Academia and businesses: Talk!
Date: Wednesday 8th May
Time: 09:00 - 12:00
Location: Auditorium 2, Finansparken, Christen Tranes gate 35, Stavanger
Language: English
Hosted by: Universitetsfondet, University of Stavanger & City of Stavanger
Europe wants to be the place where the best talents work hand in hand with the best companies and where deep technological innovation thrives and creates ground-breaking innovative solutions. This workshop focuses on integrating academia and businesses through interconnected, inclusive, gender equal and efficient innovation ecosystems. Key questions that will be raised are:
- How do we build and develop interconnected innovation ecosystems with a European relevance?
- In what ways are innovation ecosystems a driver for better integration between academia and businesses?
- How do we realize project opportunities with EU-funding?
The participants will have the opportunity to connect with key stakeholders in order to build partnerships for concrete actions.
PROGRAMME:
09.00-09.05 Welcome!
Cecilie Claviez, head of the University Fund of Rogaland and Runa Monstad, CEO, Stavanger Region European Office
Policy context and funding opportunities
09.05-09.20 New European Innovation Agenda & funding opportunities
Ewa Chomicz, Policy and Engagement Manager, European Regions Research and Innovation Network (ERRIN)
09.20-09.35 What does research say about university-industry collaboration?
Rune Dahl Fitjar, Professor and Leader for Center for Innovation Research, University of Stavanger
09.35-09.50 Innovation for place-based transformation
Solange Mifsud, Economic & Policy Analyst, Joint Research Centre, European Commission
09.50-10.00 Coffee Break
Best practice from the public sector and the industry
10.00-10.10 Lessons learnt from the perspective of municipalities
Angèle Liaigre, EU project advisor, Cities Northern Netherlands EU Office
10.10-10.20 Lessons learnt from the perspective of businesses
Dagfinn Wåge, Business Developer and Investment Adviser, Validé
10.20-10.30 Lessons learnt from the perspective of businesses
Michael Sautter, Chief Learning Officer, Laerdal Medical
10.30-10.40 Coffee Break
Workshop (roundtables)
Facilitated by Runa Monstad and Cecilie Claviez
10.40-10.45 Intro to workshop
10.45-11.10 Challenges related to closer integration between academia and businesses
Table 1: How do we get more students to choose STEM-related subjects as part of their education?
Table 2: How can we inspire researchers to enhance their entrepreneurial attitude and make their research more commercially viable?
Table 3: How do we attract business partners to engage with their local research communities to a higher degree?
Table 4: How do we ensure that municipalities and regional authorities support innovation by taking down bureaucratic and financial barriers?
(Each table brainstorms their challenge by understanding how it can be dealt with in the best possible way)
11.10-11.45 Solutions: This is what we propose to do
(Each table comes up with three solutions that focus on what should be prioritized related to the challenge and who should be involved in solving it)
11.45-11.55 Reporting back solutions in plenary
11.55-12.00 Summing up and next steps (Cecilie Claviez)
Speakers:
Dagfinn Wåge, Business Developer and Investment Adviser, Validé
Ewa Chomicz, Policy and Engagement Manager, European Regions Research and Innovation Network (ERRIN)
Rune Dahl Fitjar, Professor, University of Stavanger
Solange Mifsud, Economic & Policy Analyst, Joint Research Centre, European Commission
Angèle Liaigre, EU project advisor, the Cities Northern Netherlands EU Office
Michael Sutter, Chief Learning Officer, Laerdal Medical
