PODIM 25
March 10 - 11, 2005, Hotel Habakuk, MariborThursday, 10. March
09.30 - 09.40
Opening Adress
Prof.dr. Ivan Rozman, Rector of the University of Maribor; Boris Sovič, Mayor of the City of Maribor; Dr. Andrej Kitanovski, Vice-gerent Director of the Directorate for Entrepreneurship and Competitiveness of the Ministry of the Economy
09.40 - 11.00
Dr. Reinhard Buescher,
Head of Innovation Policy Unit, European Commission, DG Enterprise & Innovation:
"Action plan for more innovating Europe".
Prof. dr. Miroslav Rebernik,
Faculty of Economics and Business of the University of Maribor:
"Presentation of Global Entrepreneurship Monitor 2004 results for Slovenia" .
Prof. dr. Allan Gibb,
Small Business Centre, Durham University:
"Development of cooperation between university and SMEs"
11.30 - 13.00
Prof. dr. Marie-Christine Janssens,
Centre for Intellectual Property Rights K.U.Leuven / K.U.Brussel:
"Who Can Claim Ownership of Inventions Made at Universities"
Egon Venko,
Director of Developmental Technological Centre: Institute for Air-conditioning, Heating and Cooling: "Best Practice Case of Cooperation between University and Industry" (povabilo)
Dr. Aleš Štrancar,
BIA Separations Ltd.:
"What System of Support is Needed by Technological Entrepreneurs?"
15.00 - 17.00
Round Table:
"Necessary Institutional Changes to Foster Innovation Transfer"
Chair: Peter Frankl, Editor in Chief, Business Daily Finance
Invited participants:
Mag. Andrej Vizjak, Minister of the Economy of RS
Stojan Petric, President, Kolektor Group Association
Dr. Aleš Štrancar, President, BIA Separations Ltd.
Dr. Reinhard Buescher, Head of Innovation Policy Unit, European Commission, DG Enterprise & Innovation
Dr. Lucija Čok, Rector of the University of Primorska
Dr. Marta Svetina, Slovenian Agency for Technological Development
17.30 - 18.00
Ceremony on occasion of signing the Letter of Intent for long term cooperation between University of Maribor, Prevent d.d. and the IRP Institute for Entrepreneurship Research on the Technology Competence Center - "Inceptum".
Friday, March 11.
09.15 - 13.30
Prof. dr. Maks Tajnikar, Lidija Zajec,
Faculty of Economics of the University of Ljubljana: "The Relationship between Market Entry and Subsequent Characteristics of the Fastest-Growing Firms - Empirical Evidence from Slovenia".
Prof. dr. Sorin Eugen Zaharia, dr. Laura Marinas
Romanian National Agency for the Partnership Between Universities and Social and Economic Environment: "Returns on Building the Entrepreneurial University: The case of Romania".
Mag. Mitja Golja, dr. Aleš Štrancar, dr. Igor Emri, dr. Zoran Marinšek, dr. Peter Stanovnik, dr. Janez Bešter
"Technological Networks in Slovenia - the Platforms of Innovative Environment".
Chie Sato, Biztech Inc. Tokyo, Satoshi Kumagai, Junsei Tsukuda, Jun Numata,
Musashi Institute of technology, Tokyo, JAPAN, "How to Engineer Innovations? - Innovation Understandings and a Direction to Educate Experienced Engineers".
Vanja Rangus, prof. dr. Uroš Stanič:
Municipality of Ljubljana: "Regional Innovation Strategy of Slovenia as an EU Region - National Innovation System".
Alessia Melasecche Germini, mag. Iztok Lesjak, Andrea Di Anselmo, Meta Group:
"From the "Spirit" of Knowledge to the "Hand" of Market".
Mag. Iztok Lesjak, Niko Osolnik,Technological park Ljubljana: "Presentation of Goals of Technological Parks Association, Technology Centres and Business Incubators".
Prof. dr. Carl Henning Reschke, University of Witten/Herdecke, Germany, Dr. Sascha Kraus, MBA, University of Klagenfurt, Austria: "An Evolutionary Approach to Innovation and Strategy in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises".
Eduardo Díaz, Fundación para el Conocimiento Madrid, Spain, New Technology Based Firms promotion: "Monitoring new Technology-based Firms' Support Actions: Improving Effectiveness".
José Simoes, Prof. Boguslawa Sardinha, Luisa Carvalho, Instituto Politecnico de Setubal, Escola Superior de Ciencias Empresariais, Campus do IPS, Estefanilha, Portugal: "Theoretical Model to identify Social Entrepreneurship: The Setubal Cooperative Housing Case study".
Kraus Werner, i2b:
"The Business Plan - an Adequate Means for Bringing Innovation Ideas into Reality".
Ana Kuntarič, University of Klagenfurt: "Evaluation of Success Criteria of Selected Incubators in Austria, Slovenia and Germany".
Luka Vesnaver, Nova Ljubljanska banka: "The Role of the Bank in Mediation of EU Funds as Support for Development of Innovative Invironment".
Teppo Kettula, Technopolis Oyj/Vantaan Hitec-program: "The Role of Finnish Science Parks and Experiences on Building Regional Innovation Systems".
Mag. Tadej Krošlin, Faculty of Economics and Business of the University of Maribor: "Innovation Potential of Slovenian Manufacturing Middle-Sized Companies".
Prof. dr. Matjaž Mulej, Faculty of Economics and Business of the University of Maribor: "Suggestions on Knowledge Transfer to SMEs".
09.30 - 11.00
Workshop on SMEs Innotool Box: Presentation of the results of the 5th Framework project "SMEs Innotool Box".
Performed by:
Jürgen Jantschgi,, University of Leoben, Technology Transfer Office and
Dr. Marjan Leber, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the University of Maribor and ISN d.o.o.
9.30 - 12.00
The Small Business Development Centre will organize the following Workshop: Do We Have Suitable Financial Instruments for the Development of Entrepreneurial Networks?
Performed by:
Mag. Leon Filipič, SBDC,
Branko Kraševec, PRIMe,
Fons Feekes, PRIMe.