During the first day, OI-Net partners could network and exchange ideas with ISPIM attendees (approx. 500 innovation professionals from academia, industry and public bodies). OI-Net organized two workshops:

• Link to the programm and presentations can be found here

  — Session facilitators: Wim Vanhaverbeke, Professor of Strategy & Innovation Management UHasselt, Belgium and Anna Trifilova, University of Exeter, UK & Fraunhofer MOEZ, Germany

  — Invited speakers: Alberto Di Minin, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy; Antero Kutvonen , Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland; Fabian S. Schlage, Head of Idea & Innovation Management, Chief Technology Officer, Nokia; Alexander Brem, Professor of Technology and Innovation Management University of Southern, Denmark

  — Amount of participants: 50+

• “Open Innovation: Teaching Practice Market Square”

  — Session facilitators: Anna Trifilova, University of Exeter, UK & Fraunhofer MOEZ, Germany and Justyna Dabrowska, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland

  — Speakers: Antero Kutvonen, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland; Catherine Equey, Geneva School of Business Administration, Switzerland; Alberto Di Minin, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy; Monika Petraite, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania; Michael Dell, WIFI | WKO Austria; Sandra Dingli, University of Malta, Malta; Robin Kleer, RWTH Aachen University, Germany; Marina Dabic, University of Zagreb, Croatia

  — Amount of participants: 60+

The workshops were video recorded and are available on OI-Net youtube channel as well as in OI-Net Public Library.

The meeting continued with other planned activities for OI-Net partners only and included welcoming speech by Bror Salmelin: Advisor, Innovation Systems, DG Communication Networks, Contents and Technology, European Commission & Board Member of the OISPG - Open Innovation Strategy and Policy Group; different round table discussions and working on content of different work packages.

Day two of the OI-Net meeting was combined with Open Innovation 2.0 conference organized by Open Innovation Strategy and Policy Group. The conference gathered together high-level decision makers, leading innovation experts and practitioners from across the globe. Together they co-created a document to pave the way for future innovation policies and actions to increase prosperity and wealth, and to create more jobs and growth in Europe. The OI-Net partners had a privilege to participate in it.

Details of the event including agenda and pdf presentations from the speakers can be found here