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PROGRAMME

ALVISSE PARC HOTEL | 120, ROUTE D’ECHTERNACH | L-1453 LUXEMBOURG

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EARTO & EIRMA ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2015

LUXEMBOURGInfrastructures and Resources Sharing

between Industry & RTOs in Europe APRIL 28-29, 2015

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19:30-22:00

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10:15-12:00

12:00-13:30

April 28, 2015EARTO & EIRMA Gala Dinner

Joint bus transfer to Gala Dinner with guided tourDeparture: Alvisse Parc Hotel Lobby

Coffee break (Room Europe C)

Introduction (Room Europe B)

Joint Gala Dinner at Cercle-Cité

Joint bus transfer to Alvisse Parc Hotel

All participants are invited to the Gala Dinner that will take place on April 28, 2015 at the Cercle-Cité in Luxembourg-City.A guided tour will be organised during the trip from the Hotel Parc Alvisse to Cercle-Cité.

Welcome address byFrancine Closener, Secretary of State of the Economy, Ministry of the Economy, Luxembourgand Marc Schiltz, Secretary General, Fonds National de la Recherche, Luxembourg

Session chaired by Marc Lemmer, Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST)

Part 1 - How to construct an appropriate ecosystem to support infrastructure and resource sharing between industry & RTOs in Europe? (Room Europe B)

Shared infrastructures linked to economic & regional development policyJean-Philippe Bourgoin, Director Strategy & Programmes, CEA

Government policy to support infrastructure and economic developmentMario Grotz, Director General for Research, Intellectual Property and New Technologies, Ministry of the Economy, Luxembourg

Views of the JRCXabier Goenaga, Head of the Innovation Systems Analysis Unit, JRC Institute for Prospective Technological Studies

Infrastructure sharing, industry experience of hosting start-upsTom Aelbrecht, Director Venture & Incubation Center, Janssen Pharmaceutica, Johnson & Johnson

Rejuvenate KETs technology infrastructure for SMEs: the case of the RTO’s technology infrastructuresJean-Frédéric Clerc, Vice President of CEA Technological Research Division, CEA

Overview - EIB and the Investment Plan for EuropeKlaus Trömel, Head of Lending, European Investment Bank

Lunch (Restaurant Véranda)

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Carlos Moedas, European Commissioner for R&I, European CommissionMaria Khorsand, President of EARTO and CEO, SPCarlos Härtel, EIRMA President and Director GE Global Research Europe

April 29, 2015EARTO & EIRMA Conference 2015: Part 1

Gabriel Crean, Chief Executive Officer, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) – Conference Host

Registration & welcome coffee (Room Europe C)

Marc Hansen, Secretary of State for Higher Education and Research, Ministry of Higher Education and Research, Luxembourg

Discussion moderated by Maria Khorsand, President of EARTO and CEO, SP

13:30-15:00

Session 1Room Europe B

Regional specialisation: what does it mean in a global competitive market?

Session 2 Room Europe A

How important are shared infrastructures for the transfer of technology between industry & RTOs?

Session 3 Room Fischbach

Shared infrastructures - lessons learned

Session 4Room Hollenfels

Mapping research and technology infrastructures: what type of tools are available?

Volvo experiencesUrban Wass, Senior Vice President Research & Innovation Policy, Volvo

Frank Ruttens, Account Manager, AGFA

Procter & Gamble/BIRD working groupAndré Convents, Section Head, Connect & Develop, Procter & Gamble

Mapping research infrastructuresPhilippe Froissard, Deputy Head of Unit Research Infrastructures, DG R&I, European Commission

Tecnalia experienceIñaki San Sebastian, Deputy Managing Director, Tecnalia

AIT experienceAlexander Svejkovsky, CFO, Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT)

IMEC experienceRudy Lauwereins, Vice-President, IMEC

Alignment of public and private RDIGeorges Thielen, Manager Winter Technology Programs, Goodyear Innovation Centre, Luxembourg

Charlina Vitcheva, Director Smart & Sustainable Growth & Southern Europe, DG REGIO, European Commission

Christos Tokamanis, Head of Unit Advanced Materials and Nanotechnologies, DG R&I, European Commission

Peter Dröll, Director Innovation & ERA, DG R&I, European Commission

Promoting the access of SMEs to innovationPedro Ortún, Director Service Industries, DG GROW, European Commission

Moderator EIRMALéopold Demiddeleer, Honorary President of EIRMA, Formerly Solvay

Moderator EIRMADavid Brown, Chair ProFactor Pharma. Ex Global Head of Drug Discovery, Hoffman La Roche

Moderator EARTOAnne-Christine Ritschkoff, Executive Vice President, CTO, VTT Technical Research Centre

Moderator EARTOFrank Treppe, Director Corporate Strategy and International Affairs, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft

Rapporteur EARTORagnar Heldt Nielsen, Director, GTS – Advanced Technology Group

Rapporteur EARTOMarc Lemmer, Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST)

Rapporteur EIRMAChristopher Shilling, EIRMA Individual Member

Rapporteur EIRMAFalk Wottawah, Head of Visioning & Scouting, Siemens

15:00-15:30

15:30-16:15

16:15-16:30

Part 2 - How is “smart specialisation” a reality? (Parallel Sessions)

April 29, 2015EARTO & EIRMA Conference 2015: Part 2

Coffee break (Room Europe C)

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Closing by EARTO & EIRMA Presidents

Plenary Session (Room Europe B)

Four short reports on parallel sessions by rapporteurs

Discussion moderated by Carlos Härtel, EIRMA President and Director GE Global Research Europe

Speakers

Tom AELBRECHT Director Venture & Incubation Center, Johnson & Johnson

Tom Aelbrecht started at Johnson & Johnson in 1999 and joined the Janssen Campus Office in July 2010 as Director Venture & Incubation Center (VIC). He established the VIC in order to implement aspects of the mission statement pertaining to how therapeutic solutions can be nurtured and grown into viable, high value business options for Janssen Pharmaceutica and the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies. For the last two years Tom has been working on the Open Life Sciences Campus, preparing the Janssen Campus in Beerse to host start-up companies and research organizations in a JLabs infrastructure.

Jean-Philippe BOURGOIN Director Strategy & Programmes, CEA

Jean-Philippe Bourgoin has been Corporate Strategy and Programs Director at the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission since 2011. He is also the secretary of the Atomic Energy Committee. He was designated as the representative for France by the Higher Education and Research Ministry for various international missions related to nanotechnology and he was a contributor to the National Research and Innovation Strategy.

He acted as President of the Micro-nano sectorial scientific committee of the National Research Agency (ANR) and contributed to the development of nanotechnologies in France while acting as an expert for various international funding agencies and programs and a member of various scientific committees and boards. He is Knight of

the French National Order of Merit.

David BROWN Chair ProFactor Pharma. Ex Global Head of Drug Discovery, Hoffman La Roche

David Brown has 40 years experience in the pharmaceutical/biotechnology industry, both in research and in senior executive roles. He served with four of the top 10 pharmaceutical companies: Zeneca, Pfizer, GlaxoWellcome, and Hoffman La-Roche, and as President and Chief Executive of Cellzome AG. Whilst at Pfizer he was named co-inventor on the patent for Viagra.

David Brown has a strong interest in entrepreneurialism. He coaches CEOs and entrepreneurs at the Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning at Cambridge University Business School and he is an Angel Investor in high-technology start-up companies. He has founded or co-founded several biotechnology companies.


Speakers

Jean-Frédéric CLERC Vice President of CEA Technological Research Division, CEA

Jean-Frédéric Clerc joined CEA in 1995 and has been manager of the Microsystems Program at LETI (Laboratory of Electronics & Technologies of Information), before becoming LETI’s Vice President. In 2005, he was appointed Director of Strategy and Programs of the CEA Technological Research Division. He became Vice President of this division in 2010. He was also Vice President of the Association of the Carnot institutes from 2006 to 2011 and member of the board of the French Evaluation Agency for Research and Higher education (AERES) from 2007 to 2012.

Francine CLOSENER Secretary of State of the Economy, Ministry of the Economy, Luxembourg

Following the legislative elections of 20 October 2013, Francine Closener was appointed Secretary of State of the Economy, Secretary of State of Internal Security, and Secretary of State of Defence on 4 December 2013 in the coalition government formed by the Democratic Party (DP), the Luxembourg Socialist Workers’ Party (LSAP) and the Green Party (“déi gréng”). After completing a degree in journalism and communication in 1993 at the Université libre de Bruxelles, Francine Closener started her professional career at RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg as a political journalist and in 2008 became its chief editor. In 2010, she left radio to work as a journalist for RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg’s news broadcast.

André CONVENTS Section Head for Connect & Develop, Procter & Gamble

André Convents is Section Head for Connect+Develop at Procter & Gamble. With 20 years of international experience at P&G, he led global multi-functional technology and innovation initiatives. He is an open innovation expert with extensive experience in hands-on management of strategic alliances and collaborations across universities, companies and institutes. He is the leader of the open innovation program in a $10 billion business unit. With a keen interest in team collaboration, he has led global culture change initiatives to enable organizational transformation in a large organization. As a passionate innovator, he led both intrapreneurial new business initiatives and global and regional collaborations with SMEs. He has a PhD from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and is inventor or author of more than 30 patents or peer reviewed journals.


Speakers

Gabriel CREAN Chief Executive Officer, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST)

Professor Gabriel Crean will assume the position of Chief Executive Officer of the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) as of 1 May 2015. At present, Professor Gabriel Crean is Vice President for Technology and Director for Europe of CEAtech, the Division of Technological Research of the CEA. This division includes three world class research institutes in Micro-Nanotechnologies, New Technologies for Energy and Information Technology in Paris and Grenoble. He was previously Scientific Director of the Division of Technological Research from 2009 to 2012. He is an Advisor to the President of the Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble (INPG) on research policies as well as a visiting Professor.

Léopold DEMIDDELEER Honorary President of EIRMA, Formerly Solvay

Léopold Demiddeleer has a PhD in Physical Chemistry from the Université libre de Bruxelles. He started his career in 1976 by teaching mathematics and physics, then joined the SOLVAY company in 1981, where he spent 33 years. He successively led different R&D entities of the group before being appointed New Business Development Director in 2000. Now retired from Solvay, he is currently helping venture funds with investments, small companies with their business development and the Georgia Institute for Technology (Atlanta, USA) with its connections in Europe. He is also Chairman of the Board of McPhy and Honorary President of EIRMA.

Peter DRÖLL

Director Innovation & ERA, DG R&I, European Commission

Peter Dröll is in charge of Innovation Union and European Research Area in the European Commission's Research and Innovation Department. This Directorate is about creating the conditions for excellent research and innovation throughout Europe. Peter is a lawyer by training with a doctorate degree in German constitutional law and European law. Before joining the European Commission in 1991, Peter worked as a lawyer in Germany.


Speakers

Philippe FROISSARD Deputy Head of Unit Research Infrastructures, DG R&I, European Commission Philippe FROISSARD graduated in nuclear engineering in Grenoble (France) in 1988 and completed his PhD in nuclear physics in 1992. He worked on nuclear fusion research and particularly on radio frequency heating first at the JET Joint Undertaking in Oxfordshire (UK) and then at the Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique (CEA) in Cadarache until 1999. He joined the Directorate-General for Research in 2000 and has since held several positions in the Human Potential and International Cooperation Programmes. He is presently the Deputy Head of Research Infrastructures Unit, which supports the development, implementation and integration of Research Infrastructures of pan-European interest.

Xabier GOENAGA Head of the Innovation Systems Analysis Unit at the Institute for Prospective Technological Studies Joint Research Centre, European Commission

As of April 2015, Xabier Goenaga is responsible for the Innovation Systems Analysis Unit of the JRC of the European Commission in Brussels, which amongst other activities supports the preparation of Country Specific Recommendations in the field of research and innovation. Between 2007 and 2015, he was responsible for the Knowledge for Growth Unit of the JRC. Before working for the Joint Research Centre, he was at DG RTD where he was responsible for Units dealing with (i) economic analysis of research policies, (ii) SME measures in the Framework Programme and (iii) agro-industrial and agricultural research.

Mario GROTZ Director General for Research, Intellectual Property and New Technologies, Ministry of the Economy, Luxembourg

Mario Grotz joined the Ministry of Economy in 2001 where his main focus was on the evaluation of R&D projects or programs implemented by the private sector. From 2009-2012, he was appointed Head of Directorate for Infrastructures and Technology. Since 2012, he has been the Director General for Research, Intellectual Property and New Technologies, responsible in particular for the development of the technology-based sectors in Luxembourg, meaning the cleantech sector, the biotech sector and the ICT sector (including the space sector). Additionally, he represents the State of Luxembourg on different boards of private companies. Since 2012, he has been President of Board of Directors of the company CREOS.


Speakers

Marc HANSEN Secretary of State for Higher Education and Research, Ministry for Higher Education and Research Luxembourg

Marc Hansen was appointed Secretary of State of Education, Children and Youth and Secretary of State for Higher Education and Research on 28 March 2014 in the coalition government formed by the Democratic Party (DP), the Luxembourg Socialist Workers’ Party (LSAP) and the Green Party (“déi gréng”). A member of the DP since 2008, Marc Hansen was an alderman for the municipality of Useldange from 2005 to 2014. At national level, Marc Hansen was elected to Parliament for the first time in 2013. In Parliament, he served as chairman of the Finance and Budget Committee as well as vice-chairman of the Committee for Labour, Employment and Social Security from 2013 to 2014, when he was appointed to the government. Marc Hansen started his professional career as a journalist at DNR (Den Neie Radio) and later at RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg and RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg from 1995 to 2009. From 2009 to 2011, he served as a parliamentary attaché and from 2011 to 2014, Marc Hansen

was the CEO of Éditions Lëtzebuerger Journal.

Carlos HÄRTEL EIRMA President and Director GE Global Research Europe

Carlos Härtel is Director of the GE’s European research center in Garching near Munich, Germany. He took this position in 2007, after having served as manager of the Laboratory for Alternative Energies at the center since 2003. Prior to joining GE, Dr. Härtel held positions as scientist and manager in the development of gas turbines at Alstom in Baden, Switzerland. He studied mechanical engineering at RWTH Aachen and TU Munich, and he received his doctorate from the Institute of Fluid Mechanics of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in Göttingen. Subsequently, he spent several years at ETH Zurich, where he qualified as a university lecturer in 1999. He is President of EIRMA.

Ragnar HELDT NIELSEN Director, GTS - Advanced Technology Group

Since 2007, Ragnar Heldt Nielsen has been the director of GTS - Advanced Technology Group (Godkendt Teknologisk Service), the interest organisation of the nine Danish GTS institutes. Here he focuses on the development of the political and administrative framework of the institutes. Ragnar Heldt Nielsen serves as a national expert in the EC Programme Committee 'SMEs & Access to Risk Finance', and he heads the steering committee of the national ‘Innovation agent program’ (SME innovation support). Previously, Ragnar has been Department Manager at the Danish Society of Engineers (IDA) with responsibility for policy development and campaigning, especially in the fields of education, research and innovation policies.


Speakers

Maria KHORSAND President of EARTO and CEO, SP

Maria Khorsand is the CEO of the SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden. SP is the leading and largest technical research institute in Sweden. Maria Khorsand has a Master of Science and Bachelor of Science from the California State University. She has held a variety of executive positions at Ericsson, among others as President of Ericsson Technology Licensing, where she worked for 17 years before becoming President of OMX Technology and finally, President of Dell Sweden before joining the SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden in 2007 as CEO. She is a board member of several organisations, Chair of the Swedish Coordination Council for Smart Grids and Vice-Chair of the Section for Research and Education within the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences. She became President of EARTO in May 2014.

Rudy LAUWEREINS Vice President at IMEC

Rudy Lauwereins is Vice President at imec, a research company performing world-leading research and delivering industry-relevant technology solutions through global partnerships in nano-electronics, ICT, healthcare and energy. He is director of imec’s Smart Systems Technology Office, guiding the strategic research decisions in vision and telecommunication systems, and in (bio)medical and lifestyle electronics,. He also leads the imec Academy, coordinating external and internal training curricula. He is a part-time Full Professor at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. Before joining imec in 2001, he held a tenure Professorship in the Faculty of Engineering at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven since 1993. Professor Lauwereins has authored and co-authored more than 400 publications in international journals, books and conference proceedings. He is a fellow of the IEEE.

Marc LEMMER Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST)

Marc Lemmer holds a PhD in Polymer Chemistry from the Pierre and Marie Curie University in Paris, completed in 1993 after his master in chemistry (Dipl. Chem.) at the Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich. He also holds a Master of Business Administration from Nancy 2 University. He joined the Public Research Centre Henri Tudor in 2009 as CEO. Today, Marc Lemmer is member of the Executive Committee of the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) and holds the position of Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer. LIST is a new RTO in Luxembourg created on January 1st, 2015, following the merging of the public research centres Gabriel Lippmann and Henri Tudor, both established in 1987. LIST is a leader in research and innovation and works in the fields of materials, environment and IT.

Marc Lemmer is a member of the Executive Board of EARTO.


Speakers

Carlos MOEDAS European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation

Born in 1970, Carlos Moedas holds a degree in civil engineering from the Instituto Superior Técnico and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He has worked for Goldman Sachs and Eurohypo Investment Bank. In 2010 he became Senior Economic Advisor of the Portuguese Social Democratic Party (PSD). He was elected Member of the Portuguese Parliament in 2011 and was appointed Secretary of State working directly under the Prime Minister. Since October 2014 he has been appointed European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation.

Pedro ORTÚN Director Service Industries, DG GROW, European Commission

Pedro Ortún is an Industrial engineer, specialised in Chemistry and in Industrial Organisation, with a Doctorate in Business Administration. He has been a Director in the European Commission since 1988, in charge of different industrial and services sectors. He was successively Director responsible for Tourism & Service Industries and Corporate Social Responsibility and Director responsible for the “New Approach Industries”, the Standardisation Policy, Tourism, CSR and Consumer Goods Industries. He also held the position of Director in charge of Tourism, of the Textiles, Fashion, Design and Creative Industries and of Key Enabling Technologies and the Digital Economy. Since January 2015, he has been the Director of Service Industries in the European Commission’s new DG for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW).

Anne-Christine RITSCHKOFF Executive Vice President, CTO, VTT Technical Research Centre

Prof. Ritschkoff has been at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland since 1987 in various research and management positions. She currently holds the position of Executive Vice President, Strategic Research, CTO. In this role she is in charge of VTT’s research function, and steers technology strategy, EU activities and research partnerships. Prof. Ritschkoff has significantly influenced VTT’s research activities in the areas of natural resources, environmental and clean technologies and bioeconomy. Prof. Ritschkoff contributes to Finnish and European innovation systems through various position of trust. Throughout her career, Prof. Ritschkoff has been a member and chairman of several international committees and boards of directors.


Speakers

Frank RUTTENS Account Manager, AGFA

Frank graduated in Chemistry from the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium in 1983 and obtained his PhD in 1988 (Molecular Dynamics and Spectroscopy lab of Prof. F. De Schryver). After one year of military service (obligatory at that time) he started working at Agfa-Gevaert in the former Electrophotography group, exactly 25 years ago now. He soon joined the Analytical department, and that is where he still is today. He has been responsible for the Physicochemical and Colloïdal analysis labs. In 2010 he was asked to represent Agfa's open innovation initiative Agfa-Labs that offers its R&D services to third parties. The focus is on materials and coatings research, fields where Agfa-Labs has acquired certain unique competences that can bring added value to small and large companies in an industrial environment.

Iñaki SAN SEBASTIAN Deputy Managing Director, Tecnalia

Iñaki San Sebastian is an industrial engineer from the University of Navarra (1989) and in 2007 he received a Master Degree in Business Management (MBA-Executive) at the University of Deusto. After 17 years working at Fatronik, in 2008 he became General Manager. Two years later, Fatronik merged into Tecnalia to create the largest RTO in Spain and he was appointed Deputy Managing Director. Throughout his professional career he has belonged and belongs to several relevant national and international committees related to the design and strategy of Science and Technology Systems. Since 2010, he has been a member of the Executive Committee of EARTO, the European Association of Research and Technology Organizations, amongst others.

Marc SCHILTZ Secretary General, Fonds National de la Recherche, Luxembourg

Marc Schiltz holds a PhD in Physics (Crystallography) and an Executive MBA from INSEAD. He has been active in research and higher education for more than 18 years and is a recognised scientist in his field of expertise. Drawing on his international experience, he has developed a thorough expertise in strategic research management and organisation. Since 2011, he has headed the National Research Fund, which is the central agency for promoting and funding research activities in Luxembourg. In this role, he has significantly contributed to enhancing the quality of the Luxembourg research system and to building bridges with the private sector as well as with the international scientific community.


Speakers

Christopher SHILLING Innovation Agent, The Florin Partnership

Christopher Shilling is an independent consultant providing innovation project management and planning services to pharmaceutical and medical device companies, and Public Private Partnerships. In 1997, Christopher joined Pfizer’s Global R&D division, leading knowledge and information systems projects to support senior management, drug R&D teams and two large mergers. He became an independent consultant in 2007, and has managed innovation and business planning projects for a range of start-ups, SMEs, large companies and PPPs. Following a year-long engagement in 2010 for Novartis’ Pricing & Reimbursement global group, Chris has continued to provide research services to Akceso Advisors in the field of drug pricing, reimbursement & market access. He is also a consulting advisor to i2e Consulting, leader in developing

business apps for mobile devices. Chris chairs EIRMA’s Programme Planning Committee.

Alexander SVEJKOVSKY CFO, AIT - Austrian Institute of Technology

Alexander Svejkovsky has been the CFO of the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology since 2008. AIT is the largest RTO in Austria and focuses on infrastructure innovations. He is responsible for controlling, accounting, treasury, IT, purchasing, investment management and national and EU research funding. He previously worked as an executive consultant for industry and non-profit organizations and as a controller in the IT and transport automation sector (Alcatel). Alexander Svejkovsky holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration (marketing, foreign trade financing) from the Vienna University of Economics and Business and completed executive trainings at MIT, St. Galler Business School and UC Berkeley.

Georges THIELEN Manager for the Winter Technology Programs, Goodyear Innovation Centre

After having obtained a doctorate in Polymer Chemistry from the University of Hannover, Georges Thielen has held multiple positions at Goodyear. Currently, he is Manager for the Winter Technology Programs at the Goodyear Innovation Centre. Previously, he gained extensive experience in R&D management, helping Goodyear develop its external expert network in Europe. He is also President of the Luxembourg Materials Cluster and Member of the Board of the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology.


Speakers

Christos TOKAMANIS Head of Unit Advanced Materials and Nanotechnologies, DG R&I, European Commission

Christos Tokamanis is trained as a chemical and material engineer and holds a degree in Business Administration. He has been working in the research field of advanced materials, new production systems and transport technologies. He has been, for 5 years, Head of Unit responsible for Sub- Priority 6.2 “Sustainable Surface Transport” in the FP6 Specific Programme “Integrating & Strengthening ERA”. In 2004, he was appointed responsible for the Unit “Products, processes, organisation” renamed “New generation of products” within Directorate “Industrial Technologies” of DG R&I. In 2008, he took on responsibility for the “Nano- Sciences and Nanotechnologies” unit. As of January 2015, he has led the unit “Advanced Materials and Nano Technologies” of the same Directorate renamed “Key Enabling Technologies”.

Picture Copyright: FFG / Karin Gartner

Frank TREPPE Director Corporate Strategy and International Affairs, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft

Frank Treppe joined the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology in 1982. Since then, he has served in various managing positions at different Fraunhofer Institutes and companies in Germany and in the United States. Frank Treppe is now member of Fraunhofer's top management team in Munich. As an Associate Member of the Board and Director Corporate Strategy and International Affairs of Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, he is in charge of Fraunhofer's strategic business development. In this capacity, Frank Treppe has a wide range of domestic and international responsibilities. In addition, he is Member of the Board of EARTO, as well as the Vice President of its Steering Committee, and he serves as evaluator in the technology programs of the European Commission.

Klaus TRÖMEL Director General, Head of Operations, European Investment Bank

2014- present: Head of Lending Operations - Director General 2011-2014: Director General, Risk Management Directorate 2007-2011: Director, Head of the Transaction Management & Restructuring 2000-2007: Head of Division Project Finance & EIF, Credit Risk Department, Risk Management Directorate 1989-1999: Loan Officer UK/North Sea, Directorate for Lending Operations in Europe; focus on transport, oil & gas and project finance 1988-1989: Trade & Pre-export Finance Officer, Credit des Bergues, Geneva, Switzerland 1985-1987: Analyst, Hewlett-Packard European Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland


Speakers

Charlina VITCHEVA Director Smart & Sustainable Growth & Southern Europe, DG REGIO, European Commission

Charlina Vitcheva has been a director at the European Commission, Directorate General for Regional Policy since April 2009. As of 2014, she is Director for the Competence Centre for Smart and Sustainable Growth and the Implementation of the EU Cohesion Policy in Spain, Portugal, Italy and Malta, Cyprus and Greece. In her previous posts, she has been responsible for the Competence Centre for Inclusive Growth, Urban and Territorial Development and the implementation of the EU Cohesion Policy in Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Sweden. Prior to her posts in the Commission, she was Director of the European Integration and International Cooperation Directorate at the Bulgarian Ministry of Agriculture and Food.

Urban WASS Senior Vice President Research & Innovation Policy, Volvo Group

Urban Wass is Senior Vice President, Research & Innovation Policy at Volvo Group Headquarters. He is responsible for driving and formulating research and innovation strategies as well as maintaining a contact net that includes academia, funding agencies and relevant governmental bodies. In addition, he chairs the Volvo Group Research & Innovation Committee.

Falk WOTTAWAH Head of Visioning & Scouting, Siemens Corporate Technology

Falk Wottawah studied research in biophysics at the University of Würzburg, the University of Texas at Austin, and the University of Leipzig between 1998 and 2006. He got his PhD in 2006 and worked for Siemens Management Consulting as Consultant and Project Manager until 2012. In 2012, he became Project Manager for Siemens Corporate Technology, Central Projects. Since 2012, he has been Head of Visioning & Scouting for Siemens Corporate Technology, Technology & Innovation Management.


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PRACTICAL DETAILSDates April 28-29, 2015Venue Alvisse Parc Hotel | 120, route d’Echternach | L-1453 LuxembourgParking Free parking provided by the hotel

GALA DINNERThe Gala Dinner will be held on April 28, 2015 at 19:30 pm at the Cercle Cité | 2, rue Genistre | L-1623 Luxembourg.

A bus transfer will be organised from Alvisse Parc Hotel to Cercle-Cité: meeting point at 18.30 in the hotel lobby. A guided tour will be organised during the trip.

A bus transfer will be organised after the Gala Dinner to the Alvisse Parc Hotel: meeting point at the Gëlle Fra at 22:00.

Coming by car, the Parking Saint-Esprit (paid car park) is located near the Cercle Cité.

Taxis can be hired from rue Notre-Dame or in front of POST Luxembourg, 25 Rue Aldringen, L-1118 Luxembourg. Taxis can be also booked by phone: TAXIS COLUX +352 48 22 33, BENELUX TAXIS +352 80 02 51 51, CITY TAXIS +352 48 00 58.

CONTACTFor any questions, please contact us at:[email protected]+352 42 59 91 - 22 92 or +352 621 26 85 65 Parc Hôtel Alvisse**** SA

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