DIW Berlin and the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies (AICGS) at Johns Hopkins University are pleased to announce the conference "Innovation and Science & Technology Policies in a Post-Crisis World - A Transatlantic Perspective " on November 12 in Washington, D.C. This conference addresses short- and medium-term innovation policy issues from an applied and an academic perspective. It will bring together stakeholders, policymakers and academics from the U.S. and Germany and the EU who from the fields of innovation and science & technology policy. One highlight of the event will be the presentation of the recent edition of the innovation indicator by DIW Berlin.