The next TII 2010 annual conference will take place at the Hilton Hotel in Düsseldorf on 29th – 30th April 2010, on the theme of "Innovation 3.0: Challenges, Needs and Skills of the New Innovation Era". The programme will feature a mix of lively keynote addresses, panel discussions, case study papers, innovation cafés and an innovation tool fair, as well as a special musical flavour to the conference social events.
TII is Europe's premier independent association of technology transfer and innovation support professionals. Organised by TII and hosted by innowise research & consulting GmbH, Duisburg, and ZENIT GmbH, Muelheim, this conference brings together future-minded practitioners and thought leaders from industry, technology transfer and innovation management as well as political stakeholders.
Innovation and technology transfer are especially hot topics in today’s rapidly changing world, all the more so as innovation is regarded as one of the major levers for overcoming the global financial and economic crisis. New paradigms of innovation appear which reflect the challenges of bringing together and exploiting globally distributed knowledge for new technology, products and services. Over the past decade we have experienced “Open Innovation” (aka Innovation 2.0) following on from the conventional closed innovation model (aka Innovation 1.0). We became familiar with user integration, open technology transfer models and impressive case studies coming mainly from large industry. “Innovation 3.0” raises the vital question: is there a third way, especially for SMEs, to master the challenges of balancing closed and open innovation? What are the needs and skills which are relevant to innovation players, on a corporate, intermediary and policy level?
The Call for Contributions is open until Monday 15th February. You are invited to become involved, either to
- present a paper in a parallel session,
- chair a panel discussion,
- participate as a discussant in a panel discussion,
- run an innovation café,
- present an innovation tool.
Contributions should focus on real cases, outcomes and outputs (not theory), with a special emphasis on SMEs. Those who have an active role in the conference programme qualify for the reduced speakers' rate of EUR 250.
The outline programme/call for contributions (containing a long list of suggested sub-themes for inspiration) is available at http://www.tii.org/2010AC_Duesseldorfwww.tii.org/2010AC_Duesseldorf.
If you are interested in taking an active role in the conference in one of the ways suggested above, then we invite you to send us a short outline (to tii(at)tii.org) on your selected theme, stating clearly if you wish to present a paper, chair a discussion or take part as a discussant, organise an innovation café or present an innovation tool.
We look forward to hearing from you at the latest by Monday 15th February 2010.
Kontakt
TII - Technology Innovation International
Christine Robinson Secretary General of TII
3, rue Aldringen
L-1118 Luxembourg
Tel.: +352 46 30 351
Fax: +352 46 21 85
E-Mail: tii(at)tii.org
Web: http://www.tii.org/
TII Regional Office Germany
Dr. Joachim Hafkesbrink
President of TII
c/o innowise research & consulting GmbH
Bürgerstr. 15
47057 Duisburg, Germany
Tel.: +49 203 39 37 640
E-Mail: jh(at)innowise.eu
Web: http://www.innowise.eu/
