Opening Ceremony

With IASP Chairman Paul Krutko and IASP CEO Ebba Lund

Keynote 

Speaker to be announced soon

Community building in a changed world

Moderator: Lena Miranda (SWE)

with Jernej Pintar (SLO), Vaido Mikhein (EST) and Mieke de Bruin (NET)

Quickfire interview

Speakers to be announced soon

Icebreaker

Networking session with our MC - break the ice and meet old and new colleagues from all over the world!

Living Labs and city engagement

Moderator: Robin Daniels (UK)

with Paul Krutko (USA), Susana Carrillo (SPA) and Paulina Villa (COL)

Expert insights: City/urban focus (title tbd)

Stephanie Wade (USA) tbc

Moderator: tbc

New forms of work: opportunities for people and organisations

Moderator: Filippo Addarii (ITA)

with Jean-Sébastien Bouchard (CAN), Jordi Albo Canals (USA) and a third speaker to be announced soon

Quickfire interview

Speakers to be announced soon

Networking time with our MC

Time for some interaction and activities!

AI update since #IASPnantes

Yves Lostanlen (CAN)

Expert insights: Leadership and the human factor

Eduardo P. Braun

Moderator: tbc

What happened and what's next

Recap of day 1 and preview of day 2 with Josep Piqué and IASP CEO Ebba Lund

AOI&STP conversations: 

Asia Pacific

Moderator: Herbert Chen (CHI)

With Janekrishna Kanatharana (THA), Singapore (SIN) and Kyoto Research Park (JAP)

Quickfire interview

Speakers to be announced soon

AOI&STP conversations: 

Eurasia

Moderator: Alexander Chernov (RUS)

With Renat Batyrov (RUS), Vladimir Davidovich (BLR), Aksar Sembin (KAZ)

Networking time with our MC

Time for some interaction and activities!

AOI&STP conversations: 

Europe

Moderator: Name to be conf (XXX)

With Mai Louise Agerskov (SWE), Mia Rolf (SWE) and Stephen Taylor (ITA)

Connecting with... Boston (with an echo of Denmark and South Korea)

Torben Orla Nielsen and Ebba Lund in conversation

AOI&STP conversations: 

North America

Moderator: Bill Sproull (USA)

With Regina Garza (MEX), Ken Loeppky (CAN) and Carol Stewart (USA)

Quickfire interview

Speakers to be announced soon

AOI&STP conversations: 

WANA

Moderator: Mostafa K. Eghbal (IRA)

With Mahmoud Hassanin (EGY), Ahmed Al-Said (QAT) and Hussain Sharjah (SAU)

Networking time with our MC

Time for some interaction and activities!

AOI&STP conversations: 

Africa

Moderator: McLean Sibanda (ZAF)

With Alan Boshwaen (BOT), Joel Bruneau (MAU) and Pieter Holl (ZAF)

Quickfire interview

Speakers to be announced soon

Eyes on the market: pandemic pivots

5 companies who changed during the pandemic, companies still TBD

Moderator: Thomas Prexl (GER) tbc

AOI&STP conversations: 

Latin America

Moderator: Jorge Audy (BRA)

With Susana Kakuta (BRA) and two additional speakers to be announced soon

Connecting with... Adelaide

(with an echo of Italy and Dubai)

Marco Baccanti and Ebba Lund in conversation

Quickfire interview

Speakers to be announced soon

Latest trends in life sciences and the impact of COVID-19

Moderator: Charlotta Gummeson (SWE)

with Michael Donovan (USA), Fabrizio Conicella (ITA) and Mounia Azzi (CAN)

Quickfire interview

Speakers to be announced soon

Innovation communities: Toronto, Eindhoven and London stories/experiences

Moderator: Paul Krutko (USA)

with Alex Ryan (CAN), Hilde de Vocht (NET) and Gavin Poole (UK)

Networking time with our MC

Time for some interaction and activities!

Talent attraction and retention in STPs and AOIs

Moderator: Nihel Chabrak (UAE)

with Erin Koshut (USA), Anna Broeders (SWE) and Justyna Ciegotura (POL)

Quickfire interview

Speakers to be announced soon

Network thinking

Daria Tataj (POL)

Moderator: tbc

Networking time with our MC

Time for some interaction and activities!

Talent and places to thrive

Moderator: Name to be conf (XXX)

With François Nortje (ZAF), Carl Viel (CAN) and a third speaker (XXX)

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Quickfire interview

Speakers to be announced soon

Networking time with our MC

Time for some interaction and activities!

Women in IASP

Moderator: Dolores Cortes (ARG)

With Lourdes Cruz (SPA), Carol Stewart (USA) and another speaker tbc (XXX)

Entrepreneurs today: how to support them

Moderator: Diego De Biasio (LUX)

With Leandro Pompermaier (BRA), Hanna Wiljebrand (SWE) and Cristina Collazos (PAN)

Quickfire interview

Speakers to be announced soon

Networking time with our MC

Time for some interaction and activities!

Entrepreneurial culture and human capital

Moderator: Luis Sanz (SPA)

With Jean-François Balducchi (FRA), André Domin (GER) and Deepanwita Chattopadhyay (IND)

What happened and what's next

Recap of day 2 and preview of day 3 with Malcolm Parry and IASP CEO Ebba Lund

Business incubation: what has changed and where are we heading?

Moderator: Albert Wong (CHI)

with Martin Goroško (EST), Guannan Zhu (CHI) and Tobias Kirschnick (GER)

Startup and finance

Joshua Novick, tbc

Moderator: Salvatore Majorana (ITA) tbc

Company stories worldwide

Moderator: Jernej Pintar (SLO)

Stories from companies 

Big & small: company collaboration

Moderator: Faruk Inaltekin (TUR)

With Björn Westling (SWE), Aline Figlioli (UK) and Robert Alderson (FIN)

Attracting high-tech companies in uncertain times

With Rene Buck (NET)

Moderator: tbc

Technology transfer (title tbc)

Moderator: Alessandro Fazio (ITA)

Discussion panel with three speakers, names to be announced soon 

Partnerships to drive innovation

Moderator: Josep Piqué (SPA)

With Paul Jansen (NET), Zhou Teng (CHI) and Anita Tregner (ITA)

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Sustainability and the role of innovation

Moderator: Malin Rogström (SWE)

With Harri Palviainen (FIN), Daan Wortel (NET) and a third speaker to be announced soon 

Social innovation and sustainability

With Concepción Galdón (SPA) tbc

Moderator: tbc

IASP General Assembly

Access restricted to IASP members only

Quickfire interview

Speakers to be announced soon

IASP Inspiring Solutions Award cermony

Join the session and find out who wins the Inspiring Solutions Awards, with a final round of live voting 

A look ahead: reaching our full potential 

Nik van Dam (NET), tbc

Networking time

Join our MC in this farewell networking slot 

Closing Ceremony

With IASP Chairman Paul Krutko and IASP CEO Ebba Lund