Meetings and Workshops
- Kick-off Meeting from 6 to 7 October 2004, Leuven
- Round-Table from 8 to 9 May 2007, Trier
Workshops
1. Tübingen, from 3 to 4 March 2005
Main topics of the workshop:
- Indicators for the Knowledge Economy
- Other projects in the KEI area
- State-of-the-art on composite indicators
- Indicator methodology
2. Maastricht, from 6 to 7 October 2005
Main topics of the workshop:
- Sectoral and technology based approaches to indicators for the knowledge economy
- The challenge for human resources and knowledge production
- What do we want from a knowledge economy?
- Integrating the local with the global
- Composite indicator approaches to measuring the knowledge economy
- Concluding session: Policy challengesIndicators for the Knowledge Economy
3. Helsinki, from 2 to 3 February 2006
Main topics of the workshop:
- Policy issues and measurement needs
- Collecting data on R&D globalisation: Some country experiences, international developments
4. Leuven, from 5 to 6 September 2006
Main topics of the workshop:
- Theoretical Frameworks for Composite Indicators
- Unraveling Composite Indicators’ Construction Methodology:
-Benefit-of-the-Doubt Composites
-Indicators and their Statistical Quality - Composite Indicators at Work: Applications
5. Brussels, from 8 to 9 November 2007
Main topics of the workshop:
- Measuring Knowledge Economy
- Technical Aspects of the Measurement
- Political Impact of Measuring KBE
- Round Table