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       • Calluna Euving, HUMANE Chair & Secretary General, University of Amsterdam       • Caroline Dreyer, Chair and CEO, Connectus       • Alistair Lomax, Director, Arc Universities Group
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.