Innovation in Mind – European Innovation Conference
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Day One, Wednesday 16 September
Venue: The University Quadrangle

08.30 Registration Opens

09.30 Welcome Remark
Per Eriksson, Vice Chancellor Lund University, and Kristofer Lundström, Moderator

10.00 Plenary Session Opens
Bengt Åke Lundvall, Ambassador for the European Year of Creativity and Innovation

10.30 Short Break

10.45 Keynote 1 – Open Innovation:
Is the R&D Department an antiquated concept? How do companies gain access to the right competence at the right point in the innovation process?
Henry Chesbrough, Adjunct Professor and Executive Director, Center for Open Innovation Institute of Management, University of California, Berkeley

11.30 Keynote 2 - User Driven Innovation:
How can users' experiences be effectively implemented in new products and services?
Nikolaus Franke, Professor and Director of the Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration. Director of the TU/WU Entrepreneurship Center

12.15 Lunch

13.15 Keynote 3 & 4 - Social and Financial Innovation:
How can we secure the financial resources necessary for innovation, and how can we bring about necessary innovations when we lack the financial resources?
Sahar Hashemi, former lawyer who founded The Coffee Republic. Succesful author and entrepreneur. Named as one of the 100 most influental women in Britain by the Daily Mail.
Clay Shirky, A digital guru that writes, teaches and talks about the social and economic effects of the web, and how emerging technologies will transform our ability to gather and cooperate and actually change the way our society works. "Here Comes Everybody - The power of organizing without organizations"

14.45 Keynote 2 - User Driven Innovation (continued):
Eric Von Hippel (online), MIT professor and Head of the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Group

15.00 Coffee Break

15.30 Comments from Panel
Björn O Nilsson, President of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Nolan Bushnell, Founder of Atari, considered the father of modern gaming industry
Charles Edquist, Professor, Director of CIRCLE (Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the Learning Economy)
Susanna Bill, Former Head of Innovation at Sony Ericsson
Tracey Grose, Vice President of Research and Strategic Development at Collaborative Economics in California

16.30 Innovation Happy Hour
Networking, talks, refreshments, entertainment.
Venue: The Orangery, main venue

19.00 Dinner at the Academic Society
Venue: AF Borgen

 

Day Two, Thursday 17 September

09.00 Parallel Sessions
Track 1: User Driven Innovation
Venue: The University Quadrangle
Søren Tegen Pedersen, Director, Danish Enterprise and Construction Agency
Søren Bech, Adjunct Professor, Head of Research at Bang & Olufsen
Nikolaus Franke, Professor, Director of the Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration
Discussion Leader: Lena Gustafsson, Deputy Director General of VINNOVA (The Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems)

Track 2: Open Innovation
Venue: The University Aula
Henry Chesbrough, Professor at Berkley Haas Business School, Executive Director
Mats Lindoff, Innovation Director, Lund University.
Christopher Lettl, Professor and Co-Director of the Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Vienna University of Economics and Business.
Discussion Leader: Allan T Malm, Professor and Dean of School of Economics and Management at Lund University

Track 3: Social and Financial Innovation
Venue: Palaestra et Odeum
Clay Shirky, American writer, consultant and teacher on the social and economic effects of Internet technologies.
Lars J. Johansen, Director and COO of Monday Morning, Scandinavia’s largest independent think tank.
Sahar Hashemi, former lawyer who founded The Coffee Republic. Succesful author and entrepreneur. Named as one of the 100 most influental women in Britain by the Daily Mail.
Discussion Leader: Thomas Frostberg

10.30 Coffee Break

11.00 Plenary Session
Innovation Strategies around the world: perspectives from the USA and China.
Venue: The University Quadrangle
Curtis Carlson, President and CEO of SRI International, Stanford
Mu Rongping, Professor and Director-General of the Institute of Policy and Management, Beijing

12.30 Lunch

13.30 Plenary Session (continued)
Financing the Venturesome Economy. How modern banking and innovation are in conflict.
Amar Bhidé, Professor of Business, Columbia University.

14.15 Parallel Sessions
Track 1: EU Support to Regional Innovation Strategies - Towards a New Regional Innovation System
Venue : The University Aula
presented by CPRM (Conference Des Regions Peripheriques Maritimes D´Europé)
Jean David Malo, Representative from The European Commission. Head of Unit. Regional development, research and innovation
Ms Pia Kinhult, Deputy Governor, Skane Region
Jerker Moodysson, Assistant Professor, PhD CIRCLE, Lund University
Jacob Juul Gade, Executive Advisor at the Øresund University and Øresund Science Region
Discussion leader: Damien Perisse, CPMR, Director for innovation and competitiveness

Track 2: Open Forum - New Ways in Innovation Processes / Expectations of the Younger Generation
Venue: The University Quadrangle
Therese Albrechtson, Entrepreneur and Founder of Bodyguard Safety Products. ”Best Young Entrepreneur in Europe 2009”
Behrang Masoumi, The Swedish Innovation Think Tank
Lars J. Johansen, Director and COO of Monday Morning, Scandinavia’s largest independent think tank.
Katarina Graffman, Anthropologist, specialized in consumer-close business- and brand development.
Discussion Leader: Thomas Frostberg, Senior Business Columnist for Sydsvenska Dagbladet, Co-founder of Rapidus, a celebrated news service focusing on innovation, startups and venture capital
Additional speakers to be announced.

15.00 Coffee Break

15.30 Parallel Sessions (continued)

16.00 Closing Remarks

 

Optional Programme: Q-day 2009
Tuesday 15 September 15.00–21.00

”What role do dreams, fantasies and imitations play for our innovative ability — and how difficult are the problems our brains may be able to handle? Find out at Q-day 2009!”
Susan Blackmore will be there. So will Spencer Tunick, Mattias Osvath, Teitur, Kristofer Lundström and many, many more. When you register for Innovation in Mind/European Innovation Conference – don't forget Q-day, don't miss the Quintessence.
More information at www.qday2009.com