Open Evaluation 2016, the largest conference in Europe dedicated to the evaluation of policies in the field of research, technology and innovation policy (RTI) will gather academics, evaluators, research managers, authorities and RTI policy makers to debate challenging developments in RTI policy and their effects on evaluation theory and practice.

The conference takes place in Vienna on 24th to 25 th November 2016. The main conference organisers are the Austrian Platform for Research and Technology Policy Evaluation, the Manchester Institute of Innovation Research and IFRIS – Institut Francilien Recherche Innovation Société, Paris.

The deadline for the call for extended abstracts is 15th April 2016. For further information please visit the conference homepage!

The conference addresses new actor settings, approaches and themes in RTI policy evaluation. Thus, the term OPEN EVALUATION signals openness towards new values, new stakeholders and beneficiaries as well as new approaches and themes in RTI policies and RTI evaluations.

Amongst others the conference focuses on one of SI-DRIVE’s core topic: Social innovation, societal impact, societal challenges