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The Atlas of Ideas

The Atlas of Ideas

How Asian innovation can benefit us all

Authors:
Charles Leadbeater, James Wilsdon,
Publication Type:
Pamphlet
Publication Date:
17th January 2007
ISBN:
1 84180 174 7
Cost:
£10.00

We used to know where new ideas would come from: established universities and corporate research centres in highly developed countries. Think again.

The rise of China and India will remake the innovation landscape. US and European pre-eminence in science-based innovation can no longer be taken for granted. Nor can the knowledge jobs that have depended upon it.

Global supply chains have transformed how we make products. Our savings depend upon seamlessly connected financial markets. Something similar is about to happen to the way we develop and apply ideas.

This report is the first comprehensive account of the rising tide of Asian innovation. It  pinpoints where Asian innovation is coming from and explains where it’s headed.

And it sets out a road map for how the UK can prosper in world of global innovation networks by taking its capacity for collaboration to new levels.

This pamphlet forms part of The Atlas of Ideas, an 18-month study of science and innovation in Asia, with a focus on opportunities for collaboration with the UK and Europe. The project is funded by the UK government and a consortium of public and private sector partners.

The Atlas of Ideas is a set of four reports. Download the country reports:

China: The next science superpower?
India: The uneven innovator
Korea: Mass innovation comes of age

The second phase of The Atlas of Ideas begins in April 2007. As well as deepening our analysis of innovation in Asia, this will explore countries including South Africa and Brazil, and examine cross-cutting themes such as scientific diasporas, low-carbon innovation and science in the Islamic world. To find out more, or to download the other project reports, visit: www.atlasofideas.org

 Read the press release

via Atlas of Ideas 2.0

Comments

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Interesting analysis. European researchers or industrialists who want to collaborate with Indian nanotechnology researchers and companies can benefit from the information on policies, support structures and training programmes stimulating nanotechnology innovation in india and Europe, published online at www.euroindianet.info. There is also a proposed technology platform for stimulating Euro-Indian nano-cooperations.
Posted by Ineke Malsch  at 12:46pm on Thursday, 5th April 2007
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The EU funded project NanoforumEULA www.nanoforumeula.eu aims to stimulate nanotech collaborations between Europe and Latin America (01-12-06 to 31-05-2008). The local government organisation for the free trade region Manaus SUFRAMA is our partner in Brazil. We are offering research visit grants for Latin American researchers who want to establish lasting contacts with one of four European nanotech centres, deadline 1 may 2007. In Spring of 2008, we are planning a workshop and fact finding mission in Brazil. Perhaps we can collaborate with DEMOS in their planned study on Brazil?
Posted by Ineke Malsch  at 12:53pm on Thursday, 5th April 2007

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