Track C: Research & Innovation for Employment and Growth
Session C.1: Research & innovation and globalisation
Tuesday September 7th, 2010: 11:30 – 13:00
How do different companies and in particular SMEs address the current trend towards globalisation ? Which strategies have they put in place? Why do some companies choose to act globally and what are the competitive advantages versus those companies that decide to act locally ?
Chair
- Fred-Holger Gunther, President IMS Inter-Regional Secretariat (Switzerland)
Speakers
- Merten Koolen, NXP Semicondustors (The Netherlands)
- Dirk Duquet, VP Saflex Operations, Solutia (Belgium)
- Richard Ljunberg, GETT Fuel Cells (Sweden)
| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
| All Slides - Session C1 | 1.21 MB |
| Slides - Fred Gunther | 133.29 KB |
| Slides - Koolen Merten | 440.77 KB |
| Slides - Dirk Duquet | 492.2 KB |
| Slides - Richard Ljunberg | 365.01 KB |
Session C.2 and C.3: New approaches for emerging and traditional industrial sectors
Tuesday September 7th, 2010: 15:45 – 17:15 & 17:45 – 19:15
The purpose of this session is to highlight industrial vision and trends that can lead to employment and growth in traditional and emerging sectors. The whole development chain from modelling to industrial fabrication will be covered.
How can research foster growth and employment and create societal benefits?
What is required for scientific achievements to become industrially viable technologies?
Where may new European industries emerge?
How will new technologies, such as those enabled by new (nano)sciences, affect future products and our way of living?
From research to industrial and societal impact: what are the main barriers and success factors?
Session C.2.
Chair
- Andrea Reinhardt, MINAM&Nanofutures - microTEC Gesellschaft für Mikrotechnologie mbH (Germany)
Speakers
- Klaus Sommer, Bayer (Germany)
- Alaisdair McLeod, Scottish Government (Scotland)
- Olivier Carnal, Roll Solar (Switzerland)
Session C.3.
Chair
- Manfred Diehl, Umicore (Germany)
Speakers
- Dominique Neerinck, Chief Technology Officer and Group Executive Vice President Industrial Coatings, Member of the Bekaert Group Executive, Bekaert (Belgium) (Belgium)
- Vito Lambertini, CRF (Italy)
- Javier Gravalos, Acciona (Spain)
| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
| All Slides - Session C2 | 2.49 MB |
| Slides - Andrea Reinhardt | 803.23 KB |
| Slides - Klaus Sommer | 594.52 KB |
| Slides - Alaisdair McLeod | 628.44 KB |
| Slides - Olivier Carnal | 829.47 KB |
| All Slides - Session C3 | 3.83 MB |
| Slides - Manfred Diehl | 749.36 KB |
| Slides - Dominique Neerinck | 927.22 KB |
| Slides - Vito Lambertini | 978.01 KB |
| Slides - Javier Gravalos | 1.81 MB |
Session C.4: Research & innovation and the challenge of more variants and small lots: perspectives?
Wednesday September 8th, 2010: 11:30 – 13:00
The focus of this session will be on :
- Rapid manufacturing,
- Personalised production,
- Manufacturing execution systems
- Success stories illustrating the Factories of the Future Roadmap
Why do we need more variants and small lots ?
What are the main success stories illustrating the Factories of the Future Roadmap?
What are the next challenges?
Chair
- Egbert-Jan Sol, TNO (Netherlands)
Speakers
- Martin Hägele, Fraunhofer IPA (Germany)
- Dan Johns, EADS (UK)
- Emanuele Carpanzano, Chairman Footwear ETP SG & expert on Consumer Goods sectors (Italy)
| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
| All Slides - Session C4 | 4.35 MB |
| Slides - Egbert-Jan Sol | 710.64 KB |
| Slides - Christian Meyer | 900.22 KB |
| Slides - Martin Schaefer | 1.76 MB |
| Slides - Emanuele Carpanzano | 1.81 MB |