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Programme
Discussions will be chaired by Tim King, editor, European Voice
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
9.25 - 10.30		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
10.30 - 11.00		Networking coffee-break in exhibition area
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
12.30 - 14.00		Networking lunch in exhibition area
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
15.00 - 15.30		Audience debate How do the lessons from industry connect with the agenda for change?
15.30 - 16.00		Networking coffee-break in the exhibition area
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
17.45		Close of conference
Please note that we are in the process of obtaining final confirmation from some of the speakers