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From: Parker, Valerie <valerie.par
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Date: Tue, May 29, 2012 at 3:03 PM
Subject: REMINDER: Invitation to InterTradeIreland Annual Innovation
Conference 2012
To: "Parker, Valerie" <valerie.par...@nuigalway.ie>
*Apologies for Cross-Postings – Please note: Closing date for Registrations
is Wednesday 5th June at 5.00pm!*
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Dear All,****
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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.****
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*Annual Innovation Conference 2012*
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*Exploiting Industry and University Research, Development and Innovation:
Why it Matters*
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*Keynote Speaker: Professor Donald Siegel, University at Albany, State
University of New York, USA*
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*Tuesday 12 and Wednesday 13 June 2012*
*Institute for Business, Social Sciences and Public Policy, National
University of Ireland, Galway*
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*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.*
*Closing date for Registrations is Wednesday 5th June at 5.00pm.***
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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. ****
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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.****
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*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.****
*- Dr. Paul Brewster*, Chief Technical Officer, Pure Marine Ltd.****
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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. ****
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*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 Perspectives* and 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.****
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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.comfor more information.
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*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. Closing date for Registrations is Wednesday 5th June at
5.00pm.*
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*All are welcome. Please feel free to circulate this invitation to
colleagues and contacts who may be interested in attending. *
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If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact me.****
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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))****
National University of Ireland****
Galway****
Ireland****
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Tel: +353 (0) 91 49-5971****
Email: valerie.par...@nuigalway.ie****
Web: www.nuigalway.ie/cisc****
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