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Entrepreneurship at universities – developing entrepreneurial ecosystems, cultures and students

LEHAR ROOM

CASE STUDIES

• Start100- From Idea to Impact Within 100 Days –  Read more
• StartLAB.BRUSSELS: The Multilingual Youth Incubator in the Heart of Europe –  Read more
• Building scalable, purpose-led venture creation programmes on-campus – Read more

How to build, strengthen and manage partnerships

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PRACTITIONERS

• Stakeholder Engagement: shifting the power in relationships – Read more
• ‘There’s Nothing Ill Can Dwell In Such A Temple’: Partnering Internally For External Success – Read more
• A partnership approach to SME growth: an Australian perspective – Read more

How to outsmart AI at universities by building on industry cooperation? 

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Facilitated by László Korányi (Ministry of Culture and Innovation and Óbuda University), Kitti Jakab (Lunar Program) and Miklós Kozlovszky (Óbuda University).–  Read more

Strengthening boundary spanning skills and competencies

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RESEARCH

• Brokers: the key to cross-boundary collaboration in learning communities? –  Read more
• Third space innovators: Identifying and interrogating boundary-spanning roles in innovation spaces –  Read more
• The boundary spanning skills framework: A training program to address UBC skills needs

Socialising entrepreneurial ecosystems: learnings from a global programme

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WORKSHOP

Facilitated by Irene Dal Poz and Dr Sahand Zanjani Pour (Oxentia Ltd) –  Read more

Entrepreneurship at universities – developing entrepreneurial ecosystems, cultures and students

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CASE STUDIES

• Four Higher Education Institutions Bundle Resources to Foster Student Entrepreneurship –  Read more
• Spinning Up A Rural Vortex – Developing an Innovation and Entrepreneurship Ecosystem in Devon –   Read more
• The Growth House – an inhouse innovation unit tying the knots together in the Oslo innovation ecosystem –  Read more

Developing educational frameworks for the skills of tomorrow

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PRACTITIONERS

• Modern universities – a shift from curriculum-focused institutions towards incubators for competences of the future –  Read more
• Designing the Future of Humanities Education Through Collaboration With Industry and Community –  Read more
• The role of CSR aspects in the evolution of entrepreneurial education for tech students –  Read more
• Scenario workshop as a tool for organisational learning about the future of higher education –  Read more

How can HEIs support socially responsible businesses in their region? 

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Speakers: Fleur Schellekens (UIIN), Adeline Scherman Leroy and Monica Collins (both Unicorn Institute, IMTBS) and Iñigo Puertas (Enlight European University & Euskampus Fundazioa). –  Read more

Academic careers in spanning the boundaries of universities

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RESEARCH

• The importance of collaborative outcome measures to both sector and researcher career stage –  Read more
• PhD Students’ Perceptions of Work Placements and Career Preferences –  Read more
• Spanning Boundaries Through Intersectoral Mobility –  Read more

Funding university-industry partnerships

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PANEL DISCUSSION

• The Role of Public Granting Councils in Advancing Academia-Industry Partnerships to Enhance R&D Outputs – Read more

Programs and mechanisms supporting research valorisation and commercialisation

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PRACTITIONERS

• Starting up Technology Transfer Office in a Small Non-tech Based University – Read more
• Learnings from the Aspect Network: Mechanisms for Supporting SSHA Commercialisation – Read more
• The “Greenhouse” Strategy for Commercialisation, Knowledge and Technology Transfer – Read more
• The Thematic Technology Transfer Program – Circular Technology (TTT-CT) – Read more
  

Assess, Align, Advance – Data driven approaches to impact and innovation (feat. RWTH Aachen)

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Dr. Felix Kampel (University of Aachen) and Dr. Basak Candemir (Elsevier)  – Read more

Support structures in and around universities to develop innovative and entrepreneurial ecosystems

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RESEARCH

• From design innovation catalysts to boundary infrastructures: Fostering interdisciplinary collaboration for university-industry innovations – Read more
• Design and temporal nature of top-down entrepreneurial ecosystem support processes: implications for emerging resource-constrained environments – Read more
• Bouncing forward: how universities can grow knowledge exchange and boost innovation in a post-pandemic landscape – Read more
• The Enterprise Pathway – Embedding entrepreneurship and research commercialisation into academic promotion pathways – Read more

University-business co-creation

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Facilitated by Andrey Dyachenko and Balzhan Orazbayeva – supported by representatives from industry  – Read more

CONFERENCE DINNER

Open to all delegates

Ceremonial Hall at the Vigadó Concert Hall

Addressing regional challenges and strengthen engagement with regional actors, including SMEs

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CASE STUDIES

• Innovation and Business Development Districts Powered by the Florida SBDC at FAU –  Read more
• The Knowledge Bridge Project – Increasing Mutual Benefits in Academy-Industry Collaboration –  Read more
• Rural Prosperity Can’t Wait: Solving Regional Economic and Workforce Challenges Through Partnerships and Innovation –  Read more
• The Research Creations Showcase: Spanning the Boundaries of a University-led Curatorial Engagement Practice in Western Sydney – Read more

Involving industry in co-designing and co-delivering education for the skills of tomorrow

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PRACTITIONERS

• Engagement model Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP) creates competitive and climate smart rural SMEs  –  Read more
• University and HRD Co-Designing of Smart Factory People Transformation for Agri-Food Industry – Read more
• Learning in the Metaverse: A Virtual Reality Transversal Skills Programme from Industry and Higher Education – Read more
  

Universities supporting SMEs: from survival to growth

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Speakers: Jose Villagran (UIIN), Adeline Scherman Leroy (Unicorn Institute & Institut Mines-Télécom Business School) and Annette Dockerty (University of Technology Sydney).

Disrupting higher education and the educational frameworks

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RESEARCH

• Social Impact through Digital Teaching – Read more
• The European OER Ecosystem 2030 – A Hybrid Delphi Study – Read more
• University-industry collaboration in education – towards a collaboration continuum within first mission activities – Read more
• Driving cultural change towards more engaged universities: barriers, drivers and recommendations

The dynamics of the Knowledge Square will foster the universities of the future

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WORKSHOPS

Facilitated by Johan Blaus (KTH Royal Institute of Technology) and Torbjörn Lundh (University of Gothenburg) – Read more

Involving industry in co-designing and co-delivering education for the skills of tomorrow

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CASE STUDIES

• Collaborative Education Boosts The Talents of Tomorrow –  Read more
• Talent Factory Connecting Working Life and Education –  Read more
• STEAMhouse – a catalyst for re-imagining the curriculum  –  Read more

How to build, strengthen and manage partnerships

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PRACTITIONERS

• Introduction of an Account Management Framework to identify, build, strengthen and consistently manage Swinburne’s Strategic Partners – Read more
• The research game at PlayStation – Read more
• Industry and community engagement and partnerships: Success from an integrated multi-faceted –Read more

Innovation hubs and frameworks addressing regional challenges and smart specialisation

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PRACTITIONERS

• Establishing the framework for Regional Ecosystem Development: Start for Future (SFF) a Case Study –  Read more
• The Geography of Science, Technology, & Innovation Under the U.S. CHIPS + Science Act –  Read more
• Benchmarking external engagement: An institutional framework for engagement success

Emerging trends in supporting academic innovators: A global perspective

BARTOK II ROOM

Moderator: 

Yatin Karpe (Director Technology Commercialisation, Rowan University)

Panel Members:

• Anji Miller, Senior Business Manager in the Tech Transfer Team of LifeArc
• Nidhal Bouaynaya, Associate Dean for Research & Graduate Studies at Rowan University
• Michele Washko, President & CEO at Life Sciences Greenhouse of PA
• Michelle Conway, Director of Student and Client Services at Alvernia University
• Victor Lau, Associate Director at Knowledge Transfer Office of the City University of Hong Kong

LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® on Innovation in Education

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WORKSHOPS

Facilitated by Liliya Terzieva (the Hague University of Applied Sciences) and Tanja Beks (Breda University of Applied Sciences) – Read more

Supporting and driving research collaboration and valorisation

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CASE STUDIES

• “Where Innovation Happens” – From Scientific Know-How in Italy To An International Open-Minded Project – Read more
• Creating opportunities for early entrepreneurs to thrive at Charles University in Prague – Read more
• The ‘Serendipity Day’: An interactive way to define new research topics together with industry – Read more
• Developing critical research communication skills among student researchers – Read more

12 principles of the Wicked Architect: How to deal with complex challenges in society?

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WORKSHOPS

Facilitated by Lotte Ovaere and Katrien Vandael (UCLL) – Read more

Tools and frameworks to strengthen the university’s engagement with regional actors

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PRACTITIONERS

• University-Municipality Cooperation for innovation in rural areas – Read more
• Strengthening Governance of Place-Based Ecosystems – Lund Model for Innovation Ecosystem Portfolio Tracking (LIEPT)– Read more
• The impact assessment in university – business collaboration programs: a practical experience in the Basque – Read more
• Lessons learned from 20 years of regional science marketing and boundary spanning

How can we help teachers-to-be raise the next generation of entrepreneurs?

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Speakers: Alexandra Zinovyeva and Jose Villagran (both UIIN), Mario Vötsch (Pädagogische Hochschule Tirol) –  Read more

Supporting research commercialisation and intellectual property management

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RESEARCH

• Knowledge and technology transfer: A question of individual perspective? Results of a comprehensive expert survey – Read more
• How do AI-enabled SMEs accelerate academic entrepreneurial innovation in university-industry ecosystem? – Read more
• Analysis of Policies Regulating The Intellectual Property at HEIs: Selected European Countries and HEIs – Read more
• Research commercialisation strategies of Australian universities: How are we treading? – Read more