Washington Events 2002-2003:

17 December 2003
OECD BREAKFAST SERIES: Highlights from the OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard 2003 - Videoconference
Andrew Wyckoff and Dirk Pilat, Senior Economist at the OECD Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry presented highlights from the newest edition of the Scoreboard to a Washington audience. View the presentation (PDF 411kb).

02 December 2003
OECD BREAKFAST SERIES: International Direct Investment in China - Update
Ken Davies, Senior Economist at the OECD Directorate for Financial, Fiscal and Enterprise Affairs presented an update of findings and recommendations to a Washington audience. View the presentation (PDF 1.8MB).

23 October 2003
OECD BREAKFAST SERIES: Comparing Labor Productivity Growth in OECD Countries
OECD Chief Statistician Mr. Enrico Giovannini presented new findings and understandings on measurements of labour productivity to a Washington audience. View the presentation (PDF 128kb).

21 October 2003
OECD BREAKFAST SERIES: Update on the OECD Steel Initiative
OECD Deputy Secretary Herwig Schlögl outlined progress made to date in the Steel negotiations and discussed future steps to be taken to a Washington audience.
View his statement (PDF 84kb) and visit the web site for further information.

08 October 2003
OECD BREAKFAST SERIES: More and Better Jobs - Findings from the 2003 OECD Employment Outlook (Videoconference)
David Grubb and Paul Swaim, Senior Economicsts at the OECD Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs presented key findings from the latest edition of the OECD Employment Outlook.
View the presentation (PDF 264kb) and the web site on the publication.

29-30 September 2003
International Conference on Innovation in Energy Technology, Washington DC, 29-30 September 2003
An integral part of the TIP/IEA case study on innovation in energy technology, this conference will examine and compare energy innovation systems in several OECD countries, with particular emphasis on fuel cell technology. More...

25 September 2003
OECD Breakfast Series: Recent Developments and Key Economic Challenges in Canada (Videoconference)
David Rae of the OECD Economics Department and Elizabeth Docteur of the OECD Directorate for Employment, Labour, and Social Affairs presented findings from the recent OECD Economic Survey on Canada to a Washington and Mexio City audience.
View the presentation (PDF 128kb) and the Policy Brief (PDF 122kb).

16 September 2003
OECD Breakfast Series: OECD's Latest Findings on the Education Systems of its Member Countries
Barry McGaw, Director of the OECD Education Directorate presented findings from the 2003 edition of Education at a Glance - OECD Indicators that are particularly relevant for the United States to a Washington audience.
View the presentation (PDF 256kb) and the US briefing notes (PDF 205kb). See the web site for more information.

08 August 2003
OECD BREAKFAST SERIES: The Commercialization of Space and the Development of Space Infrastructure: Investigating the Role of Public and Private Actors
Pierre-Allain Schieb of the OECD Futures program presented a new project on taking stock of the opportunities and challenges facing the space sector to an Washington audience.
View the presentation (PDF 140kb). See the web site for more information on Futures Projects.

26 June 2003
OECD BREAKFAST SERIES: Reforming Health Systems in OECD Countries
Elizabeth Docteur of the Employment, Labour and Social Affairs Directorate, OECD presented the highlights of a comparative study of the health system reform experience across OECD countries to a Washington audience on June 26, 2003. View the presentation (PDF 85kb) and the US paper (PDF 339kb). For more information visit the web site.

19 June 2003
OECD BREAKFAST SERIES: OECD looks at China's evolving Foreign Direct Investment
Ken Davies of the Directorate of Financial, Fiscal and Enterprise Affairs, OECD presented the highlights of the forthcoming: OECD Investment Policy Reviews China: Progress and Reform Challenges -- to be released 07/09/2003-- to a Washington audience (view the key points - pdf 24 kb).

05 June 2003
OECD BREAKFAST SERIES: Reforming Agricultural Policies in OECD Countries
Stefan Tangermann, Director, and Ken Ash, Deputy Director, of the Food, Agriculture and Fisheries at the OECD presented salient results of the 2003 Agricultural Policies in OECD Countries: Monitoring and Evaluation (view the highlights -pdf 273kb) report as well as the OECD Agricultural Outlook 2003-2008 (view the highlights - pdf 184 kb) publication to a Washington audience. View the presentation (PDF 1.5Mb). For more information visit the web site on Food, Agriculture and Fisheries activities.

28 May 2003
OECD BREAKFAST SERIES: How to Turn Science into Business: Patenting and Licensing at Public Research Organizations
Bénédicte Callan and Mario Cervantes of the Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry at the OECD presented salient results of the Turning Science into Business publication to a Washington audience on 28 May 2003. View the presentation (PDF - 223kb).

16 May 2003
OECD BREAKFAST SERIES: The OECD High-Level Steel Initiative
Paul Atkinson, Deputy Director of the Directorate for Science, Technology, and Industry at the OECD presented information on the OECD Steel Committee activities.
View the presentation (PDF - 152kb). For more information visit the web site on Steel activities.

30 April 2003
OECD Breakfast Series: OECD’s Society at a Glance
Mark Pearson of the OECD Employment, Labour and Social Affairs Directorate presented the latest Society at a Glance: OECD Social Indicators publication to a Washington audience.
View the presentation (PDF - 383kb). For more information visit the web site on the OECD's Social indicators work.

15 April 2003
OECD Breakfast Series on the OECD Economic Survey Germany
Eckhard Wurzel of the OECD Economics Department presented the latest OECD Economic Survey of Germany to a Washington audience on April 15.
View the presentation (PDF - 210kb). For more information download the Policy Brief (PDF - 154kb). Summary now available online.

10 April 2003
John Martin, Director for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs at the OECD testified before the Joint Economic Committee on The Experience of OECD Countries in Coping with Rising Health Costs. Read the statement (PDF 182kb).

08 April 2003
OECD Breakfast Series on: From Patent Indicators to Patent Policy in OECD Countries
Dominique Guellec of the OECD Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry presented OECD work on Intellectual Property Rights, Innovation and Economic Performance to a Washington audience on April 8.
View the presentation (PDF - 205kb). More information on the OECD work on Intellectual Property Rights (PDF - 50kb).

21 March 2003
OECD Breakfast Series on Reading for Change: Performance and Engagement across OECD Countries
Irwin Kirsch, ETS and lead author and Andreas Schleicher of the OECD Education Directorate presented the recently released Reading for Change: Performance and Engagement across OECD Countries to a Washington audience on March 21. View the presentation (PDF - 552kb).
More information on the Programme for International Student Assessment PISA
Download Reading for Change - Performance and Engagement Across Countries
Access the PISA 2000 database, which provides access to a range of data tables with summary results as well as the full micro-level database.

11 March 2003
OECD Breakfast Series on the Bioeconomy
Michael Oborne, Director of Multi-Disciplinary Issues and Iain Gillespie, Head of Biotechnology in the OECD Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry presented the work on the Bioeconomy to a Washington audience. View the presentation (PDF - 428kb). For more information on industrial sustainability download the The Application of Biotechnology to Industrial Sustainability - A Primer (PDF - 599kb).

27 February 2003
OECD Breakfast Series on Measuring the Non-Observed Economy in OECD Countries
Enrico Giovannini, Chief Statistician of the OECD presented the OECD progress on how to measure the non-observed economy to a Washington audience. View the presentation (PDF - 188kb). For more information download the Statistics Brief on this issue (PDF - 238kb).

20 February 2003
OECD Breakfast Series on The OECD Economic Outlook: a hesitant Recovery
Robert Price of the Economics Directorate, OECD presented the current issue of the OECD Economic Outlook #72 to a Washington audience. View the presentation (PDF - 216kb).

06 February 2003
OECD Breakfast Series on Agricultural Support and its Inefficiency
Carmel Cahill and Catherine Moreddu of the OECD Directorate for Food Agriculture and Fisheries presented Farm Household Incomes in OECD Countries, a new OECD Study, which shows that most agricultural support fails to target farmers most in need - to Washington audience. View the presentation (PDF - 690kb).

22 January 2003
OECD Breakfast Series on Knowledge-driven Growth
Mr. Takayuki Matsuo, OECD Director for Science, Technology and Industry (DSTI) presented findings on Knowledge/innovation-driven Growth: The OECD Approach to Washington audience. View the presentation (PDF - 595kb).

18 December 2002
OECD Breakfast Series on new data on Information and Communication Technologies and Multinational Enterprises
Paul Atkinson of the OECD presented new findings on ICT and a new database on Measuring Globalisation in Washington. View the presentation (PDF - 160kb) on Globalisation.

03 December 2002
OECD Breakfast Series on new study on Measuring the Information Economy
Andrew Wyckoff of the OECD during a videoconference at the OECD Washington Center presented findings from the new study on Measuring the Information Economy to a local audience. View the presentation (PDF - 180kb).

20 November 2002
OECD Breakfast Series on OECD Science, Technology and Industry Outlook 2002
Jerry Sheehan of the OECD presented findings from the 2002 edition of the STI Outlook to a Washington audience. View the presentation (PDF - 288kb).

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