ANNOUNCE: Deadline extension - Research Exchange Workshop on Technological Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management

[entrepreneurship-phd at lists.uni-due.de]

From: Paolo Giacon [mailto:paolo.giacon at unipd.it] 
Date: Tue 13 Jan 2009 18:36

Dear colleague,
 
the deadline for sending the “expressions of interest” on the Research Exchange Workshop on Technological Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management is extended to 30th January. The selected projects will be announced at the beginning of February.
 
Please, read carefully the following call and fill the expression of interest at the end of this email. Send it both to moreno.muffatto at unipd.it and to entrepreneurship.padua at gmail.com till 30th January. The general project and final paper submission deadline is March 31st, 2009. 
 
Thanks for your attention and please, feel free to circulate this call.

Best regards
 
Moreno Muffatto and Paolo Giacon
 
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The “Innovation Lab” of the University of Padua is glad to announce the first Research Exchange Workshop on Technological Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management, that will take place in Padua on 10-11thmay 2009. An innovative meeting that will join a community of researchers and scholars, presenting their projects, perspectives and results concerning entrepreneurial phenomena within technological industries.

The Academic Workshop on Technological Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management is part of the Research and Innovation Forum 2009, the second edition of an international meeting of innovators, entrepreneurs, academics that will take place in Padua from 7th to 10th May 2009. Debates, workshops and exhibitions will be dedicated to the scientific research and innovation promoted by both firms and public centres.
 
Why this meeting
Is Entrepreneurship a growing and exciting field of scholar research or a dangerous field of dreams? While different perspectives, approaches and methodologies have been used in the past years to explore the entrepreneurial phenomena, there is an interesting debate focusing on the nature, the tools and the main objectives of entrepreneurship. At the same time, in traditional and fast developing economies technological entrepreneurs are recognized as fundamental agents of change, economic development and innovation. 
 
Objectives
1) offering to young researchers and research teams an exclusive opportunity to present and compare their work, focusing on the general scope, the methodologies and the main research streams.
2) creating a networked community of leading research centres and teams working on complementary topics regarding technological entrepreneurship
3) presenting new results or innovative approaches to the selected topics
 
Who should attend
This academic event has been designed for Ph.D. students, young researchers, junior lectures/professors, in order to present research projects and preliminary/intermediate results of their work. Not only single scholars, but research groups are encouraged to join the Workshop which aims at comparing the research patterns of leading centres and teams on the selected topics.
 
Workshop concept
Innovative projects and papers, literature review papers, Ph. D. research projects, joint research projects are welcome. Participants are requested to present both the general research project they are carrying out and  preliminary or specific results. These results can be in the form of 1) working paper 2) original new paper 3) already published paper. A discussant will be appointed for each presentation. The meeting will be closed by a peer focus group on the presented topics. 
 
Workshop themes and topics
Themes and Topics focus on both technological entrepreneurship and innovation management considered as the core aspects of a successful economic development. Some issues are:
 
1) Entrepreneurship as field of research: autonomous discipline or collection of different approaches?
2) Academic entrepreneurship: factors fostering the success of academic spinoffs
3) Recognition and exploitation of entrepreneurial opportunities
4) New technology based firms: creation, development, competitive strategies
5) Ecosystems, policies and public programs 
6) From the scientific idea to the commercial product: strategies of successful innovation management
7) Patterns and perspectives on open innovation
8) Gender and minority entrepreneurship
9) Finance and venture capital for supporting entrepreneurial ventures
10) Entrepreneurial education 
 
Presentations 

The time allocated for each presentation (45 min.) is divided into: 
- introduction to the general research project
- specific aspects or preliminary (final) results
- interaction with the discussant
- open discussion
           
Invited Speaker
To be announced.
 
How to apply
First step: please fill the expression of interest attached to this file and send it to both entrepreneurship.padua at gmail.com and paolo.giacon at unipd.it till 15th January 2009. In the expression of interest you will find some questions about the general research project and the research team. Participation from the same research team is encouraged. Please read carefully the deadline section. 
Second step: send your work (general project + original new paper  or general project + already published paper or general project + working paper) to both entrepreneurship.padua at gmail.com and paolo.giacon at unipd.it , following the deadline section.
 
Location 
The Research Exchange Workshop will take place in the city of Padua, the economic and communications hub of the Veneto region in northern Italy: it stands 40km west of Venice. The nearest airports are Venice “Marco Polo” and Venice-Treviso. Padova is one of the most beautiful cities in the north east of Italy: in Padua you could visit for example, the Cappella degli Scrovegni, painted by Giotto, the Basilica del Santo (St.Anthony’s cathedral) and Prato della Valle, the largest square in the European Union.  Padua hosts one of the most ancient university in the world, the University of Padua, founded in 1222. Nowadays Padua University plays an important role in scholarly and scientific research at both a European and world level. True to its origins, this is the direction in which the Institution intends to move in the future, establishing closer and closer links of co-operation and exchange with all the world's major research universities.
       
Accomodation 
Some hotel suggestions are presented in the website www.turismopadova.it 
 
Fee and Refund Policy
Workshop fee is 150 €, in order to encourage multiple participation. This includes a welcome cocktail, coffee breaks, lunch and a guided tour to the old buildings of the University of Padua (The Anatomy Theatre, The Great Hall, The Old Courtyard and the Heraldic Crests, The Medicine Hall Galileo’s teaching podium). Payment must be made by bank transfer. More information on the transfer will be sent after the receipt of the expression of interest.
 
Refund policy
1. Registrations cancelled more than 60 days before the event will be refunded 80% of the registration fee.
2. Registrations cancelled less than 60 but more than 30 days before the event will be refunded 50% of the registration fee.
3. Registrations cancelled less than 30 days before the event will not be eligible for a refund.
 
Deadlines
If you want to join the Research Exchange Workshop, please fill the expression of interest, attached to this call and submit it to both entrepreneurship.padua at gmail.com and paolo.giacon at unipd.it . The deadline is January 15th 2009.  The general project and final paper submission deadline is March 31st, 2009.  
 
Website: www.researchinnovation.eu (under construction) 
 
Organization and Contacts 
Prof. Moreno Muffatto
moreno.muffatto at unipd.it 
Mr. Paolo Giacon
paolo.giacon at unipd.it 
Ms. Maria Spandri
maria.spandri at unipd.it 
 
University of Padua, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, 
Via Venezia 1 – 35131, Padova, Italy
tel: 0039.049.8277473, fax: 0039.049.8276716
 
PLEASE, CIRCULATE THIS CALL.
 
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EXPRESSION OF INTEREST
(deadline 15th Jan 2009)
 
Research Centre:
 
Research Title:
 
Keywords:
 
Project start date:
 
Project duration:
 
Research Team:
 
Contact Person:
 
Summary of the Research Project (max 500 words):
 
Website: