SciREX Special Seminar

Innovation System and Global Value Chain:
Perspectives from Mining sector and beyond Time & Date: 15：00-17：00, January 22nd 2020 (14:40 door open) Venue: Conference Room 1AB, GRIPS
7-22-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo （http://www.grips.ac.jp/en/about/access/） Language: English / Japanese (Simultaneous interpretation will be provided)
 Registration: Please register at the following registration form
(https://krs.bz/scirex/m?f=280) by noon on January 21st.
If you cannot open the form, please send email to GIST Secretariat, gistml@grips.ac.jp Registration email must include: 1) your name, 2) institution,3) position, and 4) e-mail address.
SUMMARY
Previous studies have revealed that it is important for the global value chain to work well withthe country's innovation system in order to utilize the benefits of globalization in its own
economic activities and enhance industrial competitiveness. The purpose of this seminar isto show this by applying to the Latin American Mining sector.
In the first part, the mechanism of innovation in the mining sector will be explained. Mining
sector has been considered as the “curse” that hampers industrial development. Recent
researches from academia, WIPO and OECD portrays different picture with deeper insights
on knowledge creation process in this sector.
The second part is the presentation by Prof. Carlo Pietrobelli, Head of Economic Department,
University of Rome Tre and the former lead economist at the Inter-American Development
Bank. He has been studying about the linkage between the global value chain and theinnovation system for many years. He will discuss how innovation systems and global valuechains can contribute to deeper understanding on sectoral issues as well as utilized for policy
formulation with specific examples from the mining sectors and beyond. In particular, he will
present some findings from “Industrial Value Chain and Competitiveness Project (cases ofPeru, Argentina and Brazil” of Inter-American Development Bank where he acts as project
leader.

TIME TABLE
15：00－15：05

Opening Remarks

15：05－15：30

Presentation I by Dr. Michiko Iizuka, professor of GRIPS

15：30－16：15

Presentation II by Prof. Dr. Carlo Pietrobelli, Professional Fellow,
UNU-MERIT

16：15－17：00

Discussion

Q&A

ABOUT SPEAKERS
Prof. Dr. Carlo Pietrobelli
Head of Department of Economics, University of Roma Tre, Italy
Professorial Fellow, The United Nations University –Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on
Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT)
He is a Professor of Economics at University Roma Tre, Italy,
Professorial Fellow at UNU-MERIT, Maastricht, and Adjunct
Professor at Georgetown University, Washington D.C.. During
2009-2016 was a Lead Economist at the Inter-American
Development Bank, where he led the preparation ofdevelopment loans in Latin America and the Caribbean on
innovation and industrial policies, and on cluster and value
chains programs, small and medium-sized enterprises andlocal economic development.
His research interests range from development economics toinnovation, trade, industry and global value chains indeveloping countries. He has published widely in international
journals and his last books were published by Harvard
University Press, Edward Elgar, Palgrave and Routledge.
https://www.merit.unu.edu/aboutus/profile/?staff_id=1560Dr. Michiko Iizuka, Professor of GRIPS
MichikoIizuka

specializesin

thepolicy

studiesondevelopment, innovation in the area of sustainability, natural
resources and agriculture in developing and emerging
countries.
Prior to joining GRIPS, she was a research fellow at United
Nations University Maastricht Economic and social Researchand training center for Innovation and Technology (UNUMERIT: 2008-2018), as an environmental officer at United
Nations Economic Commission for Latin America andCaribbean (UNECLAC: 1997-2000) and a researcher at theInternational Development Center of Japan (IDCJ: 19931996, 2000-2002).

Some reference publications related to the subject：
Pietrobelli, Carlo, Marin Anabel and Olivari, Jocelyn, 2018, Innovation in mining value
chains: New evidence from Latin America, Resources Policy, Volume 58, October
2018, Pages 1-10 (Special Issue on Innovation in mining value chains)Iizuka, Michiko, Carlo Pietrobelli & Fernando Vargas, 2019, The Potential for
innovation in mining value chains. Evidence from Latin America, UNU-MERIT WorkingPaper 2019-033

Forthcoming in Daly A., Humphreys D., Raffo J and Valacchi G. (Eds.), 2020,
Innovation and Mining, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press for WIPO.