MLW:Strategic Intelligence for Extended Regional Coherence
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Strategic Intelligence for Extended Regional Coherence is a workshop to be organized in Bucharest by UNIDO on 30-31 August 2011.
Contents |
Provisional Programme
Day 1, August 29th
20.00 Initial meeting and social event
A welcome speech by Adrian Curaj
Day 2, August 30th
First Session
Welcome and presentation on basic concepts and experiences 09:00 - 09:15 Concept and rationale for developing virtual knowledge centers and networks. Ricardo Seidl da Fonseca, Moderator of the workshop
09:15 – 09:30 Challenges and solutions for enterprises and institutions working and competing in advance knowledge fields and OPTI experience as a knowledge network. Pilar Rodriguez-Ruiz, Manager, OPTI
Reasons for relaunching Eurasian Virtual Center for Foresight: EVC 2.0 – The New Concept 09:30 – 09:45 UNIDO’s role and perspectives in supporting foresight. Nilgun Tas, Chief of Competitiveness, Upgrading and Partnerships Unit, UNIDO 09:45 – 10:00 EVC from the start till now – programme and activities in 2006-2011. Tatiana Chernyavskaya, UNIDO expert 10:00 – 10:15 Panel contributions 10:15 - 10:30 Questions, answers, comments
EVC 2.0 – Functions, Activities and Organization 10:30 – 11:00 EVC 2.0 prospective functions, activities and the organization needed to carry out such functions/activities. Highlight on training and capacity building. Karel Klusacek, Director of the Technology Centre at the Academy of Science of the Czech Republic 11:00 – 11:15 Panel contributions 11:15 - 11:30 Questions, answers, comments
EVC 2.0 – Membership and Funding Strategy 11:30 - 12:00 Motivation, advantages and framework for membership. Prospects and strategy of sustainable funding for the EVC 2.0 initiative. Adrian Curaj, General Director of the Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding from Romania 12:00 - 12:15 Panel contributions 12:15 - 12:30 Questions, answers, comments
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch Break
Adrian Curaj, General Director of the Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding from Romania
11:30 - 12:00 Presentation
12:00 - 12:15 Panel contributions
12:15 - 12:30 Questions, answers, comments
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch Break
Second Session
13:30 - 14:30 “EVC II - Organization“
Matthias Weber, Head of Technology Policy Department at Austrian Research Centres
14:00 - 14:30 Presentation
14:30 - 14:45 Panel contributions
14:45 - 15:15 Questions, answers, comments
14:30 - 15:00 Coffee Break
15:00 - 15:30 “European Foresight Platform”
Matthias Weber, Head of Technology Policy Department at Austrian Research Centres
15:00 - 15:20 Presentation
15:00 - 15:30 Questions, answers, comments
15:30 - 16:00 “FORwiki – A Web 2.0 Tool for Building Foresight Capabilities“
Dan Grosu, Foresight Expert in the QLHE Project
15:30 - 15:50 Presentation
15:50 - 16:00 Questions, answers, comments
20.00 Social event
Day 3, August 31st
Third Session
9:00 - 10:30 “Key Items on the Network’s Agenda” Five break-out groups (facilitated by each one of the panel members) discuss and map issues against the initial topology of the network presented during the previous day. Each splinter group will be dedicated to one domain of relevance for the network’s needs, such as: higher education, cross-border cooperation, euro-regions, etc..
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:30 Final Plenary Meeting
Representatives from each group present their ideas and open problems about the network’s future, (hopefully) assuming ownership for the network.
12:30 Lunch and Conclusion of the Event
