The Program:

9:30 - 9:45    Andreas Pyka: Welcome and Introduction

9:45 - 10:45  Carlota Perez: Can the crisis pave the way for a sustainable global golden age?

10:45 - 11:15  Mariana Mazucatto: Finance, Innovation and Growth

11:15 - 11:30  Coffee break

11:30 - 12:00  Pier-Paolo Saviotti: Innovation, Financial Coordination and the future of the European Union

12:00 - 12:30  Ryszard Wilzynski:  Financing Instruments to Combat the Crisis

12:30 - 13:30  Lunch Break

13:30 - 14:00  Gunnar Eliasson: Regional industrial dynamics in the Stockholm and Baden-Württemberg regions - a comparison

14:00 - 14:30  Morris Teubal: Coevolutionary Links between Innovation, Innovation Policy and Innovation Finance, some ideas emerging from the Israeli experience

14:30 - 15:00  Diogo Vasconcelos: Funding policies on the Innovation Union plan

15:00 - 15:15  Coffee Break

15:15 - 15:45  Valerie Revest: Financing Technology based Small Firms (TBSF's) in Europe: the ambiguous role of venture capital and high-tech stock markets

15:45 - 16:15  Jorge Niosi: Venture Capital in Canada

16:15 - 16:30  General Discussion