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174 MEETING GLOBAL CHALLENGES
Closing Remarks
Alan Wm. Wolff
Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP
and
Chair, U.S. National Academies Committee
on Comparative National Innovation Policies
Mr. Wolff commented that the spirited exchanges of the roundtable
signified both the uncertainties and the urgency of innovation policy, especially
in regard to energy issues. He returned to a primary theme of the workshop,
cooperation and competition between the two countries, and underlined the need
for both if the technological and policy challenges are to be clarified and
addressed. “I think today that Germany and the United States demonstrated how
much we have to offer each other.” He closed by thanking his hosts in Berlin,
and urging that the dialogue continue to support what turned out to be a “major
undertaking.”
Klaus F. Zimmermann
Director, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
and
German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin)
Dr. Zimmerman closed the symposium with words of thanks and
gratitude for the participants and organizers, and for the many informative talks
packed into two days.
Looking beyond the symposium, he urged his colleagues not only to
continue monitoring the issues raised during discussions, but also to give great
attention to issues not much discussed, especially that of security, and how best
to deal with catastrophes. He also emphasized importance of the service sector,
on which much employment depends, and the employment consequences of
innovation.
He concluded by urging both partner countries to maintain the
“freshness of debate between and with the policy makers directly,” and to share
and shape transatlantic responses to policy challenges. “What can the United
States and Germany do together,” he asked, “to make the best contribution?”
