EARTO Annual Conference 2005 in Warsaw, Poland

– Warsaw, 15 April 2005 –

Governmental Initiatives for Growth through Innovation
  • Krzysztof Krystowski, Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Economic and Labour Affairs Research and Technology Policy in Poland: Research, Education, Innovation
  • Professor Jerzy M. Langer, Ministry of Science and Information Society Technologies
  Future European Research Policy: Building the ERA for Knowledge and Growth
  • Robert-Jan Smits , Director (acting), DG Research, European Commission
  • Open Innovation: the Challenge for RTOs – Gerard van de Schootbrugge, TNO
  • Working Together to Make Innovation Happen Innovation in SMEs through the EU Framework Programme From Idea to Market, with help from CRAFT: A UK-Polish case study
  • John Hill, Pera Innovation/Mirek Wasnioski, Innovacia Polska
  Multidisciplinary Design Optimisation: From European Programmes to World Markets, Jean-Pierre Le Goff, Sirehna   How RTOs support Innovation in Large Enterprises
  • Fostering Long-term Innovation Partnerships: VTT and Sandvik Tamrock, Erkki Leppavuori, VTT
  • How SINTEF, VTT and other RTOs helped TOMRA become a world leader in technology for recycling used beverage containers, Ernst Kristiansen, SINTEF
  Cooperation Opportunities with Poland
  • Polish RTOs’ International Cooperation Potential, Tomasz Kosmider , Technology Partners Consortium
  • Support Mechanisms in Poland for Research-to-Business Activities: presentation of FIRE, Irma Peciak, Polish Agency for Enterprise Development, Andrzej Kacmarek, FIRE Innovation
  Discussion with Comments by Andrew Dearing, Secretary General, EIRMA (European Industrial Management Research Association   Should you be interested in the presentations, please consult the EARTO .