| 09:30 |
Plenary Session
Location: Palace of Culture – Henri Coanda Hall, Iasi
Welcome by Jennifer Baker, Master of Ceremony
Welcome by RO officials
– Nicolae Hurduc, Minister for Research and Innovation, Romania
Welcome by European Commission official
– Signe Ratso, Deputy Director general, European Commission, Directorate
General for Research, Technology and Innovation
Keynote speech
– Kevin Morgan, Professor, School of Geography and Planning, Cardiff University, UK [download presentation]
– Tal Catran, Founder TC Holdings, Israel
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| 11:00 |
Speakers roundtable
Location: Palace of Culture – Henri Coanda Hall, Iasi
Panellists:
– Vasile Asandei, Director General of North-East Regional Development
Agency
– Signe Ratso, Deputy Director general, European Commission, Directorate General Research, Technology and Innovation
– Kieran MCCARTHY, Member of the European Committee of the Regions, Member of SEDEC and COTER Commissions
– Kevin Morgan, Professor, School of Geography and Planning, Cardiff University, UK
– Adrian Solomon, Project Manager Environmental, Sustainability and Digital Projects for Industry, Research Excellence Centre for South-East Europe, Unit Leader Sheffield University, International Faculty, CITY College, Greece [download presentation]
Moderator: Jennifer Baker, Master of Ceremony
Rapporteur: Alin Andries, Prof. univ. dr. Faculty of Economy and Business Administration, “Al.I. Cuza” University of Iasi
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| 14:00 |
PARALLEL SESSIONS
> PARALLEL SESSION 1: From regional excellence to European and global value chains
Location: Palace of Culture – Henri Coanda Hall, Iasi
Speakers:
– Zoya Damianova, Programme Director of the Applied Research and Communications Fund, Bulgaria [download presentation]
– Angel Prieto, Director, Business Innovation Centre of Albacette, Spain [download presentation]
– Joao Albuquerque Silva, Policy Officer, Directorate General Research, Technology and Innovation, European Commission [download presentation]
– Marcela Mihai – Scientific Secretary, “Petru Poni” Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry of Romanian Academy, Iasi, Romania [download presentation]
– Biba Visnjicki, Fraunhofer Project Centre, University of Twente, Netherlands [download presentation]
Moderator: Wolfgang Wittke, Advisor to the Head of Secreteriat, EUREKA
Rapporteur: Niki Naska, Communication manager, EUREKA
> PARALLEL SESSION 2: Research and Innovation for economic transformation
Location: Palace of Culture – Princiary Hall, Iasi
Speakers:
– Katja Reppel, Deputy Head of Smart Sustainable Growth Unit, DG Regio [download presentation]
– Pirita Lindholm, Director, European Regions for Research and Innovation Network (ERRIN) [download presentation]
– Frederic Pinna, Director at DEV’UP Centre-Val de Loire, France [download presentation]
– Andrea di Anselmo, Vice-President, Meta Group, Italy [download presentation]
– Marcin Warzocha, CEO Coolomat Sp. Z.o.o., Poland [download presentation]
Moderator: Ciaran Dearle, Senior Expert, Directorate General for Research, Technology and Innovation, European Commission
Rapporteur: Esteban Pelayo, Director, European Association of Regional Development Agencies (EURADA)
> PARALLEL SESSION 3: Education for innovation
Location: Palace of Culture – Stefan Procopiu Hall, Iasi
Speakers:
– Joao Santos, Deputy Head of Unit for Vocational training, Apprenticeships and Adult learning – Directorate for Employment (E.3), Directorate General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, European Commission [download presentation]
– Gianluca Coppola, Founder & President of European Digital Learning Network – D Learn [download presentation]
– Brikena Xhomaqi, Director of Lifelong Learning Platform [download presentation]
– Romeo Vasilache, Entrepreneurship & IPR Programs Director, Romanian-American Foundation [download presentation]
– Willem Foorthuis, School of Financial and Economic Management, “Hanze” University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands [download presentation]
– Michel Rod, Associate Dean, Research and International & Professor, “Sprott” School of Business, Canada [download presentation]
Moderator: John Edwards, Policy Officer, Joint Research Centre, European Commission
Rapporteur: Bogdan Chelariu, Coordinator of Brussels Representation Office, RDA North-East
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| 16:00 |
PARALLEL WORKSHOPS and HOSTED BY SESSIONS
> Parallel workshop 1 – Marketing tools for research
Location: Palace of Culture – Stefan Procopiu Hall, Iasi
Speakers:
– Daniel Dumitrescu, InnovX Business Accelerator, Romania [download presentation]
– Mark Crowell, Executive Chairman of the Academic Venture Exchange, USA [download presentation]
Moderator: Harry Konstantopoulos, European Academy, UK
Rapporteur: Adriana Zait, Prof. univ. dr. Faculty of Economy and Business Administration, “Al.I. Cuza” University of Iasi
> Parallel workshop 2 – Innovation management in SMEs
Location: Palace of Culture – Henri Coanda Hall, Iasi
Speakers:
– Tal Catran, Founder TC Holdings, Israel
– Ionuț Țața, Founder @Iceberg / Innovation and Technology Cluster – Digital Innovation Hub, Romania
Moderator: Pieter de Jong, EU Representative, WETSUS, Netherlands
Rapporteur: Corina Forascu, Conf. univ. dr. Faculty of Information Technologies, “Al. I. Cuza” University
> From ideas to real life solutions – COST connecting pockets of excellence – Session hosted by COST ASSOCIATION [description]
Location: Palace of Culture – Princiary Hall, Iasi
> From idea to global markets through collaboration – Accompanying SMEs in their innovation journey – Session hosted by EUREKA [description]
Location: Palas Conference Centre, Iași
> Strengthening European regional innovation ecosystem through smart specialization – Session hosted by EURADA and the Ministry of Research and Innovation, Romania [description]
Location: Palace of Culture, Princiary Hall, Iasi
> Demand-driven innovation to foster regional competitiveness – session hosted by ERRIN [description]
Location: Palace of Culture – Princiary Hall, Iasi
> Shooting and editing a video with your smartphone – session hosted by COST ACADEMY [description]
Location: Palas Conference Centre, Iași |
