Policy initiatives that link directly to the three growth priorities & EU level actions
  • Select the most interesting and impactful policy schemes and cases
  • Indentify the linkages to Europe 2020 growth areas
  • Begin addressing what should be EU level actins and what is missing at EU level (input and issues to be noted and taken forward to Workshop 4)

14.00-14.45 / Plenary 5 / Plenary 5
  • Present and discuss the selections from the break-out discussions
  • Looking to Final Report: discuss structure and gaps in our knowledge

14.45-15.00 / Conclusions / Conclusions and closing remark
  • Summary of key conclusions and agreements
  • :Key actions over the next months for the experts and the Secretariat

15.00 / End of Workshop