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Issue 5: November - December 2000 |
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UNU to Host OECD Workshop on
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The contributions of social sciences to technological and social innovation and the impact of innovation on societal change will be the focus of an international workshop to be held at United Nations University Centre in Tokyo from November 29 to December 1.
The International Workshop on Social Sciences and Innovation is the third in a series of four Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) International Workshops on the Future of Social Sciences. It is being organized by UNU, the Institute of Innovation Research (IIR) of Hitotsubashi University (Japan), and OECD.
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Professor Nathan Rosenberg |
Professor Nathan Rosenberg of Stanford University will deliver the keynote address – "Challenges to the Social Sciences in the New Millennium" – beginning at 4pm on November 29 in the U Thant International Conference Hall (third floor, UNU Centre). The session is open to the public and admission is free, although advance registration is required.
Workshop participants, including invited international experts and delegates from OECD member countries, will then discuss the roles of social sciences in the context of rapidly progressing innovation in the new millennium. The first plenary session, chaired by IIR Director Seiichiro Yonekura, will focus on "Promoting Innovation." The second, chaired by UNU Rector Hans van Ginkel, will consider "Innovation, Science and Society." Three working groups will meet to examine issues of technological innovation, social innovation, and the societal impacts of innovation.
Click here to see the complete programme. For further information, contact UNU Public Affairs.
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