On Wednesday 17 June and Wednesday 24 June, we hosted two excellent panel sessions on policy responses to Covid-19. If you missed them, the recordings will be available soon!
Around the world, government agencies are experimenting with new ways of supporting businesses and innovators to respond to the immediate effects of COVID-19, and to support longer-term economic recovery. Services are being digitalised and delivered remotely, more flexible forms of financing and other support mechanisms are being offered, and more upfront investments are being made into early stage projects. Alongside the challenges, the pandemic is also providing opportunities for innovation policymakers and delivery agencies to test and learn from new ways of working - but are they putting in place the systems to effectively learn from these experiments? In this session, speakers will share insights from their agency’s response to COVID-19, reflecting on some early lessons, and discussing the role of international collaboration.
Sara Goldberg, COO, National Agency for Research and Innovation (ANII) (Uruguay)
David Golding, Head of North America and Global Networks, Innovate UK (UK)
Marcos Vinicius de Souza, Subsecretary of Science, Technology and Innovation of the State of São Paulo (Brazil)
If you missed the webinar - watch the recording online now!
Around the world, government agencies are experimenting with new ways of supporting businesses and innovators to respond to the immediate effects of COVID-19, and to support longer-term economic recovery. Services are being digitalised and delivered remotely, more flexible forms of financing and other support mechanisms are being offered, and more upfront investments are being made into early stage projects. Alongside the challenges, the pandemic is also providing opportunities for innovation policymakers and delivery agencies to test and learn from new ways of working - but are they putting in place the systems to effectively learn from these experiments? In this session, speakers will share insights from their organisation’s work with governments and data collection, reflecting on some early lessons, discussing the role of international collaboration and any thoughts on medium-term/long-term support measures.
Denis Medvedev, Practice Manager, Firm Capabilities and Innovation, Finance, Competitiveness & Innovation Division, The World Bank Group (US)
Piret Tõnurist, Innovation Lead, OECD (France)
Claudia Suaznabar, Lead Specialist, Competitiveness, Technology and Innovation Division, Inter-American Development Bank (US)
If you missed the webinar - watch the recording online now!