Annual Conference 2019

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1 Rue de la Loi 81A 1040 Brussels, Belgium Tel: +32 (0) Fax: +32 (0) guidlines for open office export to pdf with letterhead guidlines for open office export to pdf with letterhead EIRMA Annual Conference 2019 R&D has to think Business! Conference venue Gothenburg, Sweden, 16 & 17 May 2019 Conference Announcement 1

2 2019 ANNUAL CONFERENCE OVERVIEW The EIRMA Annual Conference (AC) provides an unparalleled opportunity for networking and cross-fertilising ideas and experiences between different industrial sectors, which is what makes EIRMA unique. Welcome to the new role of R&D managers! R&D has to think business! In order to create value, researchers need to understand the new ecosystem: how can they create value outside of the traditional value streams they have worked in? This question is not new but the emergency is more pressing. Today, researchers are exposed to a lot of new scientific approaches: the opportunity to add value to organisations is growing fast. This Annual conference will focus on the person and function of a R&D manager as well as the future of R&D management. Issues addressed The renaissance of R&D managers What is their new role? Future of R&D management and new role of digitalisation How do you use data analytics to guide R&D strategy? How to engrain business modelling capability into R&D processes What does the culture evolution in managing R&D mean for your R&D leaders? What leadership approaches can help your teams in disruptive and break through environments? What are the future challenges in running an R&D organisation? How to find, recruit and keep talent able to tackle those challenges? How do we manage the different expectations of entrepreneurial employees and generation Y and Z? What are the new ways to capture innovation and how do they impact R&D management? How to embrace them to unlock the potential of innovation? This is what we invite our members to discuss during this special event. Bring your experience and your questioning to Gothenburg. Let s exchange between practionners and create the future together! Target Audience EIRMA Representatives, senior industrial leaders in Research & Innovation, people working at senior and middle levels of management, within corporate and business functions that are responsible for R&D and innovation, technology or product development. We also encourage senior delegates to bring high-potential R&D talents and to spread the word among non-member companies that you would consider as potential candidates for EIRMA membership. This would enable them to experience the benefits and networking opportunities that they could gain by joining the Association. Chair Ernst Lutz, EIRMA President, Group Executive Vice President, Business Development, Grundfos 2

3 Conference Venue Best Western Plus Hotel Waterfront Göteborg Adolf Edelsvärds Gata 10 SE Göteborg 8 Online registration until 6 May 2019 On EIRMA Website: 3

4 ANNUAL CONFERENCE PROGRAMME Wednesday 15 May :30 19:00 EIRMA Governing Board - For Board members only Terrassen 1 meeting room 19:15 Get together in the hotel lobby 19:30 22:00 Welcome Dinner at the hotel restaurant Waterfront Restaurant, 2nd floor 4

5 ANNUAL CONFERENCE PROGRAMME Thursday 16 May :30 9:00 Registration & Welcome Coffee Carnegie 2-3 meeting room 9:00-9:15 Conference Opening by EIRMA President A couple of words from the EIRMA President to launch the event and to welcome the participants and speakers. Ernst Lutz, EIRMA President, Group Executive Vice President, Business Development, Grundfos 9: Key note speaker : Anticonventionnal thinking (final title coming soon) Jeffrey has worked with organisations as diverse as Toyota, Yamaha, Canon, PepsiCo, Genentech, TE, Afton Chemical, Chemtura, The Nation Publishing Group, Coldwell Banker, Business Venture Promotion, Thai Danu Bank, Southeast Water, Powercor, Dexia, The European Commission, the government of Dubai and many more, big and small. He has worked and lived in the USA, UK, Portugal, Germany, Thailand and Belgium. These days, Jeffrey writes books and articles on anticonventional thinking, creativity and business innovation. He also travels internationally to deliver talks and workshops on anticonventional thinking and other aspects of business innovation. He has recently started researching and writing on personal invitation. In this presentation, Jeffrey will talk about: How to focus your innovation initiative on the things that really matter to your organisation. How to develop relevant, innovative ideas and get them implemented. How to get those small improvement ideas to take of themselves. How to measure results. Jeffrey Baumgartner, Author and Cartooning Innovationist 10:15 11:00 New ways to capture innovation and their impact on R&D management: How to embrace them to unlock the potential of innovation? (final title coming soon) Lux Research philosophy is that an understanding of the underlying technology is critical to making informed business decisions. That s why their team is comprised of scientists and engineers, most with advanced degrees 5

6 from top universities around the world. They trust facts and data not hype. They then marry our deep understanding of technology with business insights to bring you independent, fact-based analyses, insights, and opinions. Arij van Berkel, Research Director, Lux Research 11:00 11:30 Coffee break 11:30 12:15 Smart Innovative Operations at Air Liquide (final title coming soon) "Built for the future, ready now". In January 2018, Air Liquide has inaugurated its first SIO centre based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It will be progressively connected to 18 production units located in the Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand. With potential for more. Athanasios (Thanos) Kontopoulos, Air Liquide Fellow at Air Liquide 12:15 13:00 The Globalization of the War for Talent As the world becomes a smaller place with rapidly advancing technology and increasing talent mobility, the "war for talent" is soon to become the "global war for talent". Amber Wigmore Alvarez, Ph.D., Chief Innovation Officer (CIO) of Highered EFMD Global Talent Network, will engage the audience with strategic tactics on how to enhance talent acquisition, from both the candidate and organizational perspective, one of the most relevant missions in companies today. During this session, Dr. Wigmore Alvarez will share key insight into how we, in both our roles and as an organization, should begin to think differently in order to: Understand global recruitment trends, encompassing Employer Branding, Diversity and Inclusion Align positions and skills, with the overall goals of the Company Connect and engage creatively with talent wherever it is located, driven by globalization, technology, mobility and education; look outside traditional talent pools Use talent analytics in order to make data-driven decisions Sustain the talent experience with game-based assessments and video interviews in order to attract, maintain and cultivate top talent as work environments evolve Partner with leading academic institutions in order to achieve Organization s goals Amber Wigmore Alvarez, Chief Innovation Officer (CIO), Highered EFMD Global Talent Network 6

7 13:00 14:30 Lunch at hotel Waterfront Restaurant 14:30 14:45 The ATTRACT project funds 170 breakthrough sensing and imaging projects: update At last year's Annual Conference we told you about ATTRACT, a Horizon 2020 project to fund 170 projects to make breakthroughs in the development and application of sensing and imaging technology. After a successful call and rigorous assessment process, work on the 170 funded projects will begin on Monday 20 May with a formal kick-off meeting at CERN in Geneva. This presentation will update you on the details of the call, the assessment process, and the kinds of projects that have been funded. It will also outline how you can keep up with the projects as they invest their 100,000 grants over the next year. Luke Collins, EIRMA s Rapporteur, EIRMA Representative on the project Consortium Board of ATTRACT 14:45 15:00 Presentation of the new EIRMA Website by the EIRMA Operations Team 15:00 16:30 EIRMA General Assembly Open to all EIRMA members Voting rights to Representatives or participants with proxy 16:30 First day closing 17:15 Get-together at the hotel lobby and bus transfer to Volvo 18:00-19:30 Dedicated guided tour of Volvo 7

8 19:30 21:30 Dinner at Långedrag Värdshus 22:00 Bus transfer to the hotel 8

9 ANNUAL CONFERENCE PROGRAMME Friday 17 May :30 9:00 Welcome Coffee, 9:00-9:15 Second day Welcome Opening by EIRMA President, Carnegie 2-3 meeting room Ernst Lutz, EIRMA President, Group Executive Vice President, Business Development, Grundfos 9:15 10:00 Drive Sweden what do you need to pay attention to, from a legal perspective (final title coming soon) For years the privately-owned car has been a cornerstone for personal mobility, but now we are about to enter a new era. Connected, selfdriving and shared vehicles is one important building block for this to happen. Add to this entirely new business models, serving the trend among the younger generation who prefer access to services over owning an asset; and we have a new system for personal mobility being shaped. Kristina Andersson, Senior Researcher, RISE 10:00 10:45 View of IBM on the future of R&D Management (final title coming soon) Alessandro is responsible of the activities of IBM Research in Europe and leading a world-class industrial research laboratory actively in research in nanotechnology, computer science, cloud, blockchain and artificial intelligence. (final outline coming soon) Alessandro Curioni, IBM Fellow, Vice President Europe and Director IBM Research - Zurich 10:45-11:15 Coffee break 11:15 12:00 Industrial speaker tbc 9

10 12:00 13:00 Open Discussion and Closing of the 2019 Annual Conference by EIRMA President Ernst Lutz, EIRMA President, Group Executive Vice President, Business Development, Grundfos 13:00 14:00 Lunch at hotel Waterfront Restaurant 10

11 PRACTICAL ARRANGEMENTS Venue and Best Western Plus Hotel Waterfront Göteborg Accommodation Adolf Edelsvärds Gata Göteborg Sweden Phone: A block booking with special rates have been secured for the nights of 14, 15 and 16 May For the nights of 14 and 15 May the rate for a single room is SEK (about 136,32 ) / night breakfast incl, VAT 12% not incl. (1791 SEK, about 169,75 /night for a double room) For the night of 16 May the rate for a single room is SEK (about 121,13 ) / night breakfast incl, VAT 12% not incl. (1431 SEK, about 135,66 /night for a double room) To book your room at the special rates please send an by 15 April 2019 to the hotel at info@hotelwaterfront.se with reference: Dinners Welcome dinner organized on 15 May 2019 at Waterfront Restaurant, 2nd floor Conference Dinner organized on 16 May 2019 Långedrag Värdshus Talattagatan Västra Frölunda Phone: info@langedragvardshus.se Visit Volvo Trucks Experience Center Volvo Torslanda Transportation to the hotel: By plane: from Göteborg Landvetter Airport, The hotel has agreements in place with taxi companies and can help you pre-book your journey so that you can take advantage of the fixed rates above. Please indicate your arrival time, name and flight number on your room rservation. The journey by taxi takes about 25 minutes and cost SEK 583 (about 55,25, including the airport fee). An Airport coaches leave Landvetter Airport for the city every 20 minutes. Bus journeys take about 30 minutes and cost SEK 95 (about 9 ). Tickets and prices information at By train: By taxi: Journeys from Gothenburg Central Station take about 10 minutes and cost between SEK 179 and SEK 203 (about 17 and 19 ). More information at Using public transport: Take line 9 towards Kungssten (the fastest option) or line 3 towards Marklandsgatan. Both of these lines run from Gothenburg Central Station and Brunnsparken. Journeys take about 15 minutes and trams run every 5 10 minutes. 11

12 Get off at the stop Vagnhallen-Majorna. The hotel is a five-minute walk from the stop By car: In the GPS, input the street address: Adolf Edelsvärds gata 10, Gothenburg. Parking is available directly in front of the hotel, by the entrance. Registration Please register on-line as soon as possible but before 6 May 2019 at the latest. Annual Conference registration fee of 1450 covers the cost of meeting facilities, refreshments, visit, lunches and dinners. Early bird fee of 1225 (15% discount) valid until 5 April Special additional charge for your accompanying person is 150. This cost covers only the welcome dinner, the conference dinner and the visit of Volvo, and not the meeting. Cancellations Please give as much notice as possible if you are obliged to cancel. We will refund 100% of the registration fee for cancellations received before 18 April Between 19 April and 26 April 2019, 50% will be refunded. After 26 April 2019, due to engaged costs we can t refund. Names may be substituted at any time without charge. 12

13 REGISTRATION FORM Annual Conference 16 May 17 May 2019 Best Western Plus Hotel Waterfront Göteborg, Sweden 8 Online registration available at PLEASE FILL IN CAPITAL LETTERS Please register on-line or return to EIRMA before 6 May 2019 by to cternest@eirma.org Title: (Prof./ Dr./ Mr./ Mrs.):.... First Name:.... Last Name:.... Position:... Company:..... VAT number of paying entity (mandatory for EU members) If no VAT number, Official registration Address: ZipCode:. City:......Country:. Tel:.. Cell: Assistant s . I will / will not attend the Day 1 EIRMA Annual Conference on 16 May 2019 I will / will not attend the Day 2 EIRMA Annual Conference on 17 May 2019 I will / will not attend the Welcome Dinner at Hotel Restaurant on 15 May 2019 I will / will not attend the dedicated visit of Volvo on 16 May 2019 I will / will not attend the Conference Dinner on 16 May 2019 I will / will not be accompanied by my partner for the dinners and the visit of Volvo only Dietary requirements: Event's fee: 1450 (VAT excluded) for members excluded Belgium 1754,50 (VAT included) for Belgian members EARLY BIRD until 5 April 2019 (15% discount) 1225 (VAT excluded) for members excluded Belgium 1482,25 (VAT included) for Belgian members Accompanying Partner: 150 (VAT excluded) for members excluded Belgium 181,50 (VAT included) for Belgian members The meeting registration fee covers the cost of meeting facilities, refreshments, visits, dinners and lunches. The accompanying partner fee covers the visit of Volvo site, the Welcome Dinner and the Conference Dinner, not the meeting. Due to the amount of registration fee, the payment should be done by bank transfer. Our invoices are to be paid within 30 days from date of invoices. Mode of Payment q Bank Transfer Account N ING Rond Point Robert Schuman Brussels - Belgium IBAN: BE BIC: BBRUBEBB EIRMA, as an international association of Belgian law, is subject to VAT (nr: BE ) For any further information please contact Mrs. Carine Ternest, EIRMA Operations Team Tel (0) Fax: + 32 (0) cternest@eirma.org 13

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