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Innovation Society 2009
The international conference „Innovation Society 2009” is held in the Assembly Hall of the Mayor’s Office, Budapest on 18-19 June 2009. The representatives of the European innovative towns and regions forming the European Innovation Alliance participate in the conference organised for the fourth time. The known administrative and economic participants discuss the current opportunities of long term economic growth, sustainable development and quality of life improving.
Programme:
18 June, 2009
13:30 Plenary Session moderated by Tivadar Lippényi Vice-President of the National Office for Research and Technology
Speakers: Gábor Demszky, the Mayor of Budapest; Gábor Szabó, President of the Hungarian Innovation Alliance; Imre Ikvai-Szabó, the Deputy Mayor of Budapest; Reinhard Büscher, the Head of the Directorate of Enterprise and Industry of the European Commission; Gábor Bojár, CEO, Graphisoft Zrt.; Annemarie Moons, Noord-Brabant Minister responsible for the economy and sustainability of the region
15:00 Workshops
• „Innovation as a Tool Fostering City-region Cooperation”, organisers: Budapest Town Research Institution, Munich/Germany
• „How Spatial Hot Spots Can Be Developed with the Help of Physical and Strategic Planning”, organiser: Stockholm, Sweden
• „Increasing Innovation Quality and Market Possibilities through Living Labs”, organiser: Oresund/Denmark
18:00 2nd Plenary Session
20:30 Dinner 19 June, 2009
8:45 3rd Plenary Session moderated by Ilona Vass, Vice-President of the National Office for Research and Technology
Speakers: Bálint Magyar, Member of the Board of Directors of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) ; Pál Tamás, sociologist, the Head of the Sociology Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
10:30 Workshops
• „Budapest Innopolis Development Pole Programme – Workshops on Projects (Importance of Clusters)”, organiser: Budapest Enterprise Agency
• „Creative Industries as Engine for Innovation”, organisers: Noord-Brabant/Netherlands and Wielkopolska/Poland
• „Innovation Society – Social Innovation”, organiser: Budapest, National Innovation Workshop
12:30 Panel Talks, workshops’ reports, summary by Tivadar Lippényi, Vice-President of the National Office for Research and Technology
14:15 Conference Host title given to next year’s organiser: Oresund/Denmark
14:20 Lunch Conference participation is free but requires registration.
Official language of the conference is English.
Further information and registration at www.innovationsociety.eu |
