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.

09:00 → 09:15 Opening speech

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

09:15 → 09:30 Opening speech

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

09:30 → 10:00 Smart specialisation in Science in the Baltic Sea Region

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

10:00 → 10:30 Science Link: Results of the 1st call

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

10:30 → 11:00 Coffee break

10:30 → 11:00 Consultations to companies

11:00 → 11:45 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)

11:45 → 12:30 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)

12:30 → 13:30 Consultations to companies

12:30 → 13:30 Lunch

13:30 → 13:31 Paralell working sessions

13:31 → 15:30 Working Group 1: Science Link 1st Call: Results and experience with companies

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

13:31 Experience of an applicant

14:01 Experience of a RI

Speaker: Rodrigo Coelho (ILO, Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin)

14:31 Discussion

13:31 → 15:30 Working group 2: Regional needs and clusters in the BSR

13:31 TITA project, Marketing

Speaker: Susanne Madson (Invest in Skane)

14:01 Regional needs in Lithuania

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

14:31 Discussion

13:31 → 15:30 Working group 3: Use of structural funds and "Horizon 2020" scientific cooperation

15:31 → 16:00 Coffee Break

15:31 → 16:00 Consultations to companies

16:00 → 17:30 Round table discussion - with all speakers of the morning sessions

17:30 → 18:00 Closing

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

18:00 → 19:59 Get-together