This joint workshop brings together policy makers, academia and experts from different countries and regions
in the context of smart specialization strategies (S3) for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth.
As  a  joint  event  it  will  combine  policy  expertise  from  the  ongoing  OECD  project  on  Designing  Smart
Specialisation  Strategies  for  Innovation  Driven  Growth  and  the  European  Commission’s  S3  Platform
implemented by IPTS. The workshop will discuss the policy concept of smart specialization and its practical
implications. It will introduce tools and indicators that will help to revisit regional strategies and to start
processes for designing, measuring and implementing national or regional research and innovation strategies
for smart specialization (RIS3). The exchange between policy makers, experts, scientific institutions and the
experience  from  existing  regional  specialization  cases  will  maximize  the  policy  learning  for  a  successful
implementation process.

Hosted by Upper Austria and co‐organized by the Austrian Ministry for Science and Research, OECD and IPTS

Location: Hotel Courtyard by Marriot, Europaplatz 2, A‐4020 Linz, www.courtyardlinz.at, Booking Code for accommodation: “Upper Austria”
Registration:    oberoesterreich@tmg.at
Information:     Christoph Brandstätter
brandstaetter@catt.at

For further information see draft agenda attached.

Source: e-mail by Florian Plocek, Project Manager EU-Danube Region Strategy, Technology.Programmes.Strategy, OÖ. Technologie- und Marketinggesellschaft m.b.H.