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> Subject: Invitation to InterTradeIreland Annual Innovation Conference 2012
> Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 15:06:59 +0100
> From: Parker, Valerie <valerie.par...@nuigalway.ie>
> To: Parker, Valerie <valerie.par...@nuigalway.ie>
> Apologies for Cross-Postings
> Dear All,
> The Institute for Business, Social Sciences and Public Policy at NUI Galway is delighted to host the InterTradeIreland Annual Innovation Conference 2012, and you are cordially invited to attend.
> Annual Innovation Conference 2012
> Exploiting Industry and University Research, Development and Innovation: Why it Matters
> Keynote Speaker: Professor Donald Siegel, University at Albany, State University of New York, USA
> Tuesday 12 and Wednesday 13 June 2012
> Institute for Business, Social Sciences and Public Policy, National University of Ireland, Galway
> For more information and to register to attend this FREE event, please visit www.conference.ie and follow the link to the InterTradeIreland Conference page.
> Innovation management is moving towards an open innovation model with industry, universities, and governments collaborating to support scientific development, wealth creation and publically beneficial activities. Industry-University research and innovation collaboration is one of the core features and elements of this open innovation model. This two-day Conference will provide practical insights how best business, academics and policy makers on the island of Ireland can exploit Industry-University research, development and innovation to best effect in context of our economic recovery.
> The Conference will be of interest to business leaders and senior managers in all industry sectors including SMEs, senior managers in the public and third sector and anyone with a responsibility for the strategic development of a business or organisation. The first day of the Conference (12 June) will be of particular interest to academic researchers with an interest in innovation and entrepreneurship.
> Speakers and Panellists include (please see the Schedule attached for details):
> - Professor Donald Siegel, University at Albany, State University of New York
> - Patricia McGovern, Head of the Intellectual Property Department, DFMG Solicitors
> - Dr. Eucharia Meehan, Head of Research Programmes and Capital Programmes, HEA
> - Michael McAleer, Editor, Innovation Magazine, The Irish Times
> - Brendan Cremen, Director Enterprise and Commercialisation, University College Dublin
> - Professor Lokesh Joshi, SFI Stokes Professor of Glycosciences, NUI Galway
> - Dr. John McKeon, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Allergy Standards Ltd.
> - Paul Brewster, Chief Technical Officer, Pure Marine Ltd.
> In the two-day Conference programme, a number of business leaders and academic experts from both sides of the border will explore why the exploitation of industry and university-based research, development and innovation (RDI) is crucial to the development of a sustainable economy. Delegates will also hear the results of cutting-edge research into innovation and entrepreneurship that is being undertaken in our third level institutions on the island of Ireland.
> Keynote Speaker: Professor Donald Siegel, University at Albany, State University of New York, USA
> Donald Siegel is Dean of the School of Business and Professor of Management at the University at Albany, State University of New York and also serves as President of the Technology Transfer Society. He has taught at SUNY-Stony Brook, Arizona State University, the University of Nottingham, and the University of California-Riverside and is an editor of Academy of Management Perspectivesand the Journal of Technology Transfer, and serves on the editorial boards of numerous leading academic journals. Prof. Siegel was recently ranked #2 in the world for academic research on university entrepreneurship. He has published 96 articles and 6 books on topics including university technology transfer and entrepreneurship and corporate and environmental social responsibility in such leading journals in economics, finance, and management. His most recent books are Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Technological Change and the Oxford Handbook of Corporate Social Responsibility. He has served as a consultant or advisor to the United Nations, the National Research Council, the Council on Competitiveness, the U.K., Italian, and Swedish governments, the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and to a number of consultancy firms. Prof. Siegel was a member of the Advisory Committee to the Secretary of Commerce on “Measuring Innovation in the 21st Century Economy” and a member of Governor David Patterson’s Small Business Task Force. He is an advisor to the National Research Council on the Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR). Prof. Siegel recently testified before the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology regarding re-authorisation of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program.
> The Conference is organised as part of the InterTradeIreland All-Island Innovation Programme, which aims to promote and encourage innovation across the island of Ireland. The Programme is organised by InterTradeIreland, Queen’s University Belfast, University College Dublin, the Institute for Business, Social Sciences and Public Policy at NUI Galway, and University College Cork. Please visit www.intertradeireland.com for more information.
> For more information and to register to attend this FREE event, please visit www.conference.ie and follow the link to the InterTradeIreland Conference page.
> Please feel free to circulate this invitation to colleagues and contacts who may be interested in attending.
> If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact me.
> Best wishes,
> Valerie.
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> Valerie Parker
> Institute for Business, Social Sciences and Public Policy
> (Formally Centre for Innovation and Structural Change(CISC))
> National University of Ireland
> Galway
> Ireland
> Tel: +353 (0) 91 49-5971
> Email: valerie.par...@nuigalway.ie
> Web: www.nuigalway.ie/cisc
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