Managing the Art of Innovation: Turning Concepts into Reality: Symposium in Quebec -Canada
12 December 2010 - 15 December 2010
Canada
Organised by ISPIM in collaboration with local partner INO, a leading non-profit R&D centre in Optics/Photonics in Canada, this symposium will bring together over 150 innovation management experts, researchers, managers and policy makers. The three-day event includes twenty themed sessions containing 80 presentations that have been selected from the 165 researchers and companies that applied to present. You can also expect industry-leading keynote sessions, expert-led roundtable sessions, workshops, discussion panels and excellent networking opportunities with a taste of local Quebec culture.
Sessions include:
- Collaboration and virtual innovation
- Culture and team management in innovation
- Entrepreneurship and venturing
- Innovation in SMEs
- Innovation training & education
- Methods and tools for innovation
- Networks and clusters of innovation
- Organisational creativity & idea generation
- Public sector innovation and policy
- Venture capital & financing innovation
Keynote Speakers:
Frank T Piller, Professor of Management, RWTH Aachen University, Technology and Innovation Management Group , Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Smart Customization Group
John R McDougall, President
National Research Council Canada
James D Thompson, Associate Director of Wharton Entrepreneurial Programs;
Director of Societal Wealth Program, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Plenary Speaker:
Roger Gaudreault, General Manager of Research and Development
Cascades Canada Inc.
Roundtable Discussion Sessions:
- Designing an innovation scorecard: What are the challenges?
- What are the key components of an Innovation Engineering Management Framework?
- What are the best practices for using social media to innovate?
- Tailoring an innovation toolkit for SMEs: What are the characteristics and challenges?
- How do we make innovation conferences more innovative?
- How do we engage people to engage in innovation?
- How can we ensure that innovation leads to competitive advantage?
- Collaboration for innovation: What is known, what do we need to know?
- PhD Research in Innovation Management: Rising to the Challenge
- University-Industry Relations: Key Challenges and Insights
- What are the key challenges for Open Innovation in the future?
Workshops, Special Interest Groups & Discussions:
Special Interest Group: Managing IP in University-Industry Relations: How to Improve Practices to Accelerate Innovation facilitated by Sylvie Dillard, Conseil de la Science et de la Technologie du Québec
Workshop: EU funding projects and opportunities with Canada
led by Yves Boisselier, General Director, MAC-Team aisbl
Discussion: The Challenges of Technological Innovation - Success Stories from the Quebec City Region
led by Gilles Duruflé, Vice-President of the Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (CVCA) with successful spin-off companies from INO including: Eric Bergeron - President and CEO of Optosecurity, Deni Bonnier - President of OBZERV, Marc Tremblay - President & CEO of LeddarTech
Symposium Programme:
Sunday 12 December:
Delegate Registration & Welcome Reception at The Québec City Convention Centre
Delegates are invited to an informal cocktail reception where they will be welcomed to the City of Quebec by M. Régis Labeaume, the Québec City Mayor.
Monday 13 December:
Keynote Speakers, Roundtable Discussion Sessions, Themed Sessions
Gala Dinner at The Québec Parliament Building, home of the National Assembly of Québec
The National Assembly of Quebec is the legislative body of Quebec and the building has been the home of the provincial parliament since 1886.
Plus Symposium Awards: The Knut Holt Award for Best Symposium Paper & The Best Student Paper Award
Tuesday 14 December:
Workshops, Special interest Groups, Themed Sessions
Québec Evening at Le Cabaret du Capitole
The old Cinéma de Paris has been made over to create the warmest Art Deco atmosphere and is now known as Le Cabaret du Capitole. A buffet and DJ await delegates.
Wednesday 15 December:
Plenary Sessions, Keynote Speaker, Visit to INO with Discussion on The Challenges of Technological Innovation - Success Stories from the Quebec City Region, Close
Sessions include:
- Collaboration and virtual innovation
- Culture and team management in innovation
- Entrepreneurship and venturing
- Innovation in SMEs
- Innovation training & education
- Methods and tools for innovation
- Networks and clusters of innovation
- Organisational creativity & idea generation
- Public sector innovation and policy
- Venture capital & financing innovation
Keynote Speakers:
Frank T Piller, Professor of Management, RWTH Aachen University, Technology and Innovation Management Group , Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Smart Customization Group
John R McDougall, President
National Research Council Canada
James D Thompson, Associate Director of Wharton Entrepreneurial Programs;
Director of Societal Wealth Program, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Plenary Speaker:
Roger Gaudreault, General Manager of Research and Development
Cascades Canada Inc.
Roundtable Discussion Sessions:
- Designing an innovation scorecard: What are the challenges?
- What are the key components of an Innovation Engineering Management Framework?
- What are the best practices for using social media to innovate?
- Tailoring an innovation toolkit for SMEs: What are the characteristics and challenges?
- How do we make innovation conferences more innovative?
- How do we engage people to engage in innovation?
- How can we ensure that innovation leads to competitive advantage?
- Collaboration for innovation: What is known, what do we need to know?
- PhD Research in Innovation Management: Rising to the Challenge
- University-Industry Relations: Key Challenges and Insights
- What are the key challenges for Open Innovation in the future?
Workshops, Special Interest Groups & Discussions:
Special Interest Group: Managing IP in University-Industry Relations: How to Improve Practices to Accelerate Innovation facilitated by Sylvie Dillard, Conseil de la Science et de la Technologie du Québec
Workshop: EU funding projects and opportunities with Canada
led by Yves Boisselier, General Director, MAC-Team aisbl
Discussion: The Challenges of Technological Innovation - Success Stories from the Quebec City Region
led by Gilles Duruflé, Vice-President of the Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (CVCA) with successful spin-off companies from INO including: Eric Bergeron - President and CEO of Optosecurity, Deni Bonnier - President of OBZERV, Marc Tremblay - President & CEO of LeddarTech
Symposium Programme:
Sunday 12 December:
Delegate Registration & Welcome Reception at The Québec City Convention Centre
Delegates are invited to an informal cocktail reception where they will be welcomed to the City of Quebec by M. Régis Labeaume, the Québec City Mayor.
Monday 13 December:
Keynote Speakers, Roundtable Discussion Sessions, Themed Sessions
Gala Dinner at The Québec Parliament Building, home of the National Assembly of Québec
The National Assembly of Quebec is the legislative body of Quebec and the building has been the home of the provincial parliament since 1886.
Plus Symposium Awards: The Knut Holt Award for Best Symposium Paper & The Best Student Paper Award
Tuesday 14 December:
Workshops, Special interest Groups, Themed Sessions
Québec Evening at Le Cabaret du Capitole
The old Cinéma de Paris has been made over to create the warmest Art Deco atmosphere and is now known as Le Cabaret du Capitole. A buffet and DJ await delegates.
Wednesday 15 December:
Plenary Sessions, Keynote Speaker, Visit to INO with Discussion on The Challenges of Technological Innovation - Success Stories from the Quebec City Region, Close