Managing the innovation process is critical to achieve the steady flow of innovation needed for sustainable, long-term success. To establish and develop innovation, all aspects of the business that foster innovation capabilities must be continually and  systematically managed, including business and innovation strategies, organisational structures, stakeholders, and human capital. The necessary tools, methods, approaches
and processes must also be managed, including resources management, technology watch (maintain an overview of the latest technological developments), competitive intelligence, creativity, benchmarking and knowledge valorisation.

This seminar – From Knowledge to Competitiveness – will focus on three tools that public authorities could use to support innovation to drive competitiveness and sustainable growth:

• Standardization
• Intellectual property
• Public procurement contracts

Three speakers will introduce the tools and explain how each is key to competitiveness.

Panels will explore the tools in depth and develop recommendations to be compiled in a Communication from the Belgian Presidency to European Union’s Competiveness Council, comprised of ministers of European affairs, industry and research, among others.