Speakers
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Keynote speech
- Paweł Błachno, Chairman of the Board, Jagiellonian Center of Innovation Ltd., Poland
Title of the presentation:
Innovation in Medicine based on the activities of the Jagiellonian Center of Innovation Ltd.
Speaker profile:
PAWEŁ BŁACHNO – CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, MANAGING DIRECTOR
Paweł Błachno is a graduate of the University of Economics in Krakow and the Stockholm University. He gained experience in financial and consulting institutions (DM PENETRATOR SA – now TRIGON and POLINVEST). Since 2004 Chairman of the Board of the Jagiellonian Center of Innovation (JCI) where he is responsible for the development and strategy of JCI. He is the author of the “Jagiellonian model of commercialization” to create and supervise portfolio companies. He has experience in developing and implementing business models, managing innovative projects, at pre-company stage. He coordinates the activities of enterprises receiving seed funds through construction of comprehensive offers for companies and establishes the scope of cooperation with innovators. He supervises all portfolio companies. He is responsible for negotiations and decisions relating to the conditions of entry and exit investments.
I module: Meet the InTraMed-C2C Project Partners, 10.25-11.40
Moderator: Krzysztof Klęczar
- Andreas Froemer, Project Manager, Bayern Innovativ GmbH, Germany
Title of the presentation:
Network 4 Innovations
Speaker profile:
Dr. Andreas Frömer joined Forum MedTech Pharma e.V. in May 2010. He studied biology and received his PhD in food technology. Having a strong background in R&D and Sales positions for various companies in the medical sector he now promotes the Central Europe Programme InTraMed-C2C as a project manager for the Forum MedTech Pharma, a Bayern Innovativ Office.
- Michaela Egebrecht, TIS innovation park, Italy
Title of the presentation:
How an idea finds its way to the producer – a best practice example
Speaker profile:
Michaela Egebrecht joined TIS innovation park in 2009 and is responsible for EU projects and for knowledge transfer with focus on medicine and health care.
Prior to employment at TIS in Bolzano she gained experience in the financial sector in Vienna. During an internship in the US she appreciated the opportunity to deepen her knowledge about marketing and market analysis.
In 2004 Michaela Egebrecht graduated in Business Administration at the Vienna University of Economics and Business followed by her international executive MBA at the University Salzburg. Since September 2012, Michaela has been expanding her knowledge during courses at the Friedrich-Alexander-University in Medical and Health Care Management.
- Klára Bartha, Innovation manager, Knowledge and Technology Transfer Office of University of Debrecen, Hungary
Title of the presentation:
The flow of clinical innovation and technology transfer at the University of Debrecen
Speaker profile:
Klára Bartha graduated as an economist in 2004 from the University of Miskolc, Hungary. She has specialization in marketing and innovation management. She started to work at the Knowledge and Technology Transfer Office of the University of Debrecen in 2005 as an innovation manager. During her work she was participating in the management and implementation of numerous domestic and international R&D&I projects and was involved in the creation of the knowledge map and the preparation of the project evaluation system of the university of Debrecen. She is responsible for coordination of the administrative work and for the dissemination at the InTraMed C2C project. Currently she is a doctorate student at the Ihrig Károly Doctoral School in Business Economics and Organizational Studies at the University of Debrecen. In her research she investigates technology transfer process at Hungarian universities.
- Helena Cvenkel, Deputy Director, Business Support Centre Ltd., Slovenia
Title of the presentation:
Implementation of the InTraMed-C2C project in Gorenjska region
Speaker profile:
Mrs. Cvenkel is deputy director with many years of experience in EU project implementation, SMEs in our region, was coordinator of the IntraMed-C2C project.
- István Valovics, Project Director, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary
Title of the presentation:
Focus on the medical sector at Healthcare Technologies Knowledge Centre (BME EMT)
Speaker profile:
István Valovics is Senior consultant in the field of ICT project management for nation-wide projects of Hungarian Health sector and R&D&I university projects.
Main areas of activity:
- business process reengineering, assessment of customer needs, definition of processes and sub-processes
- financial and functional planning, establishing priority project steps,
- monitoring project financial flows
- managing Hungarian Operational Programmes applications
- preparing sustainability and feasibility studies
- Tina Igličar, Project Manager, Centre for research and innovation, Czech Republic
Title of the presentation:
Mutual cooperation of corporate and academic sphere
Speaker profile:
Tina Igličar started her career in 2007 as a Project Coordinator and later as Development Coordinator at the Automotive Cluster of Slovenia (ACS). She was responsible for administration and management of 6 European and 2 national projects. She has been actively involved in several projects in the framework of transnational cooperation programme, Sixth and Seventh Framework Programmes (FP6, FP7) and Leonardo da Vinci programme. She was responsible for identification, planning and monitoring of project opportunities, identification, development and allocation of research resources in domestic and foreign R&D sphere eligible to participate in the acquisition of knowledge and implementation of projects. She was dealing with information exchange and communication within the cluster and among project teams in order to foster the transfer of know-how in cooperation with research and development organizations.
Currently Tina Igličar works at the Centre for Research and Innovation – CVVI (Czech Republic) as a Project Manager responsible for content and finance of 4 transnational cooperation projects.
Current international projects:
FP 7: ELMO, S-LIFE
CIP Eco Innovation: ACE
Transnational Cooperation Programme: AUTO NET, C-plus, InoPlaCe, ClustersCord, InTraMed, LiCEA, PPP4Broadband
II module: Medical innovations, 12.00-14.10
Moderator: Kamil Kipiel
- Krzysztof Bederski, Deputy Director Medical Affairs, The John Paul II Hospital in Krakow, Poland
Title of the presentation:
The Patient comes first, Innovation comes next
Speaker profile:
Graduated from the Faculty of Medicine in Krakow, possesses second-degree specialization in general surgery and specialization in thoracic surgery. Trained abroad in thoracic surgery centers in Hannover and Copenhagen. Area of professional interest: surgery of the esophagus and the trachea and invasive ultrasound diagnostics of chest diseases. Author of numerous papers on tracheal and esophageal prosthesis and chest injury. Member of the Polish Society of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery and the Polish Society of Ultrasonography. Has ample experience with management and implementation of research projects. In 2001 appointed Deputy Director for Medical Affairs in the John Paul II Hospital in Krakow.
- Heimo Hrovat, H+H SYSTEM GmbH, Austria
Title of the presentation:
elibox® - a product development based on customer intention
Speaker profile:
Heimo Hrovat is the President and Owner of H+H SYSTEM GmbH in the second generation. He earned a Master Degree of Pharmacy from the University of Vienna and worked for various pharmacies and as assistant of the board at the market leading drug wholesaler in Austria. He started as assistant of his father (co-founder and pharmacist) at H+H SYSTEM in 2003. He also took over the R&D department within H+H SYSTEM and his father handed over the company in 2007. In 2011 he earned a Master Degree of Business Administration from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. In 2012 he also took over the family pharmacy in Bad Ischl (Austria), where he lives with his wife and 3 kids.
- Jarosław Bułka, Vice President, Silvermedia Ltd., Poland
Title of the presentation:
Silvermedic Cardio – remote web-based ECG interpretation system created by Polish scientists
Speaker profile:
Biocyberneticist; graduate of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics of the Mines and Metallurgy Academy in Krakow; lecturer in the Automation and Biomedical Engineering Chair of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Automation, Computer Sciences and Biomedical Engineering Mines and Metallurgy Academy in Krakow; author of over 40 publications on biomedical signal processing, neural networks in medical diagnostics, telemedicine and systems supporting medical diagnosis; co-organizer of many conferences; Secretary of the Conference of Rectors of Polish technical Universities in 1999-2002; since 2001 secretary of the Accreditation Committee of Technical Universities; since 2012 expert of the Center for Technology Prognosis Technology Park in Krakow; co-founder and vice-chairman of Silvermedia.
- Aneta Kopeć, Chair of Human Nutrition Department of Food Technology University of Agriculture in Krakow, Poland
Title of the presentation:
Sound nutrition for prevention of diet-related diseases
Speaker profile:
Dr. Aneta Kopeć graduated from the Department of Food Technology University of Agriculture in Krakow, in 2002 she defended her PhD thesis. Training abroad: 6-month Dekaban Foundation scholarship at the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada in 2003, practice research in 2004-2006 in the same institution.
Scientific interests: the way of nutrition and the state of nourishment of various population groups; the role of bioactive nutrients (polyphenols, fiber, plant sterols, etc.) in the prevention of diet-related diseases. Scientific output: 34 original papers and monographs and 74 abstracts for national and international conferences. Teaching students about diet.
- Denis Jordan, University Hospital Rechts der Isar, Technical University in Munich, Germany
Title of the presentation:
Monitoring Depth of Anesthesia: The present and the future
Speaker profile:
Denis Jordan is a research fellow at the Department of Anaesthesiology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München (Germany). He grew up in Berne (Switzerland) where he graduated in Mathematics and Theoretical Physics before he went to Munich and received a PhD. His primary research interests include analysis methods of signals generated by nonlinear dynamics, their application and evaluation in EEG, EP and fMRI data, and neural mechanisms of consciousness and unconsciousness.
- Axel Schless, Praxis Dr. Schless, Germany
Title of the presentation:
Online based modern wound treatment for diabetic foot syndrome
Speaker profile:
After his studies in 1992-1999 at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and the PhD in 1999, Dr. Schleß worked as assistant physician at hospitals in Regensburg (gastroenterology), Munich-Neuperlach (diabetology), Bamberg (intensive care) and Bad Mergentheim (diabetology). In 2007 he was designated diabetologist. In April 2007 Dr. Schleß established his own doctor´s office with focus on diabetology in Bamberg.
- Bastian Bleisinger, ADVANOVA GmbH, Germany
Title of the presentation:
Taken from practice for use in practice: the mobile electronic medical record VMobil
Speaker profile:
Bastian Bleisinger studied Information Systems with an additional focus on Medical Informatics. Together with Dr. Frank Hemer he founded the ADVANOVA GmbH. As a CEO Bastian Bleisinger is now responsible for Finance, Sales and HR.
- Adam Piórkowski, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
Title of the presentation:
Ultrasound simulation – the core of modern education
Speaker profile:
Adam Piórkowski obtained a Master of Engineering degree in 2000, and defended his PhD thesis in computer sciences in 2005. At present he carries out studies in health informatics.
III module: Ecosystem for medical innovations, 14.40-16.00
Moderator: Kazimierz Murzyn
- Mariola Dwornikowska-Dąbrowska, University Hospital in Wroclaw, Poland
Title of the presentation:
Traceability of Business Processes In Medical Innovations
Speaker profile:
Graduate of the University of Economics in Poznan, in accounting and finance, assistant of the Faculty of Health Sciences Medical University In Wroclaw, expert on Healthcare financing, lecturer. Project implementation: organization and implementation of financial computer systems, implementation of cost accounting, including a project funded by the World Bank (LKF), implementation of hospital budgeting control systems; design and implementation of restructuring projects in healthcare institutions. In 2007-2009 Under Secretary of State in the Ministry of Health; co-author and coordinator of cost accounting and modern management system in healthcare institutions in cooperation with the Warsaw School of Economics. In 2009-2011 Rector’s Representative for Implementation of Strategic Management in the Medical University in Wroclaw: preparation of the document “The strategy of development for the Medical University of Wroclaw 2009-2020”. Since 2006 deputy director for finance in the University Hospital in Wroclaw. Auditing and counseling for healthcare institutions, consultant and expert on software designing for planning and budgeting. Recent projects: expert in “Working Group of the Minister of Health on preparation of the procedure to evaluate the need for and conditions of reorganization of the Memorial Child Care Center”; and expertise for Senate Commissions. Chairman and vice-chairman of supervisory boards of companies with public participation and Chairman of the Strateg – Med & BGC Consulting.
- Thomas Karopka, Project Manager, BioCon Valley® GmbH, Germany
Title of the presentation:
Innovation support for health and life sciences in the Baltic Sea Region
Speaker profile:
Thomas Karopka has over 20 years working experience in the area of information and communication technologies and biomedical informatics. After working 10 years in industry, he moved to academia where he worked for 5 years in the area of bioinformatics. In 2007 he moved to the IT Science Center Rügen, an institute of applied research where he was head of the eHealth department. Since August 2011 Thomas Karopka Has been working as a project manager for BioCon Valley GmbH where he is responsible for international projects in the domain of eHealth.
Thomas Karopka is a member of the International Society for Telemedicine and eHealth (ISfTeH), council member of the European Federation for Medical Informatics (EFMI) and chair of the International Medical Informatics Association Open Source Working Group (IMIA OS WG). He also serves as the European Liaison Officer for the ACM Special Interest Group on Health Informatics (ACM SIGHIT)
- Stanisław Bisztyga, Vice President, Malopolska Regional Development Agency, Poland
Title of the presentation:
Commercialization of medical technologies through Venture Capital
Speaker profile:
Graduated from the Academy of Economic In Krakow, academic lecturer. In 1989-2007 director for economic and financial affairs in Chemobudowa Krakow S.A. In 2007 elected Senator of the Republic of Poland of the VIITerm. Since November 2011 Vice-President of the Management Board of MARR S.A.
- Piotr Zygmunt, Chairman of the Board, BIOSPEKT Ltd., Poland
Title of the presentation:
Biospekt – Jagiellonian University spin-off
Speaker profile:
Piotr Zygmunt – founding father of the company and its current director. In the pursuit of his PhD in the Institute of Environmental Sciences Jagiellonian University he carried out ecological studies. Based on his personal experience and in cooperation with other scientists he created a research offer of the Biospekt company.
- Kazimierz Murzyn, Managing Director, LifeScience Cluster Krakow, Poland
Title of the presentation:
Innovative Hospital – How to translate simple ideas into good solutions?
Speaker profile:
Managing Director of LifeScience Krakow, member of the Biotechnology Committee PAN, vice-president of Global Innovation Network (USA).
MEng, graduated from the Krakow University of Technology. Additional studies in the Polis-American Business School in Krakow (management and marketing), Sloan School of Management at MIT Cambridge USA (system dynamics), Rutgers University, New Brunswick, USA (Biopharma Global Entrepreneurship, MiniMBA) and other.
His area of professional interest: development of innovation ecosystems, economic growth, technology transfer, innovation and entrepreneurship management in life science and biotechnology. Contributed to the development of LifeScience Krakow initiative, managing director since cluster foundation (www.lifescience.pl).
Scientific interests and activities: knowledge management, learning organizations, development of biotechnology clusters, and complex adaptive systems.
He is writing his PhD thesis on “Evaluation of innovation potential of clusters based on system dynamics method” (Leon Kozminski Academy in Warsaw).
