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
Ivona Jerkovic, Senior Analyst -Innovation System Support Unit, HAMAG-Bicro

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