Events


ISPIM Events

The 3rd ISPIM Innovation Symposium - Managing the Art of Innovation: Turning Concepts into Reality - will be held in Quebec City, Canada on 12-15 December 2010. Organised by ISPIM in collaboration with local partner INO, a leading non-profit R&D center in Optics/Photonics in Canada, this symposium will bring together academics, business leaders, consultants and other professionals involved in innovation management. The symposium format will include facilitated themed sessions for academic and practitioner presentations together with interactive workshops and discussion panels. Additionally, the symposium will provide excellent networking opportunities together with a taste of local French Canadian culture.

Submissions from academic, research, industry, intermediary and policy organisations are strongly encouraged and should focus on the following:

  • Collaboration for innovation
  • Culture and team management in innovation
  • Entrepreneurship and venturing
  • Innovation in SMEs
  • Innovation training & education
  • Methods and tools for innovation
  • Networks and clusters of innovation
  • Organisational creativity & idea generation
  • Public sector innovation and policy
  • Venture capital & financing innovation

Important Submission Deadlines:

  • 12 September 2010: Outlines Only (All Submissions)
  • 26 September 2010: Acceptance Notification
  • 7 November 2010: Final Submissions (including papers, profiles & photos) together with registration and payment
  • 7 December 2010: Presentation/slides

Download Call for Papers

The symposium website is www.symposium.ispim.org

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The XXII ISPIM Conference – Sustainability in Innovation: Innovation Management Challenges - will be held in Hamburg, Germany on 12-15 June 2011. Organised by ISPIM and hosted by The Technical University of Hamburg, this conference will bring together innovation management professionals from research, industry and intermediary organisations. The conference format will include facilitated themed sessions for academic and practitioner presentations together with discussion panels and workshops. Additionally, the conference will provide excellent networking opportunities together with a taste of local culture.

Submissions from academic, research, consulting, industry, intermediary and policy organisations are strongly encouraged and should focus on the following general themes or Conference Focus Theme:

  • Collaboration for innovation (incl. Open Innovation)
  • Culture & team management in innovation
  • Entrepreneurship, venturing, business models &
    financing innovation
  • Innovation training & education
  • Methods and tools for innovation
  • Networks and clusters of innovation
  • Organisational creativity & idea generation
  • Sustainability in Innovation
    (Conference Focus Theme)

The Conference Focus Theme includes topics such as: sustainable public sector innovation; regional and EU-level innovation policy and initiatives; sustainable value chains; innovation in regulatory frameworks; social entrepreneurship for sustainability; learning from and with 'bottom of pyramid' markets; business models to exploit sustainable innovation opportunities; skills, partnerships, technology and incentive systems for sustainability in innovation management.

Important Submission Deadlines:

  • 31 December 2010: Outlines Only (All Submissions)
  • 31 January 2011: Acceptance Notification
  • 29 April 2011: Final Submissions (including papers, slides, profiles & photos) together with registration and payment

Download Call for Papers

The conference website is www.conference.ispim.org

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Innovation Events Calendar

2010

September

5-7 September 2010
11th International CINet Conference
Practicing innovation in times of discontinuity
Location: Zürich, Switzerland
www.continuous-innovation.net/Events/CINet2010/announcement.html
The conference is preceded by a PhD Workshop on 3 and 4 September

6-10 September 2010
TII Summer School
Location: Vilnius, Lithuania
www.tii.org

15-17 September 2010
Baltic Dynamics 2010 - 15th Annual International Conference on Innovation
Knowledge Flow in Innovation System: from Idea to Action
Location: Riga, Latvia
www.balticdynamics.com

16-17 September 2010
ECIE 2010 - 5th European Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Location: Athens, Greece
academic-conferences.org/ecie/ecie2010/ecie10-home.htm

27 September - 1 October 2010
TII Innovation Tour to Quebec
Location: Quebec, Canada
www.tii.org/index2.php?sm=tii_en-8-upcoming_events&cat=6&idnews=201004280001

October

13-14 October 2010
World Congress Leadership Summit
Creating Global Disruptive Business Innovations
Location: Boston, MA, USA
www.worldcongress.com/innovation
Save $200 with promo code JYF978, not applicable to government registration

20-21 October 2010
Optimizing Innovation 2010
Location: New York City, USA
www.connecting-group.com/Web/EventOverview.aspx?Identificador=13

20-22 October 2010
The Triple Helix VIII Conference
Triple Helix in the Development of Cities of Knowledge, Expanding Communities and Connecting Regions
Location: Madrid, Spain
www.triplehelix8.org

22-23 October 2010
The 24h of Innovation
Location: Estia - Biarritz, France
www.24h.estia.fr/index.php?lang=en

December

12-15 December 2010
The 3rd ISPIM Innovation Symposium
Managing the Art of Innovation: Turning Concepts into Reality
Location: Quebec City, Canada
www.symposium.ispim.org

2011

June

12-15 June 2011
The XXII ISPIM Conference
Sustainability in Innovation: Innovation Management Challenges
Location: Hamburg, Germany
www.conference.ispim.org