Program
Program, 11 November
| 09.00 – 09.15 | Conference Opening IPTS, IT STAR welcome |
| 09.15 – 09.45 | Keynote Norbert Kroó, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, EC DG Research, ERC An EEMS Perspective: Making Sense of the Issues |
| 09.45 – 10.15 | Juraj Stancik, Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS) – JRC, EC ICT Research and Innovation Trends and Challenges in EEMS as seen in the 2011 Report on ICT R&D in the EU |
| 10.15 – 10.45 | Bruno Lamborghini, Chairman of the Board, European IT Observatory EITO Overview of ICT activities and R&D Challenges in EEMS |
| 10.45 – 11.15 | Insights from Industry István Lepsényi, General Director of Knorr-Bremse Hungary, President of the Hungarian Association of Managers, Vice President of the International Organization of Automotive Manufacturers (OICA) Laszlo Palkovics, Director for Advanced Engineering, Knorr-Bremse Hungary Hungarian challenge – how to strengthen the role and position of the locally owned SMEs in the R&D arena |
| 11.15 – 11.25 | Zoltan Horvath, Vice Rector of Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest Brief introduction to the activities of the Budapest ICT Lab of the European Institute of Technology |
| 11.25 – 11.45 | Coffee Break (EIT Lab Consultations) |
| 11.45 – 13.00 | Regional Insights Marek Tiits, Institute of Baltic Studies, Tartu, Estonia Tarmo Kalvet, Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, Estonia Imants Freibergs, former President of LIKTA (Latvian Information and Communications Technology Association), Latvia Linas Eriksonas, Europarama, Vilnius, Lithuania Saulius Maskeliunas, VU Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, President of Lithuanian Computer Society, Lithuania The Baltic R&D in ICT Scene Diana Šimić, University of Zagreb, Chairperson of the eSEE initiative group ICT R&D Challenges for the Western Balkans |
| 13.00 – 14.00 | Lunch (EUCIP Talk by Roberto Bellini, EUCIP-AICA) |
| 14.00 – 15.45 | Country Perspectives of ICT R&D Challenges in EEMS (including research priorities and products, R&D financing, participation in EC programs) Renata Anna Jaksa, Director, ICEG European Center, Hungary ICT R&D Perspectives from Hungary Barnabas Malnay, Hungarian Mobility and Multimedia Cluster Brief comments on recent developments in the Hungarian innovation ecosystem Kiril Boyanov, ICT Institute & Stefan Dodunekov, Director of Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences ICT R&D Perspectives from Bulgaria Niko Schlamberger, President of SSI Ïnformatika and Past President of CEPIS Franci Pivec, President of Government Council of Higher Education in 2010 Strategy of High Education in the Republic of Slovenia with Special Attention on R&D |
| 15.45 – 16.00 | Coffee Break |
| 16.00 – 17.00 | Country Perspectives – cont’d Branislav Rovan, Professor at Comenius University in Bratislava, SK ICT R&D Perspectives from Slovakia Marek Holynski, Director of Computer Science Institute, Warsaw, PL ICT R&D Perspectives from Poland |
| 17.00 – 18.00 | Intervention by Carlos Jose Oliveira DG INFSO-C2 Information Society and Media Directorate General, Strategy for ICT Research and InnovationOpen Debate, Wrap-up and Closing |