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Annual conference 2004

Trondheim, April 23, 2004

Knut B Haanæs, Division Director, The Research Council of Norway
Action Plan for Norwegian R&D

Christian Patermann, Director, DG Research, European Commission
The Commission’s 3% Action Plan

Andrew Dearing, Secretary General, EIRMA, Paris
Why do European firms invest so little in comparison with US Firms?
What to do about it?

Emmanuel Leprince, Executive Director, Comité Richelieu, France
The SME R&D deficit in Europe. Lessons from America. Concrete
proposals for improving SME support in Europe

Rolf Linkohr, MEP, Brussels
Proposals for dynamising the European research area. Looking towards FP7

Kees Ekkers, TNO (NL)
Case study on co-financing research

Tor Ulleberg, SINTEF (N)
R&D in Norwegian SMEs, SINTEF´s role  -  Presentation to follow

Stig Slipersæter, NIFU (Norwegian Institute for Studies in Research and Higher Education)
RTOs within ERA: is a special financial regime needed?

Should you be interested in the presentations, please consult the EARTO secretariat.