Invention to Innovation: Creating the Conditions for Impact

The following is the agenda for the Virtual Symposium: 

Day 1: Tuesday, August 04, 2020 (Pacific Daylight Time)

6:45 AM - 7:00 AM   Attendee virtual arrival

7:00 AM - 7:15 AM   Opening remarks and welcome

                                     Elder Syexwaliya, Squamish Nation

                                     Dr. Andrew Petter, SFU - President and Vice-Chancellor

                                        Dr. Elicia Maine, SFU -  W.J. VanDusen Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship

                                     Dr. Sarah Lubik, SFU - Executive Director, Charles Chang Institute for Entrepreneurship

                                     Dr Letizia Mortara,  R&D Management

 

7:15 AM - 8:10 AM   Keynote #1: Accelerating Entrepreneurial Ecosystems:  Lessons from the MIT Regional Entrepreneurship Acceleration Program

Speaker: Professor Scott Stern, MIT Sloan / MIT REAP, David Sarnoff Professor of Management

Professor Scott Stern has worked widely with practitioners in bridging the gap between academic research and the practice of innovation and entrepreneurship. This includes advising start‐ups and other growth firms in the area of entrepreneurial strategy, as well as working with governments and other stakeholders on policy issues related to competitiveness and regional performance.

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8:10 AM - 8:15 AM   Transition

 

8:15 AM - 9:15 AM   Parallel Session #1

1A: Innovation Policy

Chair: Dr. Joseph Zhou, Tsinghua University

Discussant: Dr. Dirk Meissner, HSE University

A1: A Decade of Research on the Entrepreneurial University: A Bibliometric Review

Dr. Martin Bliemel, University of Technology Sydney 

1B: Firm Entrepreneurial Strategy

Chair: Dr. Riccardo Fini, University of Bologna

Discussant: Dr. Jon Thomas, University of  the Fraser Valley

B3: Choosing Technology: An Entrepreneurial Strategy Approach

Dr. Erin Scott, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

1C: Innovation Intermediaries

Chair: Dr. Alberto Di Minin, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna

Discussant: Dr. Mette Praest Knudsen, University of Southern Denmark

C1: When neuroscience meets entrepreneurship: a bibliometric analysis

Valentina Cucino, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna

C4: How startups benefit from accelerator programs

Dr. Vincent Kuo, University of Nottingham Ningbo

9:15 AM - 9:25 AM  Break

 

9:25 AM - 10:25 AM Parallel Session #2

2A: Innovation Policy

Chair: Dr. Sungjoo Lee, Ajou University

Discussant: Dr. Lawrence Dooley, University College Cork

A5: Open to fail: Collaboration and abandonment among innovating firms

Dr. Kristof Van Criekingen, Aarhus University

2B: Firm Entrepreneurial Strategy

Chair: Dr. Jim Utterback, MIT

Discussant: Dr. Einar Rasmussen, Nord University

B5: Typology of heuristics for entrepreneurial action in startups

Dr. Simone Freitas, University of Sao Paulo

B7: Financial Structure and Oligopoly: The R&D Effect

Dr. Victor Song, Simon Fraser University

2C: Innovation Intermediaries

Chair: Dr. Alberto Di Minin, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna

Discussant: Dr. Daria Podmetina, Lappeenranta University

10:25 AM - 10:40 AM  Creative Coffee

This is a Guided Networking session where participating attendees will be randomly placed in a Zoom breakout room with a facilitator to explore one of two central themes for the Symposium:

1) What policies, practices, programs or incentives might universities want in order to encourage more  research-based university spin-off ventures or other translation to impact?

2) What factors affect the path from scientific invention to value creation, and how do they differ by ecosystem?

 

10:40 AM - 11:25 AM  Plenary Session:  What capabilities enable research based innovation from universities?                                        

                                        Innovation capabilities for universities

                                        Speaker: Dr. Einar Rasmussen, Nord University

                                        Innovation capabilities for scientist-entrepreneurs

                                            Speaker: Dr. Elicia Maine, SFU -  W.J. VanDusen Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship

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11:25 AM - 12:00 PM   Themes from Day 1 and Best Paper Awards

                                             Dr. Sarah Lubik, SFU - Executive Director, Charles Chang Institute for Entrepreneurship

                                          Dr. Riccardo Fini, University of Bologna

                                          Dr. Alberto Di Minin, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna

                                          Dr. Yuan (Joseph) Zhou, Tsinghua University

                                          Dr Letizia Mortara,  R&D Management

                                          Dr. Lawrence Dooley, R&D Management

                                          Dr. Paavo Ritala, R&D Management

                                          Dr. Ellen Enkel, R&D Management, Editor-in-Chief

 

Day 2: Wednesday, August 05, 2020 (Pacific Daylight Time)

7:00 AM - 7:10 AM       R&D Management Editors - Welcome Day 2

                                 Please join us for a Special Issue announcement!

                                      Dr Letizia Mortara,  R&D Management

                                      Dr. Lawrence Dooley, R&D Management

                                      Dr. Paavo Ritala, R&D Management

                                      Dr. Ellen Enkel, R&D Management, Editor-in-Chief

 

 

7:10 AM - 8:20 AM       Parallel Session #3             (Closed Session) Ph.D. Mentoring Session    Or    (Open Session) Publishing with Impact by Wiley

(Closed Session) Ph.D. Mentoring Session

PhD Session I

Senior Scholar: Dr. Riccardo Fini, University of Bologna

ID188: Socio-technical systems global banking: Mixed methods

PhD Student: Peter Riddell, Grenoble Ecole de Management

PhD Session II

Senior Scholar: Dr. Lawrence Dooley, University College Cork

ID170: Establishing an Effective Investment Ecosystem in Vancouver’s Tech Cluster

Master's Student: Ester Di Maio da Cunha, Simon Fraser University

ID171: Impact of mobile health-driven innovation in health care system

Post-Doctoral Fellow: Dr. Reiko Onodera, Tokyo Institute of Technology

 

PhD Session III

Senior Scholar: Dr. Einar Rasmussen, Nord University

PhD Session IV

Senior Scholar: Dr. Claudia Doblinger, Technical University of Munich

PhD Session V

Senior Scholar: Dr. Tommaso Minola, University of Bergamo

Publishing with Impact – Best Practice Recommendations for Promoting your Published Article

Presentation: 30 - 40 minutes

Q&A: 20 minutes

Overview

1) Set yourself up for success

2) The more open, the better

3) Share near and share far

4) Talk about your research… a lot!

5) Content is king!

 

8:20 AM - 8:25 AM  Transition

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8:25 AM - 9:25 AM   Keynote #2:  Changing role of corporate research labs and universities

Speaker: Professor Ashish Arora, Duke University - Fuqua School of Business, Rex D. Adams Professor of Business Administration

Professor Ashish Arora's research focuses on the economics of technology and technical change. The past three decades have been marked by a growing division of labor between universities focusing on research and large corporations focusing on development. Knowledge produced by universities is not often in a form that can be readily digested and turned into new goods and services.  Therefore, whereas the division of innovative labor may have raised the volume of science by universities, it has also slowed, at least for a period of time, the transformation of that knowledge into novel products and processes.

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9:25 AM - 9:35 AM   Break

 

9:35 AM - 10:35 AM Parallel Session #4

4A: Innovation Policy

Chair: Dr. Joonmo Ahn, Sogang University

Discussant: Dr. Yufeng Zhang, University of Birmingham

4B: i2I Partnership and Queen's University Frank Maine Innovation Initiative

Invention to Innovation (i2I)

i2I is a unique and rewarding curriculum that will help you change your mindset. The program helps scientists and engineers understand how to take their ideas from lab to market.

1) Introduction and Remarks

  • Dr. Elicia Maine, SFU -  W.J. VanDusen Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
  • Dr. Kevin Deluzio, Queen's University - Dean of Engineering & Applied Science
  • Shane Maine, Fulcrum Technology Holdings - Chief Executive Officer

2) Fulcrum Scholars Presentations

3) Dunin-Despande Queen's Innovation Centre (DDQIC) Initiatives

  • Dr. Jim McLellan, Queen's University - Academic Director Dunin-Deshpande Queen's Innovation Center 

4) DDQIC Foundry Alumni Presentations

5) Closing Remarks

4C: Innovation Intermediaries

Chair: Dr. Giulio Ferrigno, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna

Discussant: Dr. Monika Petraite, Kaunas University

10:35 AM - 10:40 AM  Transition

10:40 AM - 11:40 AM   Innovation Intermediaries Panel Discussion: What innovation programs best create and serve scientist-entrepreneurs and their ecosystems?

While significant attention has been paid to later stage incubation and spin-off formation, less attention has been paid to the programs that sit at the intersection of the classroom, lab and translation, shifting awareness, culture and mindest, and feeding the later stage of the commercialization pipeline. This panel highlights leading programs designed to address such challenges, giving insight into program inspiration, creation and lessons learned, and leads to discussion on how to take these learnings to other ecosystems. 

Moderator Dr. Jim McLellan, Queen's University - Academic Director Dunin-Deshpande Queen's Innovation Center

Jim is the Academic Director of the Dunin-Deshpande Queen’s Innovation Centre, Head of the Department of Chemical Engineering at Queen’s and a co-founder of the Queen’s Summer Innovation Initiative. Jim is committed to building innovation and entrepreneurship programming at Queen’s and to growing a vibrant entrepreneurial culture in the Kingston region, working with many groups in the Kingston entrepreneurship ecosystem. Jim is cross-appointed to the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, and to the Dan School of Drama and Music.                                

Panelist: Dr. Sarah Lubik,  SFU - Executive Director, Charles Chang Institute for Entrepreneurship

Sarah is an entrepreneur, SFU's first Director of Entrepreneurship and the Executive Director of the Charles Chang Institute for Entrepreneurship. She is a champion of and instructor in SFU's invention to Innovation (i2) commercialization program which helps scientists and engineers cultivate an entrepreneurial mindset and understand how to build take their ideas from lab to impact and become champions in the innovation ecosystem.

Panelist: Dr. Gabriela Apiou, Mass General Research Insitute

Gabriela is the Director of Strategic Alliances, Director of Translational Research Training and Development for the Mass General Research Institute. She is leading the development and implementation of novel initiatives enabling scientists in academia to translate their discoveries to new therapeutics and diagnostics through robust collaborations with industry.

Panelist: Jane Somerville, District 3 Innovation Centre - Director

Jane is an experienced industry professional and entrepreneur, and is currently the Director of Programs at District 3 Innovation Centre, Concordia University’s Innovation Hub and Startup Incubator.  She works daily with Montreal’s top deep-tech startup entrepreneurs and with the other key ecosystem players in Montreal and across Canada with programs such as the Quebec Science Entrepreneurs (QcSE) program, which brings awareness and mindset change to researchers.

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11:40 AM - 12:00 PM   Closing Remarks and Call to Action: Where do we go from here?

                                         Co-Chair: Dr. Elicia Maine, SFU -  W.J. VanDusen Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship

                                         Co-Chair: Dr. Sarah Lubik, SFU - Executive Director, Charles Chang Institute for Entrepreneurship

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