International Conference on

Open innovation & university:
Competitiveness & development

26 & 27 of May, 2008
VALENCIA

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Programme

MONDAY, MAY 26th
8:30-9:00h Reception
9:00-9:30h Opening Session
  • D. Márius Rubiralta i Alcañiz, Secretario de Estado de Universidades
  • Sra. Dña. Amparo Camarero Olivas, Secretaria Autonómica de Universidad y Ciencia de la Generalitat Valenciana
  • Sr. Rector Mgfco. D. Juan Juliá Igual, Rector, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia.
9:30-11:00h Open Innovation Dr. Henry Chesbrough, Executive Director, Center for Open Innovation (Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley).

Introduced by: Francisco José Mora Mas, Vice-rector for Financial Planning and Coordination, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia (UPV). Director of the Foundation 'Ciudad Politécnica de la Innovación'.
11:00-11:30h Coffee-Break
11:30-13:00h Open Innovation cases
  • Sr. D. Eduardo Montes, Executive Advisor to the CEO of Siemens AG.
  • Dr. Ronald M. Wolf, Senior Business Development Manager, Philips Research Strategy and Business Development Office.
  • Mr. Bowman J Heiden, Deputy Director, CIP - A Development Center for Knowledge-Based Business, Chalmers University of Technology, University of Gothenburg

  • Chaired by: Antonio Palau, Vice President, Fundación Bancaja
13:00-15:00h Lunch Matching Network Informal networking lunch.
15:00-16:30h Innovation University-Business
  • Dr. Jan-Anders Manson, Vice President for Innovation and Valorization, Ecole Polytechnique Féderale de Lausanne (EPFL)
  • Dr. Andreu Mas-Colell, Professor of the Universitat Pompeu Fabra and President of the Barcelona Graduate School of Economics
  • Mr. Tom Hockaday, Managing Director, Isis Innovation Ltd.: Technology Transfer from the University of Oxford.

  • Chaired by: Senén Barro, Rector, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (USC)
16.30-16.45h Coffee Break
16.45-18.00h Innovation from the University
  • Dr. Curtis R. Carlson, President and CEO, Stanford Research Institute (SRI International)
  • Mr. David White, Director, Directorate A LIFELONG LEARNING: horizontal Lisbon policy issues and international affairs, European Commission, DG Education and Culture

  • Chaired by: José Vicente González, President, Confederación Empresarial Valenciana (CEV)
TUESDAY, MAY 27th
9:00-10:30h Round Table: University - Competitiveness
  • Mr. Matti Pursula, Rector, Helsinki University of Technology
  • Dr. Hu Haiyan, President, Beijing Institute of Technology
  • Dr. André Oosterlinck, Honorary Rector and Chairman of the Catholic University of Leuven
  • Dr. Juan Juliá Igual, Rector, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia

  • Chaired by: Rafael Ferrando, President, Consejo Social de la Universidad Politécnica de Valencia. President de la Confederación de Organizaciones Empresariales de la Comunidad Valenciana (CIERVAL)
10:30-11:00h Coffee Break
11:00-12:30h New Intermediaries University-Business
  • Dr. Alph Bingham, Founder and Member, Board of Directors, Innocentive, Inc.
  • Mr. Xavier Ricart, Knowledge Innovation Market
  • Mr. Pedro Gil, Managing Director, Principia Technology

  • Chaired by: Isabel Giménez, Vice President de la Comisión Directiva AED - Comunidad Valenciana. General Manager, Fundacion de Estudios Bursátiles y Financieros (FEBF)
12:30-13:30h University, Innovation and Local Development
  • Dr. Guven Yalcintas, Vice President for Technology Transfer, Research Foundation of State University of New York in Albany (SUNY)
  • Dr. Francisco José Mora Más, Vice-rector for Financial Planning and Coordination, UPV. Director of the Foundation 'Ciudad Politécnica de la Innovación'.

  • Chaired by: Jesús Marí, Director General de Política Científica de la Generalitat Valenciana
13:30-14:00h Closing Session
  • Hble. Sr. D. Alejandro Font de Mora Turón, Conseller d'Educació de la Generalitat Valenciana.
  • Sr. Rector Mgfco. D. Juan Juliá Igual, Rector, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia.

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