Keynote Speakers
Dr Thomas Baaken
Professor, Science Marketing, Münster University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Thomas Baaken (PhD, Diploma in Business Management) holds a position as a Tenure Professor in Technology Marketing (www.fh-muenster.de/fb9/personen/lehrende/baaken) at the Münster University of Applied Sciences in Germany. His research lies in the areas of Science-to-Business (S-to-B) Marketing, Business-to-Business (B-to-B) Marketing and Software Marketing.
1998-2003 he held the position of the Vice President Research and Development including Technology Transfer at his University. In 2002 Thomas Baaken established the cooperative Science-to-Business Marketing Research Centre (www.science-marketing.com), funded by the German Government and the European Commission. Actual research is focussed on creating new models in how to market research and sciences, establishing innovative instruments and processes.
In 2003/04 he visited as Guest Professor in “Technology Transfer & Management and Science Marketing” the Education Centre for Innovation and Commercialisation (ECIC) (www.ecic.adelaide.edu.au) at The University of Adelaide in Australia.
Dr Baaken is actively involved in ProTon Europe (www.protoneurope.org) as a member of the steering group and heading the WP “Interaction with Industry” section.
Thomas Baaken was invited to 18 different countries around the world to present this approach within over 100 presentations and conference contributions. His record of print publications also covers more than 100 positions.His PhD was awarded by the Freie Universität Berlin.
Mr Simone Baldassari, Administrator, European Commission
European Commission: http://ec.europa.eu/index_en.htm
Dr A.J. Groen, Scientific Director, the Dutch Institute for Knowledge Intensive Entrepreneurship NIKOS, University of Twente
University of Twente: www.utwente.nl/en
Dr Sakari Karjalainen, Director General, Ministry of Education
Sakari Karjalainen is the Director General of the Department of Education and Science Policy of the Ministry of Education in Finland. He is MD, holds a docotorate in epidemiology and is a Docent at the Tampere University. Prior to his current appointment in May 2006 he worked as the Director of the Science Policy Division of the Ministry of Education since 2002. Before that he served eight years as the Secretary General of Research Council for Health at the Academy of Finland, which is the main funding organisation for academic research in Finland. Before that Dr Karjalainen worked at the Tampere University, the National Research and Development Centre for Social Welfare and Health and the Finnish Cancer Registry. His main research interests have been research ethics, equity in health and cancer epidemiology.
Sakari Karjalainen, Director General, MD, Doctor of Medicine (Epidemiology). Department of Education and Science Policy, Ministry of Education, Finland. sakari.karjalainen (at) minedu.fi. www.research.fi , www.minedu.fi
PhD Ma Liang, Director, China Central Office of PEN International
CV of Ma Liang pdf document
Dr Antti Paasio, Professor, Turku School of Economics
Turku School of Economics: www.tse.fi
Mr Rauno Vanhanen, Programme Director, Policy Programme for Employment, Entrepreneurship and Worklife, Ministry of Employment and the Economy
Ministry of Employment and the Economy: www.tem.fi