1. TC ASCR and (PACI)TA TA Conference 2013 - Planning 1st TA Conference Planning Committee session, Prague February 15, 2012 Lenka Hebakova Strategic Studies Department Technology Centre ASCR

2. 2 Presentation structure 1.TC ASCR – Introduction 2.CR and TA 3.TA Conference 2013

3. 3 1. TC ASCR: Introduction Established in 1994 by 5 ASCR institutes – non-profit Currently 71 staff in 5 departments: -EU Research Promotion Dpt. (24) -Business Support and Technology Transfer Dpt. (16) -Strategic Studies Dpt. (14) -Czech Liaison Office for Research in Brussels – CZELO (4) -Economic-Administration Dpt. (13)

4. 4 1. TC ASCR: Strategic Studies Mission: To provide quality professional analytical and conceptual basis for strategic decision making in R&D and innovation at four levels: -European, -national, -regional, -at the level of individual research organizations. Financing: MEYS since 2004 + other sources 14 analysts with different background

5. 5 1. TC ASCR: Main partners we cooperate with State administration: - Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS) - Council for RDI (CRDI - Government Office) -Ministry of Industry and Trade (MIT) -Ministry of Regional Development (MRD) -Technology Agency of the CR (TA CR).. International organisations/networks: -DG RTD and JRC EC – IPTS -UNIDO -OECD -Technopolis -ETEPS, ObservatoryNANO, ETAG..

6. 6 2. CR and TA: TA Stakeholders (P)TA in the CR is not institutionalized = „non-PTA“ country No official (P)TA institution / bigger project / unit.. 2 Parliament units dealing with the SaT issues: -Committee on Science, Education, Culture, Youth and Sports within the Chamber of Deputies -Committee on Education, Science, Culture, Human Rights and Petitions within the Senate Government Office (CRDI), MEYS and MIT = major STI executive power players and TA stakeholders Public R&D - Academy of Sciences – 53 institutes and nearly 7 000 staff // individual universities Association of Research Organisations, Engineers Academy.. Private R&D - Škoda Auto, Siemens, Zentiva..

7. 7 2. CR and TA: TC ASCR Expertise in the field of ERA/FPs, TT/EEN, promotion of the Czech reseach/CZELO, STI analysis and policy studies Experience in organising conferences (SusDev, EuroNanoForum, Eufordia, Reseach Connection, CZEDER..) Members of ETAG, EPTA meetings observer, cooperation with UNIDO, PACITA partner Cooperation still mainly with the executive (CRDI, MEYS, MIT), not with the legislative power (Parliament) PACITA dissemination activities in the CR – national workshops, newsletters, website, parliamentary debates, summer schools, TA conferences.. Relevant contact database of stakeholders (policy-makers, academia) TC – potential „driver“ for creation of the Czech TA unit in the future..? (STI management experience)

8. 8 2. CR and TA: TC ASCR and PACITA WP 1: Leading Evaluation Task, Project Handbook WP 2: Berlin interviews, Report on TA practices in Europe WP 3: Practitioner Training – 1 local workshop, TA portal, summer schools WP 4: Parliament debates on TA, European TA conferences, explorative country study, TA Newsletter WP 5: Example project on Public Health Genomics WP 6: Ageing Society - Participating in Scenario workshops WP 7: Citizen consultations on Sustainable Consumption – organizing national citizen meeting WP 8: Horizontal Dissemination – through TC website WP 9: Management TC = 24,1 person months

9. 9 3. TA Conferences: Background information I Tradition: TA Conferences tradition (Bonn 1982, Amsterodam 1987, Milano 1990, Copenhagen 1992, 3 ECTA) - topics: methods of TA, institutionalizing TA units, (inter)national and regional TA networks etc. Specific role: In creation of an open societal dialogue and increasing the effectiveness of policy-making. Aim: To recapture the academia in the TA field by taking into account the public and political interests; to reduce the gap between TA practioners, scientists and politicians; and to support the European TA network development by addressing the entire European TA community.

10. 10 3. TA Conferences: Background information II Audience: 250 TA practitioners in Prague and 500 in Berlin – people working in TA institutions and politicians, stakeholders – who could clarify the public understanding of what the TA means, TA as policy advice tool. Date: First conference – Prague 2/2013, second – Berlin 2/2015. Organisers: TC ASCR and KIT/ITAS. PC: nominated by the task leader (KIT) in agreement with the coordinator (DBT) and the partner (TC ASCR) = at least 5 TA experts and/or policy makers and one person from KIT Task of the PC: to prepare the conference programmes. Draft of the programme will be accepted by the PACITA consortium.

11. 11 3. TA Conference 2013: Subject areas Title: „TA and Policy Areas of Great Transitions“ – e.g.: health care, energy supply, climate change, mobility, ICT.. Subject areas (CfP): -What kinds of knowledge and dialogue do we need for decision- making in societies in order to accomplish the great transitions? -What kinds of projects and programmes, institutions, approches and methods are needed by TA in these processes? -What are the special interests and needs of EU MS in the various areas of the EU with respect to policy advice for the great transition? -What are the main results of projects on topics related to the great transitions? (HC and ageing society; ES after Fukushima disaster – renewables; Mobility – urban transport, logistics, e-mobility; Changes to societal relationships through ICT..) Conference topics: to be discussed further in the afternoon session (draft by KIT)

12. 12 Any questions? Lenka Hebakova (hebakova@tc.cz) Strategic Studies Department Technology Centre ASCR http://www.tc.cz http://www.pacitaproject.eu Thank you for your attention!