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Discussions will be chaired by Tim King, editor, European Voice
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| 9.00 - 9.25 |
Opening address: Marion Dewar, member of cabinet in charge of innovation policy, on behalf of Maíre Geoghegan-Quinn, European Commissioner for research and innovation, on the economic potential of Europe's innovation
followed by questions and answers
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9.25 - 10.30
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The agenda for change
What needs doing in:
• education and employment: Jacques van den Broek, member of the executive board, Randstad - download presentation (pdf)
• IT Skills: Jelena Godjevac, CEO, Micro-enterprise acceleration institute - download presentation (pdf)
• venture capital and investment funding: Thomas Meyer, director, European Venture Capital Association - download presentation (pdf)
• intellectual property protection: Jean-Luc Gal, head of the Brussels bureau, European Patent Office download presentation (pdf)
• questions of scale (clusters, critical mass, etc.): Stephan Verin, deputy CEO, UP-tex - download presentation (pdf)
followed by questions and answers
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| 10.30 - 11.00 |
Networking coffee-break in exhibition area
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| 11.00 - 12.30 |
Lessons from Industry
Examples of how innovation is changing industry and of how industry is changing its approach to innovation
• ICT: Professor Martin Curley, director, Intel Labs Europe - download presentation (pdf)
• nanotechnology: Lode Lauwers, director, strategic programme partnerships for silicon process and device technology, IMEC - download presentation (pdf)
followed by questions and answers
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| 12.30 - 14.00 |
Networking lunch in exhibition area
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| 14.00 - 15.00 |
Changing business habits
• Advanced materials: Jan Vliegen, senior vice-president, Umicore - download presentation (pdf)
• Making research entrepreneurial: Bruno Lanvin, executive director of INSEAD eLab - download presentation (pdf)
• The social dimension of innovation: Walter de Brouwer, CEO Europe, OLPC Foundation - download presentation (pdf)
followed by questions and answers
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| 15.00 - 15.30 |
Audience debate
How do the lessons from industry connect with the agenda for change?
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| 15.30 - 16.00 |
Networking coffee-break in the exhibition area
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| 16.00 - 17.45 |
Lessons from the Spring European Council
• Michel Praet, member of cabinet, on behalf of Herman Van Rompuy, president of the European Council
• Rudolf Strohmeier, deputy director-general for scientific advances, DG Research, European Commission
• Philippe Vanrie, CEO, European BIC Network
• Diogo Vasconcelos, senior director and distinguished fellow, Cisco International
• Fernando Guerrero, CEO and co-founder of Solid Quality Mentors
• Maria João Rodrigues, special adviser to the European institutions, professor of European economic policies, Institut d'Etudes Européennes, Université Libre de Bruxelles
followed by questions and answers
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| 17.45 |
Close of conference |
Please note that we are in the process of obtaining final confirmation from some of the speakers |
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