The EU and its member-states as well as its associated countries invest heavily in big Research Infrastructures like particle accelerators, synchrotrons, telescopes and scientific databases. What does it get for that investment, besides great science? A growing number of lab administrators, economists and policy makers think it can also get more jobs, spin-out companies and economic growth. Through new initiatives, it should be possible to deepen and strengthen European markets for technology services and products spun out from these scientific installations. This Science|Business conference will highlight the new economic thinking in the field, and encourage a policy debate about how to encourage projects that can help – particularly in light of President Juncker’s new investment plan.
At the conference, we will release original research on the topic by Science|Business and by Prof. Henry Chesbrough, the famed University of California-Berkeley professor who coined the term ‘open innovation.’
16:00 Welcome - Richard L. Hudson, Science|Business (and reporting on Science|Business study)
- Atle Leikvoll, Norwegian Ambassador to the EU
16:10 Big Science: What’s it worth? The economic equation
- Jan van den Biesen, Vice President Public R&D Programs, Philips Research
- Augusto Burgueno Arjona, Head of Unit ''e-Infrastructures'', DG Communications Networks, Content & Technology, European Commission
- Carlo Rizzuto, Chair and Executive Director, CERIC-ERIC (Central European Research Infrastructure Consortium-ERIC)
- Maria Leptin, Director, European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO)
Moderator: Richard L. Hudson, CEO and Editor, Science|Business
16:50 From Open Science to Open Innovation – the ATTRACT initiative
Via live webcast: Henry Chesbrough, Professor, ESADE, the Faculty Director, Garwood Center for Corporate Innovation, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley
- Sergio Bertolucci, Director of Research and Scientific Computing, CERN
17:15 Open Science, open infrastructure: The broader benefits to Europe
- Alexander Nietzold, CEO and Co-Founder, TIND Technologies
- Hannu Seristo, Vice President responsible for external relations, Aalto University
- Jonathan Wareham, Dean of Faculty and Research, ESADE
Moderator: Daria Tataj, Founder and CEO, Tataj Innovation
17:50 The policy prescription
- Shiva Dustdar, Head of RDI Advisory, European Investment Bank
- Antonio Di Giulio, Head of Unit, Research Infrastructures, DG Research and Innovation, European Commission
- Lambert van Niestelrooij, Member of the European Parliament
- Patricia Reilly, Member of Cabinet, Commissioner Tibor Navracsics
Moderator: John Wood, Secretary-General of the Association of Commonwealth Universities
18:30 Reception
The world spends millions a year on telescopes, synchrotrons, colliders, DNA databases and other ‘big science’ projects. What does it get for that money?
From Open Science to Open Innovation
This paper highlights the need for developing appropriate new open innovation institutions, to help bridge this gap from open science to open innovation.
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