INNOVATION, ENTREPRENEURSHIP & ECONOMIC POLICY

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

EU FUTURE PERSPECTIVES:INNOVATION, ENTREPRENEURSHIP & ECONOMIC POLICY

Smartinno presents the 7th International Scientific Conferenceby Juraj Dobrila University of Pula and Istrian Development Agency

21 23 / May / 2015 @ Pula / Croatia

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SMARTINNO PRESENTSInternational Scientific Conference "EU FUTURE PERSPECTIVES: I NNOVATION, ENTREPRENEURSHIP & ECNOMIC POLICY

Conference European Union Future Perspectives: Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Economic Policy is a result of activity within the project SMART INNO, which is co-funded by the European Union through the IPA Adriatic Cross-border Cooperation Program 2007-2013 in the framework of first call for strategic projects. Iti s organized by Juraj Dobrila University of Pula and Istrian Development Agency

(IDA d.o.o.), as SMARTINNO Croatian project partners.The main goal of the SMART INNO project is to develop a smart networking system for monitoring and fostering research & innovation capacity in SMEs across Adriatic Region. The SMART INNO Consortium is composed by 18 partners coming from 8 Adriatic Countries (Italy, Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Greece, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia).

Such Consortium includes relevant actors from different fields: regional authorities, chambers of commerce, innovation and technology transfer centres, regional development agencies, a University with scientific innovation capacities, a SME specialized in cluster organization and an NGO focusing on EU regional cooperation.The purpose of the International scientific is to discuss various ideas,

various paths on micro and macro level related with innovation and entrepreneurship that could lead EU economies towards a higher level of employment and welfare. The Conference covers topics from all fields in economics and interrelated fields that elaborate topics related with innovation, entrepreneurship and economic policy in the European Union.

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The Conference Hosts

Juraj Dobrila University of Pula was established in 2006. It is organized through the integrating structure and first has established the departments.Today the University consists of four departments and one faculty, which are the following: Faculty of Economics and Tourism "Dr. Mijo Mirkovi", Department of Humanities, Department of Music, Department for studies in Italian language and Teacher training department.

Juraj Dobrila University of Pula is unique, open, inclusive and distinguished University, oriented towards sustainable development and historical, cultural and natural heritage, and closely linked with the social community. It implements and develop scientific research, artistic and teaching activities by taking into account the particularities of the Istrian heritage, and in cooperation with the local, national and international public economic entities.

The Istrian Development Agency (IDA) Ltd. is the first regional, and one of the leading Croatian development agencies. It was established on 14 December 1999 as an operational body entrusted with the implementation of development programmes of the Region of Istria and the Istria 21 Development Consortium. For many years IDA has been an essential agent of Istrian economic development. Its primary role lies in the stimulation of the development of small

and medium-sized entrepreneurships in the Region of Istria through securing of financial support, holding of educational courses, developing of the entrepreneurial infrastructure, providing information and consultation services to entrepreneurs, offering services to prospective foreign investors and the implementation of different interregional and international projects aimed at creating of a favourable business climate in the Region of Istria.

JURAJ DOBRILA UNIVERSITY OF PULA ISTRIAN DEVELOPMENT AGENCY (IDA)

www.unipu.hr www.ida.hr

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Keynote Speakers

Steve Keen is Professor of Economics & Finance at the Kingston University in London, and author of the popular book Debunking Economics, a second edition of which has been published (Zed Books UK, 2011; www.debunkingeconomics.com).Prof. Keen predicted the financial crisis as long ago as December 2005, and warned that back in 1995 that a period of apparent stability could merely be the calm before the storm. His leading role as one of the tiny minority of economists to both foresee the crisis and warn of it was recognized by his peers when he received the Revere Award from the Real World Economics Review for being the economist who most cogently warned of the crisis, and whose work is most likely to prevent future crises.

Guglielmo Maria Caporale is Professor of Economics and Finance and Director of the Centre for Empirical Finance at Brunel University, London. He is also a Visiting Professor at London South Bank University and London Metropolitan University, a Research Professor at DIW Berlin, a CESifo Research Network Fellow and an NCID (Navarra Center for International Development) Non-Resident Fellow. Prior to taking up his current position, he was a Research Officer at the National Institute of Economic and Social Research in London; a Research Fellow and then a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic Forecasting at the London Business School; Professor of Economics at the University of East London; Professor of Economics and Finance as well as Director of the Centre for Monetary and Financial Economics at London South Bank University.

Professor Mihlyi started his academic career after graduation from the Karl Marx University of Economic Sciences in Budapest. Between 1983 and 1993, he was a researcher of the UN Economic Commission for Europe in Geneva. After returning to his native country, he became an active participant of the Hungarian privatization process. He served inter alia as Deputy Government Commissioner for Privatization in 1994/95 and played a major role in the largest transactions in energy and banking. In 1997/98 he was promoted to Deputy State Secretary in the Ministry of Finance. His portfolio included the pension reform, the preparation of the healthcare reform and municipal financing.

Prof. Steve Keen Kingston University in London

Prof.dr. Guglielmo Maria Caporale Centre for Empirical Finance, Brunel University, UK

Prof.dr. Peter Mihalyi Department of Finance, University of Pannonia, Hungary

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Prof. Dr. Michael Dowling was named to the Professorship for Innovation and Technology Management at the University of Regensburg effective July 1, 1996. Previously he had been an Assistant Professor and Associate Professor with tenure at the University of Georgia, USA. He has worked at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Laxenburg, Austria and with McKinsey & Company in Dsseldorf, Germany. Professors research interests include the strategic management of technology, high technology entrepreneurship, and the relationships between technology, public policy and economic development.

Prof. Dr. Michael Dowling Faculty of Business, Economics and Management Information Systems, University of Regensburg

Prof. Dr. Zenonas Turskis Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania

Professor Turskis graduated at Vilnius Civil Engineering Institute (Vilnius Gediminas Technical University) in the field of Industrial and civil engineering. His research interests are in the areas of multicriteria evaluation and automatic programming of technological solutions in construction and investment projects, the areas of technological sciences and construction. Rich work experience begins from Institute of Planning Collective Farm Construction. He worked as a programmer and manager at joint English-Lithuanian production and sales company Angerda and as a manager in two joint stock companies Foreksas and Vilniaus industrija. From 1997 he is working as senior researcher at Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, the Faculty of Construction.

Keynote Speakers

Smartinno Workhops: "Innovation is the core of EUSAIR"

Moderator: doc. dr. sc. Tea Golja Bruno Radojica (Ministry of Entrepreneurship and Crafts - MINPO). Jasna Jaklin Majeti (Croatian Chamber of Economy - HGK) Jana Blaevi Marelja (Science and Technology Park, University of Rijeka) Nikola Bali (Technology Transfer Office TTO, University of Split) Ani Gerbin (PACINNO PROJECT, IPA CBC PROGRAMME) Vedrana Grozdani (Research Centre for Metal Industry in Istrian County - MET.R.IS.) Sinia Miljevi (Istrian Tourism Development Agency - IRTA)

Moderator: doc.dr.sc. Dean Sinkovi (MBA) Davorin tetner (President of Croatian Business Angels Network CRANE) Damir Muji (CRANE) Cinzia Zubin (Croatian Bank for Reconstruction and Development - HBOR) Goran Jeras (Ethical Bank) Hrvoje Hafner (Founder of Crowdfunding Platform Doniralica) Sanja Vale upi (Adrinaut)

WORKSHOP I: INNOVATION SUPPORT IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP

WORKSHOP II: FINANCING INNOVATIVE ENTREPRENEURIAL VENTURES

Photo source: Tourism Office Pula

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