60 participants from EFTA ministries, business and organisations, and guests were briefed by the European Commission, the Finnish EU presidency, the European Policy Centre and the EFTA Statistical Office.

Please find the presentations underneath, as well as a report from the conference, the programme and a list of participants. 

• Conference Programme
• Report 
• List of Participants

Presentations:

• Lilja Vidarsdóttir: Introduction and Concluding Statement
• Frode Berge: EEA and Innovation - Joint Efforts and Norwegian Policies
• Jiri Plecity: A Broad based Innovation Strategy for the EU
• Hans Martens: The Lisbon Strategy and Innovation
• Heikki Salmi: The Lisbon Strategy and the Structural Indicators on Innovation
• Richard Ragnarssøn: EFTA and the Structural Indicators
• Paula Nybergh: The Finnish Preseidency and the new EU Policy on Innovation

Round Table on the New Innovation Strategy and the EEA:

Sveinn Thorgrimsson: Regional Economic Development and the Innovation System Policy Mix

Workshops:

• Jim Mc Ging and Roger Havenith: Financial Instruments for Innovation
• Peder Christensen: Preliminary Observations on the Review of the Research Part of the National Progress Reports