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From: Parker, Valerie <valerie.par
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Date: Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 5:52 PM
Subject: REMINDER: InterTradeIreland Innovation Conference 2012 - Call for
Abstracts and Dates for your Diary!
To: "Parker, Valerie" <valerie.par
...@nuigalway.ie>
*Apologies for Cross-Postings*
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*InterTradeIreland All-Island Innovation Programme
2012 Annual Conference*
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*Exploiting Industry and University Research, Development and Innovation: *
*Why it Matters?*
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*NUI Galway
**Tuesday 12 and Wednesday 13 June 2012*
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*Don’t forget to put the dates in your Diary!*
*Registration will open shortly – you will be notified by email.*
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*Keynote Speaker:* *Professor Donald Siegel, Dean of the School of Business
and Professor of Management at the University at Albany, State University
of New York, USA*****
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*Call for Abstracts is Now Open! Deadline 5.00pm Monday 30 April 2012*****
The main conference theme is *Exploiting Industry and University Research,
Development and Innovation: Why **it Matters?* and the sub theme is *Advancing
Innovation and Entrepreneurship. *We therefore invite research papers from
academic researchers, policy makers, consultants and business
practitioners. ****
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Empirical research (quantitative and qualitative) examining the conference
theme from academic, industry and policy perspectives is particularly
welcome. As our audience will comprise a rich mixture of academics, policy
makers and business practitioners, we are keen to ensure that the
implications of research are communicated and debated. We welcome papers
for oral as well as poster presentations.****
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*Submissions:*****
Submissions should be submitted in the form of an abstract. Abstracts
should be no more than 500 words, and include information such as: ****
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- Title ****
- Background****
- Aim of Study ****
- Methodology ****
- Findings ****
- Conclusions and Implications****
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Please also include all author and co-author details (title, full name,
affiliation, contact email address(es). Abstracts must be submitted online
on this website by clicking on the *Abstract Submission
link*<http://www.conference.ie/Conferences/AddAbstract.asp?Conference=172>on
the sidebar of the website. Please complete all fields and upload your
submission as a PDF file only. The system does not accept any other file
formats, including Word documents. The closing date for receipt of
abstracts is *5.00pm on Monday 30th April 2012*. Late submissions will not
be accepted. Authors will be informed within 2 weeks of the closing
date about the success of their submission. A full paper will not be
required and authors will be invited to present based on their abstract
submission.****
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*The Conference (more details to follow):*
*Day 1 (12 June):* The keynote address is entitled *Research on Academic
Entrepreneurship: **Lessons Learnt* by Professor Donald Siegel, Dean of the
School of Business and Professor of Management at the University at Albany,
State University of New York, USA. Day 1 will also comprise of a number of
academic presentations based around the theme of *Exploiting Industry and
University Research, Development and Innovation: Why it Matters? **and the
subtheme of** Advancing Innovation and Entrepreneurship.*****
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*Day 2 (13 June):* The keynote address is entitled *Economic Growth and
Academic Entrepreneurship: Lessons and Implications for Industry, Academia
and Policymakers*, by Professor Donald Siegel, Dean of the School of
Business and Professor of Management at the University at Albany, State
University of New York, USA. There will also be a number of key speakers
from a range of industry sectors and higher education institutions from across
the island of Ireland.****
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The audience for the two-day conference is expected to comprise of
approximately 200 business leaders, academics and policy-makers from across
Ireland and internationally. We look forward to receiving your
contributions and to a very stimulating conference. ****
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*For more information or to submit an abstract, please visit the Conference
website at the following link**:
http://www.conference.ie/Conferences/index.asp?Conference=172 *
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*For all enquiries, please contact: *****
Valerie Parker
Institute for Business, Social Sciences and Public Policy
National University of Ireland, Galway
E: valerie.par...@nuigalway.ie
T: +353 (0)91 495971****
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Best wishes,****
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Valerie.
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Valerie Parker
Institute for Business, Social Sciences and Public Policy
(Formally Centre for Innovation and Structural Change (CISC))
J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics
National University of Ireland
Galway
Ireland
Tel: +353 (0) 91 495971
Email: valerie.par...@nuigalway.ie
Web: www.nuigalway.ie/cisc****
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