What Industry Wants from Universities
A Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Seminar
at the University of California, San Diego
March 12 to 14, 2009
Agenda
The opening dinner on Thursday evening is at La Jolla Shores Hotel. All events on Friday and Saturday are on the UC San Diego campus, at the Weaver Center, Institute of the Americas, unless specified otherwise.
Thursday, March 12
18:00 - 22:00 Opening Reception and Dinner, La Jolla Shores Hotel
Speaker: Dr. Larry Smarr, Director, California Institute forTelecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2), Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, UC San Diego
Friday, March 13
7:30-8:15 Breakfast
8:15 - 8:30: Welcome
Dr. Mary Walshok, Associate Vice Chancellor, Public Programs, University of California,San Diego
Lesa Mitchell, Vice President, Advancing Innovation, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
8:30 - 10:00 Session One
Overview of the Current Policy Environment
Moderator: Dr. Cathy Garner, Chief Executive, Manchester Knowledge Capital
Summary of Current National Policies:
Canada: Mark Romoff, President and CEO, Ontario Centres of Excellence
Japan: Professor Kiyoshi Kurokawa, Science Advisor to the Prime Minister; Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
Documents: Science Nov 21, 2008; Nature Feb 19, 2009
UK: Dr. David Evans, Director of Innovation, Department of Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS), HM Government Presentation
USA: Dr. Philip Auerswald, Director, Center for Science and Technology Policy, George Mason University
10:00 - 10:15: Break
10:15 - 11:45: Session Two
What Research Shows is Working in Practice
What the research shows, from the company point of view
1. Key Findings from Recent Research in Canada, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States: Philip Ternouth, Associate Director, R&D and Knowledge Transfer, Council for Industry and Higher Education (CIHE)
Presentation
Canada: Marcel Mongeon, Principal, Mongeon Consulting
Japan, Professor Robert Kneller, Research Center for Science and Technology (RCAST), University of Tokyo
Document
UK: Professor Alan Hughes, Director, Centre for Business Research and Margaret Thatcher Professor of Enterprise Studies, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge
USA: Daniel Winfield, Director, RTI Center for Technology Applications
2. Open Innovation: Dr. Henry Chesbrough, Executive Director, The Center for Open Innovation, University of California, Berkeley
Presentation
11:45 – 12:00: Break
12:00-1:30: Lunch
Speaker: Duane Roth, CEO, CONNECT, San Diego
1:30-1:45: Break
1:45 - 3:15: Session Three, Part One
Compare/contrast what works in practice with the current policy environment
Brief Comments on Relationship Development and Business Capacity
Philip Ternouth, Associate Director, R&D and Knowledge Transfer, Council for Industry and Higher Education (CIHE)
Presentation
Sensemaking Panel:
Dr. David Audretsch, Director, Institute for Development Strategies; Ameritech Chair of Economic Development, Indiana University
Professor Kiyoshi Kurokawa, Science Advisor to the Prime Minister; Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
Professor Michael Luger, Dean, Manchester Business School
3:15– 3:30 Break
3:30 – 5:00 Session Three, Part Two
Compare/contrast what works in practice with the current policy environment, introduced by:
Knowledge Transfer without Widgets
Professor Geoffrey Crossick, Warden, Goldsmiths, University of London
Sensemaking Panel:
Ray Hoemsen, Director, Applied Research and Commercialization, Red River College
Professor Yuko Harayama, Management of Science and Technology, Tohuku University
Professor Alan Hughes, Director, Centre for Business Research and Margaret Thatcher Professor of Enterprise Studies, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge
Dr. Martin Kenney, Professor, Department of Human and Community Development, University of California, Davis
18:00 - 21:00 Dinner, UCSD Faculty Club
Saturday, March 14
8:00-9:00 Breakfast
9:00-10:30 Session Five
Policy implications/recommendations
Provocateur:
Professor Eric Thomas, Vice Chancellor, University of Bristol, and Chair, Research Committee, Universities UK
Panel:
Dr. Mark Crowell, Vice President Business Development, The Scripps Research Institute
Dr. David Evans, Director of Innovation, Department of Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS), HM Government
10:30-11:00 Break
11:00 – 12:00 Session Six
Conclusion
Light lunch
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