How can Europe be more innovative?
 
 
 
 
Ernst & Young would like to thank everybody for attending or showing interest in our “Government x Business = innovation2” Summit which took place the 4th of May.

We are proud to have been able to welcome interesting and brilliant speakers such as Herman Van Rompuy and Charles Leadbeater at this wonderful occasion.
We hope you enjoyed the conference and the different break-out sessions.

Because innovation will remain a very urgent and important topic on the European Union’s agenda and for the competitiveness of the European business community, we would like to offer you the opportunity to watch both keynotes and other important take-outs of the event again under the section ‘webcast’.
 
You can also find pictures of the event and the participants on this website as well as the CEPS study “Next generation innovation policy” under the section ‘background documents’.

Our media partner EUobserver has developed a ‘focus section’ dedicated to innovation. 
 
Different interviews with the participants of the event, articles on innovation and related topics can be found on this section through the following link: http://euobserver.com/894.
 
 
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The study “Next generation innovation policy” which was developed by CEPS (Centre for European Policy Studies) together with Ernst & Young shows how the EU-policy is failing or succeeding in stimulating innovation. The study also provides an outlook on which policy initiatives can further stimulate innovation and entrepreneurship within the EU.

   Speakers
 
 
 
 
Ernst & Young is proud to present its EU-keynote speaker Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council and former Prime Minister of Belgium. The European Council has placed innovation high on its agenda and Herman Van Rompuy will provide insights and thoughts on this. Read his curriculum vitae here)
 

We are also delighted to welcome keynote speaker, Charles Leadbeater, former advisor to the former British Prime Minister, Tony Blair and journalist for the Financial Times and The Independent. Today, Mr Leadbeater is also the renowned author of “We-Think”, a book that explores how the web is changing the world, and a innovation consultant who is ranked one of the world’s top management thinkers.
 
 A Danish journalist by education, Lisbeth Kirk is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of the EUobserver. In doing so, Lisbeth also established the EUbookshop.com, EUobserver TV, EUobserver Events and other side activities to fund the EUobserver news service. She has reported on the European Union for many years and her primary aim is to continue to offer a widely-read and trusted platform for news and mature debate on EU affairs. Lisbeth Kirk is also affiliated with the Europe Innova platform as a speaker and moderator.