The Role of European Universities in European Innovation Ecosystems

European university alliances already play a critical role in fostering innovation and industrial competitiveness. The event will explore how they may contribute to regional innovation ecosystems and identify practical solutions to scale up these efforts at national and European level. In particular, it will address the potential of European universities alliances to enhance collaboration between the public and private sectors through such hubs.

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Programme of the event

08h30-09h30 / Registration and Welcome Coffee

09h30 – Introduction by Institut Mines-Télécom (IMT)

09h35/09h50 – Key note speaker: Marc Delage, Head of Europe and International R&I, Institut Mines Télécom & Leader of the Research to Business Scheme for EULiST European University Alliance

09h50 /10h00 – Key Note speaker: When research becomes entrepreneurial - Stéphane Avril, Research Scientist in biomechanics and mechanobiology at Mines Saint-Étienne, Institut Mines-Télécom & co-founder of PrediSurge and KaomX

10h00-11h00 / roundtable n°1 – European universities to support start-ups and entrepreneurship
Moderator from IMT - Paul-Guilhem Meunier, Head of Innovation and Economic Development, Institut Mines-Télécom & Leader of the Innovation Hubs and Joint Living Labs in EULiST regions

Korbinian Keck, Head of Unit of the Department of the Bavarian State Ministry of Science and the Arts, Representation of the Free State of Bavaria to the European Union
Anna Franzkowiak, Organisation Director, Centre for Technology and Society, TU Wien & Member of the Innovation Hubs and Joint Living Labs in EULiST regions
Alban Schmutz, CEO of Cloud Data Engine, Independent Board Member of Alacrite start-up accelerator
Christian Körner, Head of TUM Entrepreneurship, TU Munich

11h00/ 11h20 – Coffee Break

11h20 - Key note speaker : Giorgio Sonnino, Adviser for Synergie between Research and Higher Education, DG EAC, European Commission

11h30 – 12h45 / roundtable n°2 – Europeanisation of innovation funding schemes to support competitiveness
Moderator : Stéphane Ngo-Mai, Université Nice-Côte d’Azur, vice-president of Ulysseus European University Alliance

Jekaterina Novikova, Deputy Head of Unit Innovation Policy and Access to Finance, DG RTD
Anne Besnier, Vice-President of the Centre-Val de Loire Region and rapporteure on FP10 for the European Committee of Regions
Gerald Cultot, Acting Head of Unit of European and place-based innovation ecosystems, EISMEA
Christophe Lerouge, President of IMT Atlantique, Institut Mines-Télécom

Conclusion by France Universités: Manuel Tunon de Lara, Professor of Respiratory Medicine, Université de Bordeaux & former President of France Universités

12h45 / Networking Lunch