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SPEAKERS Prof. Jacques P. Bersier Since 2003, Prof. Bersier has been the deputy director of the « Haute école d’ingénierie et d’architecture de Fribourg » (HEIA-FR) member of the University of Applied Sciences of Western Switzerland (HES-SO). He is also Director for Applied Research and Development. He obtained diplomas in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering (1975, 1978) and a diploma in Business Informatics at the University of Fribourg (1994). In 2005 he launched and has coordinated the Swiss Plastics Cluster, followed in 2009 by the Science and Technology Centre of the Canton of Fribourg (PST-FR). Since 2009 he is an affiliated member of the Center for Competitiveness of the University of Fribourg and from 2014, a member of the EUR-ACE label committee, representing the Swiss Agency of Accreditation and Quality Assurance (AAQ). Thorsten Hülsmann Thorsten Hülsmann, born 1974, is a Managing Director. Thorsten studied economic geography and communication sciences at the Universities of Bonn and Bologna. His professional experience includes: 2000 - 2003 Research Fellow at the Universities of Bonn and Bristol; 2003 - 2010 Project-Manager dortmund-project; 2010 until today Managing Director of EffizienzCluster Management GmbH; and since 2014 Head of Business Development at GlobalGate GmbH. Roger Van Hoesel Roger van Hoesel graduated in International Economics and Business Economics at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam in 1989. Since his graduation he has worked for various international companies in the field of agrofood and process industry. In 1991, he became a part-time assistant professor at Erasmus University. He defended his PhD thesis on the internationalization of Korean and Taiwanese companies at the Tinbergen Institute in Rotterdam in 1997. With the official start of the Food Valley organization in 2004, Roger was hired as the managing director. Roger acts on various programme boards of national and international food programmes. Leo Clancy Leo heads the Technology, Consumer and Business Services sectors at IDA Ireland. He has been at IDA since 2013 and his role is focused on maintaining and growing Ireland’s vibrant technology cluster. Prior to joining IDA Leo worked for 17 years in the private sector. His previous role was with e|net, a Limerick-based telecommunications company, where he led the technology function as Service Delivery Director. Prior to that Leo worked at Ericsson for 13 years and held various management and engineering roles in Global Services. Dr Majella Giblin Dr Majella Giblin is an Ussher Assistant Professor in Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the School of Business, Trinity College Dublin. She was awarded a Ph.D. in the area of industrial clusters from the School of Business & Economics, National University of Ireland, Galway. She has published in international peer-reviewed journals - including 4* journals - written book chapters and presented at numerous national and international conferences. Her research transcends theoretical boundaries by integrating the intellectual traditions of regional economics, international business, economic geography, strategic management, and evolutionary economics. Dr Giblin’s research contributes at both a theoretical and public policy level. Dr Fergal Barry As Vice-President at LIT for Research, Development and Enterprise, Dr. Fergal Barry, is responsible for the work of the Institute which relates to the provision of support to the development of the region served by the Institute through the research activities of its staff and postgraduate students, the business and industry engagement and enterprise support provided through its enterprise centres and enterprise support funds, its participation in national and EU funded demonstration projects, its consultancy work and its fundraising activities all of which are particularly focused on Limerick City and County, Tipperary and Clare. Werner Pamminger Werner Pamminger has Engineering diplomas in electronics, HTL Leonding 1992 and automation, FH Wels 1999 (both with distinctions), a Global Executive MBA from the University of Toronto 2004 and various advanced trainings in communication, organisational development, project management, etc. Werner Pamminger’s professional experience includes: Service Engineer (Siemens) – 1993-1997; Cluster-Manager /Project Manager Plastics-Cluster (TMG/Clusterland Upper Austria) – 1999-2012; CEO (Clusterland Upper Austria) – 2005 – 2014; CEO TMG (Business Agency for Upper Austria) - Since 2014; Lecturer social skills (University of Appl. Science Wels) – since 2005; and Member of the board of directors (TCI) – since 2012. For speakers’ full bios please visit the conference website at http://pst-fr.com/programme/speakers
Ifor Ffowcs-Williams Ifor is a Founder and Past President of TCI - The Global Clusters and Innovation Practitioners Network and has been described as ‘one of the most influential cluster practitioners in the world’ with experience extending to over 50 countries. Author of ‘Cluster Development: The Go-To Handbook’. Frank Murray Frank Murray has over thirty-five years international business and information technology experience working for the Multinational and SME sectors in the U.S, U.K, Switzerland and Ireland. Frank leads an international consultancy practice ‘The Linkage Partnership’ focused on clustering and network innovation for advanced technology sectors. He was a key interlocutor in bringing the 3rd International Cluster Conference to Limerick. Frank is Chairman of Piercom Limited, winner of the prestigious Smithsonian Institute Medal in innovation. Frank is a founder of the Swiss-Irish Business Association and is currently serving as Vice-Chair for 2015. Gearoid Mooney Gearoid Mooney, BEng Electronic Engineering 1984, is Division Manager, Research & Innovation with Enterprise Ireland. He has held CTO and project management positions in Irish owned hightech start-ups and is a Chartered Engineer. He joined Enterprise Ireland’s Technology Transfer and Business Partnership Programme in 1991. Since then he has been involved in every aspect of Technology Transfer and Business Partnerships, from client consulting through to partner identification and from technology identification through to negotiations. In September 2013 he became Division manager Research and innovation which extended his Innovation commercialisation responsibilities to all technology domains and international innovation collaborations. Dr Mary Shire Dr Mary Shire obtained the degrees of BSc in Science and PhD in Chemistry from the National University of Ireland, Maynooth. Since completing her PhD in 1994 Dr Shire has held positions in Celgene Corporation in New Jersey, Yamanouchi Ireland Limited in Dublin and Schwarz Pharma Ltd. In 2004 Dr Shire set up a consultancy and training business to provide supports to the pharmaceutical sector in Ireland. In 2005 Dr Shire joined the University of Limerick as the Technology Transfer Officer and in 2007 took up the role as Director of Research Support Services. In 2010 Dr Shire completed an MBA degree in Limerick. Dr Shire took up the position of Vice President for Research at the University of Limerick in 2011. Prof. Dr Dominique Foray Dominique Foray is Full Professor at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and holds the Chair of Economics and Management of Innovation (CEMI). He is a member of the National Research Council (Switzerland); the Advisory Board of the Swiss Economic Institute (KOF); and a foreign member of the Center of Capitalism and Society (Columbia University, New York). He is also a new member of the Expert Commission for Research and Innovation (E-FI) of Germany. From 2008 to 2011, he served as chairman of the expert group “Knowledge for Growth”. This is during his service as member of this Group that he developed the concept of smart specialisation (together with P.A. David and B. Hall) that is now a key policy mechanism of the EU (cohesion policy). Prof. Eamonn Murphy Professor Eamonn Murphy Emeritus is Chair of Innovate Limerick, Director of Irish Centre for Manufacturing Research Organisation and Chair of Irish Centre Business Excellence. Eamonn’s background is in Productivity and Innovation, Next generation employability, Integration of continuous professional development with postgraduate qualifications, Statistical Process control and Experimental Design and Reliability techniques to optimise products and processes. H.E. Ambassador Marie-Claude Meylan, Swiss Ambassador to Ireland Marie-Claude Meylan holds a law Degree and a Masters of European Laws from the University of Lausanne obtained in 1991 and 1992. Since the she has held positions including a lawyer in the Federal Department for Justice, a diplomatic agent with the Legal Service of the Department of Foreign Affairs and a Desk Office in the Political Affairs Division as Desk Officer. She was transferred to London in 2002 as First Secretary, responsible for political and legal affairs and promoted Counsellor in 2003. On return to Bern in 2007, she held position of Head of Staff recruitment and Marketing for the Department of Foreign Affairs. In July 2010, she was promoted to Minister and acted as Deputy Head of the Africa and Middle East Division. She was designated Ambassador of Switzerland to Ireland by the Swiss Federal Council in September 2012 and took her position in Dublin on 2 December 2013. For speakers’ full bios please visit the conference website at http://pst-fr.com/programme/speakers For speakers’ full bios please visit the conference website at http://pst-fr.com/programme/speakers
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