Call for papers

Papers are expected in the following areas:

1. New frontiers in science, technology and innovation for short and long term growth strategies
   1. Sustainable energy systems: property rights challenges, emerging carbon markets and consumer trends
   2. Multimodal transportation systems and infrastructure
   3. Networking industries, cyber-physical systems and the emergence of new generation networks
   4. Manufacturing, engineering design and the role of new production systems
   5. Nanotechnologies, biotechnologies and their convergence
   6. Interactive digital media: a new dialogue between the arts, the humanities and engineering
2. User-driven innovation and the role of lead markets: implication for private and public strategies
   1. Which balance for intellectual property protection, open access and knowledge diffusion?
   2. Building evidence on user-driven innovation
3. Institutions for a new era
   1. How to foster university autonomy, diversity and integrity in times of increasing financial constraints?
   2. Knowledge networks and R&D consortia for new knowledge
4. Human resources strategies and policies
   1. How to balance the need to broaden the social context for innovation and to strengthening advanced training and target research?
   2. Learners and teachers for a learning society