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Promoting Innovation-based Entrepreneurial Opportunities in the UNECE Region

Promoting Innovation-based Entrepreneurial Opportunities in the UNECE Region

28 - 29 September 2009
Palais des Nations Geneva Switzerland

Provisional Programme

Poster

  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

 28 September, morning and afternoon

Session 1: Addressing the challenges of the global crisis through innovation and knowledge-driven development

 29 September, morning

 Session 2: Financing innovation during a global financial crisis: challenges and opportunities for governments and private investors

 29 September, afternoon

Session 3: Joining forces in promoting innovative entrepreneurship. Collaborative networks and open innovation

Presentations

Presentations and Papers

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Opening Session : High-level panel with the participation of distinguished
international business and political leaders

Mr. Bakhyt Sultanov
Minister of Economy and Budget Planning of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Industrial and innovative development of Kazakhstan under conditions of global challenges
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Mr. Frederik Paulsen
Chairman of the Board of Directors
and Chief Executive Officer of Ferring Group
Switzerland
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Mr. Charles W. Wessner
Director
Technology, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship
The National Academies
United States of America

After the Global Downturn: Promoting Innovation-Based Entrepreneurial Opportunities

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Mr. Salvatore Zecchini
Chairman
IPI - Institute for Industrial Promotion
Italy

Rescuing Innovation in a Deep Economic Recession

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Session 1 : Addressing the challenges of the global crisis through innovation
and knowledge-driven development
Ms. Anna Kaderabkova
Centre for Economic Studies
Czech Republic Science base and industry competitiveness - challenges for policy support in the Czech Republic
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Mr. Dirk Pilat
Head, Structural Policy Division
Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry
OECD Innovation and the Crisis: Turning Opportunity into Action
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Mr. Liana Marina Ranga
Research Fellow
Standford University
United States of America Great Expectations: Innovation for Economic Recovery
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Ms. Suzanne Rosselet
Deputy Director
IMD World Competitiveness Center
Switzerland
Best Practices to Enhance Innovation
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Mr. Luc Soete
Director
UNU-MERIT
The Netherlands Promoting Innovation-based entrepreneurial opportunities in periods of crises
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Mr. Goran 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
Sweden
Opportunities in Crisis: Innovation and Economic Competitiveness through Policy rethinking
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Session 2 : Financing innovation during a global financial crisis: challenges
and opportunities for governments and private investors
Ms. Brigitte Baumann
President
European Business Angel Network (EBAN)
Belgium

 

Business Angels Investing during the Crisis
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Mr. Jean-Noel Durvy
Director for Innovation Policy
DG Enterprise & Industry
European Commission Recent Facts on Finance for Innovation and how EU-financial Instruments Help Innovative SMEs
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Mr. Hugh Morgan-Williams
Chair, Entrepreneurship and SME Committee
BusinessEurope
United Kingdom

Public and Private Sector Solutions: A Way Forward for the Next Decade

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Mr. Jean-Pierre Vuilleumier
Managing Director
CTI Invest
Switzerland Financing Innovation during a Global Financial Crisis: Challenges and Opportunities for Governments and Private Investors
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Ms. Aneta Wilmanska
Deputy to the Chief Executive Officer
Polish Agency for Enterprise Development
Republic of Poland  Financing Innovation during a Global Financial Crisis: Challenges and Opportunities for Governments and Private Investors   case of Poland
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Session 3 : Joining forces in promoting innovative entrepreneurship. Collaborative networks and open innovation
Ms. Jennifer Blanke
Head of Global Competitiveness Network
World Economic Forum
Switzerland  Benchmarking Europe's competitiveness and innovation capacity
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Mr. Dominique Foray
Professor
Chair in Economics and Management of Innovation
Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
Switzerland Science, Technology and Innovation Policy in Difficult Times
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Mr. Henric Rhedin
Division Manager
Chalmers Science Park
Sweden The importance of Collaboration: Regional, National and International collaboration - Experiences from Promoting Innovation
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Mr. Marko Torkkeli
Director
International Society for Professional Innovation Management (ISPIM)
and
Professor of Technology and Business Innovations
Lappeenranta University of Technology
Finland Open Innovation Today: Learning Lessons from Academic Research
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