Welcome to the conference: "Smart cooperation between science and industry in the Baltic Sea Region"

Thursday 27 Sept 2012, 09:00 → 19:59 Europe/Warsaw

Wisla Ballroom (Sheraton Hotel)

The purpose of the conference is to offer an opportunity to openly discuss three key topics: - The contribution of research infrastructures to the development in the Baltic Sea Region - How to secure a common forum for the co-operation between the Research infrastructures and the industry. How to optimise and secure a positive development for a smarter cooperation between them in the long term. - The Financing structures for an improved cooperation between science and the industry, (current and potential) users of the facilities.

1 Opening speech

Speaker: Ms Dorothee Stapelfeld (Minister of Science and Research Hamburg, Germany)

2 Opening speech

Speaker: Ms Elzbieta Bienkowska (Minister of Regional Development, Poland (tbc))

3 Smart specialisation in Science in the Baltic Sea Region

Speaker: Mr Dimitri Corpakis (Head of Unit Regional Dimension of Innovation)

4 Science Link: Results of the 1st call

Speaker: Mr Marco Kirm (University of Tartu, Estonia)

10:30 Coffee break

Consultations to companies

5 Bridges between Horizon 2020 and cohesion policy funds

Speaker: Mr Michael Uckel (Head of Unit Research Policy of the EU and ERA, Federal Ministry of Education and Science, Germany)

6 Sources of financing cooperation RI - Universities - Commercial users

Speaker: Ms Charlina Vitcheva (Head of Directorate for BS countries, Directorate General for Regional Policy, European Union)

Consultations to companies

12:30 Lunch

7 Paralell working sessions

Working Group 1: Science Link 1st Call: Results and experience with companies

Website https://indico.desy.de/internalPage.py?pageId=2&confId=6357

8 Experience of an applicant

9 Experience of a RI

Speaker: Rodrigo Coelho (ILO, Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin)

10 Discussion

Working group 2: Regional needs and clusters in the BSR

11 TITA project, Marketing

Speaker: Susanne Madson (Invest in Skane)

12 Regional needs in Lithuania

Speaker: Konstantinas Vaškevičius (Agency for Science, Innovation and Technology, Lithuania)

13 Discussion

Working group 3: Use of structural funds and "Horizon 2020" scientific cooperation

15:31 Coffee Break

Consultations to companies

14 Round table discussion - with all speakers of the morning sessions

15 Closing

Speaker: Mr Normunds Popens (Directorate General for Regional Policy, European Union (tbc))

16 Get-together