Measuring the Changing Nature of Science, Technology and Innovation: Rethinking Old Indicators and Developing New Ones

这次国际蓝天II会议将于2006年9月25日至27日在加拿大渥太华举行，其目的是审查科学、技术和创新（STI）指标的三个方面，对研究结果进行综合，并绘制未来十年STI指标开发和使用的路线图。需要审查的三个方面是：现有STI指标的新用途，现有经济和社会指标的新STI用途，以及全新STI指标的制定。强调科技创新活动国际化的测度和指标。会议将包括工业化国家和发展中国家及其国际组织。预期有四项产出。首先是演讲和讨论所带来的附加值的结合。第二是将知识立即传递给多达200名参与者。三是扩大科技创新指标的开发、使用和提供人员网络。第四是文集，其中大部分将来自会议，将在会议后六个月内编辑并提交给出版商，随后出版一本书。

The purpose of this international Blue Sky II conference, to be held in Ottawa, Canada, September 25-27, 2006, is to examine three aspects of science, technology and innovation (STI) indicators, to provide a synthesis of the findings, and to map a course of the next decade of STI indicator development and use. The three aspects to be examined are: new uses of existing STI indicators, new STI uses of existing economic and social indicators, and the development of completely new STI indicators.Measuring the internationalization of science, technology and innovation activities and indicators will be emphasized. The conference will include both industrialized and developing countries and their international organizations.Four outputs are anticipated. The first is the combination of the presentations and the value added by the discussions. The second is the immediate transfer of knowledge to as many as two hundred participants. The third is the expansion of the network of people involved in developing, using, and providing science, technology and innovation indicators. The fourth is the collection of papers, most of which will result from the conference, which will be edited and submitted to a publisher within six months of the conference, with a book to follow.