Two new appointments and one reappointment to the EFI
EFI is organising the conference with its own panel
OECD Blue Sky Conference in Paris on 16 September 2026
Under the title ‘Tracing knowledge flows and innovation dynamics’, participants will discuss new approaches to making knowledge flows between science and innovation visible, analysing innovation dynamics across technological fields, and gaining a better understanding of the role of geographical factors in innovation ecosystems.
Speakers include:
Antoine Dechezleprêtre (OECD)
Carolin Haeussler (EFI/University of Passau)
Sam Arts (KU Leuven)
Michael Rose (Max Planck Institute)
Jan Kinne (ISTARI AI)
Jorge Velez (National Centre for Universities and Business)
Irene Bertschek (EFI/ZEW)
Commission of Experts
The Commission of Experts for Research and Innovation (Expertenkommission Forschung und Innovation - EFI) provides scientific policy advice to the Federal Government and regularly submits reports to it on research, innovation and Germany’s technological performance. The EFI’s core task is to analyse the strengths and weaknesses of the German innovation system in an international comparison and to assess the prospects for Germany as a centre of research and innovation. On this basis, the EFI develops recommendations for national research and innovation policy. The EFI was established in 2011 by a decision of the Federal Government to carry out its advisory mandate independently.
EFI's R&I Dashboard
The R&I Dashboard provides access to the core indicators updated for the 2026 reporting year and the R&I monitoring of Germany's competitive position in selected technology areas such as artificial intelligence, microelectronics and biotechnology. It also contains indicators on Germany's technological performance.
In this year’s report, the commission of experts examines the following topics:
- Implementation of the High-Tech Agenda Germany
- security-related Research and Innovation
- European R&I-Policy
- A 28th Regime for the European single market
- Innovation in German Mittelstand
- Competition and Innovation in the German Higher Education System
- Development and application of artificial intelligence in Germany and Europe
