EUniverCities Conference 2013 Monday 15 Thursday 18 April 2013, Trondheim, Norway Conference Venue: Dokkhuset Address: Dokkparken 4, 7014 Trondheim The Contribution of Higher Education Institutions to Knowledge-based Local and Regional Business Development Foto: Mentz Indergaard/NTNU Info
Introduction EUniverCities EUniverCities is a European network in which medium-sized cities as well as universities ( tandems ) work together to give knowledge cities more visibility within Europe. The network aims to strengthen Europe in the global knowledge competition and it wants to contribute to the realization of the EU strategy for growth and jobs Europe 2020. The network is dedicated to exchanging knowledge, expertise and experience about city-university cooperation. Network members want to learn from each other how to shape cooperative initiatives in a fruitful way, as well as how to apply and spread the lessons learned across urban Europe. The network organizes two international meetings each year. The partnership now consists of ten city-university tandems that are members of the network, and four observers who aim to join the network during this year or next year. Trondheim (NO) Tampere (FI) Linköping/ Nörrkoping (SE) Aalborg (DK) Magdeburg (DE) Lublin (PL) Lviv (UA) Gent (BE) Lausanne (CH) Aachen (DE) Brno (CZ) Varna (BG) Zaragoza (ES) Members Observers
Aims of the conference The conference will address the following problem statement: The Contribution of Higher Education Institutions to Knowledge-based Local and Regional Business Development. The conference will elaborate on the following questions, issues and challenges that are important for Trondheim: How can the economy of Trondheim and the wider region benefit more from Trondheim s knowledge base? Is it possible to improve collaboration between SMEs and the university? How can research be translated into or linked with business development? What types of new coalitions would be needed to realize potential synergies? The visitors from other European cities deal with very similar challenges in their home cities and universities. Thus, there is rich potential for learning from each other. The keynote speakers have different backgrounds and will approach these questions from their standpoints and experience. During the workshops, the visitors from the other European countries will reflect on what they have heard, share their experiences regarding these questions and challenges, and develop recommendations for Trondheim based on their experience and knowledge. The workshop results are presented on Thursday morning. Interactive workshops During the two first days of the Peer Review, the City of Trondheim, together with NTNU and other key players, will present the problem statement. Through presentations and site visits, the participants will be informed about the main challenges that Trondheim Region wants to put central stage. During the second part of the two first days, the participants will work together in Peer Review sessions: Structured discussions in mixed groups (max. 15 persons per group). On the last day, the results of the group sessions will be presented. The coordinators of the EUniverCities Network will also gather to discuss issues related to the network.
Programme Chair: Christian Fossen, Director of Information, NTNU MONDAY 15 APRIL 20.00 Welcome dinner, Matbaren, Solsiden, TMV-kaia 25 TUESDAY 16 APRIL 08.30 Registration and coffee 09.00 Welcome Mr. Gerhard Dalen, Director of International Relations, Municipality of Trondheim. 09.10 About the EUniverCities Network Mr. Patrick van Geel, Advisor European Affairs, City of Delft. 09.20 How does NTNU contribute to regional development in Mid-Norway? And how does NTNU contribute to development in other regions in Norway? Prof. Johan E. Hustad, Pro-Rector for Innovation and External Relations, NTNU. 09.50 Questions and comments 10.00 How can the business community in the region take advantage of Trondheim s knowledge base? Mr. Håvard Belbo, Senior Vice President of Strategy and Business Development NTE (the region s largest energy utility company) and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Proneo. 10.20 Questions and comments 10.30 Coffee break 10.40 Successful approaches to encouraging knowledge-based business development Prof. Karl Klingsheim, Managing Director NTNU Technology Transfer AS. 11.00 Questions and comments 11.10 Guided tour (By bus) 12.00 Lunch, Kjelhuset at Gløshaugen Campus, NTNU. 13.00 Site visit to NTNU School of Entrepreneurship (NSE). Prof. Roger Sørheim and Associate Professor Øystein Widding (room F2). Successful approaches to knowledge-based business development. Presentations by: Mr. Sven J. Kolstø, M.Sc. student, NTNU School of Entrepreneurship and co-founder of the company Havtek. Ms. Miriam Wennberg, M.Sc. student, NTNU School of Entrepreneurship and co-founder of the company Connect LNG. 14.00 Return to Dokkhuset by bus
14.30 Coffee break 14.45 Interactive workshop: Reflecting on the speeches; sharing observations and international experiences. Willem van Winden, UrbanIQ. 16.45 17.00 Summing up, day 1. Willem van Winden, UrbanIQ. 19.30 Dinner, Rica Nidelven Hotel WEDNESDAY 17 08.30 Coffee 09.00 Reinforcing our competitive advantage - How the region cooperates with our Higher Education Institutions. Mr. Børge Beisvåg, Project Manager, Trondheim Region. 09.30 Questions and comments 09.40 How to combine academic work and innovation? How to succeed? Dr. Ingrid Schjølberg, Project Director, Centre for Autonomous Marine Operations and Systems, NTNU 10.10 Questions and comments 10.20 Coffee break 10.30 How can we realize ideas and projects initiated by researchers and students at Higher Education Institutions? Mr. Eivind Bergsmyr, Partner, Viking Venture. 11.00 Questions and comments 11.10 Walk to the City Centre (meeting city guide at Bakklandet) 12.00 Lunch, Café To Tårn 13.30 Walk to Rica Nidelven Hotel 14.00 Exhibition by NTNU Experts in Teamwork students. Ms. Heidi Fossland, Technoport. Venue: Rica Nidelven Hotel 14.40 Walk back to Dokkhuset 14.50 Coffee 15.00 17.00 Interactive workshop: Developing suggestions and recommendations for Trondheim. Willem van Winden, UrbanIQ. 18.00 Dinner, Asian Cooking Restaurant 19.30 Technoport Awards: A celebration of the people behind the Technology. Venue: Frimurerlogen, Kongens gate 3.
THURSDAY 18 APRIL 08.30 Coffee 09.00 10.45 EUniverCities Network Plenary Meeting 10.45 Coffee break 11.00 12.15 Presentation from the workshops. Discussions and comments, input, action points. 12.15 Closing remarks 12.30 Lunch
Speakers Prof. Johan E. Hustad, Pro-Rector for Innovation and External Relations, NTNU Johan Einar Hustad is Norway's first Pro-Rector for Innovation and External Relations. Prof. Hustad graduated in mechanical engineering from NTH (the Norwegian Institute of Technology, a predecessor to NTNU) in 1979 and was awarded a dr.ing. degree from the same institution in 1990. He worked at SINTEF (the largest independent research institution in Scandinavia) for 15 years as a researcher, head of section, department director and research manager during various periods until 1996. He was a Nordic Research Professor in solid fuels for four years and became a professor at NTNU in 1997. Prof. Hustad was Head of the Department of Thermal Energy and Hydropower for three years, as well as Deputy Head and Head of the Department of Energy and Process Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering Science for the past two periods. He held various positions in leadership of activities at the International Energy Agency (IEA) for six years, and various Nordic initiatives with research schools. He also has extensive experience in EU projects and was a visiting scholar at Stanford University for one year. In parallel with his post as Head of Department, he headed the Centre for Renewable Energy at NTNU-SINTEF-Institute for Energy Technology (IFE). Prof. Hustad also has extensive experience in starting up spin-off enterprises. Prof. Hustad became Pro-Rector on 1 August 2009. Prof. Hustad s presentation: How does NTNU contribute to regional development in Mid-Norway? And how does NTNU contribute to development in other regions in Norway? (HEI perspective). Abstract: The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) is the result of a merger of different disciplines back in 1996, but has a history from 100 years back. NTNU has a mandate from the Norwegian Parliament to provide education, research and innovation in the main profile of Science and Technology, but also to carry out education and fundamental research in all fields including Humanities, Social Sciences, Fine Arts, Architecture and Medicine as well as Interdisciplinary Activities among the different disciplines. To respond to the mandate, NTNU works regionally, nationally, and internationally. All these aspects will be discussed in the presentation with a focus on regional and national aspects. Examples of activities and priorities will be given related to cooperation activities within education, research, and industry-academia relations. The examples include cooperation with regional university colleges within master s education as well as research schools (PhD education) and industry-academia collaboration in areas such as the petroleum, maritime, and aquaculture sectors. Regional collaboration in areas such as Humanities and Fine Arts will also be highlighted. Håvard Belbo, Senior Vice President of Strategy and Business Development NTE (the region s largest energy utility company) and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Proneo (regional innovation and development group) Mr. Håvard Belbo is a former McKinsey consultant from this region. He has been an entrepreneur in the log house business and for the last 4.5 years he has been SVP for Strategy and Business Development in the energy company NTE. He has also been responsible for turning the installation business NTE Elektro with 200 employees into a profitable and strategically useful business. His educational background is from the Norwegian School of Management in Oslo and Hochschule St.Gallen. In establishing the innovation strategy for NTE, Håvard established a strategic cooperation with NTNU and adapted Open Innovation theory into the strategy. Mr. Belbo s presentation: How can the business community in the region take advantage of Trondheim s knowledge base? (Business and industry perspective). Abstract: Future economic growth and creation of values is knowledge based. The OECD report Supporting the contribution of Higher Education Institutions to Regional Development (2006) emphasizes that the main regional comparative advantage of the Mid-Norway region is the knowledge institutions with their 35 000 students and 8 000 employees. But the region does not utilize this growth potential. Further, the OECD report recommends better strategic cooperation in the region, tighter links between R&D and business and industry, and development of clusters.
To address these recommendations, the region s largest energy utility company, NTE, established a binding partnership with NTNU. The main purpose of the partnership was contributing to innovation and R&D in the region. Further, NTE has been a promoter of establishing industry clusters in the region. In 2009, NTE joined Partnere for Nyskaping (innovation partnership) together with NTNU, SINTEF (the largest independent research institution in Scandinavia) and Sparebank1 SMN (regional bank), aiming at regional development based on knowledge cooperation. Prof. Karl Klingsheim, Managing Director NTNU Technology Transfer AS Dr. Klingsheim is a seasoned innovator and educator with tenure as professor in Trondheim, Norway and in Warsaw, Poland. He has served as executive officer and board member for large multinational companies as well as for fledgling university spin-offs. He has been instrumental in the concept development, formation, fundraising, business development, staffing, operations, and benefit extraction for a large number of initiatives, programs, and start-up companies in Norway and in the USA. He currently serves as the Managing Director of NTNU Technology Transfer AS ( TTO ), the commercialization arm of NTNU and the Central Norway Regional Health Authority with the mission to create benefits to society by effective dissemination of research results. Prof. Klingsheim s presentation: Successful approaches to encouraging knowledge-based business development. (HEI perspective). Abstract: Innovation is the cure to financial crisis. Public services must be renewed and new jobs must be created. Competence and knowledge are necessary, but not sufficient, ingredients for value creation. The presence of entrepreneurs that are both able and willing to make a difference is essential. HEIs must take an active role in nurturing a Darwinian ecosystem for innovation, rather than the Sisyphusian "picking the winner" approach. The ecosystem at NTNU produced record results in 2012 and our ambitions for 2013 are higher still! Sven J. Kolstø, M.Sc. student, NTNU School of Entrepreneurship and co-founder of the company Havtek Mr. Sven Kolstø is a student who hopes never to have to apply for a job. He is currently part of the founding team behind the company Havtek, which delivers equipment to the growing fish farming business. His academic background is from industrial economics at NTNU, with international spicing from University of California San Diego and Boston University. Miriam Wennberg, M.Sc. student, NTNU School of Entrepreneurship and co-founder of the company Connect LNG Ms. Miriam Wennberg is currently in her final year of a master's degree in Industrial Economics at NTNU. She has also studied entrepreneurial management at Boston University. In addition, she cofounded and works for Connect LNG, a company that is developing a new solution for LNG transfer between ship and shore. Wenneberg and Kolstø s presentation: Successful approaches to knowledge-based business development. Abstract: The presentation will focus on how the NTNU School of Entrepreneurship (NSE) has facilitated commercialization of new ventures. Two successful startups, Havtek and Connect LNG, will share their experiences, and discuss both opportunities and challenges related to entrepreneurship originating in university environments. (A student perspective).
Børge Beisvåg, Project Leader, The Trondheim Region Mr. Børge Beisvåg has 10 years experience from NTNU, working as a career counsellor, adviser for the Rector, and for the last four years at NTNU with regional industrial development, connecting regional SMEs to HEIs and R&D institutions, and helping build industrial clusters in the region. He has also worked as a project manager in an industrial development company. In 2010 he became project manager for Trondheim Region's Strategic Plan for Trade and Industry. He has studied at Trondheim Business School and he holds an MD in sociology from NTNU. Mr. Beisvåg s presentation: Reinforcing our competitive advantage How the region cooperates with our HEIs (A city and regional perspective). Abstract: The presentation will focus on what we do in the Trondheim region to connect our HEI students and R&D institutions to our businesses, industry and public sector. Our R&D institutions with more than 30 000 students and some 8 000 employees are the only comparative advantage this region has compared to the other major city regions in Norway. But do we do the right things to maximize this advantage? What measures are successful and where do we need to improve our efforts in order to increase the cooperation between R&D and the region? Dr. Ingrid Schjølberg, Project Director, Centre for Autonomous Marine Operations and Systems (AMOS) Department of Marine Technology, NTNU Dr. Ingrid Schjølberg has a PhD in Cybernetics from NTNU. She has worked more than 15 years at SINTEF focusing on the development of innovative automation solutions for the industry. She is the head of ROBOTNOR, the Centre for Advanced Robotics at NTNU and SINTEF, and has a strong belief in robotics and autonomous systems as a future technology for a more efficient Norwegian industry and health sector. Dr. Schjølberg s presentation: How to combine academic work and innovation. (HEI and industry perspective). Abstract: The focus and motivation for academic work is often based on genuine interest in science and a drive to progress research beyond the state of the art. Combining academic work with business needs, defined by collaborating industrial partners, may lead to innovation, new products and services. It is a great challenge and demanding to develop research ideas from business needs, to produce the research results and to realize new solutions in a real industrial environment. Examples will be given from the food, manufacturing and process industries. The presentation will include a discussion on threats to realization of new solutions and suggestions on how to overcome them. Eivind Bergsmyr, Partner, Viking Venture Mr. Eivind Bergsmyr has been a partner with Viking Venture in Trondheim since 2009. Viking Venture manages venture funds with a focus on energy and ICT investments in the Nordics and the UK. Mr. Bergsmyr is a former successful entrepreneur and CEO of the start-up Nacre AS. As CEO of Nacre from 2002 to 2009 he grew the company into a world leader in communication and hearing protection headsets for defence and security markets, with particular success in the US. Nacre AS was sold to Honeywell (formerly Sperian Protection) in 2007 for USD 125 million, an exit that won Nordic Exit of the Year with Nordic Unquote in 2007. Mr. Bergsmyr has strong technology roots from NTNU, holding a MSc in Electrical Engineering. He has worked with many start-ups originating from NTNU and SINTEF. After university, he gained extensive industrial experience in technology management, sales and business leadership from Siemens Telecom and Siemens Electrical Heating in Oslo and Trondheim. Mr. Bergsmyr serves on the board of the Viking Venture portfolio companies polight, GasSecure, MemfoACT, Read Cased Hole and Meta. He is a Kauffman fellow and a long-term member of the European CEO-Collaborative Forum (CEO-CF). Mr. Bergsmyr s presentation: How can we realize ideas and projects initiated by researchers and students at Higher Education Institutions? (Business and industry perspective).
Abstract: As one of the leading Nordic Venture Capital groups, Viking Venture has more than 10 years of experience in building international businesses around ideas originating from researchers and founders. As partner in Viking Venture and former CEO of Nacre AS, Eivind Bergsmyr will discuss how Viking Venture evaluates ideas and works with the people behind the idea in order to create international businesses. The presentation will focus on key requirements for an idea to be fundable, the important characteristics of a successful commercialization, the main challenges and roadblocks related to developing early stage ideas, as well as showcasing examples of successful commercialization of research. Heidi Fossland, Technoport Ms. Heidi Fossland is managing director of Technoport, an organization dedicated to promoting development of smart technology as a tool in the transition towards a green economy. Heidi holds a cand. polit. degree in Geography from NTNU. Previously she has been head of the Rector's Office of Innovation and External Relations at NTNU. Abstract: Heidi Fossland will briefly present the Technoport Student Initiative. Forty student teams from NTNU's Experts in Teamwork master s degree course will exhibit their project results at The Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise's regional yearly conference. Technoport aims to create a knowledge-sharing platform for dialogue and for identifying common ground, for smart technology between research communities, industry and the public sector. Technoport hosts different events during the year such as the Technoport Talks, Technoport Awards, Technoport Student initiatives and Technoport Summit. Every second year, Technoport organizes an international scientific conference. OTHER CONTRIBUTORS Christian Fossen, Director of Information, NTNU (Chair) Mr. Christian Fossen is the Director of the Information Division at NTNU, with overall responsibility for promotion and marketing as well as internal and external communication. He has more than 30 years' experience in the sector and has been a journalist and editor in newspapers, radio and television for many years. He has also started several companies. Christian Fossen has been employed at NTNU since 2004. Gerhard Dalen, Director of International Relations, Municipality of Trondheim Mr. Gerhard Dalen has 16 years experience working for the City of Trondheim. He started his municipal career as City Director for Culture responsible for the areas of culture, sports, civil protection and emergency planning and refugees and immigrants. Since 2008, he has been Director of International Relations, coordinating the City's formal relations to the twin cities and the informal relations to other foreign cities. Mr. Dalen has earlier been Director of the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra and has had a career in the Norwegian Ministry of Culture. Patrick van Geel, Advisor European Affairs, City of Delft Mr. Patrick van Geel is senior policy advisor European affairs of the Delft city administration. After more than 10 years of experience in the field of international development cooperation, he switched to European affairs in 2007. His current portfolio of activities includes connecting European policies with Delft ambitions, exploring and making use of EU funding possibilities, participating in projects and networks. Together with his colleague Elise Verheij, he coordinates the EUniverCities network and URBACT project.
Willem van Winden, UrbanIQ (Workshop moderator) Dr. Willem van Winden works as lead expert for the EUniverCities network, where city/university tandems from all over Europe seek to learn from each other how to improve their collaboration in a number of fields. He is a professor of Urban Knowledge Economy & Strategy at Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences. He is also the owner and founder of Urban IQ, a company specializing in research, consultancy and training in the field of knowledge-based urban development. He is involved in numerous international studies and exchange projects, mainly in the field of innovation strategies, clusters, and knowledge-based urban development. He acts as lead expert in several European exchange networks (Urbact, Interreg). He has published widely on urban knowledge-based development and related topics, in books and (scientific) articles. Linn Benedicte Brubakken (Workshop leader) Ms. Linn Benedicte Brubakken is adviser to the Pro-Rector for Innovation and External Relations at NTNU. She works as coordinator of staff and is project manager for NTNU s regional Top Executive Conference, where industry leaders and researchers work together in goal-oriented workshops. Before joining the Pro-Rector s staff in 2010, she worked with employer branding and university relations. She holds a Master s Degree in Political Science from NTNU. Practical Information Conference Venue Dokkhuset. Address: Dokkparken 4, 7014 Trondheim http://kart.gulesider.no/m/porc5 Hotels Rica Nidelven Hotel, Havnegata 1, 7010 Trondheim, tel. +47 73568000 www.rica-hotels.com/hotels/trondheim/rica-nidelven-hotel/ Rica Bakklandet Hotel, Nedre Bakklandet 60, 7400 Trondheim, tel. +47 72902000 www.rica.no/hoteller/trondheim/rica-nidelven-hotel/ Getting to and from Trondheim Airport, Værnes The Airport is located close to the E6 main road, 35 kilometres north of Trondheim city centre. We recommend that you travel from the airport to the city by bus. Choose Nettbuss/Flybussen. It departs every 10 minutes in both directions, Monday through Friday, and serves most hotels in the city centre. For urgent matters please contact Dag Ove Johansen + 47 91 76 02 43
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