Macro-Regional Innovation Week
26-30 September 2016
Macro-Regional Innovation Week:
At the crossroads of three European Macro-Regions Danube, Adriatic-Ionian and Alpine Regions
27 September 2016
SMART SPECIALISATION, UNLOCKING THE POTENTIAL OF REGIONAL INNOVATION
28 September 2016
SCIENCE PARKS AND AREAS OF INNOVATION
29 September 2016
FROM TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TO OPEN INNOVATION SYSTEMS
30 September 2016
SMART SPECIALIZATION STRATEGIES SUPPORT TO RURAL DEVELOPMENT:
INTRODUCING INNOVATION IN RURAL ECONOMY
AGENDA E PRESENTATIONS
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Macro-Regional Innovation Week speakers
EU and the regions of innovation
Best practices and achievements in regional innovation management, interregional cooperation, regional innovation strategies and instruments
- Patrizio Bianchi, Regional Minister for Coordination of European Policies for Growth, Education, Vocational training, University, Research and Employment, Emilia-Romagna Region, Italy
Research innovation regions, the adriatic-ionian macroregion - Vanja Ivošević, Regional Cooperation Council (RCC)
SEE 2020 Implementation: R&D and Innovation dimension
Macro-regional strategies contribution to innovation
EU macro-regional strategies as an instrument supporting innovation, heterogeneities, synergies, opportunities and challenges
- Roko Andričević, Professor, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Geodesy, University of Split, Croatia
Macro-regional strategies contribution to innovation - Anna Giorgi, Lombardy – AG1 Leader”
Driving innovation growth (Pillar 1), EU Strategy for the Alpine Region (EUSALP)
Cooperation programmes and macro-regional integration
Regional, interregional and trans-regional cooperation programmes. Opportunities, challenges and best practices
- Andrea Mairate, Head of Unit, Competence Centre Macro-regions and European Territorial Cooperation, Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy (DG REGIO)
EU Macro regions and macro regional strategies: from concept to policy action - Christina Bauer, Head of the Managing Authority of the Alpine Space Cooperation Programme
The EU strategy for the Alpine Region from the perspective of a transnational cooperation programme - Lodovico Gherardi, The Managing Authority Core Team, Adriatic Ionian Programme 2014-2020, Emilia-Romagna Region
ADRION Program and Adriatic Ionian macro-region: state of cooperation Program and first considerations - Valentina Pinna, Vanguard Initiative and Regional S3, Lombardy Region, Italy
Cooperation Programmes and Macro-Regional Integration
Smart Specialisation Strategies (S3) for Innovation and Growth
S3 definition, the role of policy makers, governance and policy tools for S3
- Anwar Aridi, Innovation Specialist, World Bank
Smart Specialization: How can RIS3 realize its potential? - Roko Andričević, Professor, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Geodesy, University of Split, Croatia
WISE and S3 in Croatia - Désirée Pecarz, Danube INCO.NET, ZSI
The ways forward to Support the Danube wide innovation activities
Smart Stories: S3 from Design to Implementation
Smart specialisation in the current socio-economic context
- Aleš Gnamuš, Territorial Development, Growth and Innovation, JRC
Smart Stories – S3 from Design to Implementation - Armin Mahr, Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economics, Austria
Smart Specialisation and Austria’s Lead Institutions Initiative at public universities - Ketty Segatti, Deputy Director, Education, Right to Study, High Learning and Research Department, Friuli Venezia Giulia Region, Italy
From the entrepreneurial discovery process to S3 implementation in Friuli Venezia Giulia region - Tomislav Radoš, Managing Director, Croatian Center for Industrial Development CIRAZ )
Key factor in Smart Specialization – Strategy implementation - Marija Vujaković, Director, BSC Centar, Serbia
S3 Smart Specialization – Experiences from Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Serbia
S3 and Value Chains
Thematic S3 Platforms vs. Strategic Cluster Partnerships for Smart Specialisation Investments
- Jan Larosse, Competence Centre Smart and Sustainable Growth, DG REGIO
Operationalisation of value chains approach through interregional cooperation in thematic smart specialisation platforms - Valentina Pinna, Vanguard Initiative and Regional S3, Lombardy Region, Italy
Building EU Value Chains through S3 - Leda Bologni, Industrial research unit and S3 technical assistance manager, ASTER, Italy
Value Chains in thematic platforms: S3 implementation and evolution in Emilia-Romagna region - Lydia Alessio-Vernì, Deputy Director, Industry, Tourism and Cooperation Department, Friuli Venezia Giulia Region, Italy
New clusters connected to FVG specialisation areas - Aleš Hančič, S3 for Industrial Modernisation – Smart mechatronic tools and dies, TECOS, Slovenia
IND4.0 – Expectations and opportunities of the manufacturing industry
Towards macro-regional S3
- Viktor Nedović, PA7 Coordinator “Knowledge Society”, EU Strategy for the Danube Region (EUSDR)
The experience of the Danube Region - Martina Hartl, Austria, BMWFW, Department International Research co-operation
Smart specialisation – Alpine Region specifics and macro-regional similarities - Mathilde Konstantopoulou, EUSAIR co-coordinator Pillar “Blue Growth”
Interactions of the EUSAIR macro-regional strategy with the Smart Specialization Strategies: Opportunities for integration
Enabling technologies shaping the future of innovation
- Pier Luigi Dal Pino, Director of Institutional and Industrial relations, Microsoft Italy and Austria
Pier Luigi Dal Pino, Direttore Centrale relazioni istituzionali ed industriali Italia ed Austria
Science and Technology Parks – Open Innovation Strategies in the 21st century
- Luis Sanz, Director General, International Association of Science Parks and Areas of Innovation (IASP)
Role and importance of science parks - Paris Kokorotsikos, CEO Euroconsultants Group, BOD member Thessaloniki STP and i4G Incubator, Adj. Prof. Innovation Entrepreneurship at International Hellenic University
The contribution of STPs and the evolving innovation zones model to open innovation at regional level
Campus – the importance of proximity in a Science and Technology Park
- David Pitschmann, Lakeside Science & Technology Park GmbH, Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, Austria
One and One is Eleven. – Importance of proximity in STPs - Gordana Danilović Grković, Science and technology Park Belgrade, Serbia
Science technology park Belgrade - Iztok Lesjak, General Manager, Technology Park Ljubljana
Campus – the importance of proximity in a Science and Technology Park
Business Creation – incubation and acceleration
- Theologos Prokopiou, Managing Director, business incubator i4G S.A.
Perspectives of an Incubator in SEE - Juan Antonio Bertolin, Innovation and Projects Director, Science, Technology and Business Park of the Universitat Jaume I of Castellón (ESPAITEC)
Science and Technology Parks as Open, Cross and Co-Innovation Ecosystems - Josep Miquel Piqué, Executive President, La Salle Technova Barcelona and Vice President, IASP
Open innovation & industrial challenges
The path to grow - Tim Hart, Managing Consultant, Isis Enterprise, Oxford University Innovation Ltd.
Business creation – incubation & acceleration
Collaborating with industry: implications for public research organisations and SMEs
- Maurizio Fermeglia, Rector, University of Trieste
Collaborating with industry: implications for public research organization and SMEs - Elena Andonova, Joint Research Centre (JRC), European Commission
Common grounds for academia-industry relations - Anwar Aridi, Innovation Specialist, World Bank
Tech Transfer: Ecosystem Approach - Mauro Lattuada, Technology transfer Manager, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland
Collaborating with industry: Technology Transfer at EPFL - Michel Morant, General Manager, Interface Enterprises, University of Liege, Belgium and Vice President, ASTP-Proton
How to involve SME’s and academic labs together in the innovation process ? - Alberto di Minin, Associate Professor of Management, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy
Appropriation Advantage: the relevance of IP for Open Innovation Strategies - Koen Jonkers, Joint Research Centre (JRC), European Commission
Geographic distribution of excellence science and its impact on innovation - Petra Püchner, Executive Manager, Steinbeis Foundation
Steinbeis – a professional and effective transfer – Network and company - Cristina Marullo, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy
Opportunities and barriers to open Innovation in European SMEs. The role of ecosystems - Aamir Butt, Chief Executive Officer at Tumour Trace Ltd
Innovation Clusters in Europe: A statistical analysis and overview of current policy support
Opening research infrastructures to industry
- Alessandro Marcello, Group Leader, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB)
International centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology - Aden Hodžić, Central European Research Infrastructure Consortium (CERIC-ERIC)
Scientific Applications and Technology Transfer - Bernard Denis, European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)
From open science to open innovation - Giancarlo Panaccione, National Research Council, Institute for Materials Manufacturing (CNR-IOM)
Integrating Nanoscience laboratories and Analytical Research Infrastructures for future industrial challenges - Alberto Morgante, Director General, CNR – IOM
Open infrastructures and Open Lab models - Marco Peloi, Head of Industrial Liaison Office, Elettra Sincrotrone
Opening research infrastructures to industry - Maria Cristina Pedicchio, President, National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics
At the crossroads of the three European Macro-Regions: Danube, Adriatic-Ionian and Alpine Regions - Ennio Capria, Deputy Head of Business Development, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), Grenoble, France
Opening Research infrastructure to industry: Highway to innovation
Intellectual property rights
- Frédéric Caillaud, Scientific Director, National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI), Courbevoie, France
IP Marketing - Ulf Petrusson, Director, Center for Intellectual Property, Chalmers University of Technology, University of Gothenburg
Models for Knowledge Transfer – an Intellectual Property approach - Olga Spasić, Counsellor, Technology Transfer and IP Commercialization, SMEs and Entrepreneurship Support Division, Department for Developed and Transition Countries (TDC), World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Geneva
IP Commercialization Trends – Income or Impact
Constructing the “Price” of the Technology in IP Licensing Negotiations
Smart spacialisation strategy support to rural development: introducing innovation in rural economy
- Pavel Milenov, Scientific Officer, Joint Research Centre (JRC), European Commission
Rural development programmes and related research within JRC - Ivana Stefanović Ristin, Coordinator, National Rural Development Network, Serbia
National LEADER Network Serbia - Marina Koprivnjak, Coordinator, Rural Development Network, Croatia
Rural development in Croatia - Wendy Craig, Group Leader, Biosafety Group, International Centre of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnologies (ICGEB)
Role of biotechnology in agriculture and rural development - Pierpaolo Penco, Professor, MIB School of Management
Sustainability, environment, innovation and marketing: the wine industry challenge - Introducing innovation in rural economy, case studies
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