Programme

 

Updated: April 7, 2008

 

Sunday, April 20, 2008

 

13.00 -  Registration starts
13.30 - 16.30

Linnaniemi Tour cancelled; If you'd like to go to the Medieval Castle and Prison Museum by yourself, here is more information about opening hours, entry fees, location etc.

18.00 – 22.00  Get together reception in SPA Hotel Rantasipi Aulanko

Monday, April 21, 2008  

Chair: Dr Jussi Halttunen, President, Jyväskylä University of Applied Sciences, Chair of the FINPIN Board
 
8.00 - 9.15    Registration
9.15 - Opening remarks of the 2nd International FINPIN 2008 Conference, Dr Jussi Halttunen, President, Chair of the FINPIN Board
9.30 – 10.00 Developing Higher Education Based Entrepreneurship in Finland, Dr Sakari Karjalainen, Director General, Ministry of Education
10.00 – 10.45 From Push to Pull. The Marketing Approach in Generating Business for Universities, Dr Thomas Baaken, Professor, Science Marketing, Münster University of Applied Sciences
10.45 – 11.15 Coffee Break
11.15 - 11.45 Teaching Entrepreneurship in Higher Education Especially Within Non-business Studies - Recommendations of the European Expert Group Set by the European Commission, Mr Simone Baldassarri, Administrator, European Commission, Enterprise & Industry Directorate General, Directorate E-Promotion of SMEs and COMPETITIVENESS

12.00 13.30

Parallel Sessions
13.30 - 14.45 Lunch
14.45 - 18.15 Parallel Sessions
(Coffee Break at 16.15 -16.45)
18.15 - 20.00 Freetime (possibility to visit the Spa independently e.g.)
20.00 - 22.30 Conference Dinner 
 
                       

 

Tuesday, April 22, 2008         

Chair: Dr Matti Lähdeniemi, Vice President, Satakunta University of Applied Sciences, Member of the FINPIN Board

 
8.00 - 9.00 Registration
9.00 – 9.45 Business Know-how in Knowledge Intensive Entrepreneurship, Dr A.J. Groen, Scientific Director, the Dutch Institute for Knowledge Intensive Entrepreneurship NIKOS, University of Twente
9.45 - 10.30 Growth Entrepreneurship, Dr Antti Paasio, Professor, Turku School of Economics
10.30 – 11.00 Coffee Break and a Guided Poster Session
11.00 – 13.30 Parallel Sessions
13.30 - 14.45 Lunch
14.45 - 15.30 Practice Firm Concept in China and the Future Challenges in Chinese Economy, PhD. Ma Liang, Director, China Central Office of PEN International
15.30 - 16.00  Innovations and Entrepreneurship in Promoting Competitiveness in Finland, Mr Rauno Vanhanen, Programme Director, Policy Programme for Employment, Entrepreneurship and Worklife, Ministry of Employment and the Economy
16.00–16.30  
Closing remarks and coffee
Mr Sakari Kuvaja, Director, FINPIN

 

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