Conference agrees innovation declaration
Delegates and experts at the ‘Open Innovation 2.0’ conference have agreed a ten-point declaration to develop widespread innovation literacy in Europe.
The major two-day international conference at Dublin Castle in Ireland, and attended by Pan European Networks, saw overwhelming support for the ‘Dublin Declaration’ that will now be presented to José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission.
The agreement will seek to position ‘Open Innovation 2.0’ as the next new official language of the EU, highlighting the importance of adopting and embracing innovation and technology to stimulate economic growth and generate job creation in Ireland and across the Union.
Presenting the declaration to the conference, Professor Dr Martin Curley, chairman of the EU Open Innovation Strategy and Policy Group and Vice President of Intel Labs Europe said: “We have co-created an innovation manifesto which can now bring real change to Europe by creating more wealth, better welfare and improved wellbeing.”
Key points in the declaration include a call to move from the European Research Area to a ‘European Innovation Eco-system’; raising awareness of the importance of creating incentives to encourage openness to innovation and experimentation; and recognising honourable failure as a positive. Other key aspects include stimulating high expectation entrepreneurs; fostering the essential collaboration between citizens, businesses, universities and government; and an overall call to create an EU innovation strategy, leveraging the USA example.
Peter Finnegan, director of international relations and economy at Dublin City Council, said the conference had highlighted the importance of innovation and technology in the economic recovery.
“Open innovation as a driving force within a digital economy and society can create thousands of jobs in Dublin and this declaration shows that the conference has been hugely successful at developing real solutions which can be applied Europe-wide,” Finnegan said.
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