 CONFERENCE ”UNIVERSITIES – A VEHICLE FOR INNOVATION IN THE BALTIC SEA REGION”
Tentative program BALTECH 2009 fall conference, December 1 -2, 2009.
Tuesday December 1, 2009
17.30 Reception at the Estonian Embassy
19.00 Joint dinner, Restaurant Claes på Hörnet.
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
08.30 Registration and coffee
09.00 Welcome and introduction,
Eric Giertz, KTH Business Liaison
Session 1: The role of universities in innovations
09.10 The of R&D and innovation in the EU Baltic Sea Strategy, Sven-Gunnar Edlund,
Vinnova (The Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems)
09.40 The hunt for a new Google – the possibilities and limitations of technical universities
Enrico Deiaco, KTH Business Liaison
10.10 Commercialization in Life Science –Atlas Antibodies at KTH
Marianne Hansson, KTH Atlas Antibodies
10.40 Coffee
Session 2: Stimulating innovation through research around Baltic universities
11.00 How to combine scientific quality and high societal impact - experience from university-industry collaboration in Finland
Dr. Marja Toivonen, Director, Adjunct Professor, BIT (Business, Innovation and Technology) Research Centre
11.30 Cooperation with Industry: Experience of Riga Technical University”.
Prof Leonids Ribickis, Vice-rector for Science and Research RTU.
12.00 Lund University innovation systems, Mats Lindoff, Innovation Director
12.30 – 13.30 Lunch at Restaurant SysteroBror
13.30 KTU as a leading provider of R&D services for bussiness in Lithuania, innovation, policies, results.
Prof Violeta Kauneliene, KTU.
Session 3: The role of education and students in innovation
14.00 Integrating design and engineering education in cooperation with industry.
Prof Martin Pärn, Estonian Academy of Arts/Tallinn University of Technology
14.50 CDIO
15.10 Coffee
15.30 The student perspective BALTECH Student Union representative
15.50 Discussion/Conclusion/Next Steps
16.20 End of workshop Conference website and registration Further information can be asked from toomas.kabin@ttu.ee.
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