The Asia Institute
   
 

World Conference on Science and Technology Parks (May 23-26, 2010)
   

Global Green Growth (G³)

 

The Asia Institute is working together with the Daedeok Innopolis research cluster to organize and promote an international conference on Green Growth and sustainability with a focus on business and technology. We welcome your participation and support. Please contact us if the program is of interest to you in your work.

 

Thank you for your attention

 

 

Emanuel Pastreich
Director
The Asia Institute

 

 

 

XXVII IASP World Conference on Science and Technology Parks, 2010
   
   

Global Green Growth (G³)

Challenges and Opportunities for Science and Technology Parks

IASP 2010 DAEDEOK CALL FOR PAPERS

 

May 23-26, 2010
Daejeon Convention Center, Daejeon, Republic of Korea

www.iasp2010.com

 

 

The IASP 2010 Daedeok (XXVII IASP World Conference) brings together experts from government, STPs (Science and Technology Parks) academia and business to discuss and debate the true significance of the globally emerging developmental model “Green Growth” for STPs. This conference will feature presentations and discussions about global STP strategy in a series of in-depth discussions of the future direction of science and technology and the implications of “green growth.”

The imperative of the coming Copenhagen Conference on Climate Change requires quick and effective changes in technology and economic policy around the world, and the STP is in the best position to lead the implementation of reforms. The specific role to be played by the STP in the age of global green growth will be debated and opinions from around the world will be gathered together as a historic “Daedeok Green Initiative” to be announced at the closing of the conference.

STPs have the full range of technologies and systems necessary to create in miniature a paradigm nations, regions and the world of what a low-carbon, sustainable economy can be. We will consider best practices of outstanding innovation clusters, defining the STP as the leading player in the green revolution.

Moreover, although climate change and the energy crisis are problems that must be dealt with through coordination and consensus on a global level, the response must be local. The STP, a leading part of the local and regional economy, but part of a global network, is in an ideal position to play the central response to this challenge through global green growth. Innovation is the only response, but we need to speed up the implementation of reforms and the adoption of new technologies.

The conference organizers welcome proposals for papers to be presented at the sessions described below. Papers should showcase innovative approaches to “green growth” within the STP and explore creative new strategies for cooperation and implementation. Traditional papers on STP policy and technology policy not directly related to green growth are also welcome.
   
   

PROGRAM

 

The program for the two and a half day conference will be divided into an opening ceremony, four plenary sessions, two round table discussions, and fourteen parallel sessions on specific topics. Each session and round table discussion is distinct and unique in content and emphasis.

Attention is focused on the role to be played by STPs in responding to the global challenge of climate change and the environmental/energy crisis, a topic embodied by the expression: “Global Green Growth.” Talks will consider distinct aspects of this new developmental model for the world, its implications for regions and the role that STPs should take in leading the way.

The presentations and discussions in plenary sessions I and III are connected by the common theme of Global Green Growth, while plenary sessions II and IV are primarily concerned with STPs. Plenary session I focuses on policy and innovation systems with experts from the fields of government, academia & STPs, and plenary session III takes up the topic of the commercialization of green technology with the participation of business, academia and STPs.

Presenters and 50 pre-registered applicants will participate in in-depth discussions on those themes in Round Tables I and II, following the plenary sessions I and III, respectively. Speakers for plenary sessions I and III and their respective round tables will be invited directly by the Steering Committee. Therefore papers submitted for these sessions will be for inclusion in the Conference Proceedings only (see notes on pages 3, 5 and 7). The rest of the plenary and parallel sessions offer the usual options (oral presentation and/or publication in the Conference Proceedings).

The 14 parallel sessions will address three main topics: 8 sessions for the next generation STPs of each nation and region, 2 sessions for the current technology foresights, 4 sessions for SMEs and regional development, etc.

The highlight of this conference will be the announcement of the “Daedeok Green Initiative,” the articulation of a new paradigm for global green growth in STPs based on the consensus among participants. The Daedeok Green Initiative will lay the foundations for a new developmental and industrial model.

 
   
   

TIMELINE

- Submission of Abstracts 23 November 2009
- Notification to Authors 23 November 2009
- Submission of Full Papers

23 February 2010
- Notification to Authors 26 March 2010

 
   
   

Plenary Session 1

Policy and Innovation Systems for Global Green Growth

(Speakers from 3 fields: government, STP management and academia)

 

Green growth implies a quantum leap in how we conceive growth, technology and the economy at every level. All systems of science, government and academia must be rethought to accommodate such a transformation in both the STP and the nation as a whole. But equally necessary is the creation of effective systems to promote innovation in emerging and existing technologies. How can STPs become the leading institutions in institutional and technological innovation and how can they serve as models for the rest of the economy and society? This session will consider the essential challenges to creating effective policy and innovation systems for green growth that can liberate us from a carbon-dependent economy and give hope for a long-term solution to the challenge of climate change.

   
   

Possible topics for papers:

  • Strategies for encouraging innovation within national innovation systems in green technologies.
  • Imagining the national innovation systems as the engine leading a global green transformation of business and manufacturing.
  • Creating consensus and momentum for green growth between divergent groups.
  • Making the national innovation system itself sustainable by applying the technology it develops to its own environment.
  • Effective models for innovation in government, R&D, technology transfer, commercialization, financial systems, training and development and the transformation of culture and institutions around the world.
  • Responding to the challenge of the “green divide” between nations and regions: how to encourage cooperation through innovation.
   
   

Note:

Papers for this session will be considered for publication in the conference proceedings only, and not for oral presentation at the conference.

Plenary 1 will only be composed of speakers invited by the Conference Steering Committee. Paper proposals submitted through the Call for Papers for this session will be for inclusion in the Conference Proceedings (subject to approval by the Steering Committee). The same technical specifications apply to this session as per pages 15-17.

   
   

Plenary Session 2


The Role of the STPs in Economic Development: Retrospect and Prospect

The STP has experienced major shifts in its ecosystem over the last few years as the world economy is subject to rapid changes in the cost of energy, contraction in the availability of finance and debates over the importance of government and global institutions. Such an environment offers a golden opportunity to rethink globally the role of the STP in economic development both locally and regionally. How has the transformation of the global economy, innovation in technology, the emergence of brain networks and the dominant concepts of “openness and convergence,” knowledge-based economy, green growth and innovation cluster transformed the landscape in which the STP finds itself? This session will consider the history of the STP and its prospects for the future.

   
   

Possible topics for papers:

  • Successful strategies of STPs in responding to the global financial crisis through innovation and international collaboration.
  • The Financial crisis: encouraging protectionism or inspiring higher levels of international collaboration?
  • Responding to the challenge of convergence, international accessibility and financial constraints.
  • Implementing Copenhagen: The Copenhagen convention will have set out a range of ambitious goals for the world that require radical reconstruction of economies, new priorities in R&D and a rethinking of habits and culture. What will the STPs role be in the implementation of the Copenhagen agenda?
  • What are the prospects for close collaboration between STPs post-Copenhagen?
  • What incentive systems can be constructed to effectively encourage the commercialization of technologies of STPs and apply them to the challenge of climate change? How can we establish effective incentive systems for the long haul?

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