Programme
Friday, April 25th, 2008
Location: Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
9.30 - 10.00 Opening Speeches
mag. Katja Lautar
State Secretary, Government Office for Growth
Prof. Franci Demšar
Director, Slovenian Research Agency
10.00 - 10.10 Introduction to the Working Mode of the Conference
Dr. Thomas Schauer
European Support Centre of the Club of Rome
10.10 - 12.30 Keynote Speech and Open Space Discussion
Chair: Prof. Aleksander Zidanšek
Slovenian Association of the Club of Rome
Keynote: Prof. Peter Novak
Low Carbon Society - Why Not?
Discussion: Is a Competitive Low Carbon Society Possible in Europe?
Participants are invited to submit statements for the discussion.
Please contact the organizers for details.
14.00 - 17.00 Parallel Working Sessions
Working Session 1
Knowledge for Sustainability: Competitiveness and Eco-Innovation
Chairs:
Prof. Robert Blinc Slovenian Association of the Club of Rome
Prof. Ana Vovk-Korže University of Maribor
Europe is the leading continent with respect to some technologies that support
sustainable development. In the renewed Lisbon Strategy the role of eco-innovation
for European competitiveness has been acknowledged. Where are
we standing today, in which sectors is Europe at the front of the development
and where has it to catch up with others.
Working Session 2
Competitiveness and Social Capital
Chairs:
Prof. Ernst Gehmacher Austrian Chapter of the Club of Rome
Mag. Marianne Kager European Support Centre of the Club of Rome
Social capital is formed by the links between individuals and institutions.
Competition and co-operation are two different concepts, which are not easy to
combine. Can societies be competitive related to the outside World and at the
same time avoid internally the race of everybody against everybody which
results in stress and loss of quality of life? Which are the consequences for a
society in which the attitude of competition is promoted - internally and in the
relationships to other countries or regions?
Saturday, April 26th, 2008
Location: Jožef Stefan Institute
9.30 - 11.30 Parallel Working Sessions
Working Session 3
The Age of Innovation and the Age of Innovators
Chairs:
Prof. Orio Giarini Honorary Member of the Club of Rome
Prof. Jasminka Lažnjak University of Zagreb
Ageing Europe is seen as one of the key problems in Europe. Ageing population
might result in a decrease of creativity, innovation and therefore also
competitiveness. But this scenario might be wrong. Today, the elder generation
is very different from how they were 50 years ago and there might be changes
which help to maintain long-term competitiveness.
Working Session 4
Education for Competitiveness or / and Competitive Education
Chairs:
Prof. Ivo Šlaus Croatian Association of the Club of Rome
Prof. Agni Vlavianos Arvanitis Hellenic Chapter of the Club of Rome
Education should be more than training for the short term needs of industry - but
can we still afford to provide the younger generation with knowledge about
philosophy and arts, which they cannot apply straightforward in their
professional life? Do we have to educate a workforce which can compete with
very young workers from emerging economies and provide students just with the
knowledge of their special subject, giving them a better and earlier start at work?
Or might a broader education form an "educational reserve" which increases the
long-term competitiveness?
11.30 - 12.30 Conclusions Session
Presentation of the results of the working sessions
14.00 - 17.00 Meeting of the World Academy of Art and Science
Note:
Preparatory meetings for the conference are being held:
- Europe After Lisbon: Briefing with workshop chairs: April 24, 21.00
- SEED WAAS: April 25, 19.00
Invitations are being circulated
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