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Presentation: What capacities are required in the public sector for Innovation?

06 September 2023, 1:00 am–2:30 am

Presentación: ¿Qué capacidades se requieren en el sector público para la Innovación?

This event is free.

Event Information

Open to

All

Availability

Yes

Cost

Free

Organiser

PUCP School of Government and Public Policies, the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (UCL IIPP) and ProInnovate

We invite you to the Presentation: What capacities are required in the public sector for Innovation?, an event co-organized by the PUCP School of Government and Public Policies, the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (UCL IIPP) and ProInnovate. The presentation will take place in Lima, Peru on Wednesday 6 September 01:00 am (BST) UK Time / Tueday 5 September @ 19:00 pm. (PET). Please note that the tickets are for in-person attendance only.

Speakers: 

  • Rainer Kattel, Deputy Director and Professor of Innovation and Public Governance, UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose
  • Guiselle Romero, Director of the Master's in Government and PUCP Public Policies
  • Daniel McBride, Professor of the Master's in Government and PUCP Public Policies
  • Freddy Hilacondo, Director of the Technical Coordination of ProInnovate

Where: Aula Polivalente B100, Complejo de Innovación Académica, PUCP. (Av. Universitaria 1801, San Miguel), Lima, Peru. 
When: Wednesday 6 September 01:00 am (BST) UK Time / Tueday 5 September @ 19:00 pm (PET)

About the Speaker

Rainer Kattel

Deputy Director and Professor of Innovation and Public Governance at UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose

Rainer Kattel
Rainer Kattel is Deputy Director and Professor of Innovation and Public Governance at the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP). He has studied at the University of Tartu, Estonia, and the University of Marburg, Germany, in philosophy, political philosophy, classics and public administration.
He led Ragnar Nurkse School of Innovation and Governance for 10 years, building it into one of the leading innovation and governance schools in the region.

Professor Kattel has also served on various public policy commissions, including the Estonian Research Council and European Science Foundation. He has worked as an expert for the OECD, UNDP and the European Commission, and served as a member of E-Estonia Council advising the Prime Minister of Estonia. Currently, he leads the Estonian Government’s Gender Equality Council.

He has published extensively on innovation policy, its governance and specific management issues. In 2013, he received Estonia's National Science Award for his work on innovation policy. More about Rainer Kattel