Event

Culture matters for innovation, say entrepreneurs and politicians. But their high expectations raise questions. How do professional, urban or organizational cultures help the new to emerge? When does intercultural confrontation foster creative potentials? Can artistic interventions change the pace with which innovations develop and spread? Are there general patterns or rules to guide organisations or political decision makers when they plan to innovate?

The symposium explores the claims, confronts them with evidence from academic and entrepreneurial experiences, and provides a European policy-maker's view on the agenda for research and innovation.

Charlotte Arwidi
Innovation Policy Development, Directorate-General for Enterprise and Industry, European Commission

Prof. Dr. Michael Hutter
Head of research unit "Cultural sources of newness", WZB, and research professor, Technische Universität Berlin

Lars Lindström
Human Resource Manager, Paroc AB, Sweden

Prof. David Stark Ph.D.
Arthur Lehman Professor of Sociology and International Affairs, Columbia University, New York

Discussion moderated by Dr. Karen Horn
Head of the Berlin Office, Institut der Deutschen
Wirtschaft Köln