Spring Seminar Programme
DAY ONE – Thursday, March 17 | ||
Time | Session | Speaker |
11:45 | Registration and networking | |
12:30 | Buffet Lunch | |
Place, innovation and knowledge transfer | ||
13:30 | Welcome to the University of Strasbourg and introduction to the seminar programme | Professor Michel Deneken, President, University of Strasbourg |
13:45 | Universities as regional place makers: the role of higher education institutions in diffusing innovation and knowledge transfer | Professor Michel de Mathelin, Vice President, Innovation & Technology Transfer, University of Strasbourg |
Local contexts, varying responses | ||
14:25 | Partnerships for innovation: the University of Helsinki and the City of Helsinki University of Helsinki, Finland |
Santtu von Bruun, Director of Innovation Ecosystems, University of Helsinki |
15:05 | Coffee break | |
15:30 | Excellence in Research – impact on Innovation: How LMU Munich successfully interacts with its local ecosystem Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (LMU), Germany |
Dr Christoph Mülke, Vice President, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (LMU) |
16:10 | The Connectus story: creating partnerships between publicly funded research and companies to fuel innovation in Alsace Société d’Acélération du Transfert de Technologies (SATT) Connectus |
Caroline Dreyer, Chair and CEO, Connectus, Strasbourg |
16:50 | Wrapping up the day’s proceedings and practical information about the evening’s social events | Ian Creagh |
17:00 | Depart for hotels | |
19:30 | Seminar Dinner (details will be sent to registered participants) | |
21:30 | Return to hotels | |
DAY TWO – Friday, March 18 | ||
Time | Session | Speaker |
Local contexts, varying responses | ||
09:00 | Building regional university partnerships to amplify the impact of universities’ role in regional innovation and knowledge transfer The Oxford Cambridge Arc & the Arc Universities Group |
Alistair Lomax, Director, Arc Universities Group |
09:40 | Leveraging regional, national and international partnerships for regional benefit Utrecht University, The Netherlands |
Dr Freek van Muiswinkel, Director Entrepreneurship & Regional Partnerships, Utrecht University |
10:20 | Coffee break | |
10:50 | The politics of regional innovation: is politics too important to leave to politicians? University of Groningen, The Netherlands |
Remco Kouwenhoven, Director Alumni Engagement and Philanthropy, University of Groningen |
11:30 |
Facilitated discussion with three panellists |
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12:10 | Closing remarks from the host and HUMANE | Valérie Gibert & Ian Creagh |
12:30 | Buffet Lunch | |
14:00 | Close |
Note: the programme is subject to marginal change.
Important information:
HUMANE and the University of Strasbourg fully intend to deliver the HUMANE Spring Seminar in Strasbourg. If however, public health restrictions associated with the Covid-19 pandemic require it to be postponed, participants will be notified with as much notice as possible.
Neither HUMANE nor the University of Strasbourg are liable for any losses, accidents or damage to persons or objects during the HUMANE Spring Seminar in Strasbourg. Participants attending the HUMANE Spring Seminar do so at their own risk and responsibility.