Autor: Klaus Gretschmann

Klaus Gretschmann is Chairman of the High Level Group on Innovation Policy Management and the President of CATE (Competence and Advisory Team Europe). Formerly the Director-General of the Council of the European Union responsible for competitiveness, research, innovation, the single market and industrial policy, Klaus has also been the personal representative of Germany’s Chancellor for G8 summit preparation. A member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, he is the author of numerous publications. Stefan Schepers is Secretary General of the High Level Group on Innovation Policy Management and Visiting Professor at Henley Business School, University of Reading, UK. Stefan is also the First Director General of the European Institute of Public Administration in Maastricht, The Netherlands and a Partner in EPPA, a Belgian management consultancy specialising in business-government-society interaction. A Member of the Senate of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts and Director of the Academy of Business in Society, he has published on management and EU affairs and recently co-edited Rethinking the future of Europe (2014).