Welcome address and introduction to the Expert session

Eduardo Maldonado, President ANI
Welcoming words by José Manuel Mendoça, President INESC-TEC

Setting the scene: academic approach and case study
Academic approach: Public policies and the risk of investing in innovation:
what role for innovation agencies? Reflections from impact evaluation studies
(presentation available in member area)
Dr. Mathias Beck, Senior Researcher, Development of Management, Technology,
and Economics, ETH Zurich 

Case study: The approach to risk in managing Structural Funds - Portugal's case
Jaime Andrez, Chairman of the Steering Committee - COMPETE 2020, Portugal

Roundtable discussion; How risk-tolerant can innovation agencies be?
 

Moderation: Paulo Andrez, President Green Swan
Speakers:   
Sabine Mayer, Strategy Expert, FFG
Maarten Sileghem, Head of International Collaboration and Strategy, VLAIO
Geir Ove Hansen, Head of Department - Financing Portfolio, Innovation Norway
Adam Meszaros, Head of Department - Strategy and Innovation Policy, NRDI Office Hungary

Cooperation with other stakeholders for risk sharing in innovation support
EIC and InnovFin as means for the cooperation between innovation agencies
and the Commission on high-risk investments in innovation

Luis Sanchez Alvarez, Policy Officer - Seconded National Expert, EIC Taskforce -
Financial Instruments,  European Commission

(presentation available in member area)

The World bank: Current activities and potential for cooperation on
knowledge sharing on coordinated support to innovation
(presentation available in member area)
Natasha Kapil, Senior Private Sector Specialist - Finance, Competitiveness, and
Innovation Global Practice, World Bank
 

Q&A