Program Schedule

The conference will be in both English and Spanish with simultaneous translation.

Wednesday, 19 September

09:00 - 09:30	Register
09:30 - 09:50	Welcome - Javier Gil, Vicerector UPC - Josep Pique, Director, Parc Tec, La Salle - Francesc Sole, General Director, Programa Innova-UPC
09:50 - 10:00	REE conferences around the world - Tina Seelig, Executive Director, STVP - Raquel Egea, Subdirector Programa Innova-UPC
10:00 - 10:45	Inaugural lecture: The latest in entrepreneurship training - Alfons Cornella, Founder and President, Infonomia
10:45 - 11:15	Break
11:15 - 12:15	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 - Carles Puente, Founder and General Director, Fractus - Luis Torner, Founder and General Director, ICFO - Menno Marien, Director, Innovation Knowledge
12:15 - 13:00	Q & A
13:00 - 14:30	Lunch
14:30 - 15:30	Rotating and concurrent workshops Moderator: Itxaso del Palacio, Entrepreneurship Professor, UPC Teaching methodologies workshop - Leslie Hetherington, EU Entrepreneuship Cluster Programs workshop - Eoin O’Neill, EU Entrepreneuship Cluster Curricula workshop - Itxaso del Palacio, Entrepreneurship Professor, UPC Teaching tools workshop - Ricard Garriga, Director of Entrepreneurship Unit, La Salle
15:30 - 16:00	Group discussion and conclusions
16:00 - 16:30	Break
16:30 - 17:15	Entrepreneurial university Moderator: Itxaso del Palacio, Entrepreneurship Professor, UPC - Francesc Sole, Director, Programa Innova-UPC
17:15 - 17:30	Q & A
20:00 - 22:00	Visit to the science museum (Cossmo Caixa) and coctails

Thursday, 20 September

09:00 - 09:30	Breakfast and networking
09:30 - 10:00	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
10:10 - 10:45	Group discussion and conclusions
10:45 - 11:15	Break
11:15 - 12:15	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
12:15 - 13:00	Conclusions
13:00 - 14:30	Lunch
14:30 - 15:30	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 Ricard, Vicemanager of Business Developement, Chambre of Comerce - Mike Landabaso, Assistant Director, Departement of Regional Politics, EU - Michael Quevit, Entrepreneurship Professor at Louvain University and Executive Director of Rider II
15:30 - 16:00	Q & A
16:00 - 16:30	Break
16:30 - 17:15	How do venture capitalists view entrepreurship education in the university? Moderator: Frederic Horta, Programa Innova-UPC - Kaj Erik, President, ACCEL - Martín Rivas, Director, UNINVEST
17:15 - 17:30	Q & A
20:00 - 22:00	Dinner

Friday, 21 September

09:00 - 09:30	Breakfast and networking
09:30 - 10:45	Examples of spin-off ventures Moderator: Xavier Estaran, Programa Innova-UPC - DEXMA SENSORS (UPC) - ALEASOFT (UPC) - TRAMONTANA (UdG)
10:45 - 11:15	Break
11:15 - 11:45	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
11:45 - 12:15	Q & A
12:15 - 12:45	Summary and conclusions - Mireia de la Rubia, Executive Director, Programa Innova-UPC - Julia Prats, Director, Department of Entrepreneurship at IESE
12:45 - 13:00	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

REE Europe: Technical University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain, September 19-21, 2007