Input paper based on outcomes of the EU-U.S.

The EU-U.S. Innovation Conference on ´How to integrate the innovation dimension in the EU-U.S. S&T Agreement´ was organised by the EU funded BILAT USA 2.0 (FP7) project on January 14-15, 2015 in Brussels. It gathered about 30 experts and 120 policymakers and stakeholders from the U.S. and from Europe. In six panels and roundtables participants discussed the upcoming challenges and opportunities in innovation partnerships under the EU-U.S. Science and Technology Agreement (STA) considering the lessons learned from best practice examples on academia-academia and academia-industry cooperation.