Workshop 4: Beyond Innovation Awards?

14h30 – 17h15        

Marshall

Innovation awards have been in place at national and international levels for a number of years but how effective are they as a means to inspire, encourage and identify innovations? This workshop will look at the role and value of innovation awards by hearing directly from the winner of an innovation award about the consequences for their project, learning about the trends and patterns that awards can help to identify, and most of all through sharing experiences with countries with different types of innovation awards.

Moderator: Maria Manuel Marques, Professor, University of Coimbra, School of Economics, Portugal 

Overview of experiences 

• Jan Mathu, Advisor general, Facility Manager and Head of Purchase Service, Service Public Federal, Mobilité et Transports, Belgium
• Pétur Berg Matthíasson, Head of Division, Department of Public Management and Reform, Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs, Iceland
• Lindani Mthethwa, Chief Director, Solution Support and Incubation at the Centre for Public Service Innovation, South Africa

Group Simulation 

Lessons learned and conclusions 

• Sandford Borins, Professor of Strategic Management, Department of Management, University of Toronto-Scarborough, Canada