1.4.2010 Dimes seminar on Franco-Finnish Cooperation for Smart Innovation 28.4.2010 |
(Bvd de la Plaine 9, Brussels)
We are pleased to invite You to the annual DIMES seminar in Brussels April 28, 2010. This year the seminar is organised jointly with Meditterrannée Technologies (MT) and European Enterprise Network (EEN). The seminar addresses the topic of Smart Innovation and builds it on the keyplayers of ICT in France and Finland. The framework of the event is in EU cooperative research and business development.The seminar will be held at DIMES premises in Brussels under the title:
Franco-Finnish Cooperation for Smart Innovation
How to speed up innovation rising from France and Finland in a smart context
The event is hybrid in nature. On one hand it collects forerunners and interesting cases on new media: content, services and application developers from both countries. Nokia and Technicolor high-level representatives will give insight to their development policies, approaches to work for the Future Internet PPP funding call to be launched by Commission the coming summer. Furthermore the day demonstrates cooperation success stories between France and Finland, informs about competencies and cooperation facilitators for further nurturing the innovation and business development as a joint effort of the two nations. The morning prior to the seminar is reserved for bilateral meetings of interested companies. For this purpose we ask to fill in the attached form.
One the other hand, one of DIMES objectives is to influence strategy work in Commission on behalf of the ICT industry. This has been successful, which can be seen in the increased number of direct contacts, improved awareness and appreciation towards members’ knowhow and skills. However, the cooperation driving DIMES is the motivation and must in a wider context as well. It is imperative to cooperate and ally with most relevant Member States, if significant input to Commission strategies are to be achieved. Now it really is the right time for ”smart” cooperation between Finland and France, as the European innovation needs bigger gears in order to boost the economy into a new rise. Aho Report is a solid basis to start working on, the implementation is now only up to us.
One the other hand, one of DIMES objectives is to influence strategy work in Commission on behalf of the ICT industry. This has been successful, which can be seen in the increased number of direct contacts, improved awareness and appreciation towards members’ knowhow and skills. However, the cooperation driving DIMES is the motivation and must in a wider context as well. It is imperative to cooperate and ally with most relevant Member States, if significant input to Commission strategies are to be achieved. Now it really is the right time for ”smart” cooperation between Finland and France, as the European innovation needs bigger gears in order to boost the economy into a new rise. Aho Report is a solid basis to start working on, the implementation is now only up to us.
France and Finland have features in both common and complementary to each other in terms of their innovation policy, advanced technologies, methodologies to boost research and develop businesses. There is also proof of recent successful cooperative efforts in won EIT ICT KIC to French-Finnish lead clusters. Cooperation between companies can be fruitful also within EU context!
The seminar organises a round-table discussion with very high-level representatives on how to fix the innovation mill in Europe. How to ensure research outcome turning into flourishing business? What are the challenges, what could be the remedies? What can be done jointly to raise the game?
We wish you to circulate this invitation. You are warmly welcome!
We wish you to circulate this invitation. You are warmly welcome!
The seminar is free and the language spoken English.
Registrations to Mr Anssi Kujala anssi.kujala(at)dimes.fi, by April 20, 2010.
Registrations to Mr Anssi Kujala anssi.kujala(at)dimes.fi, by April 20, 2010.
Kind regards,
Kimmo Ojuva
President of DIMES Association
Kimmo Ojuva
President of DIMES Association
More information on Future Internet –initiative:
- Web 3.0: http://www.future-internet.eu/publications/media.html#c140
- European Future Internet Initiative: http://initiative.future-internet.eu/home.html
Agenda for the DIMES - MT- EEN Seminar on April 28, 2010
| 09.00 - 12.00 | B2B meetings |
| 12.00 - 13.00 | Welcome lunch, coffee and registration |
| 13.00 - 13.10 | Introduction to the event: Susanna Avéssta, DIMES and Jean-Paul Judson, Mediterranée Technologies |
| 13.10 - 13.30 | OPENING Francoise Le Bail, Deputy Director General, DG Enterprise (tbc) Antti Peltomaki, Deputy Director General, DG INFSO (tbc) |
| 13.30 - 15.00 | FRAMEWORKS European Enterprise Network, greetings from France and FinlandBusiness Support in Europe, Jean-François Aguinaga, Head of Unit Business Support, DG Enterprise Future Internet, Bernard Barani, Assistant to the Director D and Peter Fatelnig, Deputy Head of Unit D5, “Converged Networks and Services” DG INFSOFuture Internet a public private partnership with a vision, Christophe Diot, CTO, Technicolor & Serge Ferré, Director, Nokia (tbc) |
| 15.00 - 15.40 | EXAMPLES of COOPERATION IN ACTION European Institute of Technology – ICT: Heikki Saikkonen Professor, Aalto University (tbc) Future Internet, L’expérience Européen: Serge Fdida Professor, Université Pierre & Marie Curie |
| 15.40 - 16.00 | Coffee break |
| 16.00 - 17.30 | ROUND-TABLE DISCUSSION on How to fix the innovation mill in
Europe? 5 min introduction from each panellist followed by the discussion with audience Luis Rodriquez-Rosello, Director DG INFSO, Jean-Noel Durvy, Director DG Enterprise (tbc), Khalil Rouhana, HoU DG INFSO, Per Blixt, HoU DG INFSO (tbc), Jari Pasanen, Director Sitra (tbc), Tuomas Syrjanen, CEO Futurice • How to ensure research outcome turning into flourishing business? Challenges, remedies • What can be done jointly to raise the game? |
| 17.30 - | Exhibition of clusters and companies in
France and Finland followed by cocktail reception and networking
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