REDESIST -

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28 MONDAY - Day 1

Introduction & Welcome – Eve Annecke [Sustainability Institute]

Introduction to BRICS Project – Jose Cassiolato [RedeSist]

Introduction & Welcome to the Seminar – Rasigan Maharajh [ieri]

Brazil

Prof José E Cassiolato [Redesist]

Russia

Prof. Leonid Gokhberg [State University]

India

Prof KJ Joseph [Centre for Development Studies]

China

Prof Liu Xielin [Chinese Academy of Science]

South Africa

Rasigan Maharajh [Ieri]

In Search of Equitable Development & Growth

Prof Ben Turok MP [African National Congress & New Agenda]

Mazibuko Jara [Amandla]

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29 Tuesday - Day 2

Prof Lakhwinder Singh [Punjabi University]

Respondents:

Maria Clara Couto Soares - Brazil
Liu Xielin  – China
Luci Abrahams - South Africa
Leonid Gokhberg - Russia

Prof Márcia Rapini [UFRJ]

Respondents:

Jian GAO - China
William Blankley - South African
Natalia Gorodnikova – Russia
KJ Joseph - India

Prof Jian GAO [Tsinghua University]

Respondents:

Lindile Ndabeni - South African
Alexander Sokolov - Russia
Ana Arroio – Brazil
KJ Joseph - India

Prof Li Yanhua [CAS]

Respondents:

Dinesh Abrol – India
Temba Masilela - South African
Leonid Gokhberg - Russia
José Cassiolato– Brazil

Prof Mario Scerri [ieri]

Respondents:

V V Krishana – India
Liu Xielin - China
Tatiana Kuznetsova – Russia.
Priscilla Koeller – Brazil

30th July – Day 3 – Closed Coordinators Meeting
Dynamic for NSI Reports and TORs debates:

1. NSI Progress Reports (30 min presentation & 30 min debates)

1. Brazil - Prof José E Cassiolato [Redesist]
2. Russia - Prof Leonid Gokhberg [Higher School of Economics, HSE, Moscow]
3. India - Prof KJ Joseph [Centre for Development Studies]
4. China - Prof Liu Xielin [Chinese Academy of Science]
5. South Africa - Rasigan Maharajh [IERI]

i. Innovation Systems and Inequality: The BRICS Experience

Presentation: Prof Lakhwider Singh (20 min)

  Inputs from countries (8 min each)

  Maria Clara Couto Soares - Brazil
  Liu Xielin  – China
  Luci Abrahams - South African
  Leonid Gokhberg - Russia
  Coordinator Summary

ii. Innovation, Finance & Funding in the National System of Innovation

 Presentation: Prof Márcia Rapini [UFRJ] (20 min)

 Inputs from countries (8 min each)

  Prof Sunil Mani (will not be present but input will be given) – India
  Jian Gao - China
  Michael Kahn & William Blankley - South Africa
  Natalia Gorodnikova – Russia
  Coordinator Summary

iii. Small & Medium Enterprises in the National System of Innovation

Presentation: Prof Jian GAO [Tsinghua University] (20 min)

  Inputs from countries (8 min each)

  Prof. Rishikesha T Krishnan (will not be present but input will be given) – India
  Lindile Ndabeni - South African
  Alexander Sokolov - Russia
  Ana Arroio – Brazil
  Coordinator Summary

iv.    Transnational Corporations & National System of Innovation

Presentation: Prof LI Yanhua [CAS] (20 min)

  Inputs from countries (8 min each)

  Dinesh Abrol – India
  Temba Masilela & Thomas Pogue - South Africa
  Leonid Gokhberg - Russia
  José Cassiolato– Brazil
  Coordinator Summary

v. The Role of the State in National Systems of Innovation

Presentation: Prof Mario Scerri [IERI] (20 min)

  Inputs from countries (8 min each)

  V V Krishana – India
  Liu Xielin - China
  Tatiana Kuznetsova – Russia.
  Priscilla Koeller – Brazil
  Coordinator Summary

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