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ETP 2010
Working together on societal challenges

Brussels, 11-12 May 2010 Charlemagne Building


DAY 1

11 MAY

08h00

Registration

09h30

Welcome and Introduction

 

Chair: Anneli Pauli, Deputy Director-General, DG Research, European Commission

 

  • Juan Tomás Hernani Burzaco, Secretary-General for Innovation, Ministry for Science & Innovation (MICINN), Spain
  • Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, European Commissioner for Research, Innovation & Science
  • Herbert Reul MEP, Chair, ITRE Committee, European Parliament

10h15

Coffee

SESSION 1

ETPs and innovation

11h00

  • Innovation in Europe: Performance Trends and Policy Developments
    Françoise Le Bail, Deputy Director-General, DG Enterprise & Industry, European Commission 
  • Speeding up time-to-market [ - 23Kb]
    ETP panel moderated by Horst Soboll, Chair, ETP Expert Group

KEYNOTE

The Long Tail of Innovation: Challenges and Opportunities

12h30

Ardo Reinsalu, CEO, Curonia Research OÜ

13h00

Buffet networking lunch

SOCIETAL CHALLENGE BUILDING-BLOCKS


Parallel Workshops

 

Clean Energy

Room: Jean Duriex

Transport

Room: Alcide de Gasperi

Sustainable Consumption and Production

Room: Lord Roy Jenkins

Health
and Ageing

Room: Sicco Mansholt

SESSION 2


14h30
-
16h00

Low-Carbon Energy Technologies: Social Dialogue
[ - 123Kb]

A1

Smaller Footprints: Decarbonisation of the Transportation of Passengers & Goods
[ - 135Kb]

B1

Towards a
Zero-Waste Society

[ - 23Kb]

C1

Affordable, Personalised
Health Services: ICT-enabled Solutions

[ - 44Kb]

D1

SESSION 3


16h30
-
18h00

Water & Energy
[ - 26Kb]

A2

Urban Mobility:
the Door-to-Door Strategy

[ - 30Kb]

B2

Open Innovation in Nanotechnologies
[ - 54Kb]

C2

Healthy Eating
[ - 23Kb]

D2

19h30 - 21h30

Buffet networking dinner

DAY 2

12 MAY

 

Clean Energy

Room: Jean Duriex

Transport

Room: Alcide de Gasperi

Sustainable Consumption
and Production


Room: Lord Roy Jenkins

Health
and Ageing


Room: Sicco Mansholt

SESSION 4


09h00
-
10h30

Greening
Industrial
Processes

[ - 30Kb]

A3

Making
Transport Safer &
More Secure

[ - 31Kb]

B3

New Business
Models for
Sustainable
Growth

[ - 34Kb]

C3

Ageing Well:
Turning Challenges
into Opportunities

[ - 33Kb]

D3

10h30

Coffee

Learning from each other, learning from experience


Parallel Workshops

SESSION 5


11h00
-
12h30

ETP Clustering and
Collaboration

[ - 136Kb]

Room: Jean Durieux

H1

Public-Private
Partnerships
and Societal
Challenges

[ - 26Kb]

Room: Alcide de Gasperi

H2

ETPs and National
Authorities:
Working Together
on Societal
Challenges

[ - 37Kb]

Room: Lord Roy Jenkins

H3

Education and
Skills

[ - 26Kb]

Room: Sicco Mansholt

H4

12h30

Buffet networking lunch

SESSION 6

Wrap-up plenary

14h00

Chair: Anneli Pauli, Deputy Director-General, DG Research, European Commission

 

  • Workshop results: presentations by rapporteurs, followed by Q&A
  • Conclusions
  • Looking forward to ETP 2011

16h30

Close

 

EXHIBITION
Information stands from ETPs, JTIs, the JRC, EUREKA, European Standards Organisations (ESOs), public-private partnerships (PPPs) under the European Economic Recovery Plan, etc.

For a printed version of the programme click here [ - 606Kb]

 

WORKSHOPS (to download workshop presentations click below)

WORKSHOP A

WORKSHOP A1

Low-Carbon Energy Technologies: Social Dialogue

SESSION 2, 11 May, 14h30 - 16h00 – Room : Jean Durieux

Chair: Rob Kool, NL Agency
Rapporteur: Simone Landolina, Eurec / Renewable Heating and Cooling ETP

Speakers:

  • Not in my backyard – how to tackle acceptance problems of wind turbines
    Lise Backer, Vestas / Wind ETP
  • Meeting the social dialogue issues faced in radioactive waste management
    Torsten Eng, Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Co
  • Interaction with consumers
    Philip Lewis, CEO VaasaETT
  • The Social Platform on Sustainable Lifestyles [ - 2.15Mb]
    Satu Lähteenoja, UNEP/Wuppertal Institute Collaborating Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production

WORKSHOP A2

Interconnecting the water and energy cycles

SESSION 3, 11 May, 16h30 - 18h00 – Room : Jean Durieux

Chair and rapporteur: Steve Kaye, Anglian Water / WSTTP ETP (water supply and sanitation)
Rapporteur: Panagiotis Balabanis, European Commission

Speakers:

WORKSHOP A3

Greening Industrial Processes

SESSION 4, 12 May, 09h00 - 10h30 – Room : Jean Durieux

Chair: Gernot Klotz, CEFIC / Sustainable Chemistry ETP
Rapporteur: Mary Todd Bergman, Intrasoft

Speakers:

WORKSHOP B

WORKSHOP B1

Smaller Footprints: Decarbonisation of the Transportation of Passengers & Goods

SESSION 2, 11 May, 14h30 - 16h00 – Room : Alcide de Gasperi

Chair: András Siegler, Director, DG Research, European Commission
Rapporteur: Mike McDonald, University of Southampton
Moderator: Joachim Szodruch, DLR / ACARE ETP (aeronautics)

Speakers:

WORKSHOP B2

Mobility: the Door-to-Door Strategy

SESSION 3, 11 May, 16h30 - 18h00 – Room : Alcide de Gasperi

Chair: Thierry Van der Pyl, Director, DG INFSO, European Commission
Moderator: Santiago Kraiselburd, member of EIRAC, Executive Director, Zaragoza Logistics Center
Rapporteur: Jean-Pierre Médevielle, French National Institute for Transport and Safety Research

Speakers:

WORKSHOP B3

Making transport safer and more secure

SESSION 4, 12 May, 9h00 - 10h30 – Room : Alcide de Gasperi

Chair: Jean-Eric Paquet, Director, DG MOVE, European Commission
Moderator: Jesús Monclús, R&D in Transport, EU Programmes Dept, CDTI Spain
Rapporteur: Mike McDonald, University of Southampton

Speakers:

WORKSHOP C

WORKSHOP C1

Towards a Zero-Waste Society

SESSION 2, 11 May, 14h30 - 16h00 – Room : Lord Roy Jenkins

Chair: Lene Lange, Aalborg University
Rapporteur: Markku Karlsson, UPM-Kymmene

Speakers:

WORKSHOP C2

Open Innovation in Nanotechnologies

SESSION 3, 11 May, 16h30 - 18h00 – Room : Lord Roy Jenkins

Chair: Peter Krüger, Bayer Nanotechnology Working Group
Rapporteur: Raimondo de Laurentiis, D’Appolonia

Speakers:

WORKSHOP C3

New Business Models for Sustainable Growth

SESSION 4, 12 May, 9h00 - 10h30 – Room : Lord Roy Jenkins

Chair and rapporteur: Fabio Iraldo, Associated Professor of Management, Scuola Sant’Anna di Pisa

Speakers:

WORKSHOP D

WORKSHOP D1

Affordable, Personalised Health Services: ICT-enabled Solutions

SESSION 2, 11 May, 14h30 - 16h00 – Room : Sicco Mansholt

Chair: Michèle Thonnet, (Ministère de la santé et des sports)
Rapporteurs: Veli Stroetmann, Empirica & Rod Hose, University of Sheffield

Speakers:

WORKSHOP D2

Healthy Eating

SESSION 3, 11 May, 16h30 - 18h00 – Room : Sicco Mansholt

Chair: Beate Kettlitz, Confederation of the Food and Drink Industries of the EU (CIAA)
Rapporteur: Gerd Harzer, Kraft Foods Europe

Speakers:

WORKSHOP D3

Ageing Well: Turning Challenges into Opportunities

SESSION 4, 12 May, 9h00 - 10h30 – Room : Sicco Mansholt

Chair: Lambert Van Nistelroij, Member of the European Parliament
Rapporteur: Andrew Ruck, Director HealthSystems

Speakers:

  • Introduction
    Peter Wintlev, DG INFSO, European Commission
    Lambert Van Nistelroij, Member of the European Parliament
  • Overview of ICT and Ageing Market Study
    Lutz Kubitscke, Empirica
  • Overview of Danish Finance Ministry Initiative on introduction of welfare technologies in the Danish public sector [ - 672Kb]
    Thomas Børner, Danish Finance Ministry
  • The AALIANCE Roadmap and Strategic Research Agenda on ICT for Ageing
    Well Ger van den Broek, Philips Research - presentation [ - 511Kb]
    Wolfgang Gessner, VDI/VDE
  • EU policy in ICT for Ageing Well
    Peter Wintlev, DG INFSO, European Commission
  • Panel discussion on industry and market perspectives with representatives from Deutsche Telekom -
    Michael Balasch; Vodafone Group – Eirini Zafeiratou, VDI-VDE - Wolfgang Gessner, Danish Finance Ministry - Thomas B Børner, European Commission - Peter Wintlev, Philips - Jeroen Wals, Vernon - An Nguyen-Dinh

WORKSHOP H

WORKSHOP H1

ETP Clustering and Collaboration

SESSION 5, 12 May, 11h00 - 12h30 – Room : Jean Durieux

Chair: Karin Metzlaff, European Plant Science Association (EPSO) / PLANTS ETP
Rapporteur: Lutz Walter FTC ETP (textiles)

Speakers:

WORKSHOP H2

Public Private Partnerships and Societal Challenges

SESSION 5, 12 May, 11h00 - 12h30 – Room : Alcide de Gasperi

Chair: Wolfgang Burtscher, Deputy Director-General of DG Research, European Commission
Rapporteur: Effi e Amanatidou

Speakers:

WORKSHOP H3

ETPs and National Authorities: Working Together on Societal Challenges

SESSION 5, 12 May, 11h00 - 12h30 – Room : Lord Roy Jenkins

Chair: Andrzej Siemaszko, Director of the National Contact Point for Research Programmes of the EU
Rapporteur: Christine van Wunnik, European Commission

Speakers:

WORKSHOP H4

Education and Skills

SESSION 5, 12 May, 11h00 - 12h30 – Room : Sicco Mansholt

Chair and rapporteur: Conor O’Carroll, Irish Universities Association

Speakers:

  • University perspective [ - 1.86Mb]
    Ferran Sanz, University Pompeu Fabra
  • Business perspective
    Henning Kruse, Siemens Wind Power
  • Panel discussion will include: Peter van der Hijden and Gudrun Maass, from DG Education and Culture, European Commission

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