Morning Sessions : 10.00-13.00
Afternoon Sessions : 15.00-18.00
28 September morning Opening session: High-level panel with the participation of distinguished international business and political leaders
Session 1:
Addressing the challenges of the global crisis through innovation and knowledge-driven development
Session 2:
Financing innovation during a global financial crisis: challenges and opportunities for governments
and private investors
Session 3:
Joining forces in promoting innovative entrepreneurship. Collaborative networks and open innovation
SPEAKERS
Opening session: High-level panel
Moderator:
Charles Wessner, Director, Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, US National Academy of Sciences.Speakers include (in alphabetical order):
Frederik Paulsen, Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of Ferring Group.
Bakhyt Sultanov, Minister of Economy and Budget Planning of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Andrey Svinarenko, Deputy Director General, Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies.
Yevgeny Vorsin, Deputy Secretary-General of EurAsEC.
Salvatore Zecchini, Chairman, IPI - Institute for Industrial Promotion, Italy.
Session 1: Addressing the challenges of the global crisis through innovation and
knowledge-driven development
Moderator:
Krzysztof Gulda, Chairman of the UNECE Team of Specialists on Innovation and Competitiveness Policies;
Director of the Department for Strategy, Ministry for Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Poland.Speakers include (in alphabetical order):
Professor Thomas Andersson, President, Jönköping University, Sweden.
Anna Kaderabkova, Centre for Economic Studies, Prague, Czech Republic.
Göran Marklund, Vice-Chairman of the UNECE Team of Specialists on Innovation and Competitiveness Policies,
Head of Strategy Development, VINNOVA - Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems.
Dirk Pilat, Head, Structural Policy Division, Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry, OECD.
Liana Marina Ranga, Research Fellow, Stanford University, United States.
Suzanne Rosselet, Deputy Director, IMD World Competitiveness Center, Switzerland.
Professor Luc Soete, Director of UNU-MERIT, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
Session 2: Financing innovation during a global financial crisis:
challenges and opportunities for governments and private investors
Moderator:
Jean-Pierre Vuilleumier, Managing Director, CTI Invest, Switzerland.Speakers include (in alphabetical order):
Brigitte Baumann, President, European Business Angel Network (EBAN), Belgium.
Jean-Noël Durvy, Director for Innovation Policy, DG Enterprise & Industry, European Commission.
Konstantin Fokin, President Russian Tech Tour , Russian Federation.
Hugh Morgan-Williams, Chair, Entrepreneurship and SME Committee, BusinessEurope, United Kingdom.
Georges Noël, Director, Venture Capital Platform, European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association, Belgium.
Aneta Wilmańska, Deputy to the Chief Executive Officer, Polish Agency for Enterprise Development, Republic of Poland.
Session 3: Joining forces in promoting innovative entrepreneurship.
Collaborative networks and open innovationModerator:
Jean-Claude Badoux, Chairman of the UNECE Team of Specialists on Intellectual Property;
Vice President of the World Federation of Engineering Organizations.
Speakers include (in alphabetical order):
Jennifer Blanke, Head of Global Competitiveness Network, World Economic Forum, Switzerland.
Professor Dominique Foray, Chair in Economics and Management of Innovation,
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland.
Alexander Martinkevich, Deputy Director, High Technologies Park, Republic of Belarus.
Henric Rhedin, Division Manager, Chalmers Science Park, Sweden.
Marko Torkkeli, Director, International Society for Professional Innovation Management (ISPIM) and
Professor of Technology and Business Innovations, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland.
Jean-Luc Vincent, Founding President of the International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva, Switzerland.
Presentations and Papers | ENG | RUS |
|---|---|---|
Opening Session : High-level panel with the participation of distinguished | ||
Mr. Bakhyt Sultanov | ||
Mr. Frederik Paulsen | ||
Mr. Charles W. Wessner After the Global Downturn: Promoting Innovation-Based Entrepreneurial Opportunities | ||
Mr. Salvatore Zecchini Rescuing Innovation in a Deep Economic Recession | ||
Session 1 : Addressing the challenges of the global crisis through innovation | ||
Ms. Anna Kaderabkova | ||
Mr. Dirk Pilat | ||
Mr. Liana Marina Ranga | ||
Ms. Suzanne Rosselet | ||
Mr. Luc Soete | ||
Mr. Goran Marklund | ||
Session 2 : Financing innovation during a global financial crisis: challenges | ||
Ms. Brigitte Baumann Business Angels Investing during the Crisis | ||
Mr. Jean-Noel Durvy | ||
Mr. Hugh Morgan-Williams Public and Private Sector Solutions: A Way Forward for the Next Decade | ||
Mr. Jean-Pierre Vuilleumier | ||
Ms. Aneta Wilmanska | ||
Session 3 : Joining forces in promoting innovative entrepreneurship. Collaborative networks and open innovation | ||
Ms. Jennifer Blanke | ||
Mr. Dominique Foray | ||
Mr. Henric Rhedin | ||
Mr. Marko Torkkeli | ||
