Guide Booklet - Knowledge4Innovation

3rd European Innovation Summit 

Towards a European Innovation Ecosystem 

Guide 

10 -13 October 2011 

Novotel Warsaw Centre 

European Parliament

Partners 

Institutional Partners 

Premium Partners 

Main Partners 

Partners 

Media Partners

Content 

Foreword Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, Commissioner for 

Research, Innovation, and Science 5 

Foreword Barbara Kudrycka, Minister of Science and 

Higher Education, Poland 6 

Foreword Lambert van Nistelrooij, Chair of the 

K4I Forum Governing Board 7 

Foreword Jos Leijten and Roland Strauss, Knowledge4Innovation 8 

K4I and the K4I Forum of the European Parliament 9 

Novotel Warsaw Center Map 10 

European Parliament Map 11 

Programme Overview Warsaw 12 

Programme Overview Brussels 15 

Future Internet PPP Session 19 

STOA Session 21 

Lunch Debate “Energy Efficient Wireless Communications” 23 

Lunch Debate “EU-Russia Innovation Cooperation” 25 

Exhibition Description Warsaw&Brussels 27 

Conference Sessions Warsaw 29 

Conference Sessions Brussels 35 

Speaker Information 41 

Notes 60 

European Innovation Summit 2011 3

Foreword 

Máire Geoghegan-Quinn 

European Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science 

As the European Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science, in October 2010, I launched the 

Innovation Union initiative. This is the detailed programme of action, endorsed by the Member States, 

to stimulate innovation in both the private and public sectors. Overall, Innovation Union aims to boost 

Europe's research capacity, and make Europe better at translating excellent research into commercial 

products and services by removing the remaining bottlenecks to the commercialisation of good ideas. 

We need to build a smart, sustainable and inclusive Europe by 2020. This means that we must overhaul 

and reform the European economic model. Innovation is the key economic policy at the heart of Europe's 

programme for growth and jobs as set out in the Europe 2020 strategy adopted last year by the 

leaders of the 27 Member States. Innovation means adding value and generating growth by finding new 

and better ways to use ideas, research, technology and processes to develop new goods and services 

that can be traded in a globally competitive market. 

But this means also that the Member States of the European Union will have to play their full part in 

devising national and regional strategies and policies for research and innovation, advancing knowledge 

and creating new wealth. This has to happen in the context of an even more integrated European Research 

Area – the European Union is committed to achieving this single market for knowledge, research 

and innovation by 2014. 

The European Commission is committed to deploying the full array of funding instruments for research, 

innovation and science to create the framework conditions that will lead to growth and jobs. These 

instruments include the new Horizon 2020 framework programme for research and innovation as well as 

the next generation of the Structural Funds post-2013. Tackling societal challenges, enhancing competitiveness 

and nurturing excellence will be our top priorities for the future. 

I am convinced that the debates under the Polish Presidency Conference on a European Innovation Ecosystem 

will shed light on the many issues surrounding the appropriate policy mix that will help Member 

States and regions to put research and innovation at the heart of our efforts for prosperity and growth in 

the European Union. 


European Commissioner for 

Research, Innovation and Science 


Foreword 

Barbara Kudrycka 

Minister of Science and Higher Education, Poland 

Dear Guests, 

It is a great privilege for me to welcome you to the 3rd European Innovation Summit. The Summit will 

focus on establishing coherence of the European research and innovation system while allowing the 

necessary freedom for member states and regions. The challenge of mediating between coherence 

and flexibility is the guiding principle of the conference. For many centuries Europe has led the world in 

terms of knowledge production. Linked to this, Europe was also the centre of development of technological, 

social and cultural innovations, such as print, patents and parliament, which subsequently spread 

around the world. Since the middle of the 20th century, however, Europe has gradually lost its leading 

position. After having been overtaken by the US and partially by Japan, it is now China in particular and 

other Asian powers that are catching up with dizzying rapidness. 

Besides the Asian rise, there is a second crucial imperative for such a “new renaissance”: the substantial 

societal challenges. Our economy is almost entirely dependent on fossil fuels and other scarce resources. 

Environmental pollution, global warming, an ageing society and many other challenges combine to 

make modern societies literally “unhealthy”. What can help here is, again, a strong push for innovation, 

dramatically increasing sustainability of all features of modern society. Research and development, e.g. 

in renewable energy technologies, remote IT-based healthcare support systems, digitalised services 

etc., can and will help to make this happen. Europe’s problem is not so much the lack of investment in 

research and development. Much more important is the fact that, as opposed to the US, China or India, 

Europe has to cope with a very fragmented research and innovation system. In fact, one has to speak of 

27+1 research and innovation systems instead of one. As a consequence, we are faced with duplication 

of initiatives with mediocre results, instead of complementarity and focus on selected areas of excellence. 

In light of the current challenges, a fragmented research and innovation system makes it difficult 

to make use of the intellectual capital of Europe. The importance of the full use of the intellectual 

capital of Europe for the European economy was highlighted in the Strategy for Europe 2020 and various 

initiatives launched at EU level. Despite all these initiatives, achieving a coherent European research 

and innovation system and agreeing on joint strategies is a difficult task: Member states are reluctant to 

“Europeanise” everything and there are in fact many justifiable reasons for this. One central issue is that 

a centralised top down command system is clearly not what Europe wants to achieve. There must be 

room for discovering, experimenting and competing, which is often a key stimulus for innovation. And it 

is clear that there is no one size fits all design, but that successful strategies must be adapted to national 

and regional contexts. 

The conference will create a forum for discussion on the actions leading to greater coherence of the 

European research and innovation system that provides the flexibility for member states and regions to 

develop strategies appropriate to their local characteristics. These actions are of crucial importance if Europe 

is to make full use of its intellectual capital. I encourage you to take part in the debates and panels 

of the 3rd European Innovation Summit. I wish all the participants the very best for what will no doubt 

be two very intense and interesting days. 

Prof. Barbara Kudrycka 

Minister of Science and Higher Education 

Poland 

6 European Innovation Summit 2011

Foreword 

Lambert van Nistelrooij 

Member of the European Parliament, Chairman K4I Forum Governing Board 

The EU has to improve its innovativeness by strengthening its regions. 

Knowledge4Innovation (K4I) offers a platform to deepen the common approach of the EU2020 strategy. 

This year we aligned with the Polish Presidency of the EU to make steps forward within the field of 

research and innovation. The 3rd European Innovation Summit will give the floor to representatives of 

industries, universities and other partners. 

The Innovation Union is one of the main pillars of the future economy. Essential in our approach: going 

from knowledge to innovation, bringing knowledge to the market! Worldwide competition is growing 

rapidly and Europe is in danger of lagging behind: India has set out plans to double R&D spending, and 

China has increased its total R&D investment by 10 per cent each year for the past 10 years. The US 

spends 2.6 per cent and Japan 3.4 per cent whereas Europe has not yet reached even 2.5 per cent of the 

GDP invested in R&D. 

The development of the next EU research-funding programme “Horizon 2020” provides an excellent 

opportunity to improve synergies between funding for the regions and EU funding programmes for 

research and innovation. This is the opportunity for the EU to improve the provision of explicit guidance 

on how countries and regions can use structural funding and other resources to build research capacity. 

The EU must act strategically by investing in R&D while getting the right balance between excellence and 

cohesion. 

As future rapporteur of the General Regulation on the Structural Funds, I can say that the economic crisis 

and the issues of a globalised economy show the need for a new innovation policy and a more efficient 

use of the available funds. In the current crisis we need faster access to funds and clustering in regions 

(Smart Specialisation). 

I welcome the participation of my colleagues in the 3rd edition of the European Innovation Summit. The 

MEP’s active in the K4I platform in the European Parliament look forward to discussing these burning 

issues with all participants, both in Warsaw and in Brussels. Last but not least, I want to thank the Polish 

partners for their efforts and achievements in supporting our common goals. 

The floor is yours! 


MEP, Chairman K4I Forum Governing Board 


Foreword 

Organisers 

Towards a European Innovation Ecosystem 

One year ago, when the 2nd European Innovation Summit took place, we thought that the Global Financial 

Crisis would soon be over. The economies of several European countries were booming again and 

it was assumed that their positive performance would sooner or later spill over to the rest of Europe. 

Even though some states were struggling with their budgets, we thought that they would be helped out 

by their European partners. Now, one year later, everyone is speaking of a “double dip” crisis and the 

budget and dept problems of some European states have turned out to be much more difficult to overcome 

than initially thought. 

Hardly anyone will deny that one of the keys to bring Europe back on track and to generate a long-term 

sustainable economic growth is to significantly improve the performance of Europe’s innovation system. 

Very often, we hear the argument that in order to achieve this, public expenditure for R&D&I support 

must be increased and that we must not wait for the end of the crisis to do this. In other words, it is 

advocated to act in a countercyclical way. Whilst this argument may be right in principle, it must be 

acknowledged that this is quite difficult when states are close to bankruptcy and face explosive social 

situations. 

There is, however, another way forward which bears an enormous potential for bringing about a fundamental 

improvement in the performance of the European economy: to tap into the unused or underused 

potential of the European innovation systems. This means a serious transformation of the present 

systems, among other things through the harmonisation and progressive integration of Europe’s R&D&I 

funding system. While some competition between different national systems is certainly beneficial, it 

must be stated that the degree of fragmentation, complexity and duplication inherent in the European 

research and innovation landscape are clearly the biggest obstacle to bringing about a “New Renaissance” 

in Europe. The harmonisation must have two dimensions. One is the alignment of EU, member 

states’ and regions’ policies with each other. The other one is the synchronisation, to the best possible 

extent, of many different policies, e.g. in the areas of education, IPR, standardisation, regulation and, last 

but not least, public procurement. In short, our objective should be to achieve a true European Innovation 

Eco-System. 

The European Commission has launched various initiatives that go into the right direction. Just a few 

days before last year’s European Innovation Summit, the “Innovation Union” proposal had been published 

and was generally quite positively received by the participants of our conference. The focus on the 

“Grand Challenges” provides a good basis for uniting the member states around a common cause and to 

design Innovation Partnerships or Joint Programming Initiatives. The fact that it is embedded in a holistic 

overall strategy, the “Europe 2020”, acknowledges the need for harmonisation of different policy fields. 

One year after the “Innovation Union”, it is time to bring all stakeholders together again and to discuss 

the next steps. Particularly important is now the role of member states and regions. For this reason, we 

are proud that one part of this year’s European Innovation Summit is taking place in Warsaw and is coorganised 

by the Polish government, currently holding the EU Presidency. By bringing the European Innovation 

Summit to a national capital, we hope to provide an excellent opportunity for bringing together 

not only policy-makers, industry and academia, but also EU, national and regional levels. Because all of 

them need to be involved when we move “Towards a European Innovation Ecosystem”. 

Jos Leijten 

President 

Knowledge4Innovation 

Roland Strauss 

Managing Director 

Knowledge4Innovation 


Knowledge4Innovation and K4I Forum of the European Parliament 

Association 

Knowledge4Innovation (K4I) is an open, independent non-profit organisation enabling multiple 

stakeholders of the knowledge and innovation economy to meet and exchange their experiences 

with the common objective of improving Europe’s innovation performance. 

K4I is unique because it engages the relevant actors and sectors with different backgrounds and 

expertise, mobilising know-how and resources and engaging in a structured, continuous dialogue 

with policy makers from the EU institutions and Member States. 

Forum 

The K4I Forum organises regularly dinner and lunch debates in the European Parliament. It provides 

the Space for Debate on the Future if Innovation in Europe bringing together innovation 

stakeholders from the public and private academic sectors. The European Innovation Summit is 

the major annual event and is organised for the third time from 10 to 13 October 2011 in Brussels 

and Warsaw. 

Members 


Map - Novotel Warsaw Center 

10 - 11 October 2011 

Novotel Warsaw Center 

Ul Marszalkowska 94/98, 00-510 Warsaw, Poland 

Ground Floor 

Source: Novotel Warsaw Center 


Map - European Parliament 

11 - 12 October 2011 

European Parliament 

Rue Wiertz 60, 1047-Brussels, Belgium 

Ground, 1st and 3rd Floor 

Source: European Parliament 


Programme Overview - Warsaw Day I 


Monday, 10 October 2011 

08h30 – 09h30 

Arrival and registration of participants 

09h30 – 10h30 

Opening Session 

Welcome 

Krzysztof Gulda, Director, Department of Strategy, Ministry of Science and Higher 

Education 

Roland Strauss, Managing Director, Knowledge4Innovation 

Speakers 

Barbara Kudrycka, Minister of Science and Higher Education, Poland 

Jerzy Buzek, President, European Parliament, via audiovisual message 

Grażyna Henclewska, Undersecretary of State at Ministry of Economy, Poland 

Lambert van Nistelrooij, MEP, Chairman of K4I Forum Governing Board 

Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, Commissioner for Research, Innovation, and Science 

ESPOSA Ceremony: Grant Agreement hand-over by Commissioner Geoghegan-Quinn 

10h30 – 11h00 

11h00 – 13h00 

Press Conference – Coffee 

Keynotes – Session A 

RDI strategies tailored to national and regional contexts 

Chair 

Klaus – Heinrich Standke, President, Technology Partners Foundation International 

Board of Experts 

Speakers 

Ivan Wilhelm, Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education, Czech Republic 

Jan Muehlfeit, AmCham EU, Chairman, Microsoft Corporation, Europe 

Juan Tomás Hernani, General Secretary for Innovation, Ministry of Science and 

Innovation, Spain 

Marek Darecki, AmCham EU, President Pratt & Whitney Poland, UTC 

Detlef Müller-Wiesner, Senior Vice-President, EADS 

13h00 – 14h00 

Lunch 

14h30 – 16h00 

Parallel Sessions B 

RDI strategies tailored to national and regional levels – smart specialization, 

priorities, partnership 


Programme Overview - Warsaw Day I 

Session B1 

Regional Smart Specialization 

Session B2 

Building the ERA 

Session B3 

Building a Joint Approach 

Moderator 

Stephen Taylor, Director, AREA 

Science Park, Italy 

Speakers 

Pierre Godin, DG Regio, European 

Commission 

Koenraad Debackere, Exectuive 

Director, K.U. Leuven Research 

and Development 

Jan Wester, Principal Strategist, 

TNO 

Philippe Vanrie, CEO, European 

BIC Network (EBN) 

Janusz Rachon, Gdansk University 

of Technology 

Moderator 

Luuk Borg, Secretary General, 

EUREKA 

Speakers 

Ángeles Rodríguez-Peña, President, 

COST Committee 

Manfred Hudetz, President, PSOR, 

Syngenta Country Head Poland 

Wolfgang Crasemann, Federal 

Ministry of Economics, Germany 

Zlatuše Novotná, Central European 

Institute of Technology 

Josef Kaspar, VP ALV, CEO & 

General Director VZLU-Aerospace 

Research and Test Establishment 

Moderator 

Jos Leijten, President, Knowledge4Innovation 

Speakers 

Michel Poireau, DG R&I, European 

Commission 

Grzegorz Wrochna, PDirector, 

National Centre for Nuclear Research, 

Poland 

Václav Fencl, National Technology 

Platform for Road and 

Transport, Czech Republic 

Tomasz Kosmider, President, 

Technology Partners Foundation 

Johann Heitzmann, CEO, Grob 

Aircraft, Germany 

16h00 – 16h30 

16h30 – 17h15 

Coffee break 

Keynotes – Session C 

Speakers 

Maciej Grabowski, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Finance, Poland 

Erkki Ormala, Vice-President, Nokia 

Enrico Pavoni, CEO, FIAT Auto, Poland 

17h15 – 18h30 

Parallel Sessions C 

European governance – policies and instruments for research and innovation: 

necessary synergies 

Session C1 

Policies in Support of Innovation: 

A Coherent Approach 

Moderator 


Speakers 

Jerzy Langer, Foreign Secretary, Academia Europaea, 

London and Professor Inst. Phys. Polish Academy 

of Sciences, Warsaw 

Dragos Ciuparu, President of Romanian Authority 

for Scientific Research 

Annammaria Inzelt, IKU Innovation Research Centre, 

Hungary 

Stanislaw Kubielas, Faculty of Economic Sciences, 

Warsaw University 

Michel Judkiewicz, Secretary General, EIRMA 

Gernot Klotz, Executive Director Research & 

Innovation, Cefic 

Session C2 

Coherence of instruments and programmes 

Moderator 

Aneta Wilmańska, Vice-President, Polish Agency 

for Enterprise Development 

Speakers 

Lambert van Nistelrooij, Member of the European 

Parliament 

Andrzej Dulka, President, Alcatel-Lucent, Poland 

Alasdair Reid, Head of Brussels and Tallinn Offices, 

Technopolis 

Anna Kaderabkova, Director, Centre for Economic 

Studies in Prague, Czech Republic 

Roumen Nikolov, University of Sofia 

20h00 

Dinner 


Programme Overview - Warsaw Day II 


Tuesday, 11 October 2011 

09h00 – 09h30 

09h30 – 09h45 

09h45 – 10h15 

10h15 – 10h30 

10h30 – 12h00 

Arrival of the participants 

Opening Session 

Krzysztof Gulda, Director, Department of Strategy, Ministry of Science and Higher 

Education 

Study Presentations 

Jacek Walendowski, Senior Consultant, Technopolis 

Innovation policy and patterns in European regions 

Daniel Kupka, OECD, Directorate Science, Technology and Industry 

Innovation supply and demand side Instruments 

Networking Coffee 

Parallel Sessions D 

Policy mix for research and innovation 

Parallel Sessions D1 

Diagnosis and Strategy Building 

Moderator 

Krzysztof Gulda, Director, Department of Strategy, 

Ministry of Science and Higher Education 

Parallel Sessions D2 

Operational Requirements and Delivery 

Mechanisms 

Moderator 

Richard Granger, President, Technology Partners 

Foundation, Brussels Office 

Speakers 

Pierre Vigier, Head of Unit, Economic Analysis and 

Indicators, DG R&I, European Commission 

Alessandra Colecchia, OECD 

Slavo Radosevic Professor of Industry and Innovation 

Studies, University College of London 

Ewa Okon-Horodynska, Head of Economics 

Department at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow 

Ken Guy, CEO, Wise Guys Ltd. 

Speakers 

Tomasz Jerzyniak, DG ENTR, European Commission 

Peter Teirlinck, BELSPO 

Violeta Bulc, Director, Vibacom 

Juraj Bansky, President, K4I Slovakia 

Mark Harris, CEO, InnovaVentures 

12h00 – 12h15 

Coffee Break 

12h15 – 13h00 

Summary Session 

Lessons learned and policy recommendations 

Presentation of main outcomes 

Richard Granger, President, Technology Partners Foundation, Brussels Office 

Closing Keynote 

Michal Boni, Minister, Member of the Council of Ministers 

13h00 - 14h30 

Lunch 


Programme Overview Programme - Brussels Overview - Brussels Day I 


Tuesday, 11 October 2011 

09h30 – 10h15 

10h15 – 11h00 

11h00 – 11h45 

11h45 – 12h15 

Future Internet PPP 

Venue: Room ASP 1G2, European Parliament, Brussels 

Welcome and Keynotes 

Pilar del Castillo, Member of the European Parliament 

Constantijn van Oranje, Member of the Cabinet of Commissioner Neelie Kroes 

José Jiménez, Strategic Director Telefónica I+D 

Alvaro Oliveira / Petra Turkama, CONCORD 

Future Internet PPP Session I: Smart Cities of the Future - Tomorrow 

Future Internet PPP Session II: Smart Cities of the Future – Now 

Wrap-Up and Conclusions 

Petra Turkama, CONCORD / CKIR, Aalto 

Closing Keynote 

Markku Markkula, Committee of the Regions 

Invitation to the 3rd European Innovation Summit 


12h15 – 13h30 

13h00 – 18h00 

14h00 – 16h00 

Exhibition Opening and Networking Cocktail 

STOA Workshop “Making Perfect Life” 

Europe’s Future Nobel Prize Winners 


Welcome and Introduction 

Antonio Fernando Correia de Campos, Member of the European Parliament, 

K4I Forum Governor 

Moderator 

Hans van der Loo, Vice President European Union Liaison, Shell International 

Keynotes 

Sergio Bertolucci, Deputy Director General, CERN 

Jordi Curell, Director, Directorate General Education, Culture and Multilingualism, 

European Commission 

Juan Rada, AmCham EU, Senior Vice President, Global Public Sector, Healthcare and 

Education, Oracle 

CHANGE OF PANEL 

Hosting MEP 

Alojz Peterle, Member of the European Parliament, K4I Forum Governor 

Role Models on Science & Technology Careers 

Monika Kavaliauske, EUREKA Innovation Prize Winner, JSC Biocentras 

Marina Resmini, Marie Curie Career, School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, 

Queen Mary University of London 

Q+A with Students 


Programme Overview - Brussels Day I 

16h00 - 16h30 

Press Conference and Coffee Break 

16h30 – 18h00 

The Role of Business in Europe’s Innovation Ecosystem 


Hosting MEP 

Edit Herczog, Member of the European Parliament, K4I Forum Governor 

Moderator 

Stephen Taylor, Director of Technology Transfer Department, AREA Science Park, Italy 

Panelists 

Carlos Oliveira, Secretary of State for Entrepreneurship, Competitiveness and 

Innovation, Portugal 

Isaac Cohen, AmCham EU, Board Member, UTRCI Limited 

Christian Küchen, President, Eurofuel 

Gernot Klotz, Executive Director Research and Innovation, Cefic 

José Jiménez, Strategic Director, Telefónica I+D 

18h30 - 19h45 

Cocktail Reception 

19h45 - 21h30 

Transatlantic Innovation Cooperation in a Globalized World 

Venue: Presidential Salon, European Parliament, Brussels 

Introduction 

Lambert van Nistelrooij, MEP, Chairman K4I Forum Governing Board 

Moderator 

Roland Strauss, Managing Director, Knowledge4Innovation 

Panellists 

Diego Canga Fano, Dep. Head of Cabinet, Vice-President of the European Commission 

Antonio Tajani 

Thomas J. White, Deputy Chief of Mission, US Mission to the European Union 

Mikael Hagström, Chairman, Executive Council, AmCham EU, President, Europe, 

Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific, SAS Institute 

Pierre Herben, CTO, Yara International 


Programme Programme Overview Overview - Brussels - Brussels Day II 


Wednesday, 12 October 2011 

09h00 – 11h00 

The Future of Innovation in Europe 

Venue: Room ASP 3E2, European Parliament, Brussels 

Hosting MEP 

Danuta Hübner, Member of the European Parliament, K4I Forum Governor 

Moderator 

Lisbeth Kirk, Editor, EU Observer 

Speakers 

Peter Droell, Head of Unit DG RDI, European Commission 

Sándor Erdö, Chairman, Hungarian EUREKA Chairmanship 

Gerard Van Harten, AmCham EU, Vice-President, Hydrocarbons & Energy, President 

and Chairman of the Board, Dow Benelux 

Richard Pelly, Chief Executive, European Investment Fund 

Wolfgang Polt, Joanneum Research / JIIP 

Monica Dietl, Director, COST Office, Brussels 

12h00 – 14h00 

Parallel Lunch Debates 

1: Organiser 

ARCHES 

‘Wireless Green Communications: ICT – Innovation Towards a Self – 

Sustainable Connected World’ 

2: Organiser 

K4I and Summit Partners 

Innovation Summit Addresses and Networking Lunch 

3: Organiser 

Lappeenranta City 

EU-Russia Innovation Cooperation 

14h00 

End of the conference 


“Future Internert - Smart Cities - Coming your Way” 

11 October, 08h30 – 12h30, European Parliament, Brussels 

Future Internet PPP Session 

This workshop discusses the linkage between Future Internet PPP and European digital cities, showcasing 

examples, debating and exploring opportunities for involving cities in FI roadmapping and service 

piloting. 

08h30 – 09h30 Registration & coffee 

09h30 – 10h15 Welcome and keynote speeches 

Welcome by MEP and European Internet Foundation Chair Pilar del Castillo 

The European Commission view, Constantijn van Oranje-Nassau, Cabinet VP Kroes 

The Industry view, José Jiménez, Strategic Director Telefónica I+D 

The Future Internet Public-Private Partnership and CONCORD, Alvaro Oliveira – CONCORD 

10h25 – 11h20 Session I: Smart Cities of the Future. Tomorrow. 

Introduction: European Commission, DG INFSO, Peter Fatelnig 

Speakers 

José Jiménez, Telefónica I+D 

Mirko Presser, Alexandra Institutet 

Paul Kompfer, ERTICO 

Diego Gimenez Perez, Sistemas de Defensa y Seguridad & Mario Carabaño, Everis 

11h20 – 12h05 Session II: Smart Cities of the Future. Now. 

Introduction: European Commission, Per Blixt – Head of Unit F4 DG INFSO 

Moderator 

Alvaro Oliveira, President, European Network of Living Labs 

Panellists 

Maikel van Verseveld, Accenture [TBC] 

Esteve Almirall, ESADE / Open Cities 

Jean-Paul Judson, PACA region 

Dave Carter, Smart Cities Portfolio WG 

Pieter Ballon, IBBT-SMIT, VUB / EPIC 

Michael Nilsson, CDT, LTU / FIREBALL 

12h05 – 12h20 Wrap-Up and Conclusions 

By Jarmo Eskelinen, Forum Virium Helsinki / VP ENoLL 

12h20 Closing Keynote 

Markku Markkula, Committee of the Regions 

12h30 Invitation to the 3rd European Innovation Summit 



STOA Workshop 

Making Perfect Life 

"European governance challenges in 21st century bio-engineering" 

11 October 2011, 13h00 to 18h00, European Parliament, Brussels, Room PHS 

P4B001 

How can we protect our privacy when DNA sequencing sets no limits to the availability 

of genetic information? Can we make synthetic biology a building block to a sustainable 

future by standardizing life? Is the European medical device regulation sufficient to secure 

the safety of newly developed devices that modulate brain activity? What about our mental privacy 

when information technology becomes a tool to monitor our state of mind? 

Bio-engineering in the 21st century raises a variety of technical, socio-economic, legal and ethical issues. 

In this workshop European policymakers meet with scientific experts, regulators, stakeholders and other 

relevant communities in Europe to discuss options for the anticipatory governance of the policy and 

regulatory challenges in different fields of 21st century bio-engineering. 

13h00 

13h30 

13h40 

14h00 

14h30 

15h00 

15h30 

16h00 

16h30 

Registration 

Welcome address 

Malcolm Harbour, MEP, STOA Vice Chairman 

Introduction: Bio-engineering in the 21st century: major themes and issues 

Rinie van Est, Rathenau Instituut 

Privacy, data protection and policy implications in whole genome sequencing 

Bärbel Hüsing, Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research 

Market development and regulation for neurodevices in Europe 

Ira van Keulen, Rathenau Instituut 

Coffee Break 

Standards for synthetic biology: towards a European bio-economy 

Helge Torgersen, Institute for Technology Assessment 

Monitoring mental states through information technology: issues of privacy and 

autonomy 

Michael Rader, Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis 

Governance challenges in 21st century bio-engineering: implications for EU policymaking 

Dirk Stemerding, Rathenau Instituut 

Paneldiscussion with Members of Parliament. 

Moderator: 

Frans Brom, Rathenau Instituut 

17h30 

17h45 

Closing remarks 

Vittorio Prodi, MEP, STOA Panel Member 

Reception 


Lunch Debate 

Energy Efficient Wireless Communications 

“ICT-Innovation Towards a Self-Sustainable Connected World” 

12 October 2011, 12h30 to 14h00, European Parliament, Salon des Membres, European Parliament, 

60 Rue Wiertz, 1047 Brussels 

The European Digital Agenda, one of the seven flagship initiatives of the EU 2020 Strategy, clearly underlines 

the primary need to build new, efficient digital communications networks in order to spur strong 

innovation in the ICT and many other sectors. Moreover, the EU 2020 Strategy focuses on innovative 

energy-efficient solutions, able to guarantee a sustainable economic growth within a harmonized EU 

strategic plan of new “digital” businesses development. Innovative digital networking technologies can 

also play a major role in the “greening” effort to globally reduce energy consumption. Additionally, the 

target of global network efficiency is optimally achievable if energy efficiency is complemented by spectrum 

efficiency, as the European DVB-T2 standard allows. Thus, a clear regulatory framework for DVB 

and digital communications networks, together with strong support for high-level R&D in the ICT sector, 

represents a major driver to boost Europe’s social and economic performance during these difficult 

economic times. 

The debate will address the key issues of innovative strategies and integrated solutions to enable the 

swift development of new digital communications networks. Important topics will also be breakthrough 

decrease of energy consumption and smart exploitation of renewable energy sources to reduce the environmental 

impact and maximize the economic and social benefits from wireless innovation in various 

key sectors. 

Particular focus will be dedicated to the European standard DVB-T2, the most recent and innovative 

among the standards for digital TV worldwide. Its extremely flexible technical characteristics allow DVB- 

T2 to represent the optimal junction point between the novel web-driven mobile TV applications, the 

4G broadband mobile telecom world and the traditional terrestrial broadcasting scenario. Compared to 

other wireless standards, it is indeed the most efficient merging element between the Internet-driven 

telecom world and the latest MPEG compression technology of digital TV broadcasting. Furthermore, 

new technologies around renewable energy sources open new promising perspectives for cellularshaped 

urban DVB-T2 networks powered by hybrid renewable energy generators where the concept 

of intelligent energy grids perfectly merges with the implementation of a wireless real-time connected 

world. 


Edit Herczog, MEP, Member of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, Member of the K4I 

Forum Governing Board (tbc) 

Guest Speakers 

Pertti Jauhiainen, Project Officer, Future Networks, DG Information Society and Media, European Commission 

Anna Maria Darmanin, Vice President of the European Economic and Social Committee 

Lieven Vermaele, Director of Technology and Development, European Broadcasting Union 

Philip Laven, Chairman of the DVB Forum 

Luigi Maria Aliberti, Business Development Manager, Rai Way 


Lunch Debate 

“EU-Russia Innovation Cooperation” 

12 October 2011, 12h30 to 14h00, European Parliament, Salon des Membres, European Parliament, 

60 Rue Wiertz, 1047 Brussels 

The aim of this event is to present and discuss opportunities for strengthening EU-Russia cooperation in 

the area of innovation as a major driver for the EU-Russia Partnership for Modernisation. 

It is also an opportunity to present and discuss the results of 2nd EU-Russia Innovation Forum and contribute 

to the preparation of the 3rd Forum that will take place from 13-14 June 2012 in Lappeenranta, 

Finland. The lunch debate will bring together representatives from the European Commission, members 

of the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (PCC) and key innovation stakeholders from the 

Russian Federation and the EU. 

The lunch debate is part of the 3rd European Innovation Summit agenda and will provide an opportunity 

to discuss and network with a wide variety of innovation stakeholders from the public, private and 

academic sectors. 


Alojz Peterle, MEP, Vice-Chair, Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee, 

Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Member of the K4I Forum Governing Board of the European 

Parliament 

Guest Speakers 

Juntto Reko, CEO, Lappeenranta Innovation 

Grigory Sumkin, Senior Counsellor, Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the EU 

Oskar Benedikt, External Action Service, European Commission 

Vassilis Kopanas, DG INFSO, European Commission 

Tomasz Jerzyniak, DG ENTR, European Commission 

Martin Penny, DG R&I, European Commission 

The speeches will be followed by a discussion with the participants. 



Exhibition Description - Warsaw&Brussels 

Exhibition in the Novotel Warsaw Centre and the European Parliament 

For EIS participants and other visitors, the exhibition of the 3rd European Innovation Summit in the 

European Parliament (ASP Building, Ground Floor) and the Novotel Warsaw Centre is an excellent opportunity 

to network and to get an impression about Europe’s innovation potential. 

Europe’s future depends increasingly on its ability to successfully generate and manage knowledge 

and innovation. The aim of the exhibition is to ‘see and touch’ innovations and provide for a space to 

meet innovation stakeholders with different backgrounds and expertise. 

Featured exhibitors 

• ESPOSA 

• EUREKA 

• Tishner European University (WSE) 

• Knowledge for Innovation – Forum of European Parliament (K4I) 

• Industrial Research Institute for Automation and Measurements (PIAP) 

• European Advisors Institute and ADAMED (IKE) 

• The Polish Bank Association – CIP National Contact Point (ZBP) 

• Institute of Physics PAS (IF PAN) 

• Technology Partners Foundation (FTP) 

• The American Chamber of Commerce to the EU 

Members of Knowledge4Innovation will be present at the K4I Exhibition booth to represent Europe’s 

Innovation Stakeholder community. 


Conference Sessions - Warsaw 

Session A 

“RDI Strategies Tailored to National And Regional Contexts – Principles, Areas 

and Partners” 

10 October, 11h00 – 13h00, Novotel Warsaw Centre 

In the context of the EU 2020 Strategy, EU member states should develop innovation policies which are 

more coherent across the European innovation system, while still maintaining enough flexibility to allow 

them to develop strategies that match their local characteristics. These policies will require supporting 

tools to ensure the necessary combination of coherence and flexibility. Some tools already exist, such as 

the Framework Programmes for Research and Innovation (“HORIZON 2020” from 2014), the European 

Cohesion Policy, the European Research Area and the European Innovation Partnerships. Are these fit 

for purpose to meet our future needs for coherence and flexibility? Are they sufficient? 

This opening session will provide an introduction to the conference and a forum for discussion of these 

issues. It will focus on the actions to take to build greater coherence across the European research and 

innovation system, while maintaining local flexibility. 

The following parallel session RDI Strategies Tailored to National and Regional levels – Smart Specialisation, 

Priorities, Participation will explore this topic in more depth. 

Issues 

• Challenges and objectives of R&D&I strategies tailored to national and regional contexts 

• Ways to assess available resources at the regional, national and EU level 

• Value of new approaches such as smart specialisation, with their policy dilemmas and issues 

• Analytical and executive tools for policy-making 

• Learning aspects of strategies (strategy as an incentive, source and effect of interactive policy learning 

between all stakeholders from business, academia and government) 



Parallel Sessions B 

“RDI Strategies Tailored to National and Regional Levels – Smart Specialisation, 

Priorities, Participation” 


In recent years, the concept of Smart Specialisation has become more and more widely used in policy 

documents and research. Against this background, parallel session B1 will discuss questions such as: Is 

“smart specialisation” a new political fashion or a real phenomenon? How do we find the right balance 

between specialisation and diversification? What is the relationship between the different specialisations 

in the European Research Area (ERA)? What are the recent trends in specialisation and how do 

these compare with past trends? What governance do we need to strengthen the specialisation of 

countries and regions? 

Parallel session B2 will discuss Building the ERA. By adopting the 2020 Vision for ERA, the Member States 

and the Commission agreed to develop the ERA in ways that contribute to the sustainable development 

and competitiveness of Europe. Work is going on to translate the 2020 Vision into a series of strategic 

objectives. In this context, the Innovation Union Communication (2010) called for the creation of a common 

framework of targets and objectives to avoid the fragmentation of research and innovation systems. 

Are we moving in the right direction? Do we have the right priorities? 

Designing strategies adapted to national and regional contexts requires bringing stakeholders (including 

citizens) together in the decision making process. The parallel session B3 Building a Joint Approach 

will discuss how different initiatives and actors, such as clusters, representatives of National Technology 

Platforms including SMEs and other forms of cooperation, work together in order to increase the 

chances for successful national and regional strategies. 

Session B1: “Regional Smart Specialization” 

Session B2: “Building the ERA” 

Session B3: “Building a Joint Approach” 

Issues 

• Usefulness of the concept 

• Meaning for practitioners 

• Balance between specialisation and diversification 

• Recent specialisation trends (as compared to past trends) 

• Governance for strengthening the specialisation of countries and regions 

• Impact of the EU and OECD priority settings on national and regional priority settings 

• Common framework of targets and objectives to avoid the fragmentation or R&I systems in view of 

the ERA 

• Choosing the right priorities 

• Ways of effective cooperation between different initiatives and actors in order to design successful 

national and regional strategies 

• Role of national Technology Platforms, SMES etc. 

• Assessment of the current situation 



Parallel Sessions C 

“European Governance – Policies and Instruments for Research and Innovation: 

Necessary Synergies” 


It is crucially important to develop a European governance system that brings together the right mix of 

policies and instruments for research and innovation, in a coherent and comprehensive manner. The 

two parallel sessions on European Governance – Policies and Instruments for Research and Innovation: 

Necessary Synergies will consider how to develop a common European vision and integrated governance 

mechanisms that will effectively coordinate regional, national and European efforts to reach strategic 

objectives in research and innovation. 

Specific questions will include: How should we design governance mechanisms and practices at a European 

level in order to ensure an effective restructuring of research and innovation activities? How will 

these mechanisms ensure representativeness, transparency and accountability? How will the future 

governance mechanisms ensure that concrete added value is provided to Europe as a whole and not just 

to the structures represented? Do we need different mechanisms for research and for innovation? 

Session C1: “Policies in Support of Innovation: A Coherence Approach” 

Session C2: “Coherence of Instruments and Programmes” 

Issues 

• Coherence in multi-level governance 

• Coordinating mechanisms, e.g. Science & Innovation Council 

• Horizontal scanning 

• Policy cycle management 

• Supra-ministerial and/or inter-governmental or supranational planning and programming in relation 

to broad challenges 

• Good practices of policy mix 

• Optimal support of different policies through instruments and programmes 



Parallel Sessions D 

“Policy Mix for Research & Innovation” 


The task of research and innovation policy makers is to develop an optimal mix of instruments for stimulating 

innovation performance. The right policy mix should consider European, national and regional 

circumstances, possible synergies between instruments and their undesirable effects. Though the aim is 

clear, the right mix is not obvious and implementation is not easy. 

The parallel sessions Policy Mix for Research and Innovation will examine the main dimensions of policy 

mix, such as diagnosis, strategy building, operational requirements and delivery mechanisms. Topics 

for discussion will include: is it possible to adapt, for European governance, new tools and indicators for 

innovation policy? How to resolve the tradeoffs associated with the pursuit of multiple goals? How to 

sequence policy goals and instruments to best effect? How to adapt international good practice to local 

conditions? How to ensure positive interactions between and among instruments? How to implement 

a policy mix that is appropriate, efficient and effective and meets the innovation challenges of the EU 

member states in the perspective of the EU Strategy 2020? How to coordinate different levels of research 

and innovation policy mix – European, national and sub-national? 

Session D1: “Diagnosis and Strategy Building” 

Session D2: “Operational Requirements and Delivery Mechanisms” 

Issues 

• Policy intelligence tools, such as: 

- science and innovation statistics 

- horizon scanning 

- foresight 

- evaluation 

• Different functions of policy intelligence tools 

• Roles of policy intelligence tools 

- at the different phases of the policy cycle 

- at the different levels of policy programming 

- in relation to different types of policy instruments 

• Ways to improve existing policy tools 

• Implementation of operational requirements and delivery mechanisms 

- financing 

- human capital 

- entrepreneurship 

- mobility of workers 

• Best practices and negative examples 


„Europe’s Future Nobel Prize Winners 2011“ 


Conference Sessions - Brussels 

Human capital and innovation are strongly tied together. People are the source and medium of making 

dreams a reality and turning inspiration into innovation. Entrepreneurs, thinkers, creators, and scientists 

make it possible to access knowledge, bring innovation to the market and ensure growth. The effective 

use of human potential is thus the core of economic progress and the heart of innovation capacity. 

One of the core aspects of what we call human capital is the availability of people with a qualification in 

the domain of Maths, Science and Technology (MST). For a prolonged period, however, Europe has been 

facing a decrease in the number of students pursuing science and technology related careers. The “skills 

gap” is thus a great challenge to Europe’s future competitiveness. The best support mechanisms and 

framework conditions will be limited in their effects if we lack the high-skilled researchers and engineers 

in the desirable fields. We need to “cultivate” innovators and educate a sufficient number of talented 

graduates, taking up careers in science and technology with entrepreneurial spirit. Particularly, we 

should not forget the need to encourage women to participate in science and research, currently dominated 

largely by men. Even though women represent more than 50 % of students in higher education in 

Europe, they account for only 30.1 % of science and engineering students. 

The session “Europe’s Future Nobel Prize Winners” will specifically focus on the important role of human 

potential for making Europe a more creative, innovative and competitive place. It will discuss ways to 

counter the increasingly important “skills gap”, including the question of how to increase young people’s 

interest in science and technology careers. But the aim is to not only talk about but also with the young 

generation in order to find out what is needed to make these subjects and careers more attractive to 

them. Therefore, a number of secondary school students will also be present in order to contribute with 

their views and opinions. 

The keynote speeches will be followed by ‘Role Models on Science & Technology Careers’ that present 

inspiring examples and the students will have the possibility to ask questions and engage in a dialogue. 


“The Role of Business in Europe’s Innovation Ecosystem” 



The session on “The Role of Business in Europe’s Innovation Ecosystem” will engage high-level business 

representatives and policy makers in discussing more concretely on what businesses need and what they 

can do to enhance the performance of innovation in Europe and, thus, contributing to increased competitiveness. 

Some of the current efforts are focusing on aligning research and innovation policies at a 

national and regional level while maintaining enough flexibility to allow the development of strategies 

that match the local characteristics. From an EU policy perspective a major role is to create an environment 

that can reinforce complex business interrelations and rapid exchange of knowledge and capital at 

a pan-European level. 

It is clear that the strengthening of a common European vision for the implementation and coordination 

of national and European policies is essential. It is, however, equally important for the private sector to 

fully engage in and contribute to the implementation of the Innovation Union and more generally the 

Europe 2020 strategy. On the other hand, businesses need to be provided with the necessary framework 

conditions to invest in the long-term. Above all, economic actors will need to work more across sectors 

and regions as innovation ecosystems are taking new dimensions. Also, there is need for a change of attitude 

towards risk taking and acceptance of failure as an inherent part of innovation. 

Public-private partnerships are crucial in encouraging cooperation and collaboration in particular when 

it is about large-scale projects. By working closer together, private and public actors will be able to push 

the levels of partnerships further leading to an increased level of private investment in R&I. 

We need to develop a European innovation ecosystem that will not be based on the premise of reacting 

to its trading partners but one that is able to set the rules of the game and explore the European 

resources and institutional uniqueness in a competitive way. We have to and we shall develop a unique 

model in innovation that borrows from good practices elsewhere but that is ultimately one embedded in 

European cultural and institutional setting. This session will bring together senior level business representatives 

and policy makers to discuss on how Europe should raise its competitiveness and economic 

growth in a viable and sustainable way. 

Issues 

• The importance of private sector in taking the lead in innovation. 

• Europe should focus on raising domestic productivity across-the-board. 

• Europe must move aggressively into next-generation industries, while at the same time maintaining 

output in highly efficient and competitive traditional industries. 

• Cooperation across sectors and in the framework of public private partnerships 

• How can Europe attract business and maintain long-term investment in a globalizing and ever more 

competitive environment. 



“Transatlantic Innovation Cooperation in a Globalized World” 


Facing global competition and emerging economic powers, the US and EU 27 have to reassess their 

efforts in order to maintain their lead in innovation. The high-level dinner debate on the ‘Transatlantic 

Innovation Cooperation in a Globalized World’ will discuss how and in which innovation related areas the 

United States and Europe should cooperate and why improved cooperation will be beneficiary for both 

sides. 

As the title suggests, Europe and the United States must join forces in a robust free-trade alliance in part 

to increase commercial linkages, where better cooperation can be achieved, but also to preserve the 

principles of international trade on fair and free competition and put pressure on strategies that harm 

global prosperity, coming particularly from Asia. United States and EU 27 are like-minded countries committed 

to the principles of free and fair trade and cooperation is needed in fostering constructive innovation 

policies that promote a sustainable economy. 

While aiming for a better and fairer international trading system is a very important principle, it is not 

enough. Both Europe and the United States need to ensure that their domestic policies do a much better 

job of supporting innovation, productivity and competitiveness. They should also work together in some 

economic sectors, where better results can be attained through a transatlantic effort. 

Traditional alliances between EU member states and the US should be revived and fostered. The international 

approach towards the pursuit of economic growth must change and countries should embrace 

views that are sustainable in the long-term and that do not distort global competition. Europe and the 

United States should work together towards achieving these common goals and setting the right standards. 

During the dinner debate, high level representatives from politics and private sector will discuss 

how both EU and US can benefit more by fostering cooperation in innovation and in which areas this cooperation 

is needed and desirable. Practical examples of cooperation projects and flow of knowledge as 

an essential condition for supporting large-scale innovation and research projects will be also presented. 

Issues 

• ‘Innovation Union’ vs. ‘Start-up America’: different approaches, similar results? 

• Strengthened EU-US innovation cooperation - a key to addressing mega-challenges. 

• Cooperation has to be balanced and based upon mutual trust, interest, and benefit. 

• Examples of successful major new programmes between EU and US. 

• Neither export-led growth strategies nor sole reliance on emerging high-technology industries are 

the path to sustainable economic growth. It is ‘innovation economics’, which holds that the path to 

higher incomes lies in raising productivity by boosting innovation in all firms and all sectors. 



“The Future of Innovation in Europe” 


The session “The Future of Innovation in Europe” is the last in a series of panel discussions following the 

high level business debate on “Europe’s Innovation Ecosystem” and the “Transatlantic Innovation Cooperation 

in a Globalized World” evening event. The discussion in this session will attempt to provide the 

audience with ‘Fresh Thinking’ and concrete proposals and innovative ideas on what Europe can do to 

achieve its ‘innovation goals’. 

The discussion should, on the one hand, be driven by groundbreaking thinking and actions in fulfilling 

Europe2020’s ambitious objectives and on the other hand on taking advantage of the opportunity to set 

the future innovation framework that we are preparing for: the next Multiannual Financial Framework, 

Horizon 2010 and future CIP, the future Cohesion Policy and the upcoming European Innovation Partnerships. 

More generally, this session should create room for fresh discussions on how we can better put 

into use our great ideas and broad knowledge base in transforming innovations into economic power. 

The future instruments needed to achieve the Innovation Union’s objectives have to serve one purpose: 

making sure that we increase the uptake of innovation across all the economic sectors and that there is 

more market push in delivering products and services that are demanded by consumers both domestically 

and around the world. 

Investment in research and innovation is essential to Europe’s future growth. Increasing investment 

in R&I and channeling the resources available in the right directions is a key priority for all the players 

involved. We need to invest in the European future growth, while facing the least favorable economic 

conditions. It is, thus, the right time to explore and talk about fresh new ways of supporting innovation 

and channeling our efforts in the most effective way. 

Policymakers, academics, and high-level business representatives are invited to come up with fresh 

ideas, concrete proposals on some of the issues that will be raised in this session and reflect on future 

challenges that Europe will need to respond to. 

Issues 

• Aligning strategies from the EU to the local level vs flexibility to benefit from local strengths and 

characteristics 

• To what extend should we focus on the Grand Challenges? 

• Increasing risk taking – making failure acceptable and learn from it. 

• Financing of innovation – the real shortcomings. 

• Alignment of policies and instruments: from strategies to deeds 


Speakers 

Alexander Alvaro 

Member of the European Parliament, K4I Forum Governor 

Alexander Alvaro MEP (*1975) is of German and Portuguese descent and grew up in Australia and Germany. 

After training as a banker, he read law at the Universities of Bremen, Mannheim, Lausanne and 

Düsseldorf. He is member of the board of the German Liberal Party FDP, has served on the national board 

of the German Young Liberals (JuLis) from 2000-2005, and was first voted into the EP as their prime candidate 

in June 2004. He was re-elected in June 2009. As a jurist and one of the youngest members of the 

European Parliament, Alexander Alvaro is Vice-Chair of the Committee on Budgets (BUDG) and member 

of the Committee for Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) as well as the temporary Policy Challenges 

Committee (SURE). He is also a member of the Delegation for relations with Iran and the Delegation 

for relations with India. He is president of the Campaign for Parliamentary Reform (CPR), running 

oneseat.eu and founded a network for young MEPs (EU40). Furthermore, he is on the board of the Forum 

of Federations and governor of the European Internet Foundation (EIF). Alexander Alvaro is co-author of 

the book ‘The Situation of Fundamental and Human Rights in the EU’. 

Juraj Banský 

President, K4I Slovakia 

Prof. Dr. Juraj Bansky is the University Professor at the Technical University of Kosice, Slovakia and Managing 

Director of the International Advising and Consulting Company Excellent Ltd. which has subsidiary in 

Stuttgart and Bucharest. He worked almost seven years abroad – Germany, USA and England as the Visiting 

Professor and Scientific and Research worker. He supervised several M&A projects mostly to establish 

the production or investment capital in Slovakia as well as from the production and technology transfer, 

research and development transfer and creating logistical concepts as well as from marketing analysis by 

sectors and identifying the cooperation or production partners. At present his activities are concentrated 

on the innovation policy generally as well as on the implementation the progressive innovation methods 

mostly in to the Slovak SME-is. He is one of the founders, and presently the Managing Director, of the 

Slovak Chapter of Knowledge4Innovation - K4I Slovakia. 

Michal Boni 

Minister, Member of the Council of Ministers 

Michal Boni is a Graduate of Polish Language Department of Warsaw University with a specialisation 

in cultural sciences. In 1986 he defended his Ph.D. thesis on sociology of culture. In 1991 he became 

Minister of Labour and Social Policy. In 1995 he became director of the Social Policy Reform Programme 

at Fundacja Batorego. From 1994 until 1996 he was councilor of the Centrum Commune of the municipal 

city of Warsaw and from 1996 to 1997 he was director and member of the Public Affairs Institute Team. 

From 1997 to 2001 head of political cabinet of Longin Komołowski’s Ministry of Labour and Social Policy 

in Jerzy Buzek’s government. Collaborator of Polish and international foundations like CASE Socio-Economic 

Analyses Centre, International Relations Centre, Polish-American Freedom Foundation, Institute 

for Human Sciences in Vienna. He also represents Polish employers in the Foundation for Improvement of 

Life Quality in Dublin. 

Luuk Borg 

Secretary General, EUREKA 

In 2006, Luuk Borg was seconded to Brussels by the Netherlands Ministry of Economic Affairs, to manage 

the set-up and launch of the joint EU-EUREKA Eurostars Programme for R&D-performing SMEs. In July 

2007, he accepted the post as head of EUREKA’s Secretariat. Under his leadership, says Borg, ‘EUREKA 

continues in its ambition to perform as the best platform for research-performing businesses in Europe, 

with results that benefit society at large.’ 

He began his career as a consultant and account manager on EU-funded and other research projects, 

specifically targeting the participation of small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Borg subsequently joined 

the Senter/EU-Liaison Agency of the Netherlands Ministry of Economic Affairs where, in 1997, as managing 

director, he oversaw the merger of EU-Liaison with Senter. Borg was also responsible for establishing 

the Netherlands Office for European Science and Technology (NEST). In 2001, Borg became director of 

Marketing and Promotion at the Agency for International Business and Co-operation (EVD), responsible 

for both the planning and execution of trade missions and coordination of overseas trade support offices. 


Speakers 

Violeta Bulc 

Director, Vibacom 

Violeta Bulc (www.vibacom.si) is an expert on balanced sustainable development strategies, organic 

growth and innovation ecosystems. She believes in the power of networks, holistic individual, and positive 

energy. She has received 8 national awards for business innovations, as well as, together with her 

clients, 4 national FENIKS Awards for consulting projects (2004, 2006, 2008, 2010). She is a member 

of management and supervisory boards of several professional associations. She is also a member of 

Slovenian National Council for innovative society and an honorary member of Association of Slovenian 

Innovators. Among her special achievements is the initialization and coordination of “InCo movement” 

(www.incomovement.si). With partners she initiated 8 national rewards for innovation communication 

and journalism, and 4 yearly conferences on innovation: InLoCom (innovative local community), Innovation 

in education, InCo (innovation communication) conference, and InJo workshop for journalists and 

PR professionals. She runs blog on innovation (www.violeta.si). For 5 years she was a member of the Program 

Advisory Board of Stanford Research Center of Innovation and Communication. She is a professor 

at DOBA University (www.DOBA.si) on Innovative and Innovation Management. She received an award 

for the lecturer of the year by the student vote. 

Jerzy Buzek 

President of the European Parliament 

Jerzy Buzek was Prime Minister of Poland and Member of Polish Parliament (Sejm) 1997-2001. He is 

a Member of the European Parliament since 2004 (elected twice with the best result in Poland). He 

introduced Poland to NATO in 1999 and started accession negotiations with the EU in 1997. Founded 

“Foundation for Family”, initiated annual Pro Publico Bono competition for the best civil society initiative 

in Poland. He is also the founder of Pro Publico Bono - Civil Society Institute, Member of The Independent 

and Self-Governing Trade Union “Solidarność” since 1980, Chairman of the 1st National Congress of Delegates 

of “Solidarność” in 1981, and Chairman of 4th, 5th and 6th “Solidarność” Convention after 1989. 

Before the 1997 elections Jerzy Buzek was Head of the economic workgroup of the Solidarity Electoral 

Action (AWS). He received his degree from the Energy Engineering Faculty of the Technical University of 

Silesia. 

Diego Canga Fano 

Deputy Head of Cabinet, Vice-President of the European Commission Antonio Tajani 

Diego Canga Fano, Deputy Head of the Cabinet of Antonio Tajani, Vice-President of the European Commission 

responsible for Industry and Entrepreneurship. Canga Fano studied English Law and Special 

Law degree in European Affairs at the University Libre de Bruxelles. In 1988 he worked as an Assistant 

Professor on Public International Law, University of Oviedo (Spain). His career began in 1989 as a Lawyer 

in Arthur Andersen, Madrid. In 1991 he worked as administrator in the General Secretariat of the Council 

(DG G Social Policy) and in 1994 he moved on Principal Administrator in the Legal Service of the Council. 

From 1999 – 2003 Diego detached to the Cabinet of Vice-President Loyola de Palacio in the European 

Commission as legal advisor, in charge notably of State aid and Competition in Transport. He later became 

the Principal Administrator in the Legal Service of the Council in the sector of external relations and since 

October 2007 he was in charge of Enlargement, Energy, Consumer Protection and Public Health. 

Isaac Cohen 

AmCham EU, Board Member, UTRCI Limited 

Isaac Cohen is Director of the Systems Department at United Technology Research Center (UTRC), and 

Director of the UTRC Ireland, based in Cork, Ireland. 

The Systems Department at UTRC develops expertise in controls, embedded systems, power electronics 

and decision support and optimization. He is also the Director of the recently created UTRC Ireland, 

which objective is developing a unique portfolio of research projects for energy management and security 

systems in collaboration with global industry and academic partners. 

Dr. Cohen received his Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics at University of Paris – Dauphine, and was an active 

participant in the academic field of computer vision and video surveillance for over 15 years. He held 

academic position at Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et Automatique (INRIA), France, and 

at the Computer Science Department at University of Southern California. 


Speakers 

Alessandra Colecchia 

OECD 

Alessandra Colecchia is Head of Economic Analysis and Statistics at the OECD Directorate for Science, 

Technology and Industry (STI). Between 1999 and 2003 she led the development of the first international 

measurement framework for the information society. Between 2004 and 2009 she led the work on R&D 

and Innovation; launched the 2006 Blue Sky Agenda and the OECD Innovation micro-data project. Alessandra’s 

research focuses on productivity, in particular on the impacts of innovation on economic performance. 

Most recently she has been leading the measurement work for the OECD Innovation Strategy. In 

2010 she delivered Measuring Innovation: A New Perspective which includes new policy relevant indicators, 

as well as a forward looking Innovation Measurement Agenda. In 2011 she led the work on the STI 

Scoreboard 2011, the most comprehensive OECD effort to provide a set of policy relevant and insightful 

indicators in the areas of science, technology, innovation and competitiveness of nations. 

Jordi Curell 

Director, Directorate General Education, Culture and Multilingualism, European Commission 

Jordi Curell has a law background and since 1986 has worked in different positions in the European 

Commission, including in DG Employment, where he was responsible for coordinating the preparation 

and implementation of the European Social Agenda. Jordi Curell is presently the director responsible for 

Lifelong Learning: Higher Education and international affairs in the European Commission, DG Education 

and Culture. In the context of a global competition for talent, the aim of the directorate is to make 

Europe more attractive for students, scholars and researchers and to respond to the need for skills that 

are crucial for an inclusive knowledge-based economy. This aim is achieved through policies and programmes 

such as Erasmus, Erasmus Mundus and Marie Curie Actions, aiming to promote international 

and inter-sectorial mobility and partnerships, as well as to support international cooperation (including 

capacity building). The directorate also supports the long-term development of the European Institute 

of Innovation and Technology (EIT), a showcase for tackling societal challenges and for boosting Europe’s 

innovation capacity. 

Antonio Fernando Correia de Campos 


Born December 14th, 1942 in Viseu, Portugal. A university Professor (Universidade Nova de Lisboa) with 

a law degree from Coimbra University (1966), a “Directeur d’Hopital” diploma from ENSP, France (1969), 

an MPh from John Hopkins University (1978) and a PhD on Health Economics from Universidade Nova de 

Lisboa (1982). For three years (1986-89) he was director for Science and Technology at the Luso American 

Development Foundation (Lisbon). Was a member of the National Parliament (1991-92), Secretary 

of State (1976 and 1979-80) and Minister of Health (2001-02; 2005-08). Has also worked as a member of 

the Committee on Health Services Research, WHO/EURO (1984-88), as well as, a Senior Health Care Management 

Specialist for the World Bank (1992-95). He is presently a Member of the European Parliament 

and the First Vice-Chairman of Science and Technology Options Assessment (STOA). 

Marek Darecki 

AmCham EU, President Pratt & Whitney Poland, UTC 

Marek Darecki graduated at the Technical University in Rzeszów, Faculty of Aviation - turbine engines. 

In 1978, he began working for WSK „PZL-Rzeszów”. After several career steps he becomes the President 

and General Director of WSK „PZL-Rzeszów”, where he has initiated a concept with the name innovative 

Aviation Valley. Aviation Valley is the Association of more than 80 aerospace companies located in South- 

East part of Poland. The main objectives of the Aviation Valley are to develop local supply chain, attract 

new investors and modify local education system to meet modern industry needs. Under his leadership 

Aviation Valley has managed to significantly improve local business environment, has become very well 

recognized organization both in Poland and in Europe. In July 2008 Marek Darecki has been nominated 

President of Pratt and Whitney Poland, taking responsibility for all Pratt’s activities in Poland but also for 

developing European network. 


Speakers 

Monica Dietl 

Director, COST Office, Brussels 

Dr Monica Dietl has been Director of the Brussels-based COST Office since April 2011. Prior to joining 

COST, Dr Dietl directed the Brussels office of the French National Research Centre (CNRS) and worked as 

Policy Officer at the European Commission’s Directorate General for Research, where she contributed to 

the adoption of the ‘Ideas’ FP7 programme and the creation of the European Research Council (ERC). Dr 

Dietl is a biologist specialised in neuroscience. Her research experience includes the Paris-based Collège 

de France; the Pierre et Marie Curie University at Paris VI; Vienna’s Lainz Hospital, and the pharmaceutical 

company Sandoz in Basel, Switzerland. 

Peter Dröll 

Head of Unit DG RDI, European Commission 

Peter Dröll is in charge of Innovation Policy Development in the European Commission’s Research and Innovation 

Department. In this capacity, he oversees the implementation of the “Innovation Union”, the European 

Innovation strategy he has co-authored while being in charge of innovation policy in the Commission’s 

Enterprise and Industry Department. His previous positions in the European Commission include 

financial control of the Joint Research Centre, enforcement of EU environmental legislation, accession 

negotiations with Poland and coordination of the environment negotiations with all accession countries. 

He was a Cabinet member of Enlargement Commissioner Günter Verheugen and Head of Cabinet of the 

Science and Research Commissioner Janez Potočnik. Peter is a lawyer by training with a doctorate degree 

in German constitutional law and European law. Before joining the European Commission in 1991, Peter 

worked as a lawyer in a German law firm. 

Andrzej Dulka 

President, Alcatel-Lucent, Poland 

Born in 1959, Dulka is married with two children, lives in Warsaw. Obtained his Diploma with Distinction 

from the Automation Department at Moscow University of Civil Engineering. In 1987 obtained his PhD 

from the Moscow Universiity of Mining. Dulka completed his International MBA Programme at the Nijenrode 

University in the Netherlands in 1996. From the beginning of the Alcatel-Lucent in Poland Andrzej 

Dulka leads the company’s organization. Since May 2006, he was General Director for Lucent Technologies 

Poland and the Czech Republic and was responsible for all sales activities related to these markets 

and customers. Before this appointment, Dulka held the positions of Poland Sales Director for Lucent’s 

Integrated Network Solutions division as was Sales Director for Central and Eastern Europe.He started his 

career at AT&T (which became Lucent Technologies) in 1994. In 1983-1987, Dulka was a teaching assistant 

at the University of Civil Engineering in Koszalin, Poland. In 1987-1992 he worked for Energopol S.A. 

Among other responsibilities, Dulka was charged with negotiating international contracts on behalf of the 

company. He speaks fluent Russian and English and is the owner of one technical patent. Hobby: Russian 

literature 

Sándor Erdő 

Chairman, Hungarian EUREKA Chairmanship 

Sándor Erdo is the chairman of the EUREKA High-Level Group (HLG) during the Hungarian Chairmanship 

(2011 – 2012). Before that he was vice president at the National Innovation Office, Budapest, being 

in charge for international and EU affairs during the Hungarian EU presidency. Previously, he managed 

his own pharmaceutical R&D consulting and servicing company for more than twelve years. Earlier, he 

obtained decades of experience in pharmaceutical R&D, from SMEs to multinational ones, and in different 

positions, from researcher to R&D director. Mr. Erdo has been involved in business activities, such as 

private placements, licence agreements, preparation for IPO, etc. He was graduated at the Semmelweis 

University of Medicine, Budapest, obtained his doctoral degree in pharmacology and toxicology, and a 

Ph.D. degree in Biological Sciences at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. He had a four-year post-doctoral 

training at the University of Göttingen, and a visiting professorship at the University of Rome. 


Speakers 

Václav Fencl 

National Technology Platform for Road and Transport, Czech Republic 

Vaclav Fencl, civil engineer since 1970, was active as a traffic engineer for the town Brno (Czech Republic) 

and was involved in many traffic-engineering studies. After that he joined Institute for Road and Public 

Transport as a research worker on the field of traffic engineering and public transport. During his activity 

in Road Research Institute he was involved in various projects on road safety, pavement management 

system, surface characteristics, technical and economic appraisals of road projects. He joined Transport 

Research Centre (CDV) in 2001 in the position of International Project Director responsible for all CDV international 

activities and he was involved in several projects of EU Framework programmes.Since 2010 he 

is secretary general at National Technology Platform for Road Transport. At national level he is an active 

member of Association of Czech Civil Engineers. At European level he is acting as Czech delegate for the 

FP7-Transport Programme Committee and serves as Czech representative on European Standardisation- 

CEN/TC227/WG5. Vaclav Fencl holds a Ph.D. in civil engineering from Technical University of Brno. 


Commissioner for Research, Innovation, and Science 

1994-1997: Member of Dáil Éireann and Opposition Spokesperson on Health. 1993 -1994: Minister for 

Justice. Member of the Irish Government team which negotiated the Joint Declaration of December 

1993, by the British and Irish Governments, on Peace and Reconciliation in Ireland. 1992: Minister for 

Tourism, Transport and Communications. 1991 -1992: Member of Dáil Éireann. 1987 - 1991: Minister for 

European Affairs. Chaired inter-departmental Cttee. on EU policy with responsibility for co-ordinating 

Ireland’s EU Presidency in 1990. During the Presidency chaired the Budget, Telecommunications, Culture 

and Development Councils. 1982 - 1987: Member of Dáil Éireann. Chairwoman of 1st Joint Parliamentary 

Cttee. on Women’s Rights and Member of Parliamentary Cttee. on Marital Breakdown. 1982: Minister 

of State for Education. 1981 - 1982: Member of Dáil Éireann. 1979 - 1981: Minister for the Gaeltacht (1st 

woman Cabinet Minister since the foundation of the State). 1977 - 1979: Minister of State for Commerce. 

1975 - 1977: Member of Dáil Éireann (Irish Parliament). 

Krzysztof Gulda 

Director, Department of Strategy, Ministry of Science and Higher Education 

Since February 2009 Krzysztof Gulda is the Director of the Strategy Department in the Polish Ministry of 

Science and Higher Education. He is a MSc in Nuclear Physics and Diploma of Postgraduate Study on Intellectual 

Property at Warsaw University. Before his current position he was the Director of the Economy 

Development Department responsible for strategy and programming for innovation, entrepreneurship, 

sustainable development and horizontal industrial policy. He is a Polish delegate and active member 

of OECD Committee on Industry, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE) and Committee on Scientific 

and Technology Policy (CSTP) and a Polish delegate to number of expert panels and working group of 

European Commission, ie. Enterprise Policy Group, R&D Tax Incentives, Innovation Policy Mix Review. He 

is the Chairman of United Nations Economic Committee for Europe Team of Specialist on Innovation and 

Competitiveness Policies (UN ECE - TOS ICP). 

Richard John Granger 

President, Technology Partners Foundation, Brussels Office 

Richard Granger is an independent consultant with over 40 years’ experience in managing research, 

development and innovation. He serves as president of the Brussels office of Technology Partners, the 

association of Poland’s leading applied R&D institutes. Until 2002 he was a Vice President of Arthur 

D. Little, the international management consulting group. His chief interests include technology strategy; 

the management and commercial exploitation of R&D; and the organisational and cultural issues 

involved in technology transfer and in stimulating innovation. He works in these areas worldwide, for 

leading corporations in many industries and for public sector bodies. He also teaches technology and innovation 

management on MBA, MSc and executive programmes at several business schools. 


Speakers 

Ken Guy 

CEO, Wise Guys Ltd. 

Ken Guy is Director of Wise Guys Ltd., a company he launched in 2000 to conduct innovation policy 

research and provide advice to policymakers. Formerly an academic at SPRU, University of Sussex, and 

founder of Technopolis Ltd., he has evaluated policies in over thirty countries and has been involved in 

evaluations of many of the European Commission’s R&D and innovation programmes. He was Chairman 

of the Expert Group whose report underpinned the European Commission’s 3% Action Plan and he 

led many of CREST’s reviews of innovation policy mixes across Europe. During a recent spell as a visiting 

scientist at JRC/IPTS in Seville, he was a member of the Task Force that produced the European Commission’s 

Innovation Union Communication in October 2010. His primary task was to prepare ‘A Rationale 

for Action’, the Commission Staff Working Document that underpinned the Innovation Union proposals. 

Mikael Hagström 

Chairman, Executive Council, AmCham EU, President, Europe, Middle East, Africa and 

Asia Pacific, SAS Institute 

As Executive Vice President, Mikael Hagstrom leads SAS’ Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific 

regions. With more than 20 years of experience leading high-performance organizations, Hagstrom is 

responsible for delivering consecutive revenue growth and consistent profit, harnessing current market 

potential and preparing the organization for the future. As head of an expanding global team of more 

than 4,000 professionals in over 50 countries, Hagstrom is passionate about providing a culture where 

innovation can flourish, resulting in market leadership for the organization and its customers. 

Hagstrom holds the elected position of Chair of the American Chamber of Commerce to the European 

Union Executive Council and is a member of the board of directors of the Atlantic Council, a member of 

the Executive Committee that functions as the United States Council for International Business board of 

directors, and a frequent speaker on the multinational business climate at the World Economic Forum 

and OECD in particular. 

Mark Harris 

CEO, InnovaVentures 

Prof. Dr. Mark Harris is a seasoned executive with over 30 years of experience in the high-tech industry 

and in entrepreneurship. Prof. Harris recently retired from Intel to follow his passion in entrepreneurship 

and in new venture creation. While at Intel, Prof. Harris built Intel’s global Technology Entrepreneurship 

program together with UC Berkeley California’s Lester Center for Entrepreneurship. During this period 

Prof. Harris experienced first hand the difficulties, especially in Europe, of building entrepreneurial 

Eco-Systems. Prof. Harris holds Masters Degrees in Computer Science and Economics from the Technical 

University in Munich as well as Professorships for Technology Entrepreneurship & Innovation at the 

University Politehnica of Bucharest and at the University St. Kliment Ohridski of Sofia. He is Senior Fellow 

of the International Entrepreneurship Academy as well as Executive board member of Informatics Europe 

. Prof. Harris received a Doctor honoris causa from the St. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia as well as 

from the University politehnica of Bucharest. 

Grażyna Henclewska 

Undersecretary of State at Ministry of Economy, Poland 

On 10 July 2008, the Prime Minister of Poland appointed Grażyna Henclewska to the position of Undersecretary 

of State in the Ministry of Economy. Grażyna Henclewska was born on 20 October 1958. She 

graduated from Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW) and completed postgraduate studies at the 

Collegium of Management and Finance, Warsaw School of Economics. Since 2000 she has been working 

in the Department of Analyses and Forecasting of the Ministry of Economy . Initially, she held the position 

of Minister’s Advisor acting as Department Deputy Director. She was in charge of the foreign trade 

analysis group and the public statistics group. From May 2003 until the end of 2005, she was responsible 

for cooperation with the international organisations: World Bank and OECD. She participated in the work 

of the OECD and EU committees and working groups. Since 1 February 2006, she has held the position of 

the Department Director and carried out content-related supervision of economic reports, analyses and 

forecasts. Member of the Council of the National Centre for Research and Development and member of 

the Statistical Council. 


Speakers 

Juan Tomás Hernani 

Undersecretary of State at Ministry of Economy, Poland 

Juan Tomas Hernani is the General Secretary for Innovation within Spain’s Ministry of Science and Innovation 

since April 2009 and the President of CDTI. He is married with 3 children. He is an Industrial 

Engineer from the University of Bilbao; he is an economist and also hosts a Master of Science (M.Sc) in 

advanced manufacturing from the Cranfield Institute of Technology (UK). Within the Ministry, he has 

been President of The Genoma Foundation, President of DDI and Vicepresident and General Manager of 

the Foundation for Science and Technology, FECYT. He has more than 17 years of experience acting as 

General Director of various companies. He was the founder and CEO of KEON AZERTIA, a leading IT company 

specialized in the field of document processing. He was also General Manager of ISABEL (Conservas 

Gravilla). These activities were coached by the BBVA industrial group, where Mr Hernani worked for 11 

years. He has extensive experience as Chairman and Board Member of a number of companies operating 

in the fields of Information Technology, Food, Fashion and Design, Biotechnology and Real State. 

Edit Herczog 


Edit Herczog is currently Treasurer of the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialist and Democrats in 

the European Parliament, which she has been a Member of since 2004. Before that she was a Member 

of the Hungarian National Assembly and since 2007 she has also been a Member of the Presidency of 

the Hungarian Socialist Party. Before her political career she worked for the University of Horticulture’s 

Department of Wine and Beverage, from which she also received a degree and Unilever Hungary. After 

that she successfully pursued a Masters Degree in Portuguese Language and Literature and graduated 

from the European Business School in 1994. Her political priorities are consumer protection, energy, the 

competitiveness of Europe, industry and research and development. 

Manfred Hudetz 

President, PSOR, Syngenta Country Head Poland 

In Poland Manfred Hudetz works since 2009. He is working for Syngenta since 1989. During this time he 

held different positions, in different countries, e.g. Research and Development Departments in Switzerland 

and USA; Product Manager Crop Protection in Sao Paulo, Brazil; Global Key Account Manager Seed 

Treatment, Head Seed Treatment for Europe, Africa and Middle East in Basel, Switzerland. 

Manfred Hudetz is Agricultural Engineer and PhD in Weed Sciences of University Hohenheim, Germany. 

Danuta Hübner 


Prof. Danuta Hübner, Poland’s first-ever European Commissioner, is one of her country’s foremost 

economists and policymakers and has played a key role in the enlargement of the EU. Since July 2009 

Ms. Hübner is Member of European Parliament and Chair of the Committee of Regional Development. In 

May 2004 Ms. Hübner became member of Romano Prodi’s European Commission and in November 2004 

she was entrusted with the regional policy portfolio by President José Manuel Barroso. Earlier, during the 

past decade, her roles in Poland’s Government have included Minister for European Affairs (2003-2004), 

Head of Office of the Committee for European Integration and Secretary of State for Poland’s Ministry of 

Foreign Affairs (2001-2003) and Minister Head of the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland 

(1997-1998). In 2000-2001 she was United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary 

at the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe in Geneva. Born in Nisko, Poland, she studied 

at the Warsaw School of Economics where she gained an MSc (1971) and a PhD (1974). In 1992 she was 

conferred with the scientific title of Professor of Economics by the President of the Republic of Poland. 


Speakers 

Annamaria Inzelt 

IKU Innovation Research Centre, Hungary 

Dr. Annamária Inzelt is Founding Director of IKU Innovation Research Centre (1991). She is prime member 

of doctoral school at the University of Szeged and private professor at Budapest Corvinus University. 

She has been the first Hungarian representative in the OECD NESTI working group for 12 years, an expert 

of UNESCO on science and technology statistics and indicators and is n expert of European Science 

Foundation to develop indicators on internationalaization. She chaired an advisory group on modernising 

Hungarian STI indicator and analytical system. She is advisory editor to Research Policy, international 

journal. She has been participating in may EU projects and member of panels and advisory groups. Her 

main research interest includes the theoretical and practical issues of the innovation systems, the innovative 

capabilities and performance of the different actors, business organisations and universities, mobility 

of HRST, internationalization of STI and indicator developments to various STI topics. She is author and 

editor of several books in English and Hungarian as well as many articles in scientific journals. 

Tomasz Jerzyniak 

DG ENTR, European Commission 

Tomasz Jerzyniak is Policy Officer at the European Commission Directorate-General Enterprise and 

Industry. He manages the major EU analytical tools measuring, benchmarking and monitoring innovation 

performance and policies like the Innovation Union Scoreboard, Regional Innovation Scoreboard, 

Global Review of Innovation Policy Studies, Inno-Policy TrendChart and the pilot European Public Sector 

Innovation Scoreboard. Further, Tomasz is responsible for the Innovation Action Partnership within the 

Transatlantic Economic Council aiming at exchange of good innovation policy practices between EU and 

US. Before joining the European Commission Tomasz worked as consultant and project manager at Technopolis 

Group. Prior to that, he was a research associate at Friedrich Schiller Universität Jena, research 

assistant at Center for European Studies in Berlin and intern at European Commission, DG Research. Tomasz 

graduated in economics from Freie Universität Berlin and spent a year in an exchange programme 

at the Università degli di Studi di Napoli Federico II in Italy. 

José Jiménez 

Strategic Director Telefónica I+D 

José Jiménez: Telecommunications Engineering from Madrid has made his career in Telefonica, in 2000 he 

was appointed Director of Innovation responsible for the coordination of the plan of Telefonica R & D Innovation 

Since 2008 is responsible for research activities with third parties (Collaborative Research). He is 

chairman of Celtic (Eureka Project in Telecommunications), Chairman of es.internet, vice chair of eNEM, 

Member of the scientific board member of the CTTC and ETNO R & D and representative of Telefonica in 

the Core Group for the formation of the PPP on the Future of Internet 

Michel Judkiewicz 

Secretary General, EIRMA 

D. Michel Judkiewicz has been managing Director of Xland sprl, a consulting company based in Belgium, 

since 1997. Prior to this, Michel held various positions in different multinational organizations, from the 

factory floor, through R&D, sales and marketing to general management in fields like chemical industry, IT, 

process control and high education institutions. 

Functional areas of his expertise encompass complex project management, change and crisis management, 

strategic planning, international trade, technology transfer and innovation, prospective strategy 

and general management. 

His activities spanned over Europe (western and eastern), USA where he lived for three years and Asia 

(India, Vietnam, etc....). He has conducted project for industry, universities and research centers. 


Speakers 

Anna Kaderabkova 

Director, Centre for Economic Studies in Prague, Czech Republic 

Founder and director of the Centre for Economic Studies in Prague, member of the UNECE Team of specialists 

on competitiveness and innovation policies. Specializes in the analysis of sources and outcomes 

of competitive advantage and innovation performance with special regard to the new EU members and 

UNECE developing countries and the process of their transition to knowledge-based economy and society. 

Senior researcher, team leader or manager in a number of national and international projects on the 

topics of competitiveness and economic development, human resource quality, research and development, 

innovation and the related policy aspects. Author and co-author of several tens of articles, conference 

presentations and a number of books on the subject of structural changes, competitiveness, human 

resource quality and innovation. Holds master, Ph.D. and assistant professor degrees at the University of 

Economics in Prague. Beneficiary of a number of foreign fellowships (Universities in Amsterdam, Maastricht, 

Dortmund, Oklahoma, Oxford) 

Monika Kavaliauske 

EUREKA Innovation Prize Winner, JSC Biocentras 

Mrs. Monika Kavaliauske is marketing manager of JSC “Biocentras”, which is specialises in environmental 

biotechnology and has won the Eureka Innovation Award in 2011. Also Mrs. Kavaliauske is a PhD student 

at Vilnius University, faculty of Economics, specialising in green marketing and green consumer behaviour. 

Mrs. Kavaliauske has been working in the high-tech business for 5 years, therefore she has expertise 

in international innovations commercialization including biotechnology and pharmaceutical sectors. International 

experience that she gains in everyday business life Mrs. Kavaliauske presents to her students 

at the oldest Vilnius University in Lithuania. Mrs. Kavaliauske has experience in various international R&D 

projects, like FP7, Life+, Eureka. 

Lisbeth Kirk 

Editor, EU Observer 

A Danish journalist by education, Lisbeth Kirk is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of the EUobserver, guiding 

the company in both its editorial and business-orientation. In doing so, Lisbeth also established the 

EUbookshop.com, EUobserver TV, EUobserver Events and other side activities to fund the EUobserver 

news service. She has reported on the European Union for many years and her primary aim is to continue 

to offer a widely-read and trusted platform for news and mature debate on EU affairs. The EUobserver 

was founded in 2000 as a news service based in Brussels to advance and expand the debate on European 

affairs. It has since become one of the largest online news resources for EU stakeholders, reaching 65,000 

individuals on a daily basis, via the website, newsletter, RSS feeds and social media out-lets. 

Gernot Klotz 

Executive Director Research&Innovation, Cefic 

Dr. Gernot Klotz studied Biology and Microbiology. After having worked for the US based pharmaceutical 

company Armour he joined Bayer in various business sections (pharmaceutical, animal health and crop 

protection/product development). Since February 2007 G. Klotz is the Executive Director for Research and 

Innovation for the European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC). He is a member of the CEFIC Leadership 

Team, which has the overall responsibility for coordinating and steering the activities of the organisation. 

Specific key areas of responsibility are innovation, emerging science-policy issues and nano risk benefits 

and testing risk assessment within the CEFIC Long Range Research Initiative (LRI), as well as managing 

the CEFIC Research and Innovation Board. He is also a Board Member of the EU Technology Platform for 

Sustainable Chemistry (SusChem). Gernot Klotz has been called on to various advisory and steering committees 

at OECD, WHO and EU Commission level. He is currently chairing the Group on Nanotechnologies 

and he is responsible for the Value Chain topic within the High Level Group Key Enabling Technologies 

(HLG KETs). 


Speakers 

Tomasz Kosmider 

President, Technology Partners Foundation 

President and Founder of the TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS Foundation (TPF). Technology Partners Foundation, 

Warsaw, Advanced Technology Centre (status awarded by the Polish Minister of Science) – a leading 

association of Polish R&D Institutes. Dr Kosmider’s previous functions: Director at the Banking Computer 

Centre in the National Bank of Poland, Director of the Master of Business Administration Programme, 

International School of Commerce in Rynia, Managing Director of GEOKART International Consulting 

Engineers in Warsaw and Algiers, and Economic Attaché for EU relations in the Polish Embassy, Brussels. 

Leader or Expert in projects carried out by Arthur D. Little, relating to the R&D sector, R&D management, 

enterprise and infrastructure restructuring. Participant and speaker of many EU, OECD, EIRMA, ISPIM, 

RADMA and other international conferences on S&T co-operation and R&D management. Member of 

EURAB 2, Member of the Board for EARTO and Knowledge4Innovation. Dr. Kosmider holds a Ph.D., Warsaw 

University, Poland, and MBA INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France. 

Barbara Kudrycka 

Minister of Science and Higher Education, Poland 

Professor Barbara Kudrycka was born in 1956 in Kolno. She is a Professor of the Administrative Law and 

Public Administration Science (2003). In 1978 she graduated in Law from the University of Warsaw. In 

1985 she obtained a Doctoral Degree in Law and in 1995 became assistant professor at the Department 

of Law and Administration at University of Warsaw. From March 1998 through August 2007, for three 

consecutive terms, she was the Chancellor of Białystok School of Public Administration. Currently she is 

the President of BSPA. Since October 2003 she is Chair in Administrative Law at The Law Department at 

the University of Białystok. From 2004 through 2007 she was a Member of European Parliament. She sat 

on the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs as well as she was a member of the Delegation 

for relations with Belarus. Professor Barbara Kudrycka is a member of Transparency International 

Polska and Amnesty International. Married, with two children. 

Christian Küchen 

President, Eurofuel 

Prof. Küchen studied process engineering, and also holds a doctorate in chemical engineering, from 

Clausthal University of Technology (Germany). From 1992 to 1995 he was responsible for the application 

technology of fuels, and fuel combustion test facilities at Shell Germany (products, applications 

and developments laboratory) in Hamburg. Prof. Kuechen was appointed technical general manager of 

the Institute for Economic Oil Heating (IWO) in 1995, and became IWO’s CEO in 2003. Since June 2004, 

he has also held the post of honorary professor at the Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule 

(RWTH), Aachen. Prof. Küchen was elected President of the European Heating Oil Association, Eurofuel, 

in December 2005. 

Daniel Kupka 

OECD, Directorate Science, Technology and Industry 

Daniel Kupka is a Policy Analyst at OECD’s Science and Technology Policy Division. He provides support to 

the Working Party on Innovation and Technology (TIP) and the Committee for Scientific and Technological 

Policy (CSTP). Recent areas of work include the role of demand-side innovation policies, commercialisation 

of knowledge, service innovation policies and the transition to a green growth path. In addition, he is 

member of the International Energy Agency’s Expert Group on “Accelerating Energy Technology Innovation”. 


Speakers 

Jerzy Langer 

Foreign Secretary, Academia Europaea, London and Professor Inst. Phys. Polish Academy 

of Sciences, Warsaw 

Jerzy Langer is a professor at the Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences. Foreign Secretary of 

Academia Europaea, Fellow of the American Physical Society and Honorary Vice President of Euroscience. 

Was the key advisor to the President of Polish Academy of Sciences and a Deputy Minister of Science. 

Advises Mayor of Wrocław on the academic and pro-innovative transformation of this 3rd largest 

academic city of Poland. Served major science advisory bodies to the EC (EURAB, ISTAG and Governing 

Board of the JRC) and co-authored several key European policy documents related to the ERC, ERA and 

regional innovation policy. Co-assessed 6th Framework Program. Authored about 250 research papers 

and keynote talks at major physics conferences and well above 150 papers and lectures on European and 

Polish science policy. Supervised 13 PhD students, of whom 6 became already full professors. Frequent 

commentator in Research Europe. 

Jos Leijten 

President, Knowledge4Innovation 

Dr. Jos Leijten is president of Knowledge4Innovation and director of the Joint Institute for Innovation 

Policy, an initiative from TNO, VTT, Joanneum Research and Tecnalia and senior strategist in TNO. Earlier 

he held management positions in innovation policy research in the Netherlands Organisation for Applied 

Scientific Research TNO. In 2000-2001 he was a Visiting Scientist at the Institute for Prospective Technological 

Studies of the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission in Seville. He studied geography 

and urban and regional planning at the Radboud University of Nijmegen (1975) and received his PhD 

from the Free University of Amsterdam in 1991 for a thesis on technology assessment and technology 

policy. For most of his career he worked in a highly multidisciplinary research environment. He manages 

and has managed several international or European innovation policy related networks. He advised and 

published on technology assessment and foresight; on economic, social and public policy issues in the 

information society and on trends in R&D. He has been a member of several EU expert groups. 

Markku Markkula 

Committee of the Regions 

Mr. Markku Markkula works within Aalto University as the Advisor to Aalto Presidents, focusing on 

European affairs. His previous assignment comprised heading Lifelong Learning Institute Dipoli of Helsinki 

University of Technology (TKK) as Director. Mr. Markkula is a former member of the Finnish Parliament 

(1995-2003). As an MP his international role included the Presidency of EPTA Council, European Parliamentary 

Technology Assessment Network. He has served the global engineering community as the 

part-time Secretary General of the International Association for Continuing Engineering Education IACEE 

1989-2001. He has been awarded the European Society for Engineering Education SEFI Fellow 1995. 

Within SEFI he has been the Chairman of the Continuing Education Working Group. Markku Markkula is a 

member of the EU Committee of the Regions, CoR. Within CoR he is member of Commission for Education, 

Youth, Culture and Research EDUC, and Commission for Economic and Social Policy ECOS. He is the 

Chairman of the EPP/CoR Task Force “Europe 2020”. 

Judith Merkies 


Ms Judith Merkies is the rapporteur on the Innovation Union, one of the Europe 2020 Strategy flagships. 

Merkies became a member of the European Parliament following the 2009 elections. Aside from her 

committees and delegations of which she is a member, she is vice-chairman of the Water Intergroup; she 

is extended board member of EUFORES as well as member of EIF, GLOBE EU and K4I Forum. She holds a 

law degree from the University of Amsterdam and pursued a career as a lawyer before taking on postgraduate 

studies in European and International Law. Merkies has a strong background in working with 

the institutions of the European Union as well as representing the interests of various industries. Prior to 

becoming a Member of the European Parliament Merkies in the European Commission. 


Speakers 

Jan Muehlfeit 

Chairman, Microsoft Corporation, Europe 

ICT industry veteran almost 18 years in MS. Led CEE region in 2000 - 2005. Vice President of Microsoft’s 

Public Sector team in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) in 2005, Vice President, EMEA Corporate & 

Government Strategy in 2006 and later Chairman Europe, Microsoft Corporation, Mr. Muehlfeit is a Vice- 

Chair of the Academy of Business in Society (ABiS), board member of JA, Co-Chairman of the European 

e-Skills Association and a member of the Board of AIESEC and Ovum advisory body. Jan Muehlfeit has 

been serving in different advisory boards of several European governments in the field of ICT, national 

competitiveness and education. He also represents Microsoft on the TABD, the Transatlantic Business 

Dialogue and is involved as advisor in different projects of European Policy Center (EPC). He is chairman 

of European roundtable GEI of World Economic Forum. He is also a board member of Czech National 

Museum. 

Roumen Nikolov 

University of Sofia 

Dr. Roumen Nikolov is Full Professor in Informatics at University of Library Studies and Information Technologies 

and Research Projects Manager at the R&D Department of University of Sofia. He is also Chair of 

Management Board of Institute of Technology and Development and President of Virtech Ltd. Dr. Nikolov 

has rich experience as project coordinator and contractor in more than 70 European projects in FP4, FP5. 

FP6 and FP7, including FP7 SISTER, TARGET and ELLIOT-EEU projects, FP6 TENCompetence, Kaleidoscope 

and ECOSPACE projects, etc. Dr. Nikolov is member of the Management Board of Knowledge4Innovation 

Association, Informatics Europe Association and the National Representative at the ETP NESSI. He has 

more than 100 publications and long history of participation in innovation undertakings nationally and internationally, 

such as: Technology Transfer Office at Sofia University, European Day of the Entrepreneur, 

master program in Technology Entrepreneurship and Innovation, etc. 

Erkki Ormala 

Vice-President, Nokia 

Dr. Erkki Ormala was born 1950. He graduated in 1974 and received his PhD in 1986 from the Helsinki 

University of Technology. He was a Senior Research Engineer at the Technical Research Centre of Finland 

(VTT) 1974-1987. 1987-1999 he was the Secretary of the Science and Technology Policy Council of Finland. 

In 1999 he joined the Nokia Group. At Nokia he is in charge of developing favourable business environment 

for Nokia globally. He has more than 50 scientific publications. In 1992 he led an international 

evaluation of the economic and social impacts of the Eureka Scheme. 1996-1999 he was the Chairman 

of the Technology and Innovation Policy Working Group of the OECD. In 2004 he chaired the Five-Year- 

Assessment of the EU Research Programmes covering 1999-2003. Since May 2008 he is the President and 

Chairman of the Executive Board of Digitaleurope. He is a member of the Board of University of Oulu. 

Enrico Pavoni 

CEO, FIAT Auto Poland S.A. 

Born on March 25, 1950 in Rome, Enrico Pavoni – since the beginning of his professional career, starting 

1969 – has been in FIAT Group. In 1992-1995 he held the position of Director of FIAT representation 

office in Poland. Since 1995 he has been President of FIAT POLSKA Sp. z o.o. representing FIAT Group in 

Poland. From the beginning he fulfilled the various duties in the supervisory boards and management 

boards of all FIAT enterprises. During 10 years (1992-2002) he performed the duties of the Deputy Chairman 

of the Supervisory Board of FIAT AUTO POLAND S.A. Since 8 April 2002 he then performed the duties 

of President of FIAT AUTO POLAND S.A. He was honoured by President of Polish Republic with the Award 

of Order of Merit of Republic of Poland (1991), with the Officer’s Cross of Italian Republic (2001) and with 

the Commander’s Cross of Order of Merit of Republic of Poland (2004). 


Speakers 

Richard Pelly 

Chief Executive, European Investment Fund 

Richard Pelly started his career at Barclays Bank (1977-1997) serving as Business Development Manager, 

Branch Manager, Corporate Finance Director in the International Corporate Division, Head of Structured 

Finance in the Paris office, and finally Chief Operating Officer, BZW France. Thereafter, he was appointed 

Chairman and CEO of Budapest Bank, GE Capital platform in Hungary (1998-2004), then CEO of 

UK Business Finance (2004-2005) within GE Commercial Finance. From 2005 to 2007 he was Managing 

Director of Structured Asset Finance at Lloyds TSB Bank where he forged a 160-strong team providing 

project, property and asset finance on a global basis. He became Chief Executive of the European Investment 

Fund in April 2008. Richard Pelly has an Honours degree in Psychology from Durham University, a 

Diploma from the Institute of Bankers and obtained an MBA with distinction at INSEAD Fontainebleau. In 

2003, he was awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Honours List for Services to the Community in Hungary and 

to the Budapest Festival Orchestra. 

Alojz Peterle 


Mr. Peterle has been a Member of the European Parliament since 2004. Previously Slovenia’s Prime 

Minister, the first since the country’s independence, he has also held twice the position of Minister for 

Foreign Affairs. During his career, Mr Peterle has promoted a healthy lifestyle for a number of years and, 

after his own experience of cancer, he has invested great effort in raising awareness of cancer issues, such 

as helping to organise conferences for the European Cancer Patient Coalition (ECPC). He has received 

a number of prestigious awards, including the European Voice’s ‘European of the Year’ in 2003, a gold 

medal from the Luxembourg foundation, ‘Mérite Européen’ in 2004, The Parliament Magazine’s Award 

2008 and the Bulgarian APOZ Award for his contribution in the fight against cancer in 2009. 

Wolfgang Polt 

Joanneum Research / JIIP 

1977-1985 Study of economics and of business informatics at the University of Vienna. 1985-1992 Research 

Fellow at the Institute for Research on Socio-Economic Development and Technology Assessment 

of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. 1992-1999 Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Technology 

Studies of the Austrian Research Centers Seibersdorf. 1996-1998 Full time consultant for the OECD/ 

Directorate Science, Technology and Industry/Division for Science and Technology Policy in Paris. Since 

2000 Head of the Viennese office of the Institute of Technology and Regional Policy (INTEREG) and of the 

Viennese office of JOANNEUM RESEARCH Forschungsgesellschaft mbH. Since 2006 authorised representative 

of JOANNEUM RESEARCH Forschungsgesellschaft mbH. Since 2010 Head of Centre for Economic 

and Innovation Research - POLICIES - JOANNEUM RESEARCH Forschungsgesellschaft mbH, Graz/Wien. 

Janusz Rachon 

Gdansk University of Technology 

Prof. Janusz Rachoń, PhD, DSc, Eng., is an internationally recognised Polish scientist, innovation practitioner 

and politician. Member - since 2007 – of the Upper Chamber of the Polish Parliament (responsible 

for the areas of science and innovation) and Vice-Chairman of the European Union Affairs Committee. 

Previous positions: Chairman of the Council of the National Centre for Research and Development; 

Poland (2006 - 2010); President of the Polish Higher Education-Business Forum (2005 - 2009); Rector of 

Gdansk University of Technology (2002 - 2008); Head of the Organic Chemistry Department (since 1997); 

Vice Chairman of the Rector’s Conference of the Polish Universities of Technology (2005 - 2008); Visiting 

Professor at the Department of Chemistry; The Florida State University; Tallahassee; USA (1985 – 1990); 

Professor Rachon carries out research in organic synthesis and reaction mechanisms. His scientific output 

comprises over 150 scientific articles, papers, reviews and 14 patents. 


Speakers 

Juan Rada 

AmCham EU, Senior Vice President, Global Public Sector, Healthcare and Education, 

Oracle 

Juan Rada joined Oracle in 1998 as Vice President for Public Services for EMEA and was subsequently appointed 

Senior Vice President with responsibility in EMEA for all of Oracle’s vertical-market solutions and 

Oracle’s Applications solutions teams. In June 2006 he was appointed to his current position as Senior 

Vice President with worldwide responsibility for Public Sector, Education, Healthcare & Utilities Industries 

Business Unit Prior to joining Oracle Juan Rada was a Vice President at Digital Equipment Corporation 

International (Europe) and also led The Environmental Partnership, a company devoted to the implementation 

and promotion of environmental initiatives. From 1979 to 1992, Juan Rada was a professor 

and member of the faculty at the International Management Institute (IMI) in Geneva and latterly he was 

also the founding Director General (Dean) of IMD in Lausanne (Switzerland), which was created from the 

merger between IMI and IMEDE. Juan Rada studied at the Universidad Católica de Chile, in his country 

of origin and obtained his Ph. D at the University of London. He has served as a board member for a 

number of corporate, academic and not-for-profit organizations and has published a number of books 

and articles. 

Slavo Radosevic 

Professor of Industry and Innovation Studies, University College of London 

Slavo Radosevic is Professor of Industry and Innovation Studies at University College London and deputy 

director of the School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES). His research interests are in the 

area of science, technology, industrial change and foreign direct investments in countries of central and 

eastern Europe and he continues to be involved in international projects in this area. Prof Radosevic has 

published extensively in international journals on issues of innovation policy and innovation in CEE and 

has edited several books in this area including recent (2011) Challenges for European Innovation Policy: 

Cohesion and Excellence from a Schumpeterian Perspective, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham. He is author of 

International Technology Transfer and Catch up in Economic Development, Edward Elgar, 1999. He is 

acting as an expert for the various DGs of the European Commission, as consultant to UNESCO, OECD, 

UN ECE, UNIDO, World Bank and Asian Development Bank as well as to several CEE governments. He is 

member of the Management Committee of the ERAWatch network. 

Alasdair Reid 

Head of Brussels and Tallinn Offices, Technopolis 

Alasdair Reid joined Technopolis Group and is director of the Brussels (since 2004) and Tallinn (since 

2006) practices. He is also general manager, since 2005, of the ERAWATCH Network ASBL (a non-profit 

organisation) with 70 member organisations from over 40 industrialised countries. Alasdair has over 18 

years of experience in public policy analysis of regional economic development and national innovation 

systems. He has advised the European Commission, international organisations and national and regional 

governments. Alasdair has managed, since 2004, the main EU research and innovation policy-benchmarking 

platforms at national (the European Trend Chart on Innovation and ERAWATCH) and regional levels 

(Regional Innovation Monitor). 

Marina Resmini 

Marie Curie Career, School of Biological and Chemical Sciences Queen Mary, University 

of London 

Dr. Marina Resmini is a Reader in Organic Chemistry at Queen Mary, University of London. She has experience 

of successful interdisciplinary scientific collaborations resulting in high-profile publications and has 

been involved in numerous EU funded Marie Curie projects and activities. An Italian national, following 

the award of her PhD at the University of Milan (Italy) she was a postdoctoral researcher within FP4 and 

worked in The Netherlands and was a Marie Curie fellow in the UK. After being appointed to a permanent 

position at Queen Mary, in 1999, she was a member of the follow-up network COSSAC within FP5. 

In 2006 she became the Coordinator of a Marie Curie RTN as part of FP6. She is also the Coordinator of a 

recently awarded Marie Curie IAPP project, IRMED, as well as coordinator of a new ITN NANODRUG with 

13 teams. 


Speakers 

Paul Rübig 


Dr. Paul Rübig studied economics in the University of Linz and acted as managing director of the Rübig 

Schmied Company. His political career began in 1991 as a member of the Upper Austrian Regional Assembly 

and chairman of the EU Integration Committee. After being a member of the Austrian Parliament 

for one year, Paul Rübig became since 1996 a member of the European Parliament and the group of the 

European People’s Party since 1996. Paul Rübig sits on the European Parliament’s Committee on Industry, 

Research and Energy and is a substitute for the Committee in Budgets. He is an expert in telecommunication, 

has published several books, and was primarily responsible for the lowering of the roaming charges. 

He was presented with the MEP Award in the category “research & innovation” 2008. 

Ángeles Rodríguez-Peña 

President, COST Committee 

Dr Rodríguez-Peña is President of the COST Committee of Senior Officials (CSO) and Special Advisor to 

the Technical Cabinet of the Secretary General of Innovation at the Spanish Ministry for Science and 

Innovation. From 2007 to 2010, she was Deputy Director General for European Programmes and headed 

the Spanish delegation in the Scientific and Technical Research Committee of the EU Council (CREST). She 

represented Spain a member of the European Research Area Committee (ERAC) and in the Strategic Forum 

for International Science & Technology Cooperation (SFIC). She obtained her PhD in Biology in Spain 

and a postdoctoral fellowship from the European Molecular Biology Organisation in 1981 and joined the 

former Imperial Cancer Research Foundation – now Cancer Research UK – in London. Back in Spain, she 

started a research group and was a visiting scientist at Harvard Medical School in Boston, USA, and at the 

Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden. 

Klaus-Heinrich Standke 

President, Technology Partners Foundation International Board of Experts 

Apprentice in a steel company, Studies in Economics, MBA, Dr.rer.pol. (Technical University Berlin); Dr.h.c. 

(University of Economics, Poznan); Dr.h.c. (International University Moscow; Professor h.c.; Member, 

European Academy for Science and Arts; Member, Presidents Council, New York Academy of Sciences. 

Subsequently Staff member, Directorate for Scientific Affairs, OECD, Paris; Secretary-General of the OECD 

sponsored European Industrial Research Management Association (EIRMA), Paris; Director for Science 

and Technology, United Nations, New York; Assistant Director-General and Special Advisor to the Director- 

General of UNESCO, Paris; President, Academy for East-West-Economic Cooperation (OWWA), Berlin; 

presently: President, Committee for the French-German-Polish Cooperation (Weimar Triangle); Chairman, 

International Advisory Board, Technology Partners Foundation, Warsaw. Honors: Cross of Merit 

(first Class) of the Federal Order of Merit (Germany), Officer’s Cross of the National Order of Merit of the 

Republic of Poland. 

Roland Strauss 

Managing Director, Knowledge4Innovation 

Dr. Roland Strauss has an industrial background and over 18 years of experience in the environment of 

the EU Institutions. He served during 10 years as a VP for Siemens Government Relations in Brussels. 

Roland Strauss is well known for his expertise regarding the special needs and benefits of the hightechnology 

industry particularly in the fields of research and innovation. Inspired by the environment of 

Sophia Antipolis where he worked regularly between 1996 and 2002 and a series of visits to Silicon Valley, 

he developed a strong interest and expertise in innovation. In 2003 he engaged with a Franco- German 

Venture Capital Fund, and advised a French innovation platform, which brings together major actors from 

the French national innovation ecosystem. It was this model that motivated him to co-found in 2009 the 

Knowledge4Innovation (K4I) association, established as a non-profit association with members from the 

public, private and academic sectors. Since the creation of Strauss & Partners in 2004, Roland is advising 

public and private organisations in the areas of technology and innovation. In September 2009 he has 

been appointed Director of the Brussels BITKOM office. 


Speakers 

Stephen John Taylor 

Director of Technology Transfer Department, AREA Science Park, Italy 

Mr. Stephen Taylor has over twenty years of experience helping major firms and government agencies 

in Europe and North America to access the latest knowledge and expertise for analysis and planning 

for new business, market research, new product development, and technology commercialization. His 

current role since September 2009 as Director of the Technology Transfer Department of Consorzio per 

l’AREA di Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologica, Trieste, Italy, is to work on strategic measures to optimize the 

activities of the Department. He is also CEO of Innovation Factory, in-house incubator at AREA Science 

Park, Trieste. He has negotiated sales, joint ventures and partnership agreements with other organisations, 

both public and private, to further the strategic objectives of the organisations he has represented. 

As well as extensive face-to-face closure of key account sales, he has also successfully negotiated noncash 

deals with other organisations to achieve mutually beneficial partnerships. 

Peter Teirlinck 

BELSPO 

Peter Teirlinck studied commercial engineering at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. As a policy adviser at the 

Belgian Science Policy Office and a detached national expert at the European Commission (DG Research) 

he wrote a Ph.D. thesis “Location of (FDI in) R&D and networking in innovation: analysis and policy making 

for the business enterprise sector”. He obtained his Ph.D. in Applied Economics from the Universiteit 

Antwerpen in 2009. His main research interest areas include: Impact assessment of public funding for 

research, innovation, and technological development. Peter Teirlinck has been Scientific coordinator for 

OMC-net FP7 project ‘Optimising the policy mix by the development of a common methodology for the 

assessment of (socio-) economic impacts of RTDI public funding’ (March 2009-May 2011) and Rapporteur 

for a CREST Working Group on ‘Internationalisation of R&D - Facing the Challenge of Globalisation: approaches 

to a proactive international policy in S&T - OMC Working Group ‘Policy approaches towards S&T 

cooperation with third countries’ (January 2005-December 2007). 

Ioannis Tsoukalas 


Prof. Tsoukalas obtained his PhD from the Aristotle University and carried out postdoctoral research in 

the UK, France, Germany and USA, focusing on the field of solid state physics and technological materials. 

In 1986 he was elected Professor at the Department of Physics and was the Founder and first Head of 

Department of Informatics of the Aristotle University (1995-1999). He has served as Vice-President of the 

Research Committee of the Aristotle University (1999-2004) and President of the International Relations 

Committee and of the Ethics Committee. He has also served in the Executive Committees of “Information 

Society S.A.” and “Hellenic Data Protection Authority”. He was the General Secretary for Research and 

Technology at the Hellenic Ministry of Development (2004-2008) and from September 2008, he is Professor 

Emeritus at the Aristotle University. 

Hans van der Loo 

Vice President European Union Liaison, Shell International 

Hans van der Loo joined Shell in 1983 and worked in marketing, crude oil trading, strategy consultancy 

and finance. In 1989 he joined the EU Executive Training Programme in Japan (ETP) before joining Showa 

Shell Sekiyu in Tokyo where he worked in marketing and corporate planning. In 1994 he became retail 

manager in Manila to prepare Shell Philippines for industry deregulation. 

After two years he returned to Shell International in London to lead the retail innovations unit, introducing 

FMCG marketing techniques to fuels introducing products like Optimax, V-Power, etc. This was followed 

by two years in change management, where he worked as coach to management teams in several 

Shell companies primarily in Europe and Asia. In 2000 he became senior regional adviser for Europe & 

Canada reporting to the Executive Directors of the Board of the Royal Dutch Shell Group. 

In 2004 he became director European Union Liaison in Brussels. He represents Shell in various Industry 

Associations and is a senior advisor to BusinessEurope. He also is sherpa to Royal Dutch Shell Chief 

Executive Jeroen van der Veer in the European Round Table of Industrialists (ERT). Since March 2003 he is 

Board Member of A.S. Norske Shell. 


Speakers 


Member of the European Parliament, Chairman of K4I Forum Governing Board 

Lambert van Nistelrooij is: Vice-president and treasurer of the Dutch EPP delegation; Member, EPP Coordinator 

and EPP Speaker in the Committee on Regional Development;Substitute member of the Committee 

on Industry, Telecoms, Research and Energy; Substitute member of the Delegation for relations with 

the Maghreb countries; Member of the Delegation for relations with South Asia; Substitute member of 

the Delegation in the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly; Co-president of the AGE and URBANintergroups; 

President of the Knowledge for Innovation (K4I) Forum in the European Parliament; Member 

of the Bureau of the European Internet Foundation (EIF) and the European Energy Forum (EEF). Other 

experiences: Member of the Advisory Boards of ‘Netcarity’ (A NETworked multisensor system for elderly 

people: health CARe, safety and securITY in the home environment) and ‘Soprano’ (Service-Oriented Programmable 

Smart Environments for Older Europeans); President of the Supervisory Board ‘Smart Homes’ 

(Dutch Centre for Domotics and Innovation) 

Philippe Vanrie 

CEO, European Bic Network (EBN) 

Philippe Vanrie (Belgian) is an engineer who started his career at the University of Brussels (ULB) and 

then joined the first European EC-BIC in Liège (Socran). After leaving Socran, he entered the private 

sector where he held senior Marketing and Business Development responsibilities within several SMEs 

leaders in their markets, most notably in the Agro and Food Industry. Philippe joined EBN in 1992 and 

became responsible for technical assistance to the EC- BIC programme. He worked closely with the European 

Commission and directly for more than 50 BICs, Incubators and other Business Support Centres. 

Philippe also initiated and conducted pilot-schemes in the field of academic and industrial spin-offs, 

clustering, business cooperation, local development and technology transfer. He was appointed EBN CEO 

in the summer of 1999. He is committed to ensuring the performance, relevance, efficiency, positioning, 

impact and the reputation of EBN and their Network Members are of the highest standards. 

Pierre Vigier 

Head of Unit, Economic Analysis and Indicators, DG R&I, European Commission 

Pierre VIGIER, graduate in Law and holding Masters Degrees in both Economics and Politics (ESSEC and 

Paris “Sciences Po”), is a specialist in European industry and innovation. He began his career within a 

number of ministerial cabinet offices in France and at the Territory Planning Agency. Joining the European 

Commission in 1988 he was notably responsible for automobile industry, achieving the negotiation of 

the EU-Japan Trade Agreement in this sector (1991-2000). He subsequently coordinated Industrial cooperation 

of EU with Asia. As member of the Cabinet for the Commissioner in charge of RTD, Innovation & 

Education (1995-1999), he launched the 1995 Green paper on Innovation in Europe and was responsible 

for industrial research and space policy. Since 1999 in the Enterprise and Industry DG, he has presided 

over the creation of the Enterprise Policy Group, the extension of the European Charter for Small Businesses 

and the drafting of the new European SME definition. Since April 2003, he holds responsibility on 

strategic aspects of innovation policy and on the interface between Research and Industry, notably on 

technology platforms. 

Jacek Walendowski 

Senior Consultant, Technopolis 

Jacek has ten years of experience as a professional economist in the fields of evaluation, regional, research 

and innovation policy. As a project manager of several EC funded projects, he has provided effective 

leadership for the team, setting its overall direction, and ensuring each member was equipped with 

requisite background knowledge. He has also often acted as a rapporteur of various high-level events 

and conducted numerous interviews. Since 2003, Jacek has been the country correspondent for Poland 

in the framework of the European Trend Chart on Innovation project of the European Commission (DG 

Enterprise). Currently, he is coordinating the Regional innovation monitor project (DG Enterprise). He is 

also working on the design of new EU forms of support to tackle a shortage of financial resources and 

access to finance faced by SMEs (DG Enterprise). He holds an economic degree from the Business and 

Administration School (Warsaw), as well as European studies degrees from College of Europe (Natolin) 

and Central European University (Budapest). 


Speakers 

Jan Wester 

Principal Strategist, TNO 

After finishing his study in non-western history in Amsterdam 1989, mr. Wester worked for some years 

as a free-lance journalist for several Dutch national radio-stations and newspapers. In 1993 he started at 

the Ministry of Transport, where he was appointed vice-head at the director-generals office at the Dutch 

Civil Aviation Authority. In 1998 he shifted his interest to the development of the information society and 

worked at the Ministry of Economic Affairs, in different positions, such as project leader “Kenniswijk”. 

Large scale smart city PPP and living-lab avant la letter; Programme manager Broadband: responsible for 

the successful Dutch national broadband policy, resulting in a worldwide top 5 position for the Netherlands; 

Unit head security, trust and interoperability; Head strategy and coordination national ICT-policies. 

In 2008 he was appointed principal strategist at TNO, where he works on smart regional development, 

living labs, social and trans-sectorial innovation. 

Thomas J. White 

Deputy Chief of Mission, US Mission to the European Union 

Mr. Thomas J. White arrived in Brussels on August 1, 2010 to assume his duties as Deputy Chief of Mission 

at the U.S. Mission to the European Union. He previously served as Consul General at the U.S. Consulate 

in Sao Paulo, Brazil. A career member of the Senior Foreign Service, he has served as Economic 

Minister-Counselor at the U.S. Embassy in France and as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in 

Liberia. Mr. White has held several Washington assignments, including as chief U.S. aviation negotiator 

and as lead negotiator on the OECD Convention on Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International 

Business Transactions. He has served previously in Brazil, Jerusalem, and Italy. A native of Philadelphia, 

Pennsylvania, Mr. White earned a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from Eisenhower College, 

a Masters in Public Affairs in economic development from Princeton University, and is a Distinguished 

Graduate of the National Defense University. He is married to the former Theresa Cunningham of Havertown, 

Pennsylvania and is the father of four children 

Ivan Wilhelm 

Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education, Czech Republic 

Ivan Wilhelm was born in May 1, 1942 in Trnava (Slovakia). From 2011 he is a Vice minister for Higher 

Education and Research of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic. Previously, 

he was the governmental plenipotentiary for R&D programmes of EU in the Czech Republic (2006 

- 2011). He holds a doctorate degree in Physics from Charles University in Prague. From 2000 to 2006, 

Prof. Wilhelm held the prestigious post as the Rector of Charles University, in Prague. Prof. Ing. Wilhelm 

has held various academic positions in the field of experimental physics as well as in government. During 

his vast professional experiences, particularly in academia, he has received many awards and honorary 

degrees. 

Aneta Wilmańska 

Vice-President, Polish Agency for Enterprise Development 

Ms. Aneta Wilmańska has been the Deputy to Chief Executive Officer of the Polish Agency for Enterprise 

Development since 2008. In Agency she is in charge of innovation and entrepreneurship development 

activities, including international cooperation, development of business environment institutions, information 

and proinnovative services to enterprises and coordination on research activities in innovation, 

entrepreneurship, human capital development. Ms. Wilmańska graduated in the field of International 

Political and Economic Relations in the Economics and Sociology Department at the University of Łódź 

and in the European Research Centre at the University of Łódź. In 2001 she was employed in the Ministry 

of Economy and engaged in the issues related to the regional development policy, the pre-accession 

funds and innovation and cohesion policy. In 2004 she was appointed a Deputy Director responsible in 

particular for the programme, monitoring, reporting and the evaluation issues and in 2006 a Deputy 

Director in charge of coordination of the Lisbon process in Poland, economic policy in the context of 

globalization and climate change and state aid issues. In 2006 she started the PhD studies in the Management 

Department at the University of Warsaw. 



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