EUROFORUM 2009
Program

08:00 - Registration
Distribution of personal invitations for registered participants of the conference
Meeting place: The Committee of the Regions Rue Belliard 99-101, 1040 Brussels - Conference room VM1

09:00 - WELCOME ADDRESS

  • Krzysztof OLEK, co-President of Education and Accreditation Program - European Funds Advisor
  • Jerzy SAMBORSKI, The President UNICORN - European Union of Small and Medium-size Enterprises and of the Middle Class,


09:15 - OPENING SPEECH for EUROFORUM

  • Jerzy BABIAK , The President of Education and Accreditation Program - European Funds Advisor – European Advisors Institute, professor at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan,
  • Presentation of a general idea and experiences of European Accreditation System KFE in scope of Education and Accreditation Program - European Funds Advisor

09:45 - INAUGURATION ADDRESSES


Debate on European Innovation - BEST practices

10:30 - 12:30

There will be two areas of activity and innovation impact covered during the debate – Innovations in regions and innovations in human capital. Among the projects described there will be the ones of infrastructure, labor market activation, an increase of development of entrepreneurship and the ones that contributed to implementation of new technologies.

In this part while presenting BEST PRACTICES – interesting examples of innovative solutions, we will try to answer the following questions as well: Is everything, what is called an innovation really innovative? How to create and evaluate innovations on local and regional levels? How to use innovations well? How to prepare the Staff for creating and implementing actual innovations? How should be guided the process of education for innovation to be really innovative itself? How to profit of the regional and local innovators’ potential? A part of the debate will be dedicated to the discussion engaging participants of the conference.

  • Tadeusz BACZKO, Coordinator of Scientific Network MSN, Polish Academy of Sciences
  • Peter WOLFMEYER, Managing Director of Zentrum für Innovation und Technik in NRW
  • Maciej ADAMKIEWICZ, Chairman of ADAMED
  • Lechosław CIUPIK, Chairman and President of LfC
  • Tadeusz A. GÓRALSKI, Chairman of Quality All Development
  • Maciej WOJTKOWSKI, Institute of Physics AT Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń
  • Dariusz ŻUK , President of Academic Incubators of Entrepreneurship
  • CORDIS Representative

MODERATOR: Claus SCHULTZE -  the Director of European Regions Research and Innovation Network

12:30 - 13:00 - Coffee break

DEBATA EUROPEAN INNOVATION - perspectives for FUTURE

13:30 - 14:30

This debate is dedicated to the future of innovations In European Union, means the challenges waiting for the renewed Lisbon Strategy - perspectives for FUTURE. In this part we will try to answer the following questions: How to meet the challenges of Lisbon Strategy fulfilling demands and expectations of our society? How to use modern technologies in order to serve innovations? How to create innovations in regions? A part of the debate will be dedicated to the discussion engaging participants of the conference.


We invited the following panel speakers:

  • Bożena LUBLIŃSKA-KASPRZAK, Chairman of Polish Agency for Development of Entrepreneurship,
  • Nadezhda MIKHAYLOVA, MEP Vice-President SME UNION,
  • Hans MARTENS, Chief Executive of The European Policy Centre,
  • Jean David MALO, Representative from The European Commission,
  • Bruno van POTTELSBERGHE, senior fellow of Bruegel, Prof. at SBS-EM

MODERATOR: Piotr Maciej KACZYŃSKI - Research Fellow at Centre for European Policy Studies


14:30 - CLOSING SPEECH

  • Jerzy SAMBORSKI, The President UNICORN - European Union of Small and Medium-size Enterprises and of the Middle Class,
  • Patrick VOLLER, General Secretary of SME UNION

15:00 - Celebration – foyer The Committee of the Regions

 

 
 
 
Patronat Honorowy
European Parliament MG CoR MRR PARP
 
Media Patronage
IKE
     
Patronat Honorowy
Adamed Quality All Development Zenit Stusunki.pl TV Biznes
 
Organizer
IKE
     
Patronat Honorowy
Cordis INE PAN Publications Office
 
Co-organizer
Unicorn SME Union