33rd IASP World Conference – innovators from all over the world meet in Moscow
2016-09-26
The IASP World Conference is a knowledge community in action, a global gathering of 67 speakers and a record-breaking 1,600 delegates visiting the 2016 event, including leading government, business and innovation figures from 56 countries. The last few days have demonstrated just what can be achieved when innovators and innovation managers from across the world collaborate.
One of the speaker during the pitch session was our delegate Ewa Kocinska-PSTP deputy director who was talking about Local innovation ecosystem in the city of Poznan.
Skolkovo Technopark, MSU Technopark and Technopark Strogino, with the support of Moscow City Government, recently hosted the 33rd IASP World Conference in Moscow, Russia on September 19th -22nd 2016. With the theme of “The Global Mind – linking innovation communities for internationalization, sustainability and growth,” this conference deepens our understanding of how science parks (STPs) and other areas of innovation (AOIs) can use the Global Mind for the benefit of their innovation communities as well as for their cities and regions.
The event began with an impressive opening ceremony lead by the IASP President, Jean François Balducchi (Atlanpole, France) who welcomed delegates to Russia alongside IASP Director General Luis Sanz.
Russian Prime Minster Dmitry Medvedev also addressed the Opening Day, praising the progress of the Skolkovo project and recognising the great value of IASP as a global network for supporting internationalisation and innovation. Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich also visited IASP Moscow, holding a round table event with key experts from science parks and areas of innovation around the world including IASP President Jean-François Balducchi and European Division President Jari Lauronen. The Mayor and Deputy Mayor of Moscow also took to the stage, emphasising the city’s commitment to global entrepreneurship.
The first day’s keynote speaker was Saku Touminen (Finland), founder of the Idealist Group one of the most successful Finnish independent TV production companies, who focused on the role education can play in inspiring future global innovators. The closing day heard from Neil Gershenfeld (USA), Director of MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms, who echoed the theme of education with a look at the FabLab network which helps brilliant students to flourish outside the conventional school system.