CENTROPE – Education Meets Research a Innovation
The conference constituted a key opportunity for science and innovation stakeholders to discuss
the prospects of a cross-border Knowledge Region CENTROPE. Which forms of mutual co-operation
can enhance the competitiveness, performance and attractiveness of the region’s universities?
How to improve know-how transfer between research and industry, support entrepreneurial innovation
and foster the growth of cross-border technology and research clusters? How to align higher
education with the needs and requirements of an internationalized labour market for graduates?
How to position and promote an innovative, research-oriented region internationally?
Recordings
CENTROPE, Part one (14:00 - 15:40)
Education Meets Research a Innovation
CENTROPE, Part two (16:00 - 17:30)
Education Meets Research a Innovation
Programme
14:00 – 15:40 Part One
Research and educational cooperation
Welcome
- Michal Hašek | President | South Moravian Region
Introductory lecture
- Petr Fiala | Vice Rector | Masaryk University, Brno
Keynote: Gaining from cross-border collaboration in science and higher education
- Jean Severijns | Project manager Internationalization | Province of Limburg, Netherlands
Panel discussion
- Tomáš Hruda | CEO | CEITEC Central European Institute of Technology, Brno
- Vojtĕch Molnár | Professor | Slovak University of Technology, Bratislava
- Péter Tamás Szilasi | Director | Strategy and Development Directorate, Széchenyi István University, Győr
- Lucas Zinner | Head of Research Services and Transfer | University of Vienna
15:40 – 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 – 17:30 Part Two
Science to business: potential and reality of cooperation between the academic, research and commercial realms
Keynote: High Technology Regions: Science and Marketing of Technology Transfer
- Rudolf Haňka | Wolfson College | University of Cambridge, Great Britain
Panel discussion
- Jaroslav Doležal | CEO | Honeywell Czech Republic, Brno (tbc)
- Tibor Enyingi | Managing Director | Sokoró Naturzóna Nonprofit Kft, Győr
- Bernhard Heuberger | Innovation Manager | Business & Innovation Centre Burgenland
- Miroslav Trnka | Director | ESET Software, Bratislava
Wrap-up
- Jean Severijns | Project manager Internationalization | Province of Limburg, Netherlands
- Jan Slovák | Head of Technology Transfer Department | Masaryk University, Brno
Moderation: Jiří Václavek | Czech Television
