9:30 – 10:00

Registration/ Welcome coffee

10:00 – 10:20

Welcome address and opening:

Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz, Minister of Development Funds and Regional Policy Republic of Poland

Maria Cristina Russo, Director for Prosperity, DG Research and Innovation,

European Commission

10:20 – 11:30

High Level Policy Debate: How to transform research outcomes into sustainable solutions and strategies that have a lasting, positive effect on the economy and society?

Moderator: DSc Eng. Piotr Szynkarczyk, Director of Łukasiewicz-PIAP Institute; Vice-President, Polish Chamber of Commerce for High Technology (IZTECH)

Panelists:

Ioannis Sagias, Deputy Head of Unit, Unit E2 Valorisation Policies and IPR, DG Research and Innovation, European Commission

Dr Grzegorz Orawiec, Director of Department of Innovation and Development Support Programs, Ministry of Development Funds and Regional Policy Republic of Poland

Magdalena Kołodziejska, Deputy Director of the National Centre for Research and Development

Prof. Krzysztof Pyrć, President Elect of the Foundation for Polish Science

Prof. Dorota Pawlak, President, Ensemble3 – Centre of Excellence for Nanophotonics, Advanced Materials and Novel Crystal Growth-Based Technologies

11:30 – 12:00

Coffee break

12:00 – 13:00

Plenary session: Synergy of support measures for the knowledge valorisation in Poland

Moderator: Florin Zubașcu, Executive Editor at Science|Business

ERDF:

·       PRIME – Dr Marcelina Firkowska – Head of the Academic Entrepreneurship Team, Foundation for Polish Science

·       Science4Business – Prof. Przemysław Dubel / Marek Massalski – Centre for Technology and Knowledge Transfer, University of Warsaw

Horizon Europe:

·       Booster/Horizon Results Platform – Alessia Melasecche, CEO META Group

·       widerAdvance Facility – Katarzyna Walczyk-Matuszyk, Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Coordinator of the widerAdvance Facility project

13:00 – 13:45

Showcase of success stories on how to enhance the value and impact of research?

Moderator: Joanna Kartasiewicz,  ICTER – International Centre for Translational Eye Research

VIGO Photonics

Łukasiewicz-PIAP

Centre for Quantum Optical Technologies, University of Warsaw, dr hab. Michał Parniak “From atomic physics to quantum sensing in space”

13:45 – 14:30

Lunch

Parallel sessions

14:30 – 16:00

Skills and capacities for knowledge valorisation

Moderator: Paweł Siedlecki,  PhD, Lukasiewicz-ITECH, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics PAS

Code of practice on intellectual assets management – Florentina Golisteanu, Legal and Policy Officer, DG Research and Innovation, Unit E2 Valorisation Policies and IPR

Overview on the services provided by the EU IP Helpdesk – Jörg Scherer, Managing Director, EURICE – European Research and Project Office GmbH

Support by the Polish Patent Office – Joanna Kupka, Deputy Director, Department of Innovation and Communication, Patent Office of the Republic of Poland

Case study of IP strategies for knowledge valorisation and discussion – Antonio Carbone, NBFC – National Biodiversity Future Center, Italy

Nurturing strong collaboration for knowledge valorisation

Moderator: Krzysztof Lipiec,  EIT Manufacturing, Łukasiewicz-PIAP Institute

Code of practice on industry – academia co creation – Ioannis Sagias, Deputy Head of Unit, DG Research and Innovation, Unit E2 Valorisation Policies and IPR

How to actively shape eco-system for industry – academia collaboration –Michele Andolfo, CEO Artigo, Italy

Tools in collaboration industry academia for driving innovation – Representative of the INDUSAC project

Case study of nurturing ecosystems for industry-academia collaboration and discussion – Jara Pascual, Collabwith, Spain

16:00 – 16:10

Transition into main conference hall

16:10 – 16:30

Summary of parallel workshops and closing remarks

16:30 – 17:30

Networking cocktail