IEA Experts Group on R&D Priority-setting and Evaluation Workshop

The workshop is organized by the IEA Experts Group on R&D Priority Setting and Evaluation (EGRD) and it is hosted by The Technical University of Denmark. EGRD is an informal advisory group under the IEA Committee on Research and Technology (CERT) with the role of supporting CERT delegates with advice on R&D priority-setting and the linkage to governmental policy objectives, methods and approaches for evaluation of R&D activities, and understanding of emerging and systematic R&D topics. Recent topics include: Improving the Resilience of the Complete Clean Energy Supply Chain (2023), Social Impacts of Clean energy Policies (2023) and Climate Neutral Heating and Cooling: RD&D Needs and Perspectives for International Cooperation (2023).

Workshop summaries are available here.

Key questions to be addressed are:

1. How can standards support and accelerate the technology development and vice versa, in particular in the demonstration and deployment stages? Can better feedback loops between R&D and standardisation activities be accelerated? Are there any issues related to intellectual property or research results valorisation? What are the recent developments in tests – the role of AI, machine learning, digital twins etc. – and challenges when converting results and protocols into standards?
2. What are the lessons learned in different technology cases and can such lessons be transferred to other technology areas?
3. What can the IEA Technology cooperation Programmes do to strengthen the necessary knowledge creation from reference cases / recommended practices to the international standardization committees and vice versa?

For more information, please contact Birte Holst Joergensen: bhjq@dtu.dk