1. education

6
th University
Business
Forum
Brussels, 5-6 March 2015
SPEAKERS
DG
Education
Education
and
Culture
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Culture
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PLENARY 5th March
Chair: Ms Alessandra Luchetti
Head of Unit, European Commission, Directorate General for Education and Culture
Alessandra Luchetti is an agronomist graduated at the University of Perugia (Italy) with a specialisation in
arboriculture. Between 1988 and 1992 she was research fellow at the CNR, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
(National Research Council) at the Olive Oil Research Institute (Istituto per la Ricerca in Olivicoltura).
In 1994 she joined the European Commission, as project officer at the agro-industrial research unit of Directorate-General for Research where she was mainly responsible of research fields related to food raw material
improvements and food consumer acceptance and needs. In 2001 she moved to the Directorate responsible
for the implementation of the Human Resources and Mobility programme and was appointed successively
Head of Sector for the Reintegration Grants and Deputy Head of the Marie Curie Actions-Fellowships Unit. In
February 2011, she moved to the Directorate-General for Education and Culture where she is now Head of
the unit “Innovation in Education, EIT and MSCA”.
Mr Tibor Navracsics
Member of the European Commission in charge of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport
Tibor Navracsics holds degrees in law from the Faculty of Law and Political Sciences of Budapest’s ELTE University and a PhD in political sciences. In 1999 he became an Associate professor at the Faculty of Law and
Political Sciences, ELTE. Between 1997-2000 he assumed the position of the Secretary-general of the Hungarian Political Science Association and he was also Head of the Department of Prime Minister’s Office until
2002. In 2003 he became Cabinet Chief to the President of the Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Union and between
2006-2010 he was elected as a Member of Parliament as well as a Member of the Parliamentary Committee
for Constitutional, Judicial and Procedural Affairs. He also served as Fidesz National Assembly representative
from 2006 until October 2014.
Between 2010 and 2014 He was the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Administration and Justice. In 2014 he also assumed the position as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade. In November 2014 Tibor
Navrascics became Commissioner of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport in the new Juncker Commission.
Ms Mārīte Seile
Minister of Education and Science, Latvia, EU Presidency January – June 2015
Marite Seile has a strong background both in the education and corporate sectors. She began her career as a
math teacher and deputy principal in a rural high school where she ran programs for mathematically gifted
children and launched initiatives for broadening access to high quality educational opportunities for children
from remote rural areas. Marite directed various education projects at the Soros Foundation-Latvia Transformation of Education Programme and was a co-founder and director of School Support Center, a non-governmental organization dedicated to school improvement. Marite worked in the corporate sector for nine years,
as Head of Human Resources for the Maxima supermarket chain (7000 employees) and Board member and
Business Process Director for Primekss, a construction company operating in the Baltics, Scandinavia, Poland,
Israel and Belarus. Marite holds a Math degree from the University of Latvia and a Master’s of Science in
Educational and Training Systems Design from Twente University in the Netherlands.
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Ms Silvia Costa
Member of the European Parliament, Chair of Culture Committee
Silvia Costa is Chair of the Culture and Education Committee of the European Parliament. She has been
rapporteur for the European Parliament of the Creative Europe Programme 2014-2020. She has been Lazio
regional councillor responsible for education, educational rights and training (2005-2009); member of the
Italian Chamber of Deputies for three parliamentary terms; member of the Committee on internal affairs,
the Committee on culture, science and education and the Committee on general guidance and monitoring of
radio and television services (1985-1993). State secretary at the Ministry for universities, scientific research
and technology (1993-1994). She has been chair of the European advisory committee on equal opportunities
during the 1996 Italian Presidency of the EU and head of the EU delegation to the annual session of the UN
Commission on the Status of Women (1996). Co-founder of the ‘Telefono Azzurro’ NGO for missing children;
member of the board of management of the Donne in Musica Foundation (2002-2005). President of the
Academy of Fine Arts, Rome (1995-2005).
Professor David B. Audretsch
Indiana University, School of Public and Environmental Affairs
David Audretsch is a Distinguished Professor and Ameritech Chair of Economic Development at Indiana University, where he is also serves as Director of the Institute for Development Strategies. He also is an Honorary
Professor of Industrial Economics and Entrepreneurship at the WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management in
Germany and a Research Fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research in London. Audretsch’s research
has focused on the links between entrepreneurship, government policy, innovation, economic development
and global competitiveness. His books include Everything in its Place: The Strategic Management of Cities,
Regions and States with Oxford University Press in 2015 and The Handbook of Local Competitiveness, also
with Oxford University Press in 2015.
He is co-founder and co-editor of Small Business Economics: An Entrepreneurship Journal. He was awarded
the 2001 Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research by the Swedish Foundation for Small Business Research. In 2008 he received an honorary doctorate degree from the University of Augsburg, and in September,
2010 he received an honorary doctorate degree from Jonköping University. In 2011 he was awarded the
Schumpeter Prize from the University of Wuppertal.
He is a member of the Advisory Board to a number of international research and policy institutes, including
Chair of the the Deutsches Institut fuer Wirtschaftsforschung Berlin (German Institute for Economic Analysis
Berlin), Chair of the Stifterverband fuer die Deutsche Wissenschaft (Foundation for the Promotion of German
Science), New York Academy of Sciences, the Swedish Entrepreneurship Forum, and the Jackstädt Centre for
Entrepreneurship in Wuppertal, Germany.
Mr Jo Lopes
Head of Technical Excellence,
Jaguar Land Rover, Chair of the UK’s Automotive Industrial Partnership for skills
José Lopes joined what became Jaguar Land Rover as a graduate in 1989. He has worked within Research
and Development in different Engineering roles, on Land Rover and Jaguar projects. As Head of Technical
Excellence, reporting to the board member for Group Engineering, he has responsibility for the development
and nurturing of engineering skills and competencies within the company. This includes developing the skills
needed to support the company’s advanced low-carbon vehicle development and research. He is also charged
with ensuring that new engineering graduates and apprentices are given the necessary skills to support future growth.
Directly involved with a number of UK universities, José is a Governor of new University Technical College at
the University of Warwick, which is tasked to develop the Engineers for the future. He is also a Governor of a
primary school. José is chair of the Skills Work Group of UK Automotive Council and the chair of the Automotive Industrial Partnership; working across the automotive sector with Government to deliver required skills
for sustainable growth. He is a Chartered Engineer, has a Master of Philosophy in Applied Physics and is a
Fellow of the Institution of Engineering & Technology, and a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.
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ROUND TABLE – “Partnerships for Jobs and Growth” –
Challenges and Opportunities
Moderator: Dan Luca
Director EurActiv Institute
Dr. Dan LUCA is presently the Director of the Brussels based EurActiv Institute. He has worked as a European affairs professional for twenty years from which the five years in Romania and the last fifteen years in
Brussels. In 2008 he obtained a PhD in ‘International Relations and European Studies’ with a specialisation in
Communication. He gives lectures on topics related to the European Union and communication techniques at
ten European universities. He is the founder of three associations: “House of Europe” in Cluj-Napoca (Romania), the “Romania–EU” Club in Brussels and the first Romanian think tank in Brussels, GrupRomania. He is the
author of numerous books, articles and studies in relation to European Union topics. He is an active EU affairs
blogger since 2007 (see: www.casaeuropei.blogspot.com). His most recent book, “European Union: Views from
Brussels” (2013), shows his vision about EU citizens, Future EU, EU Communication, Business Management,
EU Education and Technology.
Professor Maria Helena Nazaré
President of the European University Association (EUA)
She was trained as a physicist, (Licenciatura, University of Lisbon, 1972; Doctor of Philosophy, University
of London, King’s College, 1978). She was Head of Physics’ Department twice (1978-80 and 1988-90),
Vice-President of the Scientific Council in 1990-91 and Vice-Rector, a position held until 1998. Elected twice
as Rector of the University of Aveiro, She served from January 2002 until February 2010 and was the chair
of the Portuguese Rectors’ Conference Committee for Research and Knowledge Transfer.
She participated in many EUA activities such as: the research working group (2003-09); the Institutional Evaluation Programme (IEP) since 2004 which gave her the opportunity to evaluate universities in many countries (Spain, Turkey, Palestine, Slovenia, Kazakhstan and Romania) and to chair the IEP steering committee in
2007-09; She chaired the 2009-10 pilot project on Energy (EPUE) and served as a EUA Board member and
Vice President 2009 - 2012.
She has also participated in OECD evaluations in Catalonia, Lombardy, Basque Country and Bulgaria and in
ENQA reviews of quality assurance agencies in Galicia and Finland. She was a Member of the Portuguese
National Education Council and Chair of its Higher Education Committee (2009 - 2013), President of the
Advisory Board of Fundação Galp Energia and President of the Portuguese Physics Society (2009 - 2013).
Presently she is the President of the European University Association since 2012, Member of the Administration Board of Portugal Telecom since 2008 and Member of Board of Trustees of Fundação Francisco Manuel
Soares dos Santos in Portugal since 2013.
Mr Jean-Francois Minster
Senior Vice President of Scientific Development, TOTAL S.A.
Jean-François Minster obtained a diploma of the Ecole Polytechnique and a Doctorate of the Institut de
Physique du Globe of Paris (French institute of geophysics). In 1981, he created the laboratory for Physics
and Chemistry of the Hydrosphere of the Institut de Physique du Globe of Paris, then the laboratory of
Oceanography and Geophysics of Toulouse which he managed from 1985 to1996. He worked on the study
of meteorites, volcanism, ocean currents the oceanic cycle of the carbon in relation with climate, and satellite
oceanography. From 1990 to 1996, he also occupied the function of Director of the Institute of the Earth
sciences of Toulouse. In 1996, he took the direction of the Institut National des Sciences de l’Univers at the
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS).
From 2000 to 2005, Jean-François Minster was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Institut Français
de Recherche pour l’Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER). In 2005 and 2006, he was Scientific Director General
of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS). He is corresponding member of the Academy of
Science and member of the Academy of the Technologies.
On October 1st, 2006, Jean-François Minster is nominated Senior Vice President, Scientific Development of
Total SA.
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Professor Ernst Schmachtenberg
Rector, University of Aachen; President-elect CESAER
Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ernst Schmachtenberg (born 1952) is currently rector of the RWTH Aachen University (since
08/2008). He is also President-Elect of CESAER (Conference of European Schools for Advanced Engineering
Education and Research, since 10/2014) and President of the IDEA League (since 01/2014).
After graduating in mechanical engineering at RWTH Aachen University he received his PhD at the Institute
of Plastics Processing (IKV/RWTH Aachen University). From 10/85 till 12/1987 he was also Head of the”Part
Design, Materials Technology, and Fibre-Reinforced Plastics” section at the IKV. His next stations were Head
of Research & Development at Süddeutsches Kunststoff-Zentrum (SKZ) in Würzburg (01/1988-08/1990),
Head of the Polymer Processing Group und Head of the Construction Department at the Polymer Division
of Bayer AG in Leverkusen (09/1990-12/1992). From 01/1993 till 09/2001 Ernst Schmachtenberg held the
Chair of Polymer Technology in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Essen University and CEO of
IKM GmbH in Essen. In 10/2001 he took over the Chair of Plastics Materials Technology of the IKV at RWTH
Aachen University and from 04/2006-07/2008 the Chair of Polymer Technology at the Friedrich-Alexander
University Erlangen-Nuremberg.
Mr Javier Calderón Beltrán
Managing Director, CEOE FORMACIÓN, Chair of education and training working group, BUSINESSEUROPE
Javier Calderon Beltran has a degree in Business Management and Marketing from ESIC. Recently he have
finished a General Director Program (PDG) at IESE – Universidad de Navarra. Currently he is managing director
at the training institute of Confederation of Employers and Industries of Spain. Also he is the chairman of
the Education and Training Working Group at BusinessEurope. Closely related to consulting and training, has
been, among other charges, director of business development in Formación Digital and commercial director
in Spain Company Sanroman. Between 1998 and 2005 he had different responsibilities at Coastal Training
Technologies (a Dupont Company) served as Business Manager for southern Europe (Spain, Italy and Portugal), general manager at the company in Monterrey (Mexico) and sales manager in Virginia Beach, Virginia
for the Latin American market.
Mr Mário Tarouca
Treasurer - Director of Public Affairs, JADE – European Confederation of Junior Enterprises
Mário Tarouca is a 21 years old entrepreneur. He is the Director of Public Affairs for JADE - The European Confederation of Junior Enterprises. He works in order to make JADE visible in front of businesses, policy makers
and academia by representing and developing, through cooperation and exchange of practices, a high-quality
network of entrepreneurial students throughout Europe. Mário has been introduced to the Junior Enterprise
concept, when he was studying in the University of Coimbra, Portugal. From that moment on, he was thrilled
to put ideas into action, through the projects and services provided to other organisations.
Being always a true passionate entrepreneur, while in the high school, he co-founded his own company organising local events. Also, by the age of 19, Mário cofounded his own IT startup, in the field of telecommunication, creating a simple way to share all your contacts through an ingenious mobile application.
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UNIVERSITY-BUSINESS COOPERATION – ENTREPRENEURSHIP
WORKSHOP 1.1: Enhancing Entrepreneurial Teaching
Moderator: Professor Christine Volkmann
UNESCO Chair for Entrepreneurship and Intercultural Management and Jackstädt Research Center
for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, University of Wuppertal
Christine Volkmann studied Economics at Gießen University (Germany). After having worked as a PhD research associate with Deutsche Lufthansa AG, she held several leading positions at Deutsche Bank. In 1999,
Christine Volkmann was appointed Professor of Economics at the Westfälische Hochschule and managing
director of the Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.
Since 2008, Christine Volkmann holds the Chair of Entrepreneurship and Economic Development at the
Schumpeter School of Business and Economics at Wuppertal University. She is director of the Institute for
Entrepreneurship and Innovations Research (IGIF) and executive committee member of the interdisciplinary
Jackstädt Research Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation. Her research and teaching activities focus on
Social Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurial Ecosystem, Academic Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurial Leadership
and International Entrepreneurship.
She was twice awarded the “UNESCO Chair of Entrepreneurship and Intercultural Management”, 2005 at
Westfälische Hochschule and 2010 at the Wuppertal University. Among her commitments are the visiting
professorship at the University of Economics and Business Administration in Bucharest, Romania, the EFER
and the World Economic Forum for Education and Entrepreneurship.
Mr Holm Keller
Vice President of Leuphana University, Lüneburg
Holm Keller is Executive Vice President for Strategic Development and Administration at Leuphana University, Lueneburg, Germany. His responsibilities include the University’s 100 million Euro Innovation Incubator,
the 80 million Euro Campus Development Project with architect Daniel Libeskind, as well as organizational
partnerships with Germany’s Federal Labor Agency and the operation of Lower Saxony’s Artists Development
Program. Mr Keller also teaches in Leuphana’s freshmen program and at St. Gallen University. Prior to his
role at the Leuphana University, Mr Keller was based in Shanghai as President, Corporate Development Asia
for Bertelsmann’s DirectGroup, and in Munich and Vienna as an Associate Principal for McKinsey & Company.
Holm Keller has previously worked as a producer for several European television companies, and as an opera
dramaturge for director Robert Wilson at most major opera houses around the world. He has also worked as
a composer and a radio journalist. He studied theatre at the University of Vienna and later completed a Master of Public Administration at the Harvard Kennedy School. Mr Keller has published articles on architecture,
theatre, leadership and university development.
Dr Shai Vyakarnam
University of Cambridge, founder of the Center for Entrepreneurial Learning
Dr Vyakarnam worked in industry for several years before completing his MBA and PhD at Cranfield. He has
combined academic, practitioner and policy interests to provide advice to governments and on the development of entrepreneurial ecosystems, technology commercialisation and entrepreneurship education. He
has mentored entrepreneurs and held non-executive directorships of small firms in addition to developing
growth programmes for SMEs over several years. From 2003 to 2015 he focused on the development of
practitioner-led education for entrepreneurship at the University of Cambridge Judge Business School, Centre
for Entrepreneurial Learning.
Dr Vyakarnam is presently Co-Founder and Director of AcceleratorIndia. He is Chaiman of KisanHub and on
the Advisory Board of Smart Vineyards, both in the agritech sector.
Dr. Vyakarnam is Trustee of The GEN Initiative. He is Senior Member of Darwin College and Resident Senior
Member of Wolfson College.
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Ms Tanja Verho
CEO Kolmas Persoona
Ms. Tanja Verho is a doer and a dreamer from Kolmas Persoona Oy, which is a service design agency from
Finland. She works as a senior service designer and is passionate about learning, coaching and developing
services with customers. Kolmas Persoona is on a mission to re-design Finland. They’re aiming to secure the
country’s position as one of the best places to live – also in the future. The big vision inspires Tanja and her
colleagues to work in several fields, eg. education, well-being and media. Tanja Verho is one of the three
owners of Kolmas Persoona. She is also a co-owner in Sivupersoona Oy, which provides interpreting services
for the deaf, deaf-blinds, hard of hearing and people with other communication disabilities.
Tanja is an MBA, a qualified sign language interpreter and an active alumna in Tampere University of Applied
Sciences. On her personal journey of continuous development, this open-minded lady is fueled by tasty food
and inspiring laugh-filled moments. She challenges us to always keep in mind the famous proverb: “The eyes
are useless when the mind is blind.”
UNIVERSITY-BUSINESS COOPERATION – ENTREPRENEURSHIP
WORKSHOP 1.2: University Leadership for Entrepreneurship
Moderator: David B. Audretsch
Indiana University, School of Public and Environmental Affairs
David Audretsch is a Distinguished Professor and Ameritech Chair of Economic Development at Indiana University, where he is also serves as Director of the Institute for Development Strategies. He also is an Honorary
Professor of Industrial Economics and Entrepreneurship at the WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management in
Germany and a Research Fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research in London. Audretsch’s research
has focused on the links between entrepreneurship, government policy, innovation, economic development
and global competitiveness. His books include Everything in its Place: The Strategic Management of Cities,
Regions and States with Oxford University Press in 2015 and The Handbook of Local Competitiveness, also
with Oxford University Press in 2015.
He is co-founder and co-editor of Small Business Economics: An Entrepreneurship Journal. He was awarded
the 2001 Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research by the Swedish Foundation for Small Business Research. In 2008 he received an honorary doctorate degree from the University of Augsburg, and in September,
2010 he received an honorary doctorate degree from Jonköping University. In 2011 he was awarded the
Schumpeter Prize from the University of Wuppertal.
He is a member of the Advisory Board to a number of international research and policy institutes, including
Chair of the the Deutsches Institut fuer Wirtschaftsforschung Berlin (German Institute for Economic Analysis
Berlin), Chair of the Stifterverband fuer die Deutsche Wissenschaft (Foundation for the Promotion of German
Science), New York Academy of Sciences, the Swedish Entrepreneurship Forum, and the Jackstädt Centre for
Entrepreneurship in Wuppertal, Germany.
Ms Ann Horan
CEO, DCU Ryan academy
Ann Horan recently retired from her most recent role as Chief Executive of the DCU Ryan Academy. The Academy is a partnership between Dublin City University and the family of the late Tony Ryan, founder of Ryanair.
The Ryan Academy’s aim is to promote entrepreneurs and innovation in Ireland and they run a number of
programmes designed to support individual entrepreneurs and new entrepreneurial ventures. This role was a
new departure for Ann, who spent most of her career in banking. In 2005, Ann left her then role as Managing
Director of Bank of Ireland Finance to “do something different”.
Ann is an accountant with a Masters in Finance from DCU. Ann’s past roles and directorships included Vice
President of the Institute of Bankers, member of the DCU Educational Trust and Governing Authority and immediate past President of the International Women’s Forum – Ireland. She is currently a Director of the Health
Products Regulatory Authority and Deputy President of the South Dublin Chamber of Commerce.
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Professor Asta Pundziene
KTU Vice Rector for Research
Asta Pundziene is Vice-Rector for Research and Professor at Kaunas University of Technology. Asta gained her
doctorate in Social Sciences (organizational psychology) at Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania.
Since 1997, she has developed her academic competence at Amsterdam Free University, The Netherlands;
Uppsala University, Sweden; Heidelberg University, Germany and Sheffield University, UK; Harvard Business
School, USA; Stanford Technology Ventures Program, USA, etc. She began her career at Vytautas Magnus
University in 1993 as Administrator of the Pedagogical studies programmes becoming Project Manager in
the Centre for Vocational Education and Research at the same university in 1996. From 1999 to 2003 she
was Vice-Director of the Centre for Vocational Education and Research at Vytautas Magnus University and
from 2003 till 2004, National Seconded Expert (END) at the European Training Foundation (ETF) in Turin, Italy.
2004 – 2011 she was employed by ISM University of Management and Economics as program Director and
later as Dean of the Research and Doctoral studies.
In 2005 Asta Pundziene became an Editor of the Baltic Journal of Management http://www.emeraldinsight.
com/bjm.htm. She has published more than 25 research papers and participated in a number of international
and national research and development projects. Her area of interest covers change management including
reform of Higher Education system, entrepreneurship and strategic management.
Mr Emanuel von Bodman
Senior Project Manager, F.A.Z. Media Group / FRANKFURT BUSINESS MEDIA, Frankfurt a.M.
Emanuel von Bodman is Senior Project Manager at FRANKFURT BUSINESS MEDIA GmbH (FBM) in Frankfurt /
Germany. FBM is a 100% subsidiary of Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung GmbH; it is the cross-media specialist
publisher of F.A.Z. Group in the fields of Economy and Finance. His field of activity in FBM within the division
Company / Events lies at the interface of the communities Information/Communication Technologies (ICT) and
Start-up/Entrepreneurship. He is responsible for the strategic management of the innovation forum “IT Transfer (Kompass)” and works on programs like “Gründerflirt” and “Gründen-Fördern-Wachsen”. He further guides
co-operations with external partners in business and politics, and supports the development and extension of
formats and projects in the field of ICT and Start-up/Entrepreneurship.
Prior to his work at FBM, Emanuel von Bodman was involved in the conceptional design and realization of
the initiative “Germany - Land of Ideas” and worked for Roland Berger Strategy Consultants and Deutsche
Bank AG.
Professor Janos Vecsenyi
Executive Director, European Forum for Entrepreneurship Research (EFER)
During his carrier Professor Vecsenyi has been teaching at Corvinus University since 1978 and at the Budapest University of Technology And Economics from 2011. His major courses include Entrepreneurship,
Starting and managing new ventures, Launching innovative new ventures. He served as program director and
professor of the first MBA program in Hungary at the International Manager Center, now CEU Business School.
He was a visiting professor at University of Tulsa (USA), at INSEAD (France) and lectured among others at Harvard Business School, UCLA, UT Austin, Dallas, Tulane, University of Melbourne, London School of Economics,
Czech Management Center (Prague), VNIISI, Moscow, Erasmus University (Rotterdam). Mr. Vecsenyi extensively consulted major Hungarian firms. Up to 2010 he was working as Learning and Development Leader at GE
Capital, Budapest Bank more than a decade.
Professor Vecsenyi is a graduate of Budapest Technical University where he earned his degrees in mechanical and industrial engineering. He also holds a Ph. D from Budapest University of Economic Sciences, now
Corvinus University. Dr. Vecsenyi recently published three books on entrepreneurship: Starting and managing new ventures (2009, 2011, 2013); Entrepreneurship. From an idea to restarting (2002); Entrepreneurial
organizations and strategies (1999). Professor Vecsenyi developed an online start-up support tool: www.
startmybusiness123.com.
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UNIVERSITY-BUSINESS COOPERATION - PROMOTING CHANGE AND IMPACT
WORKSHOP 2.1: HEInnovate and Institutional Change
Moderator: Professor Paul Hannon
Director of LEAD Wales and Director of the Institute of Entrepreneurial Leadership, Swansea University
Paul is a graduate entrepreneur who has shaped enterprise and entrepreneurship education, small business
support and development in the UK and overseas during the past 40 years as a CEO, Government Adviser, Director/Head of an Academic Unit, Professor and Company founder/owner. Paul offers a unique expertise drawn
from his experiences and roles in three key stakeholder environments relating to enterprise and entrepreneurship: academia; business and enterprise support; local and national government. Paul is driven to enhancing
the opportunities for enterprise and entrepreneurship within the context of education and has consistently
demonstrated his capacity to tackle challenges and exploit new opportunities; shape ways of thinking; and
deliver effective solutions in challenging environments.
Paul has worked with governments, global and national agencies, universities and colleges, business and
industry partners and professional bodies in the UK, across Europe, in China, Africa, the Middle East, Malaysia,
India, Australia and America. Paul is a graduate of Swansea University.
Mr Flemming Bridal Rasmussen
Director, Strategy & Human Resources, VIA University College
I’m committed to the creation and facilitation of strategy development and change processes that optimize
the use of human resources and strengthen organizational learning and performance. I have proven leadership skills involving managing, developing and motivating teams to achieve their objectives. My experience
includes projects covering strategy and leadership development, organizational change and development and
capacity building in regard to performance management, monitoring and evaluation.
Mr Patrick O’Donnell
Team Member, Technical University of Dublin
Pat O’Donnell, a Chartered Engineer with over ten years of project-management experience on large infrastructural rail projects, was a founding academic staff member of the Institute of Technology Tallaght (ITT) in
1992. During ten years as a lecturer, he led a series of substantial R&D projects involving industrial partners
with significant commercial success. As Industrial Liaison Manager of ITT throughout the 2000’s he led strong
growth in applied research activity and the development of the highly successful Synergy Business Incubation
Centre on campus, along with the Synergy suite of enterprise development programmes.
As Head of the School of Engineering from March 2011, he played a role in the development of the TU4Dublin
initiative - the proposed merger in September 2015 of ITT with two other Dublin HEIs - Dublin Institute of
Technology and Institute of Technology Blanchardstown – with a view to seek designation as one of the first
Technological Universities in Ireland. Since February 2014, he has led on two Foundation Themes for the new
institution – entitled “Dublin’s Globally Engaged University” and “The Enterprising University” – with the aim
of creating an engaged, internationalised and entrepreneurial technological university.
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Professor Rosario Gamboa
President, Politecnico do Porto
Rosário Gambôa is the president of Porto Polytechnic, in Porto, Portugal. She has a PhD in Philosophy and
a strong academic career, as lecturer, researcher and at management duties. She was president of Porto
Polytechnic’s School of Education from 2001 to 2006. Rosário was responsible for the Bologna process implementation in Porto Polytechnic and she managed Porto Polytechnic’s international programs between 2006
and 2008. She has a strong scientific activity, namely in the fields of Education and Pedagogy.
Mr Rui Coutinho
Entrepreneurship Coordinator, Porto Design Factory Firestarter and Manager
Rui Adérito Coutinho is a strategist, consultant, lecturer, researcher, mentor and entrepreneur from Portugal.
He was born in 1977 an has a degree in International Relations from the University Lusíada of Porto and the
title of Specialist in the Area of Organizational Communication at Porto Polytechnic. He is a PhD researcher
at Universidade do Minho (Portugal) in the area of Strategic Communication. Rui is Senior Advisor to the
President of Porto Polytechnic in the areas of entrepreneurship and communication, responsible for coordinating the IPP Entrepreneur 2020 programme and managing Porto Design Factory.
He is an Invited Lecturer of Corporate Communication at the Institute of Accounting and Administration of
Porto Polytechnic and an Invited Lecturer of Communication and Marketing at the School of Industrial Studies
and Management of Porto Polytechnic. He is also an Invited Lecturer of Customer Development and Value
Proposition at the Estonia Business School. He has mentored start-ups across Europe, and he is a member of
Campus Tel-Aviv and the National Network of Mentors in Portugal.
UNIVERSITY-BUSINESS COOPERATION - PROMOTING CHANGE AND IMPACT
WORKSHOP 2.2: Educating Talents – Recruiting Talents:
are HEIs and Companies in Sync?
Moderator: Ben Butters
Director EUROCHAMBERS
Ben Butters has been the EU Affairs Director for EUROCHAMBRES, the European association of Chambers of
Commerce and Industry, since 2008. As such, he covers a wide range of policy issues at EU level that are
of relevance to Chambers and the European business community, including education & training, finance,
energy, the internal market, enterprise and regulatory reform. Ben has degrees in Business and in European
Politics. He worked in international publishing before moving to Brussels, where he subsequently gained
experience in the European Commission, the European Parliament and as a project manager for a European
innovation network. Immediately prior to joining EUROCHAMBRES, Ben was the founding director of a company delivering EU advocacy services to UK business organisations.
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Mr Ketan Makwana
CEO and Lead Disruptor, Enterprise Lab
Ketan Makwana is a renowned international speaker and serial entrepreneur who has started, scaled and sold
multiple businesses. In a response to the emerging skills gap between education to employment and enterprise Ketan launched Enterprise Lab in 2011 which is now operating in 11 countries training 100,000 people
a year. In 2012 Ketan founded and delivered Youth Enterprise Live backed by the Prime Minister and the UK’s
largest event focussed on Education, Employment and Enterprise for 15-30 year olds… leading on from this
took a position as Special Advisor to the Prime Minster on Youth Policy. Ketan is the Head of Operations at
Rockstar Startup & Rockstar Hubs UK’s leading funding and mentoring organisation that has delivered millions in funding and supported over 3000 start up businesses in the UK. Ketan is an advisor to UK Government
on youth and enterprise policies, works with International Governments & Ministries on Enterprise Eco-System
Development and sits on many advisory boards and panels… further work includes ambassador for UKTI and
Foreign & Commonwealth Offices related to Enterprise development in countries across the globe.
Mr Georgi Vasilev
HR Business Partner, Vodafone Germany
Global HR Business Partner with over 15 years of international experience at both strategic and operational
level. Studied business administration and holds a MSc Degree in Organisational Development. First experience was in commercial role in shoe & leather trading for a German company based out of Sofia, Bulgaria
(1997-2001). In 2001 relocated to Bonn, Germany, to take up a role with the Federal Employment Services
Agency with focus on IT specialists coming to German labour market. In 2002 joined Vodafone Group and
worked across corporate head office in UK and Germany in the fields of Learning and Management Development and HR Business Partnering for business units of more than 700 staff across more than 20 countries. In
2009 relocated to Luxembourg to Vodafone Procurement Company to lead the development and implementation of a people strategy to enable ramp-up business plan, and attract, develop and retain top talent in a
greenfield environment. Since 2012 HR Business Partner for over 1800 employees across different commercial and sales functions at Vodafone Germany.
Ms Mia Deubner
Senior-HR Consultant., WU ZBP Career Centers, Career, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business
Mia Deubner developed an interest for the field of Human Resources during her studies of International Business at the University of Vienna. She accumulated seven years of work experience in recruiting and human
resources development upon graduation, e.g. at an Austrian publishing house and at an international consulting company. Her wide range of knowledge covers topics from personnel marketing to labour legislation. She
completed extra occupational training in labour legislation, coaching and trainer education. Since April 2011
Mia Deubner has been working as an HR-Consultant at the WU ZBP Career Center. The ZBP serves as an interface between universities of economic sciences and the labour market. In her role as an HR-Consultant Mia
Deubner supports students, graduates and young professionals during their application process and provides
recruiting services to companies.
Mr Martin Grau
Head of Resourcing, Česká spořitelna, a.s
Martin Grau is leading recruitment team of Česká spořitelna financial group - Česká spořitelna is the market
leading Czech bank with 190 years of history, currently employing 10.000 employees. Martin started his
career in Trainee program of UniCredit Bank and spent first years of his career in retail banking sales area,
where he was working as a personal banker, retail sales specialist and retail sales support manger. After
this experience he joined Česká spořitelna to start next stage of his career in HR. Initially he was responsible
for L&D support team, than he was focusing on HR projects management and methodology. One of these
assignments was to work on reshaping of recruitment function in Česká spořitelna, and after creation of a
new concept of recruitment he was asked to lead and transform the recruitment process as a head of recruitment. Currently Martin is working on implementation of strategical way of “in-house” talent acquisition, fully
leveraging on new trends and technologies. Part of his current duties is to develop employer brand and EVP
focused on various segments of professionals and graduates.
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WORKSHOP 3.1: Innovative Pedagogies and Learning Experiences
Moderator: Mr Mikkel Trym
Climate-KIC, Education
Mikkel Trym is the Business Developer for Climate-KIC education. Climate-KIC is part of the EIT (European Institute of Innovation and Technology) whose mission is to increase sustainable growth. Climate-KIC integrates
education, entrepreneurship and innovation resulting in connected, creative transformation of knowledge and
ideas into economically viable products and services that help to mitigate climate change. Climate-KIC has
established the first Education Programme with the aim of creating the next generation of climate-change
entrepreneurs from master’s to PhD and executive levels.
Mikkel plays here a key role in developing Climate-KIC educational activities, initiating the development of novel
educational services/products including the Climate-KIC Business School and Online Education. Previously, Mikkel Trym was the co-founder and managing director of Copenhagen Innovation and Entrepreneurship Lab (CIEL).
CIEL is a novel ‘entrepreneurial university’ alliance between the three major universities in the Copenhagen area;
University of Copenhagen (UCPH), the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) and Copenhagen Business School
(CBS). The CIEL alliance demonstrates a new model for collaboration combining the perspectives of each of the
three universities to produce unique solutions with substantial societal impacts.
In particular, this is relevant in I&E-educations in which CIEL works across educational disciplines, with industrial
partners to find solutions to complex challenges.
This cross-disciplinary approach is highly motivating for both students and researchers and produces new and
often surprising solutions for industry and society at large. Overall, CIEL has proven an efficient model for creating high-level sustainable and embedded initiatives across department that effectually are fostering an entrepreneurial skill- and mindset among students and staff. For more information: www.ciel-lab.dk. In 2007 Mikkel
co-funded Katapult student incubator at Copenhagen University (www.katapult.ku.dk), and in 2009 he played a
key role in founding and developing the NextGEN project (www.nxtgen.dk/en/).
Mikkel holds a MSc. in facilitation processes from Edinburgh University, and a MSc. in Rural Development from
Copenhagen University. Mikkel has also completed the executive NCEE Entrepreneurial University Leaders Programme, at Oxford University.
Mr Ville Kairamo
Co-Founder and Head of Demola
Ville Kairamo is Co-founder and Head of Demola Network. Demola is an award-winning co-creation platform
for talented students, businesses and universities and currently Demola operates in Finland, Sweden, Hungary, Lithuania, Latvia, Slovenia, Spain, Russia and Mexico. Previously he has been developing national start-up
programmes and regional innovation factories in Finland. Ville also received the Baltic Sea Region Innovation
award in 2012 and the Nokia Foundation award in 2013 for achievements in facilitating university, industry
and regional innovation cooperation around Europe.
Professor Andrew Penaluna
Research Director Centre of Creative Entrepreneurship, University of Wales Trinity Saint David
A former designer and educator with over 35 years teaching experience, Andy Penaluna is Director of the
International Institute for Creative Entrepreneurship at University of Wales Trinity Saint David.
Andy conceptualized and chaired the UK’s Quality Assurance Agency’s Graduate Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Group, putting together unique expert guidance for the UK University sector. This has been recently been
applauded as ‘standing out’ by the European Commission’s Thematic Working Group on Entrepreneurship
Education. As an expert at the United Nations in Geneva, he has also contributed to an international policy
toolkit and supervised ‘for innovation’ curriculum development for 36 developing countries. Andy also led
teaching and learning modalities for 8 countries in South East Europe (SEECEL), and led debates at the OECD
(OECD360) on developing entrepreneurial schools and colleges. In October 2014 the UK sector skills organization responsible for small business mentoring ‘SFEDI’ awarded Andy their prestigious enterprise educator
award in the House of Lords at Westminster. Andy attributes the success of his work to one important premise, that of continually listening to his past students - so as to ensure ‘fit for purpose’ education.
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Dr Ivar Björkman
Executive Director, OpenLab Stockholm
Openlab is a creative centre that provides opportunities for finding solutions to challenges in society. In cooperation with our partners and other actors, we create proposals for innovative solutions for the Stockholm
region. We do this across the lines between different disciplines and professions.The partners are the City of
Stockholm, Stockholm County Council, Stockholm County Administrative Board, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm University, KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Södertörn University. They have joined forces within
OPENLAB to help place Stockholm at the forefront of knowledge development to find solutions to meet the
challenges of the growing and sustainable city.
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WORKSHOP 3.2: The Contribution of HE to Innovation
Moderator: Professor Manfred Horvat
Vienna University of Technology
Manfred Horvat, born in 1941 in Vienna, is independent expert for international research and technology
policies, programmes and instruments and their evaluation and impact assessment. He is honorary professor
at Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien), and Senior Advisor of CESAER, the Conference of European
Schools for Advanced Engineering Education and Research since 2008. As first director for International
Research and Technology Cooperation of BIT and in the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG), Austria,
Manfred Horvat was responsible for the operational implementation of the EU Framework Programme in
Austria from 1993 to 2006. Since the beginning of 1990s, he has been member of several programme committees for European education and RTD programmes and acted as expert for STI policies and programmes
advising governments and international bodies.
He served as member and chairman of many expert panels appointed by the European Commission for the
evaluation and impact assessment of EU programmes and instruments e.g. for the “ERA-NET Evaluation”, the
“FP7 COST Mid-term Evaluation” and “The Future of Networks of Excellence”. he provided also advice for the
European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT).
Currently he chairs the Horizon 2020 Advisory Group for International Cooperation and is member of the
Advisory Groups for the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions and for Spreading of Excellence and Widening Participation. For more information, see: http://www.manfredhorvat.at/
Mr Kees Eijkel
Director, Kennispark Twente & Innovate & Accelerate
Kees Eijkel is president of Kennispark Twente, the ecosystem for entrepreneurship and innovation in and
around the University of Twente and Saxion University, in cooperation with the province of Overijssel, the
Twente Region and the city of Enschede. As managing director of the University Holding, Kees manages the
university’s participations. He has actively supported many new start-up firms. He holds a number of executive and non-executive positions in foundations and companies involved in innovation.
He is board member and past president of the international foundation for commercialization of emerging
technologies MANCEF. Before Kennispark, Kees was technical-commercial director of the MESA+ Institute for
Nanotechnology. He holds an M.Sc. in Mathematics from the University of Amsterdam and a Ph.D. in Technical
Sciences from the University of Twente.
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Mr Nikolas Tailleu
Student entrepreneur and founder of Layered Prints and makerbee
My name is Nikolas Taillieu and I was born in Bruges, Belgium on January 3rd, 1990. After completing my high
school studies in which I majored in Ancient Greek and Math, I chose to continue my studies at Ghent University. Later this year, I will graduate as a Master of Science in Computer Sciences with a major in Software
Engineering. One of the courses in my curriculum was called ‘Software Architecture’, in which I proposed to
develop my own piece of software: a website where people could buy 3D printable objects. I was granted that
right and over the course of a year, we iterated over several prototypes. With my team, I also participated in
the ING Start Academy, a nationwide competition for young entrepreneurs in which we took home the prize
for ‘Most Innovative Idea’ and ended up as second-runner up in the general competition. Meanwhile, Ghent
University also officially granted me the status of ‘student-entrepreneur’. After participating in another entrepreneurial course, called ‘Dare to Start’ – we remodelled our idea and took it to an incubator (iMinds). One
round of funding later, I have officially established Layered Prints Comm. V. Our company develops software
for the 3D printing industry and hosts workshops and lectures about 3D printing.
Dr Thomas Osburg
Director, Europe Corporate Affairs, Intel
Dr. Thomas H. Osburg is Director Europe Corporate Affairs and Innovation at Intel Corp. He is responsible for
the strategic planning, management and communication of all Social Innovation and CSR programs across
Europe. Thomas is on the Board of Directors for CSR Europe and ABIS (Academy of Business in Society); he
was appointed into the Scientific MBA Committee at the University of Geneva and co-leads the Academic
Board for Executive Education “Innovation Management” at the Management Center Innsbruck (MCI). Prior
to working for Intel, Thomas was Director Education at Texas Instruments for the Pacific Markets and thus
managing the expansion of CSR and Educational programs into China, South East Asia, Australia and South
America. He held several Management positions in the areas of International Management and Marketing
at Texas Instruments and Autodesk, living in France, the U.S. and Germany. Thomas holds a Ph.D. (Dr.rer.pol.)
degree in Marketing, Business Administration and Economics from the University of Hannover (Germany).
UNIVERSITY-BUSINESS COOPERATION - SPOTLIGHT ON….
WORKSHOP 4.1: Social Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship
Moderator: Dr Keith Hermann
Director of Employability, University of Surrey
Keith Herrmann is Director of Employability at the University of Surrey which is ranked 6th in the UK on the
2015 Guardian University League Table. At Surrey he is responsible for leading on employability, careers and
the university’s renowned student placement programme. Prior to joining Surrey he was Director at Higher
Ed Research, an independent research consultancy specialising in higher education. Keith was previously
Deputy Chief Executive at the Council for Industry and Higher Education (CIHE) where he was involved in
research on entrepreneurship education, leadership in higher education, innovation policy, university-business
collaboration, employability, career guidance and STEM education. Keith worked previously at Durham University Business School as Director of Programmes for Small Enterprise Development where he specialised in
entrepreneurship education, economic policy research, management development, leadership and knowledge
transfer programmes with business. He has also worked internationally on the impact of regulation and
government policy on business.
Keith is passionate about education, and pro bono convenes the Careers Alliance, a strategic leadership network of 25 national organisations with an interest in career guidance, including employer bodies, trade unions
and education and skills organisations.
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Ms Ellen Shipley
UnLtd programme
Ellen Shipley has worked in social entrepreneurship for 9 years, following a career as a Lecturer in Further
Education. Ellen is currently a Partnership and Support Manager with UnLtd, (The Foundation for Social Entrepreneurs). As part of the Social Entrepreneurship in Education (SEE Change) Team, they have provided support
to 59 Universities across England; embedding a culture of social entrepreneurship within these institutes, and
developing an eco-system of support for University students, staff and graduates. Work has progressed to the
development of Clusters, comprising Universities; Colleges, support agencies and Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs), in a quest to widen the eco-system of support beyond these Institutes. Innovation Partnerships
are being piloted, as well as capacity building of a number of Universities to support high potential social
entrepreneurs to scale and grow. Ellen is leading on two initiatives; the development of a Knowledge and
Learning Network and a Graduate Programme. International interest for the Team’s work in education has
also led her to Thailand and Canada this year, providing training, development and consultancy.
Ms Karen Race
Deputy Director Department of Academic Enterprise Teeside University
Karen Race, Deputy Director of Academic Enterprise at Teesside University, has worked at the university-business interface for some 14 years. She has designed, won funding for and implemented a wide range of
project activity and also been responsible for setting up the business engagement infrastructure at Teesside.
She has been driving forward the University’s social enterprise strategy for 4 years and taken it from strength
to strength. Teesside University now has a community of staff and students who are aware and enthusiastic about social enterprise, a track record of starting social enterprises and relationships with key national
organisations such as UnLtd. Karen will talk about how this has been achieved and reflect on the differences
between engaging students into enterprise per se and social enterprise and on the implications for their employability. Karen is a member of the Institute of Economic Development, reflecting her career prior to joining
the HE sector.
Mr Carl-Eric Anspach
“éco-conseillers” at Local (cr)Eaters
54 ans, lives in Bruxelles. Graduates from Gembloux faculties, as bioengineer. He worked as business development manager in food industry and commodities.
He’s now “éco-conseiller” since 2014. What is éco-conseiller? It’s a kind of environmental/sustainable development adviser (he’s not an expert in specific areas but he used to work with a network of experts). So, all the
environmental thematics (sustainable food, waste, energy, biodiversity greenbuilding...) can be treated by him.
He’s a kind of coach, an adviser who implements change’s strategies in organizations (entreprise, public sector and institutions, municipalities, associations, NGO...). He promotes a sustainable society with democratic
and participative governance as a principle.
Mr Raphaël Lemmens
“éco-conseillers” at Local (cr)Eaters
29 ans, lives in Bruxelles. Graduates from communication and adverstising school. He worked for 3 years as
a marketing assistant.
He’s now “éco-conseiller” since 2014. What is éco-conseiller? It’s a kind of environmental/sustainable development adviser (he’s not an expert in specific areas but he used to work with a network of experts). So, all the
environmental thematics (sustainable food, waste, energy, biodiversity greenbuilding...) can be treated by him.
He’s a kind of coach, an adviser who implements change’s strategies in organizations (entreprise, public sector and institutions, municipalities, associations, NGO...). He promotes a sustainable society with democratic
and participative governance as a principle.
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Dr Ioannis Nasioulas
Scientific Director, Social Economy Institute, Thessaloniki
Ioannis Nasioulas is Scientific Director of the Social Economy Institute in Thessaloniki, GREECE. He is Doctor
of Sociology at the University of the Aegean, under Scholarship of the Propondis Charitable Foundation,
with research focus on Social Economy, Social Enterprises and Impact Measurement of Social Investments.
He is member of the European Policy Strategy Centre (EPSC) Visitor’s Programme expert group; member of
the European Commission’s Group of Experts on Social Entrepreneurship (GECES) and Sub Group on “Social
Impact Measurement”, forming part of the “Social Business Initiative” for the development of Social Economy
and Social Enterprises in the EU. Ioannis Nasioulas is also Expert to DG “Enlargement” TAIEX, facilitating the
transfer of the aquis communautaire to EU candidate and connected countries. He is Evaluator for research
and development projects funded by the European Union’s “HORIZON 2020” programme and by international
public and private authorities.
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WORKSHOP 4.2: HE and Innovation in Regions and Cities
Moderator: Mr Richard Tuffs
Director, European Regions Research and Innovation Network (ERRIN)
Richard Tuffs has been director of the ERRIN network since October 2010. ERRIN is a Brussels-based platform
of regions that promotes the regional dimension of the European research and innovation agenda. ERRIN
supports European project and raising the profile of its member regions in Brussels. Following a university
career, Richard has been working in the regional dimension of European policy in territorial cohesion and
research for many years and worked for the Kent and the West Midlands offices in Brussels before joining
ERRIN. Richard has been in involved in numerous EU projects such as science cities and communication,
Future Internet, Smart Specialisation, smart cities and eco-innovation. He is a member of the Smart Specialisation Mirror Group established by the European Commission and was the rapporteur for the European
Commission expert group on the Capital of Innovation prize launched in 2013. Richard is also on the European
Commission’s External Advisory Group for Science With and For Society. He is often invited to moderate and
present at conferences on European research and innovation topics. Richard has a degree in geography and
social sciences and master’s degrees in town planning, applied linguistics and business administration. His
career spans town planning, applied linguistics, language and management training, university lecturing and
research and education administration.
Pofessor Ivan Svetlik
Rector, University of Ljubljana
Ivan Svetlik, born 1950, is Rector and professor of Human Resources and Social Policy at Ljubljana University,
Slovenia. He was vice rector of the University of Ljubljana (2005-2008), minister of labour, family and social
affairs of Slovenia (2008-2012) and was a member of the editorial committee of the European Journal on
Vocational Training edited by CEDEFOP. He has been involved in the country’s labour market, social security,
education and training reforms and in consulting in these fields in the Balkan countries and in HRM in companies. His main research topics and interests are: work, employment, education, human resources, social
security, quality of life. He has co-operated in international networks and institutions, such as ITF, CEDEFOP
and CRANET network on human resource management research. He published over 400 articles, book chapters and books.
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Petr Chládek
Regional Government of South Moravia
Petr Chládek graduated from biology and geography with specialisation of regional innovation systems
(Charles University in Prague, CZ). He has got nine years of professional experience in the regional innovation
policy field. He participated on facilitation of a bioinformatics cluster, acted as a country correspondent of
Erawatch project, last seven years he has been responsible for managing Regional Innovation Strategy for
South Moravia. He has also participated on several international research projects e.g.: “Constructing Regional Advantage: Towards State- Of-The-Art Regional Innovation System Policies In Europe“, “Identification of
Spatially Relevant Aspects of the Information Society” or „International Comparison of Urban Technology and
Innovation Policies“.
Professor Martin Bareš
MD, Ph.D., deputy rector and vice-rector for development at Masaryk University, Brno
At Masaryk University, he is responsible for strategic projects funded from ERDF, technology transfer and
cooperation with regional government. Professional background: consultant in neurology (since 1999), movement disorders specialist, clinical neurophysiologist. Since 2009 full professor of neurology at the 1st Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University in Brno. Principal investigator at Central
European Institute of Technology (CEITEC) at Masaryk University (since 2011). His research is focused on
movement disorders, including Parkinson´s disease, dystonia, essential tremor and spasticity. Martin Bareš
is an active member of several societies (Chair of the Czech Movement Disorders Society; Member of Executive Committee of the Czech Society for Clinical Neurophysiology; Member of the editorial board of Clinical
Neurophysiology Journal, Society for Neuroscience, Movement Disorders Society, Society for the Research on
the Cerebellum.
Mr Jas Bains
MBE, Executive Director Accord Group
Jas Bains is Chief Executive of Ashrammoseley and in 2011 was awarded an MBE for his outstanding services
to housing and community cohesion. Under Jas’s stewardship, Ashrammoseley has successfully configured
from a specialist BME housing provider, to a mainstream community cohesion catalyst within housing and
neighbourhood development, which has won three national awards. Jas is the Accord Group lead for socio-economic regeneration overseeing work to create jobs, skills and enterprise for local communities. He
was previously a Board Member of Advantage West Midlands and is currently a committee member of two
nationally influential social research organisations - Joseph Rowntree Foundation and the Centre for Social
Justice. Jas also co-founded socialbreakfast.org in 2009.
Ms Janette Gilder
Director, Research and External Engagement, University of Wolverhampton
Jan has worked in the University since 2003. In this time she has used her business development experience
to ensure the University opportunity is made available to support regeneration and economic growth. Jan
has experience of working in partnership with private and public sector organisations and between 2003 and
2010 instigated the development and delivery (to closure) of £50M worth of University projects to improve
the competitiveness of local business courtesy the European Union. The University of Wolverhampton is proud
of its achievements within the region taking advantage of Jan’s position to lead on Black Country Smart
Specialisation plans and, regional Innovation policy associated with European Structural Funds in conjunction
with Local Enterprise Partnerships.
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PLENARY 6th March
Ms Rebecca Allinson
Director, Technopolis Ltd
Rebecca Allinson is a Director at Technopolis and is responsible for projects/work in the field of European and
UK public policy, specifically related to the Higher Education, Research, Information Society and Enterprise
Policy This includes research, project management and evaluation. Rebecca has both evaluated and taught
evaluation theory and practice. Rebecca is also the Principal of the group-wide thematic area of higher education in Technopolis. Rebecca’s work in the last few years has concentrated on issues of Higher Education
reforms and the interplay between education, research and innovation. PANEL DISCUSSION - University-Business Cooperation
in Easternpartnership countries
Moderator: Mr Harald Hartung
Head of Unit, European Commission, DG Education and Cuture
At the European Commission in DG for Education and Culture, Mr Hartung has held management positions
as head of unit in the fields of international co-operation and programmes, the Jean Monnet programme,
multilingualism, culture, citizenship and new technologies in the audiovisual sector.
From 1996 to 1999 he worked as Counsellor for industrial affairs at the Permanent Representation of Austria
to the EU. From 1994 to 1996 he was a national expert at the European Commission in DG XXIII in charge of
the Euro Info Centres for Small and Medium-Sized Companies in the EFTA countries and Germany. From 1992
to 1994 he co-ordinated the free movement of goods on the EFTA EEA part in the EFTA secretariat. 1988 he
set up the representation of the Federation of Austrian Industrialists to the European Employers organisation
UNICE and to the EU institutions. He headed this office until 1992. Mr Hartung started his professional carrier
in 1986 as an expert in the department of international trade and international monetary policy at the Federation of Austrian Industrialists in Vienna. For over 12 years, he regularly contributed to the biggest Austrian
monthly economic magazine “Gewinn” as “our man in Brussels”.
Mr Hartung holds a master degree in history from the University of Vienna and a post graduate diploma in
International Law and International Economics from the Law faculty of the University of Vienna.
Ms Maryna Saprykina
CEO, Centre of CSR Development
Maryna has been CEO for CSR Ukraine for 5 years. CSR Ukraine, a national partner of CSR Europe, is a
non-governmental organization with 40 companies-members. The organization activity focuses on 4 key
topics including education (others are CSR in conflict times, CSR in public agencies and brand of Ukraine).
Under education priority Maryna has founded the B2U (Business-Universities) Laboratory, initiated Ukrainian
Forum “Business and Universities” (2013, 2014), has been co-author of research “Quality in Higher Education:
Role of Partnerships” (2013) and a consultant of “Employer Branding: How to attract Generation Y” (2014).
Currently is working on uniting businesses and other stakeholders around the issue of Ukrainian education
development. An experienced certified CSR Consultant, an author of 2 CSR text-books and more than 20
CSR-focused publications, MBA candidate (University of Sheffield).
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Professor Irina Zolotaryova
Head of Information Systems Department, Kharkiv National University of Economics
Iryna ZOLOTARYOVA, Professor, Head of Information Systems Department of Simon Kuznets Kharkiv National University of Economics (Ukraine), Member of the National Methodical Commission in Computer Science and Information Systems, Member of the Ukrainian Higher Education Reform Experts Team, Head of
Ukrainian-French Master Double Diploma Program MBA “Business Informatics” with University Lyon-2 (from
2005); Head of Ukrainian-French Master Double Diploma Program MBA “The creation of new innovative
companies” with University Montpellier-2 (from 2014); PC Coordinator of TEMPUS Project “Inter-university
Start-up centers for students’ innovations development & promotion (SUCSID)”; Member of the Association
“IT Ukraine”; Coordinator of the Center of Innovation Knowledge of World Bank in KhNUE.
Mr Diego Pavía
Chief Executive Officer, KIC InnoEnergy
Diego Pavía, born 1963, studied electrical engineering and specialized in electronics and automation at the
Polytechnical University of Madrid. For four years Diego was heading the Energy and Utilities Global Business
Unit for Schlumberger, with worldwide span and more than 600M$ of turnover. From 2002 till 2010 Diego
was CEO of Atos Origin, a leading international IT service provider, where he was responsible for Spain and
South America, about 9000 employees, and an annual turnover of EUR 450 million. From 2006 to 2010,
Diego also chaired the Spanish Consultancy Association (AEC), in which all leading consulting companies in
Spain are represented. Since 2010 Diego is CEO of KIC InnoEnergy, the leading engine for innovation and
entrepreneurship in sustainable energy in Europe, with a business plan in 2015 with an ambition of 385M€.
Along his life Diego has been involved in the creation of 7 start-ups.
Professor Per Michael Johansen
Rector, Aalborg University
Per Michael Johansen is Rector (President) at Aalborg University, Denmark, since May 2014. Professor Johansen has extensive experience in research, education, administration and management. Prior to his current
position, Professor Johansen was dean of the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Southern Denmark.
He holds a Master of Science in Engineering, is professor of Physics and holds a DSc in Physics. His research
specialties are physical optics, materials, lasers and non-linear optics. Per Michael Johansen conducted his
engineering studies and completed his master and PhD degrees from Aalborg University. He worked for 15
years at Risø National Laboratory as senior scientist, Head of Research programme and a research professor.
In 2005 he was appointed president of Svendborg International Maritime Academy, a merger between a
school of marine engineering and a school of navigation.
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ROUND TABLE:
University-Business Cooperation for Jobs, Growth and
Competitiveness: “Supporting Institutional Change”
Moderator: Mr Paul Hofheinz
President and Executive Director, The Lisbon Council asbl
Paul Hofheinz is president of the Lisbon Council, an independent, non-partisan think tank based in Brussels,
Belgium, which he co-founded in 2003. He also serves as executive director. After a distinguished career in
journalism, Mr. Hofheinz co-founded the Lisbon Council, where he researches, supervises research and hosts
events on topics ranging from innovation, knowledge-economy, human capital and financial-market reform to
economic development and European politics. He frequently appears on CNBC, Bloomberg and BBC, and has
written for or been quoted in more than four dozen leading newspapers and academic journals. Mr. Hofheinz
also oversees daily management of the Lisbon Council, where he is in charge of the organisation’s growth and
expansion. In 2011, he served as advisor to the Polish government, providing strategic input into the country’s
first-ever European Union Presidency in the second half of 2011. Before leaving journalism, Mr. Hofheinz
worked as a writer and editor at The Wall Street Journal, covering such diverse topics as European integration,
financial-market regulation, emerging markets and Russian politics. In 1998-1999, he was managing editor
of Central European Economic Review, published by The Wall Street Journal Europe. Prior to that, Mr. Hofheinz
served as associate editor of Fortune, America’s leading business magazine, including stints as bureau chief
in Bonn and Moscow. He began his journalism career in London as a reporter for Time magazine. Mr. Hofheinz
holds a Master of Science (MSc) degree in Russian politics from London School of Economics and a Bachelor
of Arts (BA) in history from Yale, where he received the prestigious John Addison Porter and Dean Henry
P. Wright prizes upon graduation. In 1992, he received the Olive Branch Award from New York University’s
Center for War, Peace and Media Studies for a three-part series of articles in Fortune on the 1991 collapse of
the Soviet Union. He speaks fluent English, French and Russian.
Professor Helen Dannetun
Vice-Chancellor of Linköping University, President of European Consortium of Innovative Universities (ECIU)
Dr Helen Dannetun is professor of physics and vice-chancellor at Linköping University. She acquired her MSc
in applied physics and electrical engineering at Linköping University in 1980 and her doctorate, with a dissertation on catalytic reactions on metallic surfaces, in 1987. Following the completion of her doctorate, Dr.
Dannetun continued her academic career: Postdoctoral research fellow 1988; Senior lecturer 1994; Professor
of physics 2002; Head of the Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM) 2000-2003; Dean of the Institute of Technology 2004-2011; Vice-chancellor of Linköping University 2011- present. Dr Helen Dannetun
has been a member of the Swedish Technology Delegation and the Swedish Government’s Research Policy
Advisory Board. She is chair of the Association of Swedish Higher Education and speaker of the European
Consortium of Innovative Universities. In 1994 the students at the Institute of Technology awarded her the
‘Golden Carrot’ for excellence in teaching.
Ms Elisabeth Gehrke
Chairperson of the European Students’ Union
Elisabeth Gehrke is currently Chairperson of the European Students’ Union. Elisabeth is originally from Sweden where she studied Gender Studies at Lund University. She has held both local and national mandates, including being vice-chair of the Lund university student union association and the National Unions of students
in Sweden. She has been on all levels of governance at Lund university, including being an integrated member
of the University leadership during her local mandate and a member of the Lund university board for two
years. On behalf of ESU she co-chairs the BFUG working group on Social Dimension and Life-long learning.
She is also a member of the Council of Europe Expert Group on Higher Education. The European Students’
Union (ESU) is the umbrella organisation of 47 National Unions of Students (NUS) from 39 countries. The aim
of ESU is to represent and promote the the interests of students at the European level towards all relevant
bodies. Through its members, ESU represents over 15 million students in Europe.
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Mr Henrik Klitgaard
Vice-President, UCB
Henrik Klitgaard, PhD, is currently Vice President, UCB Fellow, Neurosciences Therapeutic Area and is located in
Braine-l’Alleud, Belgium. He received a PhD in Human Physiology in 1989 at the August Krogh Institute at the
University of Copenhagen, Denmark. During his university career, Dr. Klitgaard worked at the Pasteur Institute in
Paris, France, and at Harvard University, Boston, Mass. Dr. Klitgaard has published more than 80 peer-reviewed
papers, 15 reviews and book chapters, and is a frequent speaker at neuroscience and epilepsy science meetings.
His memberships and accolades include a position on the U.S. National Institute of Health’s epilepsy advisory
committee, membership on the Neurobiology Committees of both the International League Against Epilepsy
and American Epilepsy Society, and a seat on the Scientific Advisory Committee for CURE (Citizens United for
Research in Epilepsy). In 2013 he was the recipient of the Accelerator Award of the Epilepsy Therapy Project
and Epilepsy Foundation for his contribution to the advancement of therapies for the treatment of epilepsy. For
nearly 25 years, Dr. Klitgaard has conducted antiepileptic drug (AED) discovery in the pharmaceutical industry.
He has contributed numerous publications on basic and applied aspects of epilepsy research and has frequently
been an invited speaker at epilepsy congresses and meetings. During his career in the pharmaceutical industry,
Dr. Klitgaard has been involved in the discovery and development of AEDs at both Novo Nordisk A/S and at UCB.
He is also currently involved in the development of several clinical and preclinical AED candidates.
Professor Dainius Pavalkis
Minister of Education and Science, Lithuania
Dainius Pavalkis was born on 5 May 1960 in Kaunas; both his parents were engineers. He graduated from Kaunas Saulės Secondary School in 1978. In 1984 he graduated from the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences
[former Kaunas Medical Institute] with the qualification of medical doctor. He continued his studies at the clinical
residency programme and later completed post-graduate studies. Since 13 December 2012 Minister of Education and Science of the Republic of Lithuania. Prof. D. Pavalkis has been an intern on more than 50 occasions
since 1995 at the best-known clinics in the UK, USA, Austria, Italy, Germany, etc. He has published over 280
scientific papers, and is a co-author of two textbooks. He has supervised or advised doctoral students on their
dissertations. He has given over 70 presentations and lectures at international events; he has been a guest lecturer on more than 30 occasions. Prof. Pavalkis has been a visiting professor at universities in Athens, London,
and Prague. He is a member of various international medical organisations. He is also a member of the editorial
boards of Lithuanian and foreign medical journals. He is a member of the Labour Party.
Mr Xavier Prats Monné
Director General, European Commission, Directorate-General for Education and Culture
Xavier Prats Monné is the Director-General for Education and Culture of the European Commission. Since 2011 as
Deputy Director-General, he has been responsible for EU policies in the field of education and training, and for the
EU education programmes for 2014-2020 period, including Erasmus+ and Marie Sklodowska Curie. Since August
2014, as Director-General, he is also responsible for EU policies in the field of culture, youth and sport, and for the
Creative Europe programme. He represents the European Commission on the Governing Board of the European
Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT). From 2007 to 2010 he served as Director for employment policy,
and as one of the five founding members of the EU Impact Assessment Board, reporting to the President of the
European Commission. He completed his primary and secondary education at the Istituto Massimo of Rome, Italy.
He holds degrees in Sociology from the Universidad Complutense (Madrid, Spain); in Development Cooperation
from the International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM; Paris, France); and in
European Studies from the College of Europe (Bruges, Belgium), where he graduated first of the Class of 198182 and served as assistant professor. He is from Spain, fluent in Spanish, English, French, Italian and Catalan.
Mr Marc Hansen
State Secretary for Higher Education and Research, Luxemburg, (incoming EU presidency, Jul-Dec 2015)
Marc Hansen was appointed Secretary of State of Education, Children and Youth, Secretary of
State for Higher Education and Research on 28 March 2014 in the coalition government formed
by the Democratic Party (DP), the Luxembourg Socialist Workers’ Party (LSAP) and the Green Party
(“déi gréng”). Marc Hansen started his professional career with DNR (Den Neie Radio). He worked at
RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg and RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg from 1995 to 2009. From 2009 to 2011, he served
as a parliamentary attaché. From 2011 to 2014, Marc Hansen was the chief executive of­fi cer and
managing director of Éditions Lëtzebuerger Journal. He is also the cofounder of several innovative
start-ups in the information technology sector.
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