Overview
Invitation
City : Brussels
End date: 25-09-2015
Perhaps more today than even before, teaching students and early career researchers entrepreneurial skills is a necessary part to prepare them for their future. Today, however, the importance of entrepreneurship education is even more critical as our local, regional, and global marketplaces face economic challenges and transitions.
BIOINNO Entrepreneurship education is about creating and nurturing a learning environment that promotes entrepreneurial traits and behaviors, such as creative thinking, opportunity recognition, risk taking, strategic planning, problem-solving, and all types of communication and negotiation that are key to building new ventures. It is based on a revolutionary New Learning and Teaching ModelTM designed to inspire and engage students and researchers in the fundamental aspects of an entrepreneurial mindset and the unlimited opportunities it can provide.
The BIOINNO project invites all professionals in the entrepreneurship community, entrepreneurs, and students studying biotechnology, bio-economy, medicine, bioengineering, chemical engineering, agricultural and environmental sciences, business or other related disciplines as well as Technology Transfer and business development managers to join us as we explore the ways in which we can creatively interweave our varied and valuable interests into our bio-entrepreneurship careers. Attendees will have the opportunity to discuss a myriad of fascinating topics with each other and with an array of engaging speakers. This conference is also an opportunity for attendees to network with students and professionals with a variety of entrepreneurship backgrounds and experiences. Come join us as we chart new paths to bio-entrepreneurship…and beyond!
Have a look at our conference video and our website.
You can find the list of participants here.
Venue
The conference venue is at:
- Hotel Marivaux, Boulevard Adolphe Max laan 98 1000 Brussels +32 2 2270300
The hotel is a five minutes’ walk from the Brussels railway station North (Brussel Noord- Bruxelles Nord).
There is a direct train and bus connection to this railway station.
Programme
25 September 2015
Full programme
09:00-9:30 | Registration |
09:30-09:40 |
Welcome Anabela Mesquita, SPACE President, Belgium |
09:40-09:50 |
Opening Remarks Giuseppe Scarascia Mugnozza, Director and Full Professor, DIBAF, University of Tuscia, Italy |
09:50-10:10 |
Keynote Session University – Business cooperation: embedding entrepreneurship in teaching and learning. Antoine Harfouche, Associate Professor, DIBAF, University of Tuscia, Italy |
10:10-10:30 |
Setting the context: entrepreneurship education in Higher Education Institutions Shai Vyakarnam, University of Cranfield, Director, The Bettany Centre for Entrepreneurship, Cranfield School of Management, UK |
10:30-10:50 |
Knowledge Alliance projects scale: last selection and upcoming calls Gilles Gervais, Head of Unit, DG EACEA A2, European Commission, Belgium |
10:50-11:20 | Coffee break & group photo |
11:20-11:40 |
The importance of entrepreneurship in bioeconomy Waldemar Kütt, Head of Unit, DG RTD F2 BioBased products and processes, European Commission, Belgium |
11:40-12:00 |
Being enterprising in research Beatrix Schlarb-Ridley, Director of Innovations and Impact, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK |
12:00-12:20 |
Setting up inovation-based startups in life sciences research institutions Johan Cardoen, Managing Director, VIB and ex-CEO CropDesign, Belgium (tbc) |
12:20-12:40 |
Technology Transfer in biotechnology: case studies of successful startups Thomas Crispeels, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium |
12:40-13:00 |
Managing Intellectual Property rights in biotech startups Jan Demolder , IP manager, VIB, Belgium |
13:00-14:30 | Networking Lunch |
14:30-14:50 |
How can we make entrepreneurship education a success? Shima Barakat, Research and teaching fellow, CfEL, University of Cambridge, UK |
14:50-15:10 |
BIOINNO entrepreneurship facilitator training: train the trainers Orsoloya Ihasz, Senior Programme Manager/Business Development Manager, CfEL and Chief Communications Officer, Cambridge University Innovation Forum, University of Cambridge, UK |
15:10-15:30 |
Essential tips for designing successful entrepreneurship education programs Liliya Serazetdinova, Director, Adapt Commercial, Bio-renewable products and technologies, Adapt Low Carbon Group, UK |
15:30-16:00 |
Accessing capital for your start up: an investor’s perspective Caroline Goddeeris, Associate Health & Care, Gimv European investment company, Belgium |
16:00-16:30 | Coffee break & networking |
16:30-17:30 |
Entrepreneurial Students SessionOpening by Moderator Antoine Harfouche How did they do it, why? How were they supported by BIOINNO? – Giuseppe Marson, University of Padova, Italy – Nelly Olova, University of Cambridge, UK – Sacha Khoury, University of Tuscia, Italy |
17:30-17:45 |
Wrap-up Session What are the key take-aways from the conference? What actions need to be taken? Luc Broes, Financial Manager, SPACE, Belgium |
The full programme can be found in the file attached here.
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Speakers
Conference abstract
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List of delegates
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