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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd
The Federation of Finnish Enterprises
Cordially invites to
Polish-Finnish Innovation Forum
“Research and Innovation: a Powerful Tool for
Company Growth “
8 June 2016, 9.00-17.00
Scandic Marina Congress Center, Helsinki
RSVP: [email protected], or [email protected] until 20 May 2016 (number of
seats is limited, please indicate number of participants)
Research and Innovation are valuable tools for growing and improving your business. We hope Polish-Finnish
Innovation Forum will be an excellent platform to exchange opinions and experiences between Polish and Finnish
companies and organizations. We warmly invite all companies especially from chemical industry, life science,
energy, green technology, bio-economy, clean-tech and waste management sectors. New business opportunities
in bio-economy, clean-tech and circular economy will arise from the interplay of industrial value chains. These
emerging new value networks demand cross-disciplinary know-how, piloting and demonstration facilities for a
fast track to market. VTT will present several concrete ways to add to the company growth potentials at the
Polish-Finnish Innovation Forum. Evaluating a new concept or process necessitates running and iterating the
process in real-life while keeping track of the techno-economical parameters. Pilot platforms act as a bridge
between R&D and industrial operations; they enable quick testing and support industrial investments with
knowledge-based information. Most importantly piloting lowers corporate risks and prepares products for market.
VTT’s versatile state-of-the-art research infrastructure is a key asset in serving its customers. Along with modern
laboratories and top-level characterization tools, VTT R&D infrastructure includes a unique selection of pilot plants
serving the major steps of the development chain – all seamlessly integrated with the skilled professionals at VTT
and their cooperation network.
PROGRAM
Moderators: John Kettle, Anna Pełka
08.30
09.00
Registration
Opening remarks
H.E. Przemysław Grudziński Ambassador of the Republic of Poland
09.10
Key note speech, Ms Lenita Toivakka, Minister for Foreign Trade and
Development, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Finland
09.25
Key note speech, Ms Katarzyna Kacperczyk, Undersecretary of State, Ministry
of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland
09.40
Mr Antti Vasara, President & CEO of VTT, Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd:
VTT scaling up innovations, to grow your business
10.00
Mr Mika Härkönen, The VTT pilot plants for alternative chemical conversions
10.20
Mr Dariusz Wojtaszek, Deputy Director, Economic Promotion Department,
Polish Agency for Enterprise Development
10.45-11.15
Coffee Break
11.15
Mr Thomas Palmgren, Director for international Affairs, Federation of Finnish
Enterprises
11.45
Mr Michał Gwizda, Partner, Taxand, Polish Consulting Company:
EU grants and national funds for R& D and innovations in Poland 2014-2020
12.15
Mr Mikko Utriainen, VTT: Novel process measurements
12.45 – 13.45 Buffet networking Lunch
13.45
Ms Kirsi-Marja Oksman-Caldentey, VTT: Industrial biotechnology and fermentation
technologies
14.15
Mr Cezary Błaszczyk, Director of the Department, The National Centre for Research
and Development, Director’s Office, Warsaw - financing research projects for the
industry
14.45
Mr Pekka Pohjanne, VTT: ProperScan – Life Management of Process Plants
15.15 – 15.45 Coffee Break
15.45
Mr Jouni Hämäläinen, VTT: More value from conventional energy generation
16.15
Panel discussion
Moderator: Mr John Kettle, Vice President,VTT
Mr Wojciech Komala, Director, Tikkurila , Mr Tomasz Jarmicki, Director of R&D
Department, PGE S.A., Synthos (TBC), Mr Daniel Maksym, Director of the
Department for Development and Innovation, National Center for Research and
Development, Mr Tomasz Zieliński, President of Polish Chamber of Chemical
Industry, Mr Jari Rastas, Honorary Consul of the Republic of Poland, Chairman of the
Association of Finnish Enterprises in Turku, Mr Tomasz Nasiłowski, President of
InPhoTech.
17.00
Closing remarks
17.30
Networking Cocktail