Overview
The 2009 EIRMA Annual Conference will be held at the Hilton Budapest, on 3-5 June on the theme “A Larger Europe in a Smaller World - Opportunities and Challenges of a Growing R&D Community”.
The business world and the industrial R&D world are currently facing great challenges – amongst others an unprecedented economic crisis – and at the same time meeting new opportunities for entering innovative partnerships in Europe and worldwide.
This Conference provides the opportunity to explore the R&D potential in Central and Eastern Europe and parts of Asia, to assess the new global context for R&D and the challenges and opportunities that will be provided by the radical changes that lie ahead.
During the Conference, delegates will:
• Engage in a frank discussion about the increasing need for innovation in times of economic pressure and how to achieve this; about the global R&D challenges for radical changes now and in the future; and about the role that new enabling structures in Europe can play, such as the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT)
• Hear about the ways used to develop R&D organisations that are prepared for these challenges
• Discover how the long-lasting traditions of innovation in Hungary and abroad by people of Hungarian origin are shaping developments around the world
• Learn about the experience of companies doing R&D in the new EU-countries of Central Europe as well as in Russia and Turkey
• Hear and discuss R&D in India and China and distil lessons from the interactions between profoundly different cultures and how they can cross-fertilise and inspire Western organisations
• Gain a better understanding of today’s burning issues – for younger staff as well as senior managers
• Explore how to attract more people to address these challenges and issues by taking up careers in science, technology, and industry.
Why is it so important to attend this event?
"This conference offers a splendid opportunity to meet your peers and is the ideal place for open exchanges on all our current issues and solutions. I warmly invite you and your colleagues to attend and contribute"
Leif Kjærgaard, EIRMA President, Leif and Food Science
"If we dont drive for better R&D, who else is entitled? The EIRMA annual conference in Budapest will underline our responsibility to develop Europe's industry as one of the global pillars of progress in a closer world.
You can make the difference. Don't miss it!"
Friedrich Pinnekamp, EIRMA Vice-President, ABB Vice President Group R&D
Who should attend
This Conference is intended for people who work at all levels within corporate and business functions supporting research, technology, innovation and product development.
Directly relevant to the issues faced by senior management, we are also keen to address the concerns of younger people working within today’s and tomorrow’s global settings for R&D and innovation, to explore their burning issues as well as those of senior managers, and to assess the attractiveness of careers in science and engineering.
For this reason, each senior delegate is encouraged to bring along a young “high potential” colleague (ideally below the age of 35). Special conference rates are proposed to those who want to take advantage of this offer.
To register
Please return the registration form below by mail or fax by 4 May 2009.
Conference Announcement (122 Kbytes)
Corporate Members Registration (52 Kbytes) (For all participants from member companies)
Individual Members Registration (51 Kbytes) (For Individual members, Associate members and Guests)
Participants (20/05/2009)
Andrea Aparo Finmeccanica
John Baxter Invetech Pty Ltd
Alain Bechtel GDF Suez
Christine Bénard Michelin
Hansjörg Berger ABB
Jacques Brès I-Nova
Christian Bruch SGL Carbon GmbH
Urs Burckhardt Sika Technology AG
Pascal Casanova Lafarge
Thibaut Caulier Solvay
Edwige Chassagneux EIRMA
Luke Collins Journalist and Corporate Writer
Bertrand Collomb Lafarge
Roland Dargaud Renault s.a.s
Jeroen Deleu SIRRIS
Léopold Demiddeleer Solvay
Hans Christian Dibbern Haldor Topsøe
Guy Dressen GDF Suez
Peter Dröll European Commission
Marek Florkowski ABB
Marek Fulczyk ABB
Wolf Gehrisch EIRMA
Martin Gitsels Siemens
Gyula Gondos Bosch
Richard Granger Consultant
Carlos Härtel GE
Luc Haspeslagh Total
Cemil Inan Arcelik
Bengt Järrehult SCA
Alec Jeffreys University of Leicester
Caroline Jenner Junior Achievement Young Enterprise Europe
Jacques Joosten DSM
Jorma Kemppainen Outokumpu OYJ
Jyrki Kettunen Da Wo Oy
Leif Kjærgaard Leif and Food Science
Kari Knuutila Outotec Oyj
Lars Kolind Kolind Kuren
Outi Kontkanen Kuopio Innovation Ltd.
Tomasz Kosmider Technology Partners Foundation
Norbert Kroó Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Philippe Le Bozec Armines
Michèle Le Guével EIRMA
David Leon David Leon and Associates Ltd
Julio Danin Lobo ABB
Jacques Lukasik Lafarge
Katarina Lundblad Pinnekamp AdviceIPR GmbH
Urs Mäder Sika Technology AG
Balkumar Marthi Unilever
Péter Mogyorósi Laser Consult Kft
Markus Müller-Neumann BASF
Dominique Neerinck Bekaert
Geoff Nesbitt Shell
Ville Nieminen Outotec Oyj
Nico Overbeeke Unilever
Laszlo Palkovics Knorr Bremse SfN GmbH
Jongyong Park KOITA
Anneli Pauli European Commission
Marja-Liisa Pihlström EIRMA
Friedrich Pinnekamp ABB
Philippe Queille Air Liquide
Joanne Ross Philip Morris Products SA
Camille Roy EIRMA
Karin Ruinaud EIRMA
Krzysztof Santarek Technology Partners Foundation
Hendrik Schlesing Peter-Lacke
Monica Schofield TuTech Innovation GmbH
Martin Schuurmans European Institute for Technology
Chris Shilling NewHowKnowHow
Clayton Stewart ONR Global
Birgitta Sundblad SCA
Jan-Eric Sundgren Volvo
Jouko Suokas VTT
Indrek Tammeaid University of Helsinki
Philippe A. Tanguy Total
Dietmar Theis Siemens
Gilles Toulemonde I-Nova
Prakash Trivedi Solvay
Tapani Väänänen Kuopio Innovation Ltd.
An van de Vel Umicore Research
Asmo Vartiainen Outotec
Hans Vercammen SIRRIS
Dominiek Verkinderen Bekaert
Joachim von Heimburg Procter and Gamble
Martin Ward British American Tobacco
Jörg-Michael Willke Linde AG
Youngkeun Yoon KOITA
