WORKSHOP ON THE REVIEW OF INNOVATION MEASUREMENT IN SOUTH AFRICA Venue: CSIR International Convention Centre, Pretoria The programme is available for download click here  ) The presentations from the workshop are now available for download:08:30 – 09:00 Arrival and registration 09:00 – 09:45 Welcome and keynote address Facilitator: Prof Demetre Labadarios (Executive Director:-Population Health, Health Systems and Innovation; HSRC) Keynote address: Dr Phil Mjwara, Director-General, DST Innovation and its impact on South African Society: Mr Peter Pedlar, Deputy CEO, HSRC Session 1 (10:00 – 13:30) Lessons from the South African Innovation Survey
The Centre for Science, technology and innovation indicators (CeSTII) undertakes innovation surveys for DST and has just completed the second such survey, making it the fourth of the innovation surveys series conducted in South Africa. This session will provide a presentation on the key findings from the latest survey, highlighting how innovation takes place in the business sector. A panel discussion will follow to examine the key lessons from the findings, the experiences of users of the survey and the interface between innovation measurement and policy making in South Africa. Key background documents (downloadable from the web links shown): South African Innovation Survey 2008 - Highlights and Main Results: http://www.hsrc.ac.za/Research_Publication-22005.phtml South African Innovation Survey 2005 - Highlights and Main Results: http://www.hsrc.ac.za/Document-2859.phtml Facilitator: Mr Godfrey Mashamba, Chief Director: Science and Technology Investment, DST 10:00 – 11:00 The 2008 Innovation Survey findings Mr William Blankley, Ms Cheryl Moses and
Dr Moses Sithole (HSRC: CeSTII)
User experience on the survey and interface between policy making and measurement
Panel discussion: (each panel member to share views on this topic, maximum 20 minutes, followed by discussion) 11:00 – 11:20 Insights on the interface between innovation surveys and the Mr Siyabulela Ntutela, Executive for Operations:
key objectives/or impact areas of the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) 11:20 – 11:40 Understanding the uptake of DTI funding programmes by companies, Ms Tumelo Marivate, Chief Director: and how the funding criteria encourages innovation activities Department of Trade and Industry 11:40 – 12:00 Innovation survey vs policy targets: Understanding innovation performance Prof Gerhard Prinsloo, National Advisory Council
on Innovation (NACI) 12:00 – 12:20 Business Sector Perspective Dr Steve Lennon, ESKOM 12:20- 13:30 Open Discussion Session 2 (14:30 – 17:00) International practices International organisations, such as the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and Eurostat (the statistical agency of the European Commission) have fostered the use of common language and approaches, leading to the adoption of the Oslo Manual to guide the measurement of innovation at country level using the innovation surveys. Countries have adapted the innovation survey instrument to suit their own circumstances. As countries learn, they also find new ways of understanding national innovation performance and find value in international benchmarking. This session will provide insights on international practices and facilitate discussions on what South African should take note of, and evaluate if South Africa needs to make any further adaptations of the innovation measurement instrument, and other relevant key considerations. Key background documents (downloadable from the web links shown): OECD Science, Technology and Industry Outlook: http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/sti_outlook-2010-en
OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard: www.oecd.org/sti/scoreboard
African Innovation Outlook 2010: www.nepadst.org Findings from Israel's Business Innovation Survey, 2006-2008 Facilitator: Dr Neo Molotja, Senior Research Specialist: HSRC-CeSTII 14:30 – 15:15 Innovation survey indicators and their use: the big picture Prof Fred Gault, Professorial Fellow: UNU –MERIT, Professor Extraordinaire : Tshwane University of Technology 15:15 – 15:45 International benchmarking and experiences with Mr Vladimir López-Bassols, OECD/Science, Innovation Surveys Technology and Industry 16:00 – 16:30 Israel’s Innovation Survey 2006 -2008: Methodology and Findings Mr Evyatar Kirschberg, Director: Science and Technology Sector, Israel 16:30 – 17:15 Experiences on use of innovation survey findings Prof Ulrich Schmoch, Policy Researcher: in policy discourse with reference to the German experience Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research, Germany 17:15 – 17:50 Open discussion 17:50 – 18:00 CLOSING – END OF DAY 1 Day 2: 9th November 08:30 – 09:00 Arrival and tea 09:00 - 09:20 Recap on day 1: Mr Godfrey Mashamba, Chief Director: Science and Technology Investment, DST Session 3 (09:20 – 10:50) Strengthening the national capacity for data collection and indicators monitoring The current innovation survey is useful in understanding the phenomenon of innovation in the business sector. It is, however, limited in scope because it does not provide answers to many of the questions concerning the broader conditions for innovation. An understanding of existing gaps can be useful in identifying specific dimensions that can be added to the current instrument; and in finding alternative ways for data collection and analysis to evaluate the environment of innovation in a holistic manner. It will also be useful to subject this instrument to better statistical quality practices. Key background documents: South African Science and Technology Indicators 2010 Facilitator: Mr William Blankley, Director: Research, HSRC-CeSTII 09:20 – 09:50 What indicators should we be monitoring to better inform Mr Wilson Manganyi, Researcher:
innovation policy in South Africa Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflections
09:50 – 10:20 Critical analysis of gaps for monitoring innovation performance in Prof Michael Kahn, South Africa Ministerial Review Committee of the NSI, South Africa
10:20 – 10:50 Statistical quality considerations and how these can be useful Dr Seble Worku, Statistics South Africa for the production of the innovation survey 10:50- 11:05 TEA Session 4 (11:05 – 12:00) Review of the Innovation Survey Questionnaire In preparation for the next survey, this session will focus mainly on the different aspects of the questionnaire, how it can be improved in order to capture data that will enable better measurement of business sector innovation in the local context, while adhering to the international requirements. The session will take into account recommendations made in the previous sessions of the workshop. Key background documents: South African Innovation Survey 2008: Questionnaire Facilitator: Prof Fred Gault, Professorial Fellow: UNU –MERIT; Professor Extraordinaire : Tshwane University of Technology Discussion on: Key Definitions Understanding Innovation surveys and their purpose: a. Survey design i. Sectors/industry coverage ii. Frame maintenance and Sampling procedures (Firm size, Geography, Employment cut-off) iii. Improving survey questions and coverage (including adding new questions; removing or refining specific questions) iv. Data collection processes 12:00 – 13:00 LUNCH v. Production of comparable data b. Improving innovation survey methodology and response rates 16:00 – 16:10 CLOSING REMARKS Mr Imraan Patel: DDG: Socio-Economic Partnerships, DST
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