| Venue: Akvárium Klub | |
| 9.00-9.30 | Registration and networking | |
| 9.30-10.00 | Greetings and Opening Remarks – NAGYHALL | |
| Balázs Hankó (Minister of Culture and Innovation) - The Role of Innovation in the Future of Hungary | |
| László Bódis (NIÜ CEO) – Beyond Money, the Role of NIÜ in Innovation | |
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| 10.00 - 10.40 | Keynote – NAGYHALL | |
Jon Medved (Founder OurCrowd, IL, US)
Ingredients of a thriving startup ecosystem. Where is technology and innovation heading? - an investor's take. | |
| 10:40 - 11:20 | Impact Talx: The Opinion of 25% of Hungarian R&D – NAGYHALL | |
CTO's of the companies, that spend 25% of the Hungarian R&D. Is there a multiplicative effect of corporate R&D? What can the most R&D oriented corporates do for the culture of innovation?
What can the government do to transform the islands of innovation into continents?
Participating companies:
Richter (István Greiner, CTO),
Bosch (István Szászi, CEO),
Thyssenkrupp (András Balogh, CTO),
Ericsson (András Boráros),
Nokia (Adorján Korényi);
Moderator: Gabriella Liptay (KPMG) | |
| 11:20 - 11:40 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:40 - 12:10 | Oxford debate - Fundamental research vs Applied research – NAGYHALL | |
Where should the money be spent? Who can tell what to research?
Participants:
Zoltán Németh (Wigner Research Center for Physics, Lynxes Ltd. - EIC awardee )
prof. József Bokor (SzTAKI)
Moderator: Gergely Szűcs | |
| 12:10 - 12:40 | Future of technology - Future of Humankind? – NAGYHALL | |
Artificial Intelligence and Bionics
Is the revolution coming? Which will be the larger revolution? How will economy and society transform? Can we regulate it? How should the regulation work?
Participants:
András Benczúr (SzTAKI, AI)
György Lévay (Széchenyi Universiy, Bionics)
Moderator: Miklós Zorkóczy (LegalTech) | |
| 12:40 - 13:30 | NETWORKING LUNCH | |
Buffet lunch and networking.
EXHIBITION: 50 years after Rubik's cube - Innovative Hungarian toys and games now | |
| Breakout sessions | Workshop Session – ARANYHALL 1/2 |
| Innovation – NAGYHALL | Startup – KISHALL | University - Industry Cooperation
Will the dream come true? – HALL2 |
| 13:30-14:00 | Social innovation and the sociatal impact of innovation | Failed startups of succesful entrepreneurs |
UIIN (Arno Meerman, Todd Davey, University Industry Innovation Network, NL) workshop
Additional registration required, limited number(25-30) of participants, 130 minutes.
Main topics:
- Overview of key challenges
- Analysis of real-world examples and case studies
- Ideating concrete solutions |
3 dimensions of social innovation: urban, investment and CSR innovation.
Participants:
Samu Szemerey (Megakom, urban social innovation)
Elemér Eszter (CEO, ImpactVentures),
Herczeg Katalin (CSR coordinator, CSR and Technologyy, Evosoft)
Moderator: Nóra Rodek (NIÜ) | How would I do it today? How can we learn from our mistakes?
Participants:
Zoltán Patai (Eversync)
Péter Csillag (HunBan, president)
Host: David Trayford (Wow Media) |
| 14:00-14.40 | How much is it? Measuring innovation | What is the best place for my startup? |
Taxpayers and policy makers need to know what makes good results in innovation. About methodology and results.
Participants:
Jonathan Potter (OECD)
Timea Pálvölgyi (E&Y)
István Szabó (Hun-Ren)
Petr Horak (Technology Agency, CZ)
Moderator: Kitti Jakab (Lunar Project) | Personal journeys of founders - at international accelerators:
Participants:
Hermán Benedek, (TechStars, Founder of Voovo);
Tara Więckowska-Merrigan (Plug&Play, CEO & Co-Founder Proofcheck);
Bálint Pásztor (500 500 Global Accelerator, founder of Diffuse Drive)
Host: David Trayford (Wow Media) |
| 14:40-15:20 | Innovative solutions for financing innovation | How to build a startup ecosystem? |
Beyond non-refundable grants and why are they useful?
Participants:
Conditional loan (Amiram Porath, Israel);
New ideas from Hungary (Dobos Balázs - Századvég);
A European project for innative financing (Zoltán Palotai, NIÜ, FI4INN)
Moderator: Peter Langmár (STRT Holding) | Methods and successful practices from all over the world.
Participants:
Deep Ecosystem (Thomas Kösters, DE)
Startup Genome (Stephan Kuester, NL),
Startup Lithuania (Ruta Gréskaité, LT)
Hungarian Innovation Hub (Péter Fáykiss, HU)
Host: David Trayford (Wow Media) |
| 15:20-15:40 | COFFEE BREAK | |
| 15:40-16:30 | European innovation strategies and practices - East and West in Europe – NAGYHALL | |
Outstanding experts on governmental innovation policy issues. Differences and similarities in RDI strategies, proven practices and instruments.
Participants:
EU (Adam Rottenbacher, EIT Deputy Director General) and
Austria (Dr. Margit Noll, International Director of R&D Agency)
Czechia (Ivo Denemark, Czechinvest, Head of Department)
Hungary (László Bódis, Deputy State Secretary) -
Moderator: László Korányi (NIÜ, Deputy CEO) | |
| 16:30-17:00 | CLOSING THOUGHTS – NAGYHALL | |
| Denes Ban, (Founder, CEO, RAISE IL)
How to make a mosaic out of the stones? Synthesizing the lessons of the day. | |
| 17:00-19:30 | Reception and networking | |
