The focus of this Brussels Debate will be on the role of innovation in the delivery of public sector services. How can Europe’s public sectors innovate more rapidly and increase productivity so as to be able to continue providing high standards of social services with fewer resources, against a background of fierce competition from abroad and demographic decline at home?

Date:   13 May 2009
Venue: Résidence Palace, Polak Room, 
             Rue de la Loi 155, 1040 Brussels
Time:    17:00 - 19:00 (Registration starts at 16:30)

Speakers:

• Marianne Klingbeil, Director for Better Regulation, Evaluation and Impact Assessment, Secretariat-General, European Commission
• Christine van Broeckhoven, Professor, molecular neuroscientist, Ambassador of the European Year of Creativity and Innovation 2009
• Douglas Gregory, Vice-President, Governmental Programs EMEA, IBM Belgium
• Julian le Grand, Richard Titmuss Professor of Social Policy, London School of Economics
• Carlos Javier Rodríguez Jiménez, Minister for Youth and Sport of the Region of Extremadura.

 

To participate in the debate, please contact  info@epc.eu

 

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