Innovation Society Conference 2009 June 17, 2009

The Innovation Alliance, a network of innovative regions in Europe, was founded in 2006 in Stockholm. The aim of the Alliance is to foster innovation in the participating regions and to improve the regional innovation policies by collaborating and sharing knowledge and experience throughout the regions.

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Program

1ST DAY: 18TH JUNE, 2009

12.30 Registration

13.30 Plenary session I – Welcome addresses

Moderator: Dr. Lippenyi Tivadar Vice President of National Office for Research and Technology

• Dr. Gabor Demszky Mayor of Budapest


• Imre Ikvai-Szabo Deputy Mayor of Budapest


• Reinhard Büscher head of Unit European Commission, Enterprise and Industry Directorate-General, Unit D-2 – Support for Innovation


• Gabor Bojar President of the Board of the Directors, Graphisoft R&D Zrt


• Annemarie Moons Regional Minister of the Province of Noord-Brabant for Economy and Sustainability Brabant

Coffee break

15.00 Working groups

Working group A – „Innovation as a Tool Fostering City-region Cooperation” organized by Budapest MRI, Munich

Working group B – “How Spatial Hot Spots Can Be Developed with the Help of Psysical and Strategic Planning” organized by Stockholm

Working group C – “Increasing Innovation Quality and Market Possibilities through Living Labs” organized by Øresund, Denmark

18.00 Plenary session II – Panel discussion Chairs and speakers from the working groups

18:30 End of the first day of the conference

20:30 Dinner – Boat trip on the Danube

2ND DAY: 19TH JUNE, 2009

08.45 Plenary session III – Introduction to the second day

moderator: Dr. Ilona Vass Vice President of National Office for Research and Technology

09.00 Presentations

“EIT and the innovation-based higher education” – Dr. Bálint Magyar, Member of the EIT Governing Board

Dr. Pál Tamás,Director, Institute of Sociology of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences – “Can a Global City be formed by a Group of Central European Urban Centres together?”

coffee break

10.30 Working groups

Working group D – “Budapest Innopolis Development Pole Program – Workshops on Projects (Importance of Clusters in Cooperation with GrandLyon) organized by Budapest BVK, Munich and GrandLyon

Working group E – „ Creative Industries as Engine for Innovation ” organized by Noord-Brabant and Wielkopolska, Poznan

Working group F – „Innovation Society – Social Innovation” organized by Budapest, HIS

12.30 Plenary session IV Panel discussion – ”Strategic public investments in innovation and creativity promotion as a method to strengthen the economic structure and to be prepared to use (new) opportunities after the recession”

Reports of the working groups Chairs and speakers from the three working groups

Summary – dr. Lippényi Tivadar Vice President of National Office for Research and Technology

14.15 Handover of the chair of the Innovation Alliance to Øresund Denmark

14.20 Lunch,

End of the conference

Conference information provided by konferenciakalauz.hu

Official Website: http://innovationsociety.eu/