Fwd: REMINDER: InterTradeIreland Innovation Conference 2012 - Call for Abstracts and Dates for your Diary!
Jodi Schneider
From: Parker, Valerie <valerie...@nuigalway.ie>
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...@nuigalway.ie>
Apologies for Cross-Postings
InterTradeIreland All-Island Innovation Programme
2012 Annual Conference
Exploiting Industry and University Research, Development and Innovation:
Why it Matters?
NUI Galway
Tuesday 12 and Wednesday 13 June 2012
Don’t forget to put the dates in your Diary!
Registration will open shortly – you will be notified by email.
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
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.
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.
Submissions:
Submissions should be submitted in the form of an abstract. Abstracts should be no more than 500 words, and include information such as:
- Title
- Background
- Aim of Study
- Methodology
- Findings
- Conclusions and Implications
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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
For all enquiries, please contact:
Valerie Parker
Institute for Business, Social Sciences and Public Policy
National University of Ireland, Galway
E: valerie...@nuigalway.ie
T: +353 (0)91 495971
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))
J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics
National University of Ireland
Galway
Ireland
Tel: +353 (0) 91 495971
Email: valerie...@nuigalway.ie
Web: www.nuigalway.ie/cisc