Programme : Climate Change & Eco-Innovation: Regional Perspectives
University of Aalborg Workshop
November 12, 2008, Aalborg University
Initial Draft Programme:
| 09.00 – 09.30 | Registration, coffee and welcome |
| 09.30 – 11.00 | Session 1: Entrepreneurship, Innovation and development. Chair: Søren Kerndrup |
| 09.30 – 10.00 | Birgitte Gregersen, Department of Business Studies Aalborg University, ‘Local entrepreneurship and local ownership as drivers for renewable energy – learning from the case of Samsø’ - abstract and slides |
| 10.00 – 10.30 | Bjorn Johnson, Department of Business Studies, Aalborg University, ‘Cities, systems of innovation and economic development.’ - abstract and paper |
| 10.30 – 11.00 | Jesper Lindgaard Christensen, Dept. of Business Studies Aalborg University, ‘CleanTech venture capital investments – prospects or hype?’ - abstract and slides |
| 11.00 – 11.20 | Coffee Break |
| 11.20 – 12.20 | Session 2: Greening of technologies and regions. Chair: Søren Kerndrup |
| 11.20 - 11.50 | Maj Munch Andersen & Mans Molin, DTU Management Engineering, The Danish Technical University, ‘The greening of the innovation system – nanotechnological perspectives’ - abstract |
| 11.50 – 12.20 | Anne Nygaard Madsen, Department of Management Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, ‘"Regions" role in the formative phase of a Hydrogen Fuel Cell innovation system’ - abstract and slides |
| 12.20 – 13.10 | Lunch |
| 13.10 – 15.00 | Session 3: Frameworks of innovation and regulation. Chair: Phil Cooke |
| 13.10 – 13.40 | Søren Kerndrup, Department of Development and Planning, Aalborg University, Innovation and Renewable Energy - an integrated approach. lessons from the windmill sector |
| 13.40 – 14.10 | Fernando Diaz Lopez, TNO Built Environment and Geosciences, Delft, ‘Niche Experimentation and Innovation: Towards a Novel Framework for Regional Innovation Strategies’ - abstract and slides |
| 14.10 – 14.40 | Åge Mariussen, NIFU-STEP, Oslo, ‘Carbon Capture & Storage: The Norwegian Experience’ - abstract |
| 14.40 – 15.00 | Coffee Break |
| 15.00 – 17.00 | Session 4: Transition models and future challenges. Chair: Jesper Christensen. |
| 15.00 – 15.30 | Arne Remmen, Department of Development and Planning, Aalborg University, "Green Markets and Clean Technologies- A Project for the Nordic Council of Environmental Ministers" - abstract |
| 15.30 – 16.00 | Philip Cooke, Centre for Advanced Studies, Cardiff University & Aalborg University, ‘Transitional Models: Advantages of a Regional Innovation Systems Perspective’ - slides, abstract |
| 16.00 – 17.00 | Panel Discussion. ‘Future challenge to research on Eco-innovation in regional perspective’ |
