Innovation Management in the EU Framework Programme (seminar)

Organized with support of: WWW.WBC-INCO.NET and Österreichische
Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft mbH (FFG) (www.ffg.at)

Presenters:

• Antonio Balestrieri, EC, DG Research and Innovation
• Ozcan Saritas, Manchester Institute of Innovation Research, UK
• Maria Tagwerker, Doka, Austria
• Viktor Stojmanovski, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University Skopje, Macedonia
• Vojin Šenk, University of Novi Sad, Serbia
• Martin Reishofer, FFG, Austria

Capacity Building on Social Innovation Research and Management in South East Europe (Workshop)

http://www.aso.zsi.at/aktuelles/3769.html

Trainers:

• Zoran Aralica, The Institute of Economics, Zagreb, Croatia
• Josef Hochgerner, Centre for Social Innovation, Vienna, Austria
• Ozcan Saritas, Manchester Institute of Innovation Research, UK
• Miroslav Polzer, ASO Ljubljana, Slovenia

Opening ceremony of ICEIRD 2011 (Moderator Radmil Polenakovik, Macedonia):

• John Claxton, DG Research and Innovation, European Commission
• Felix Unger, President of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
• Gjorgji Stardelov, President of the Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts
• Velimir Stojkovski, Rector of Ss. Cyril and Methodius University
• High representative from CEI – Central European Initiative
• Fatmir Besimi (TBC), Minister for Economy in the Government of Republic of Macedonia
• H.E. Gjorgji Ivanov, President of the Republic of Macedonia 

Awards ceremony of ICEIRD 2011 (Moderator Radmil Polenakovik, Macedonia):

• Award ceremony of National Competition for Most Innovative Business Plan
  • Ambassador of Republic of Austria in Macedonia - H.E. Alojz Kraut
• Award ceremony of Best Business plan competition for High Schools
  • Vesna Horvatovik, Biro for Development in Education
  • Snezana Andova, Saving House Moznosti
• H.E. Gjorgji Ivanov, President of the Republic of Macedonia and patron of the Business Plan Competition for High Schools will award the 1st place 

Award ceremony for best paper for the Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy
Plenary session (Moderator Panayotis Ketikidis, Greece)

• Shailendra Vyakarnam, Director of Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning, Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, UK
• Momir Djurovic, President of the Montenegrian Academy for Sciences and Arts, Podgorica, Montenegro
• Mahfouz Tadroz, Senior Advisor to the Director General of the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Expert of World Bank, Bethesda, USA
• Yannick Du Pont, Director of SPARK, Amsterdam, Nederland
• Vasko Kronevski, Nextsense, Skopje, Macedonia
• Discussion

Entrepreneurship 1

Innovation 1

Regional Development 1

R&D TEMPUS project

Entrepreneurship 2

Innovation 2

Regional Development 2

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Coffee break

Entrepreneurship 3

Innovation 3

Regional Development 3

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Lunch

Entrepreneurship 4

Innovation 4

Regional Development 4

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Entrepreneurship 5

Innovation 5

Regional Development 5

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Coffee break

Entrepreneurship 6

Innovation 6

Regional Development 6

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Lunch

Official closure of the Conference (Conclusions and next steps)

1. High representative from OECD
2. High representative from European Commission or World Bank
3. ICEIRD2012 committee (Radmil Polenakovik, Macedonia; Panayotis Ketikidis, Greece; Zoran Anisic, Serbia; Dimitar Birov, Bulgaria; Bahria Umihanic, Bosnia and Herzegovina)