Global Links - Global Opportunities and Challenges

Co-operation on a Global Arena for Competence Research and Innovation Centres. Documentation.

Two main initiatives was highlighted:

• Presentation of the European study “International Co-operation of Competence Research Centres: State of the Art, Needs and Perspectives”, funded by the COMPERA Network.
• Presentations on Global Links Strategies: Experiences from several Swedish Strong Research and Innovation Milieus who developed their strategies for international co-operation.

Documentation

• Key note speaker Prof. John Boland, Director, CRANN Nanoscience Centre, Trinity College Dublin, Irland 
• Dr. Patries Boekholt, Managing Director, Technopolis Group: European study “International Co-operation of Competence Research Centres: State of the Art, Needs and Perspectives” 
• Åsa Minoz, Senior Analyst, VINNOVA: Background of the Global Links Initiatives and result from the Swedish survey 
• Prof. Jan Grahn, Centre Director, Chalmers University of Technology: Strategy for GigaHertz Centre 
• Dr. Katrin Danerlöv, Assistant Centre Manager, Institute for Surface Chemistry: Strategy for the CODIRECT Centre 
• Dr. Christina Caesar, Coordinator Global Links Biomaterials, Chalmers University of Technology: Strategy for Global Links Biomaterials 

Detailed programme .

List of participants 

For more information please contact Mattias Lundberg, Mattias.Lundberg@VINNOVA.se, + 46 8 473 31 78.