The session “Making New Knowledge Work for Business and Society” is a part of the Thematic University-Business Forum “Developing Talents for Innovation-based Economies”.
This forum looks at how to bridge the gap between education and business. What makes universities attractive to business partners and what attracts universities to business? How can deeper links between business and education address skills gaps and growing competition for talent? How can we create the conditions for sustained long-term partnerships?
In this session various examples cover successful cases on business and education working together to address societal challenges. How new knowledge is transferred to education, technology development and business? How to foster research integration into learning and to strengthen HEI role in creating the knowledge-based society?
Session Programme:
Moderator: Dainius Pavalkis, Professor, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, former Minister of Education and Science, Lithuania
Rapporteur: Žaneta Stasiškienė, Head of Unit of Corporate Social Responsibility, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania
Case 1: Nurturing Innovation Ecosystems: How to Accelerate Technology Translation to Business and Society. Andrea A. Mills, Chief Innovation Officer, SThealthVentures, USA
Case 2: Entrepreneurial University – Patterns for Knowledge Transfer between Academia and Industry. Marius Kuningas, Director General, Estonian Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer Centre, Estonia
Case 3: Big Data: Fueling the Future of Business & Society. Joel Portice, Chief Executive Officer, Intermedix Corp., USA
Case 4: Raising Tech Talent in Universities and on our Own. Mindaugas Venckus,Head of Projects Department, NFQ, Lithuania
Case 5: Santaka Valley as integrated Centre for Research, Education and Business. Asta Pundzienė, Vice-rector for Research, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania
Registration to the event is mandatory.
