Feb 7 2014
European Commission President José Manuel Barroso will host the 2nd Innovation Convention in Brussels on March 10 and 11, 2014.
2nd Innovation Convention in Brussels. Image Credit: http://ec.europa.eu/.
Already established as Europe’s leading innovation event, the Convention will bring together a unique gathering of world-class visionaries and innovators, including CEOs from some of Europe's top companies, young innovators and net-entrepreneurs, such as the founders of Prezi and Storify.
It will explore innovation in all its facets and cover a variety of themes with more than 2000 visitors expected to attend to hear a range of speakers including: the CEOs of Telefonica, Jaguar Landrover, Airbus, Bayer, Nokia, Safran Group and Sanofi Aventis, Nobel Prize winner Serge Haroche, Professor Athene Donald from Cambridge and Lord Patten from Oxford, among many others
(see: https://ec.europa.eu/research/innovation-union/ic2014/index_en.cfm?pg=speakers).
The Innovation Convention is an essential part of the Innovation Union flagship initiative, the European Union strategy which aims to create an innovation-friendly environment that makes it easier for great ideas to be turned into products and services that will bring our economy growth and jobs.
The Convention provides a platform to debate and inform policies that will contribute towards the building of a research and innovation eco-system in Europe that can support this objective.
Why attend
For anyone involved in innovation, from the worlds of research and business to those involved in policy making and funding innovation, the Convention will provide an opportunity to:
- engage in and contribute to the innovation debate with business leaders, top researchers and high-level policy makers;
- network and share experiences with your peers; and
- gain inspiration from world-renowned speakers and great innovation showcases.
Join the innovation debate and register for free on the event website: www.ec.europa.eu/euic2014
Source: http://www.nano.org.uk/