DG Educationand Culture

UniversityBusinessForum6th UniversityBusinessForum6th

Brussels, 5-6 March 2015

08:30 – 09:30 RegistRation

09:30 – 11:00 oFFiCiaL oPening session Chair: Denis Crowley, Head of Unit, European Commission Directorate General for Education

and Culture

09:35 - 10:20 oPening sPeeCHes Mr tibor navracsics, Member of the European Commission in charge of Education, Culture,

Youth and Sport Ms Mārīte seile, Minister of Education and Science, Latvia, EU Presidency January – June 2015 Ms silvia Costa, Member of the European Parliament, Chair of Culture Committee

10:20 – 11:00 KeY note aDDRess Professor David B. audretsch, Indiana University, School of Public and Environmental Affairs Mr Jo Lopes, Head of Technical Excellence, Jaguar Land Rover, Chair of the UK’s Automotive

Industrial Partnership for skills

11:00 – 11:30 CoFFee BReaK

11:30 – 13:00 RoUnD taBLe – “PaRtneRsHiPs FoR JoBs anD gRowtH” – CHaLLenges anD oPPoRtUnities Moderator: Mr Dan Luca, Director, EurActiv Institute

Professor Maria Helena nazaré, President of the European University Association (EUA), Former Rector of the University of Aveiro

Mr Jean-Francois Minster, Senior Vice President of Scientific Development, TOTAL S.A. Professor ernst schmachtenberg; Rector, University of Aachen; President-elect CESAER Mr Javier Calderón Beltrán, Director, Managing Director of CEOE FORMACIÓN, Chair of education

and training working group, BUSINESSEUROPE Mr Mário tarouca,Treasurer - Director of Public Affairs, JADE – European Confederation of Junior

Enterprises

13:00 – 14:30 LUnCH

AFTERNOON SESSIONS: “FROm POlIcy TO PRAcTIcE” – THEmES RUNNING IN PARAllEl

BlOcK 1: entRePReneURsHiP BlOcK 2: PRoMoting CHange anD iMPaCt BlOcK 3: PeoPLe anD innovation BlOcK 4: sPotLigHt on …

14:30 – 16:00 1st session

16:00 – 16:30 CoFFee BReaK

16:30 – 18:00 2nD session

Each block will contain two moderated workshops; one from 14:30 - 16:00 and one from 16:30 - 18:00 with a coffee break in between.

DaY 1 5tH MaRCH 2015

BlOcK 1

University-BUsiness Cooperation – entrepreneUrship Entrepreneurship is important for the added value it can bring and its potential impact on a number of levels; individual, institutional, economic and, more broadly, social. Higher education institutions are ideally placed to encourage and develop entrepreneurial skills and attitudes; not only in their students but across their institutions. This also implies a closer relationship with the business and employment sector; being aware of and responding to existing needs, whilst encouraging innovative approaches and mind-sets that bring an added value to employers.

14:30 - 16:00 WORKSHOP 1.1: EnHancing EntREPREnEuRial tEacHing this session will focus on established and promising practices in entrepreneurship

teaching across europe, the aim is to identify innovative examples of entrepreneurship teaching discuss their relevance as well as specific ideas for their implementation at european level.

Moderator: Professor Christine volkmann, UNESCO Chair for Entrepreneurship and

Intercultural Management and Jackstädt Research Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, University of Wuppertal

Speakers: Mr Holm Keller, Vice President of Leuphana University, Lüneburg Dr shai vyakarnam, University of Cambridge, founder of the Center for

Entrepreneurial Learning. Mrs tanja verho, CEO Kolmas Persoona, alumna from UoAS Tampere, Finland,

Service Designer, CEO Professor Janos vecsenyi, Executive Director, European Forum for Entrepreneurship

Research (EFER)

16:30 - 18:00 WORKSHOP 1.2: univERSity lEadERSHiP fOR EntREPREnEuRSHiP this session will focus on establishing stronger foundations for entrepreneurship education

in higher education institutions. the aim is to identify innovative examples of leadership and management that lead to a sustainable development of entrepreneurship education in Heis and discuss specific ideas for their implementation at a european level.

Moderator: Professor David B. audretsch, Indiana University, School of Public and

Environmental Affairs Speakers: Mrs ann Horan, CEO, DCU Ryan Academy Professor asta Pundziene, Vice-Rector for Research, Kaunas UT Mr emanuel von Bodman, Senior Project Manager, F.A.Z. Media Group / FRANKFURT

BUSINESS MEDIA, Frankfurt a.M.

BlOcK 2

University-BUsiness Cooperation - promoting Change and impaCtThis session will look at the different ways in which change can be brought about in higher education institutions and in companies and how to stimulate cooperation and increase its impact. The first workshop will focus on higher education institutions and present and discuss how HEInnovate can help HEIs to introduce relevant change. The second workshop will focus on the innovative ways and approaches that companies and HEIs can work together to reach a common goal. For companies; to find the talents they need for their future development, and for HEIs; to ensure that their graduates have the right combination of knowledge, skills and competences to be well prepared for their professional life, and how HEIs support their graduates in finding a job and starting their careers.

14:30 - 16:00 WORKSHOP 2.1: HEinnOvatE and inStitutiOnal cHangE Launched in 2013, Heinnovate is a self-assessment tool for higher education

institutions wishing to evaluate their performance as entrepreneurial Heis, to find inspiration and guidance and to help manage institutional change. the tool has been used by more than 500 higher education institutions and is now being used as a key element in the development strategies of several european Hei’s.

Moderator: Professor Paul Hannon, Director of LEAD Wales and Director of the Institute of Entrepreneurial Leadership, Swansea University

speakers: Mr Flemming Bridal Rasmussen, Director, Strategy & Human Resources, VIA

University College, Campus Aarhus N Mr Patrick o’Donnell, Team Member, Technical University of Dublin Professor Carlos Ramos, Porto Polytechnic’s Vice-Presidente for Research, Tech

Transfer and Entrepreneurship and Mr Rui Coutinho, Entrepreneurship Coordinator, Porto Design Factory Firestarter and Manager

16:30 - 18:00 WORKSHOP 2.2: Educating talEntS – REcRuiting talEntS: aRE HEiS and cOMPaniES in Sync?

this session will focus on the needs of the labour market and the role of Heis in addressing them. How companies and Heis work together to ensure that graduates acquire the right combination of knowledge, skills and competences they will need for their professional life. it will examine the relationship between recruitment policies in the business sector and the way in which Heis support graduate employment and careers through their own links to companies and what strategies they put in place.

Moderator: Mr Ben Butters, Director, EUROCHAMBRES speakers: Mr Ketan Makwana, CEO and Lead Disruptor, Enterprise Lab Mr georgi vasilev, HR Business Partner, Vodafone Germany Ms Mia Deubner, Senior-HR Consultant., WU ZBP Career Centers,Career, WU Vienna

University of Economics and Business Mr Martin grau, Head of Resourcing, Česká spořitelna, a.s

BlOcK 3

University-BUsiness Cooperation; people and innovation, People are key to innovation; this session will look at innovation in the area of higher education and the impact and contribution of higher education to innovation, i.e. innovation through higher education. The first workshop will focus on innovative pedagogies, approaches and methods that enhance the students’ learning experiences and make graduates more creative and innovative. The second workshop will look at how higher education contributes to innovation, and identify how, through cooperation, innovation can be triggered in companies.

14:30 - 16:00 WORKSHOP 3.1: innOvativE PEdagOgiES and lEaRning ExPERiEncES the session will look at a number of promising learning experiences in higher education,

their impact and their contribution to a more innovative higher education provision. the session will take a closer look at the development of innovators; more specifically, how this is encouraged through the educational process. the aim is to identify examples of innovative teaching and learning approaches and discuss their relevance as well as specific ideas for their implementation at a european level.

Moderator: Mr Mikkel trym, Climate-KIC, Education speakers: Mr ville Kairamo, Co-Founder and Head of Demola Professor andrew Penaluna, Research Director Centre of Creative Entrepreneurship,

University of Wales Trinity Saint David Dr ivar Björkman, Executive Director, OpenLab Stockholm

16:30 - 18:00 WORKSHOP 3.2: tHE cOntRibutiOn Of HE tO innOvatiOn People are key to innovation; this session will look at innovation in the area of higher

education and the impact and contribution of higher education to innovation, i.e. innovation through higher education. the session will examine the “product” of the higher education system, ie graduates, and their contribution to innovation in the business sector and the extent to which this is a result of the type of education they have received.

what impact, contribution do higher education policies have on the innovative capacity of their graduates and, thereby, on economic growth and competition?

Moderator: Professor Manfred Horvat, Vienna University of Technology speakers: Mr Kees eijkel, Director, Kennispark Twente & Innovate & Accelerate Mr nikolas taillieu, student entrepreneur and founder of Layered Prints and makerbee Dr thomas osburg, Director, Europe Corporate Affairs, Intel

BlOcK 4

University-BUsiness Cooperation - spotlight on …,This session takes a fresh look at emerging trends in University-Business Cooperation. The first workshop will focus on social innovation and social entrepreneurship; the move towards bringing social and ethical concerns into higher education alongside entrepreneurial skills development. The second workshop will address the changing relationship between “the university and the city”. Traditionally very closely linked – one often being at the origin of the other – the requirements and the ecosystem of cities, regions and HEIs are reshaping this relationship.

14:30 - 16:00 WORKSHOP 4.1: SOcial innOvatiOn and SOcial EntREPREnEuRSHiP an increasing number of higher education institutions are now embracing social innovation

and entrepreneurship as part of their strategy, often linked to their internationalisation policy. not only are institutions educating students in an intercultural and international environment, they are also educating students to become socially responsible citizens after graduation. Higher education institutions will be looking more at the outcome of their education: what kind of socially and globally responsible and innovative graduates do we deliver to society?

Moderator: Dr Keith Hermann, Director of Employability, University of Surrey speakers: Mrs ellen shipley, UnLtd programme and Mrs Karen Race, Deputy Director Department of

Academic Enterprise Teeside University Mr Carl-eric anspach and Mr Raphaël Lemmens, “éco-conseillers” at Local (cr)Eaters Dr ioannis nasioulas, Scientific Director, Social Economy Institute, Thessaloniki

16:30 - 18:00 WORKSHOP 4.2: HE and innOvatiOn in REgiOnS and citiES this workshop explores the relationship between Heis and the cities/regions in which

they operate. in many cases this is a historical and symbiotic relationship whereby one has developed thanks to the other. in many cases, the university or Hei is a big economic factor in the development of the city and its region. this relationship is shifting with changing economic pressures and competition.

Moderator: Mr Richard tuffs, Director, ERRIN speakers: Pofessor ivan svetlik, Rector, University of Ljubljana Petr Chládek, Regional Government of South Moravia, and Professor Martin Bareš, Vice-

Rector for Development of Masaryk University, Brno Mr Jas Bains, MBe, Executive Director Accord Group, and Ms Janette gilder, Director,

Research and External Engagement, University of Wolverhampton

09:00 – 10:30 PLenaRY session

09:00 – 09:20 PResentation oF ConCLUsions oF PaRaLLeL sessions Ms Rebecca allinson, Director, Technopolis Ltd

09:20 – 10:30 PaneL DisCUssion - UniveRsitY-BUsiness CooPeRation in easteRn-PaRtneRsHiP CoUntRies

Moderator: Mr Harald Hartung, Head of Unit, European Commission, DG Education and Culture

Ms. Maryna saprykina, CEO, Centre of CSR Development Professor iryna Zolotaryova, Head of Information Systems Department, Kharkiv

National University of Economics (University-Business Cooperation project involving Ukraine and Moldova)

10:30 – 11:10 KeY note aDDRess “LooKing aHeaD” Mr Diego Pavia, Chief Executive Officer, KIC InnoEnergy Professor Per Michael Johansen, Rector, Aalborg University

11:10 – 11:30 CoFFee BReaK

11:30 – 13:00 RoUnD taBLe: UniveRsitY-BUsiness CooPeRation FoR JoBs, gRowtH anD CoMPetitiveness

“sUPPoRting institUtionaL CHange” Moderator: Mr Paul Hofheinz, President and Executive Director, The Lisbon Council asbl Panellists: Professor Helen Dannetun, Vice-Chancellor of Linköping University, President of ECIU Mr Henrik Klitgaard, Vice-President, Research Fellow Neurosciences TA, New Medecine

Therapeutics, UCB Ms elisabeth gehrke, Chairperson of the European Students’ Union Professor Dainius Pavalkis, Minister of Education and Science, Lithuania Mr Xavier Prats Monné, Director General, European Commission, DG Education

and Culture Policy outlook: Mr Marc Hansen, State Secretary for Higher Education and Research, Grand-Duchy of

Luxemburg, (incoming EU presidency, Jul-Dec 2015)

13:00 – 14:30 LUnCH & ConFeRenCe enD

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