XVIII Milan European Economy workshop – University of Milan, DEMM
The socio-economic impact of investment in science, 25-26 June 2020.

Planetek Italia CEO, Giovanni Sylos Labini has been invited as panelist at XVIII Milan European Economy workshop to contribute with a speech about “The future of Earth Observation value chain” during the Session 8: Case studies on the impact of Earth observation starting at 3:40 pm of Friday 26 June, 2020.

The event will be held live via Zoom ( you'll find here the link when available)

Objective
The Milan European Economy Workshops are devoted to in depth discussions on highly relevant policy issues for the European Union (EU). The objective of the 2020 workshop is to advance the debate on the socio-economic impact of large-scale science projects.

The traditional Big Science model has a top-down approach; it is typically linked to military and national ambitions and characterized by secrecy and restricted access to methods and data. In contrast, the new Research Infrastructure (RI) paradigm of science production, exemplified by the “Geneva model” of CERN, has a bottom up approach; it involves an international coalition of funders, it is accessible by multiple users and adopts an open science approach.

In Europe there are around three hundred major RIs supported by international coalitions and perhaps one thousand significant ones mostly funded by national governments and often with some support from the EU

Topics for discussion
This workshop aims at stimulating a discussion on the impact of large-scale science projects in terms of economic growth, social welfare, and fairness considering different analytical frameworks, case studies and policy implications.

Topics for discussion and research questions include:

• Science, a public good, versus knowledge-based oligopolies
• Social cost-benefit analysis of RI and other quantitative methods of impact assessment
• Citizens attitudes and engagement on science: estimation approaches
• Public procurement for innovation, its impact on high tech industries and socio-economic implications
• Science and technology missions for public enterprises and economic players
• Case studies on the interplay between large-scale science, RIs and technological innovation
• Case studies: space science and technology, Earth Observation

For further information visit:

• https://www.massimoflorio.com/events/post/xviii-milan-european-economy-workshop/
• http://users.unimi.it/eusers/