Accel REE: Roundtable on Entrepreneurship Education

Conference Archive: REE Europe 2007
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SESSION PRESENTATION NOTES
Wednesday, September 19
WELCOME
- Javier Gil, Vicerector UPC
- Josep Pique, Director, Parc Tec, La Salle
- Francesc Sole, General Director, Programa Innova-UPC
   
REE conferences around the world
- Tina Seelig, Executive Director, STVP
- Raquel Egea, Subdirector Programa Innova-UPC
   
INAUGURAL LECTURE
The latest in entrepreneurship training
- Alfons Cornella, Founder and President, Infonomia
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Should innovation training at universities be oriented to teach students about market competences or they just train entrepreneurs?
Moderator: Josep Coll, Programa Innova-UPC

- Jesus Pelegrin, Director, Innovacion Endesa

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- Carles Puente, Founder and General Director, Fractus

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- Luis Torner, Founder and General Director, ICFO

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- Menno Marien, Director, Innovation Knowledge

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ROTATING AND CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS
Moderator: Itxaso del Palacio, Entrepreneurship Professor, UPC

- Leslie Hetherington, EU Entrepreneuship Cluster
Programs workshop

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- Eoin O’Neill, EU Entrepreneuship Cluster
Curricula workshop

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- Itxaso del Palacio, Entrepreneurship Professor, UPC
Teaching tools workshop

   

- Ricard Garriga, Director of Entrepreneurship Unit, La Salle

   
ENTREPRENEURIAL UNIVERSITY
Moderator: Itxaso del Palacio, Entrepreneurship Professor, UPC
- Francesc Sole, Director, Programa Innova-UPC
   
Thursday, September 20
Resources and partnerships for entrepreneurship educators around the world: American vision and experiences
Moderator: Carles Trench, Manager, Emprenedor XXI "La Caixa"
- Tom Byers, Professor, Stanford University
- Jane Royston, President and Professor, EPFL
   
A. What criteria do we use for determining a successful entrerprenuership training program? What is the minimum level of instruction required for someone to claim to have received entreneurial training?
- Joan Roure, Professor, Entrepreurship Department, IESE
   
B. Does the University need to offer a major in Innovation, or is it enough to teach innovation as a part of other subjects and majors?
- Silvia Girones, Director of Europa Innova and Professor of Entrepreneurship, UPC
   

How does entrepreneurship education at the university influence regional economic development?
Moderator: Pere Losantos, Programa Innova-UPC

- Joan Majó, General Director, Universities Generalitat de Catallunya

   

- Xavier Ricart, Vicemanager of Business Developement, Chambre of Comerce

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- Mike Landabaso, Assistant Director, Departement of Regional Politics, EU

   

- Michel Quevit, Entrepreneurship Professor at Louvain University and Executive Director of Rider II

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How do venture capitalists view entrepreurship education in the university?
Moderator: Frederic Horta, Programa Innova-UPC

- Kaj Erik, President, ACCEL

   

- Martín Rivas, Director, UNINVEST

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Friday, September 21

EXAMPLES OF SPIN-OFF VENTURES
Moderator: Xavier Estaran, Programa Innova-UPC
- DEXMA SENSORS (UPC)
- ALEASOFT (UPC)
- TRAMONTANA (UdG)

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How to find top research papers in entrepreneurship and innovation
Moderator: Xavier Estaran, Programa Innova-UPC
- Terrence Brown, Researcher and Professor of Entrepreneurship, Stockholm School
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SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
- Mireia de la Rubia, Executive Director, Programa Innova-UPC
- Julia Prats, Director, Department of Entrepreneurship at IESE
   
PASSING THE TORCH AND CLOSING
- Antoni Giró, Rector UPC
- Josep Josep Huguet, Conseller de Innovation
- Antoni Castells Francesc Sole, Director Programa Innova-UPC
- Alistair Fee, Queens University, Ireland
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