| Thursday, April 11 | |
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| 09:00 - 09:30 | Registration | |
| 09:30 - 09:40 | Welcome |
| | Ingolf Schädler, Rudolf Lichtmanegger |
| 09:40 - 09:45 | Aims and Opportunities of Science and Technology Policy Benchmarking |
| | Chair: Matthias Weber, Rapporteur: Doris Schartinger |
| 09:45 - 10:00 | The OECD Perspective of Benchmarking |
| | Jean Guinet |
| 10:00 - 10:15 | The Motivation and Content of Benchmarking Initiatives of the European Union |
| | Arnaud Borchard |
| 10:15 - 10:45 | Discussion |
| 10:45 - 11:15 | Coffee break |
| 11:15 - 11:30 | Practical Experience from an Administration's Point of View |
| | Eva-Maria Schmitzer |
| 11:30 - 11:45 | Path Dependency and the Limited Meaning of "Best" Practice |
| | Erik Arnold |
| 11:45 - 12:15 | Round table discussion |
| 12:15 - 14:00 | Lunch |
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| 14:00 - 14:10 | Benchmarking Initiatives on the European and the OECD Level |
| | Chair : Fritz Ohler, Rapporteur: Jörg Mahlich |
| 14:10 - 14:30 | Benchmarking of Human Resources in RTD |
| | Knut Faegri |
| 14:30 - 14:50 | Reporting from the Expert Group on Benchmarking on Public and Private Investments on RTD |
| | Gonzalo Leon |
| 14:50 - 15:20 | Discussion |
| 15:20 - 15:40 | Coffee Break |
| 15:40 - 16:00 | Benchmarking Science-Industry Relationships - Main Results and the Austrian Positionning |
| | Doris Schartinger, Andreas Schibany |
| 16:00 - 16:20 | Benchmarking European Information Societies |
| | Norbert Knoll |
| 16:20 - 17:00 | Discussion |
| 17:00 | End of day one |
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| Friday, April 12 | |
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| 09:00 - 11:00 | About the Usefullness and Use of International Benchmarks |
| | Chair: Wolfgang Polt, Rapporteur: Andreas Fier |
| | Introducers: |
| | Christian Uhlhorn, Louis de Gimel, Karl Messmann, Josef Mandl |
| 11:00 - 11:20 | Coffee break |
| 11:20 - 11:40 | Presentation of the tip Information Platform |
| 11:40 - 12:00 | Concluding remarks |
| | Wolfgang Polt |
| 12:00 | End of the Workshop |
