Conference Programme

 

9.00-9.30 Registration

9.30-10.00 Opening remarks by:

 

• Mr. Marek Ratajczak, Secretary of State, Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education
• Dr. Mauro Dell’Ambrogio, State Secretary, Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation SERI
• Mrs. Grażyna Henclewska, Undersecretary of State, Polish Ministry of Economy

10:00-11:00 High level debate on innovation

 

• What are the conditions for innovation?
• How to create an optimal environment for innovation?
• R&D bilateral collaboration
• Swiss contribution to Poland – Polish-Swiss Research Program
• Technology transfer through Swiss investments
• What is the source of Swiss innovation?
• What makes the success of Swiss innovative companies?

Panelists:
• Mr. Marek Ratajczak, Secretary of State, Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education
• Dr. Mauro Dell’Ambrogio, State Secretary, Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation SERI
• Mrs. Grażyna Henclewska, Undersecretary of State, Polish Ministry of Economy
• Prof. Paweł Rowiński, Vice-President, PAN
• Prof. Marek Banaszkiewicz, President, Polish Space Agency
• Mr. Marek Szymański, CEO Franke Polska, President of Polish-Swiss Chamber of Commerce

Moderator: Mr. Bogusław Chrabota, Editor-in-Chief, Rzeczpospolita

11:00-11:30 Coffee break.

Room 1: Policy panels 11:30 – 14:30

Panel 1A: 11.30-12.45

Swiss and Polish contributions to the European Research Area
• How to make use of the international cooperation possibilities efficiently?
• How to use available funds in the best possible way?
• What are the opportunities for common collaboration?
• Swiss-Polish research cooperation: best practices under the FP7 and opportunities under Horizon 2020
• Best practices under the Polish-Swiss Research Programme

Panelists:
• Prof. Paweł Rowiński, Vice-President PAN
• Prof. Jerzy Kątcki, Deputy Director, NCBiR
• Prof. Leszek Kaczmarek, Member of the Selection Committee of the Polish Swiss Joint Research Programme
• Prof. Piotr Grabiec, Institute of Electron Technology
• Dr. Eva M. Klaper, Head COST Switzerland, State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation SERI

Moderator: Mr. Wojciech Szeląg, Polsat

12:45-13:00 break

Panel 1B: 13.00-14.30

Innovation in practice
• What determines success in the field of innovation?
• The “ecosystem” of innovations in Switzerland and Poland
• Cooperation science-business: good practices
• The role of capital market (VC) in financing innovation
• From the laboratory to commercialization
• Private sector investment in R&D

Panelists:
• Mrs. Paulina Zadura-Lichota, Director of Enterprise and Innovation Department, Polish Agency for Enterprise Development PARP
• Mr. Robert Sekuła, ABB, Corporate Research Center, Kraków
• Dr. Vital Meyer, Head of Start-up and Entrepreneurship, Commission for Technology and Innovation CTI, Switzerland
• Mr. Jacek Kosiec, Director of Space Programme, Creotech Instruments SA
• Mr. Maciej Adamkiewicz, CEO, Adamed Group

Moderator: Mr. Marcin Piątkowski, World Bank

Room 2: Business panels 11:30 – 14:30

Panel 2A: 11.30-12.45

How to foster innovation in healthcare?
• What are the challenges ahead?
• Policy towards health care of the elderly.
• How to increase investment in healthcare?
• What are the necessary framework conditions?
• How to ensure an innovation-friendly regulatory environment?

Panelists:
• Mr Igor Radziewicz-Winnicki, Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Health
• Mr Jerzy Majchrzak, Director of Innovation and Industry Department, Ministry of Economy
• Mrs. Ewa Grenda, General Director Roche Polska
• Mrs. Alexandra Bishop, CEO Novartis Poland
• Mr. Roman Walasiński, CEO Swissmed
• Mr. Bogdan Wasilewski, Chairman of the Board, Technopark Łódź

Moderator: Mariusz Ignatowicz, Partner, PWC

12.45-13.00 Presentation: Switzerland as a business location
Speaker: Mr. Benjamin Schwägli, Head of Swiss Business Hub Poland*

Panel 2B: 13.00-14.30

How to develop a company’s culture of innovation?
• Impact of culture on company’s innovation capacity: values, behavior, innovative climate
• How to change the culture – process, milestones, barriers
• How to keep an organization innovative?

Panelists:
• Mr. Peter Stämpfli, Stämpfli AG, entrepreneur
• Mr. Johannes Ermatinger, RBU, business consultant
• Mr. Renato di Rubbo, Chief Marketing Officer of Franke Group
• Mrs. Magdalena Jabłońska, Innovation and R&D Team, PwC
• Mr. Marek Synowiec, Innovative Project Manager, Wielton
• Mrs. Monika Lamparska-Przybysz, Funding Manager Polpharma Biologics

Moderator: Mr. Dariusz Ćwiklak, Newsweek Polska

14.30-16.00 Networking lunch


*The participants of the conference will have the chance to learn more about the advantages of Switzerland as a business or research location. It will be possible during bilateral consulting meetings held at the dedicated information stand organized by the Swiss Business Hub Poland.

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