EARTO Annual Conference 2008 in Madrid, Spain

You can see some pictures of the conference here.

Madrid, 28th May, 2008 – EARTO Working Group

• FP7 Update
• Current Issues and Priorities for RTOs, Christopher John Hull, Secretary General, EARTO
• FP7 Certification Procedures
• Philippe Coenjaarts, Head of Unit, Implementation of Audit Certification Policy and Outsourced Audits, DG Research, European Commission
• EARTO FP7 Performance Benchmarking Survey first Results, Nina Baumeister, Project Executive, EARTO
• EU Competition Policy and RTOs
• State Aid Framework for R&D and Innovation, Lorenz Kaiser, Divisional Director for Legal Affairs and Contracts, Fraunhofer
• RTOs as “Services of General Interest”, Inigo Sergura, Secretary General, FEDIT
• Short Presentations by New Members of EARTO

Madrid, 29th May, 2008 – EARTO Conference “Impacting New Markets”

• Welcome from FEDIT, Emilio Pérez, President
• Welcome Erkki KM Leppävuori President
• Juan Jose Moreno Navarro, Director General Coordination and Planification, Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation
• Pilar del Castillo Vera, Member of the European Parliament, Member of the Committee on Industry, Research and EnergySetting the Scene
• R&D and Innovation Systems in Asia-Pacific, Ester Basri, Senior Analyst, Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry, OECD
• Rethinking the Role of RTOs and Their Service Offerings, Göran Roos, Visiting Professor of Innovation Management and Business Model Innovation, VTT, ppt available on request to Göran Roos
• The Impact of RTOs on the UK Economy, Peter Oakley, Associate Director TWI

Parallel Sessions

Geographical Dimension

• Developments and Opportunities for European RTOs in Emerging Economies, Dirk-Meints Polter, Vice-President, Fraunhofer
• A Technology-based Approach to Latin American Markets, Manuel Prego, General Manager, ESI
• Technology Commercialization and Rapid Business Acceleration in Silicon Valley, Ram Mohan, Founder and CEO, inBAC
• An Industrial Approach to New Markets, Juan Antonio Serrano, International Promotion Manager, CDTI

Commercial Dimension

• Selecting Optimal Exploitation Routes for Newly Developed Technologies, Lorenz Kaiser, Divisional Director for Legal Affairs and Contracts, Fraunhofer
• Marketing technology and Knowhow: Identifying Potential Applications, Finding Customers, Bill Brox, CEO and President, IMEGOCross-sectoral Technology Exploitation,
• Joan Perra, General Manager, LEITATStimulating Industrial Demand for Innovation and Matching it to Sources of Technology and Expertise,
• John Hill, Chief Executive Officer, Pera

Measuring RTO Success

• RTO impact on SMEs: a Case Study from Finland, Jani Saarinen, Innovation and Technology Policy Manager, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Finland (formerly Senior Research Scientist, Innovation Studies, VTT)
• FEDIT Economic Impact Measurement of Spanish Technology Centres, Aurelia Modrego and Andrés Barge, University Carlos III Madrid
• Evaluating Industrial Benefits from RTOs, Maria Kohrsand, CEO, SP Group

30th May, 2008 – EARTO Conference “Impacting New Markets”

• Reports from Parallel Sessions
• The Spanish Innovation System and the Role of RTOs, Daniel González de la Rivera, Deputy General of SMEs Creation, Spanish Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade
• The European Research Area: Analysis and Proposals for its Future Development, Mattias Weber, Austrian Research Centres GmbH and Member of the ERA Rationales Expert Group
• AERTOs: an RTO ERA-NET, Jens Neugebauer, Fraunhofer, AERTOs Project Coordinator
• Taking Technology to Market: a European success case in the US, Javier Garcia Martinez, Rive Tech, Founder and CTO
• EIT Pilot Project COMPLEXEIT, Jean Frédéric Clerc/Adrienne Perves, CEA
• The European Institut of Innovation and Technology, Lucia Recalde Langarica, European Commission, Directorate General for Education and Culture

Closing Session

• Emilio Pérez, President FEDIT
• Erkki Leppävuori, President EARTO
• Daniel González de la Rivera, Deputy General of SMEs Creation, Spanish Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade