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Transformation, Integration and Globalization Economic Research

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International conference:

Innovations and emerging technologies for the prosperity and quality of life in the Polish and EU regions

November 27-28, 2014

Organized by:

Transformation, Integration and Globalization Economic Research Center (TIGER)
www.tiger.edu.pl
Center of Impact Assessment Studies and Forecasting (CIASF)
http://www.kozminski.edu.pl/en/department/ciasf/home-page/
and
The Center for Sustainable Development (CSD) of Kozminski University
www.kozminski.edu.pl/en

Power Point presentations:

Venue:

ul. Jagiellońska 57/59, 03-301 Warszawa
Room B-17, Building B, Kozminski University

Aim:

To provide an opportunity for the experts from different fields (economics, science&engineering, business and public administration) to discuss firstly, the role of innovations and emerging technologies in building economic prosperity and quality of life in Poland and the EU, and secondly point to the major present and future challenges related to the national and regional innovation strategies as well as the Europe 2020 Strategy..

Conference Programe

Day 1. November 27, 2014

9:30 Registration

10:00 - 10:30 Welcome speech - Prof. Grzegorz W. Kołodko, Director of Transformation, Integration and Globalization Economic Research Center (TIGER); Prof. Lech Zacher, Center of Impact Assessment Studies and Forecasting (CIASF); and Dr. Małgorzata Runiewicz-Wardyn, TIGER, Kozminski University.

10:30 - 11:15 Keynote Speech - Dr. Dimitri Corpakis, Head of Unit DG Research & Innovation, Directorate for the Innovation Union and the European Research Area, Brussels.

11:15 - 13:00 Session I - Innovations and technological advancement as drivers of economic growth in Poland and the EU:

  • Prof. Hermann Simon, Professor of Business, Chairman of Simon-Kucher & Partners, “Mid-sized Companies as Innovation Drivers?”
  • Prof. Michele Cincera, Brussels Solvay School of Economics and Management, Department of Applied Economics, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Director at International Centre for Innovation, Technology and Education Studies (iCite), "Europe’s Missing Yollies"
  • Dr. Pietro Moncada-Paterno-Castello, European Commission, Joint Research Centre – Institute for Perspective Technological Studies, „Profits, R&D and non-linearities in firm size distribution”
  • Dr. Marta Götz, Institute for Western Affairs, Poznań, “Innovations in solving Eurozone crisis – review of some unconventional proposals”

Moderator: Dr. Małgorzata Runiewicz-Wardyn, TIGER Research Center, Kozminski University.

13:00 - 13:45 Lunch

13:45 - 15:45 Session II - Technological knowledge flows, innovation process in local and global contexts:

  • Prof. Jerzy Cieślik, Department of Entrepreneurship, Kozminski University, “Is the „latecomer advantage” a valid concept for Central European transition economies?”
  • Prof. Dr. Dirk Wagner, Managing Director Karlshochschule Management Institut GmbH and Mr. Philipp Kurz, Karlshochschule International University, „How culture affects levels of entrepreneurial activity and innovation– a comparative analysis of Poland and Latvia“
  • Prof. Agnieszka Olechnicka, The Centre for European Regional and Local Studies (EUROREG), The University of Warsaw, “Collaboration for innovation. Regional perspective”
  • Dr. Monika Matusiak, Poznan University of Economics, “Innovation processes and innovation management in Polish companies. Challenges for regional innovation policy”
  • Dr. Dominika Wojtowicz, The Center for Sustainable Development (CSD), Kozminski University, „Can EU funds trigger innovations? Evidence from Poland”

Moderator: Dr. Marta Götz, Institute for Western Affairs, Poznań. 

15:45 - 16:00 Coffee Break

16:00 - 18:00 Session III - Emerging technologies and innovations for the quality of life in Poland and the EU. The case of ICT and biotechnology industries:

  • Mr. Michał Jaworski, Board Member Microsoft sp. z o.o., Council Member at National Centre for Reseach and Development (NCBIR), “InnoICT Program in Poland”
  • Mr. Daniel Piechocki, Director of Technology Intergration and Innovations in Orange Labs, “Orangefab.pl acceleration program for start-ups”
  • Dr. Izabela Mrochen, University of Silesia, Faculty of Applied Linguistics and Translation, “Digital and social inclusion – new challenges in higher education”
  • Mr. Radosław Semkło, Managing Director Telco & Media Division, Asseco Poland, The role of ICT-innovations in open, smart and inclusive development of regions”
  • Ms. Barbara Kozierkiewicz, PhD student, Kozminski University in Warsaw, “Clinical research market in Poland”

Moderator: Prof. Jerzy Cieślik, Department of Entrepreneurship, Kozminski University in Warsaw.

Day 2, November 28, 2014

9:30 Welcome and Coffee 

10:00 - 12:00 Session IV - Innovations and emerging technologies for sustainable development of Poland and the EU:

  • Prof. Lech W. Zacher, Director of Center for Impact Assessment Studies and Forecasting, Kozminski University in Warsaw, „Innovations for creating sustainable future”
  • Prof. Tomasz Winnicki, Vice-Rector of Karkonosze College in Jelenia Góra, Professor of Stanislaw Wojciechowski Higher Vocational State School in Kalisz, „Separation Processes in Solving Strategic Environmental Problems”
  • Ms. Ewelina Żmijewska, Dr. George Gruszczynski, College of Management in Warsaw, “EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) legislation impact on Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)”
  • Ms. Dorota Smolenska, Ph.D. student, Kozminski University in Warsaw, “Sustainability of Technologies for companies and customers. The risk and costs of the market”

Moderator: Dr. Dominika Wojtowicz, The Center for Sustainable Development (CSD), Kozminski University

12:00 - 12:15 Coffee Break

12.15 – 14:00 Session V - The role infrastructure, networking and NGOs in promoting technological innovations and building sustainable and inclusive societies:

  • Prof. Adam K. Prokopowicz, President Institute of Global lnnovation, Economics and Logistics, Dirtector, Infratrans Group, “Innovation in transport, infrastructure and energy and their key impact on economic growth and quality of life”
  • Dr. Anna Czarczyńska, European Studies Programs, Kozminski University in Warsaw, “Diffusion of innovations – from system to the people”
  • Ms. Łucja Kornaszewska, The Board Director of Strategy and Development of NGO “Aktywizacja”, „The impact of technological innovations on social welfare of disabled persons in the last 25 years”
  • Dr. Małgorzata Runiewicz-Wardyn, TIGER Research Center, Kozminski University, Visiting Professor, Brussels Solvay School of Economics and Management, Department of Applied Economics, Université Libre de Bruxelles, “Scientific collaboration and knowledge networking in high-tech industries”

Moderator: Prof. Marta Postuła, TIGER Research Center, Kozminski University.

14:00 - 14:30 Concluding Remarks

Contact Information:

Małgorzata Runiewicz-Wardyn, Ph.D.
Kozminski University
Jagiellonska Str. 59, Warsaw 03-103
Phone: +48225192108; +48564756112
Email: mruniewi@tiger.edu.pl

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