10:00

Opening remarks – Sándor Erdő, Vice President, National Innovation Office

10:10

„Europe 2020” strategy and the „Innovation Union” flagship, relations to bioeconomy – Rudolf W. Strohmeier, Deputy Director‐General, European Commission, DG Research and

Innovation

10:40

Transition Toward Green Growth (Economy): The Role of Innovation – István Pomázi, Senior Policy Adviser, State Secretariat for Economic Strategy, Ministry of National Economics

11:10 – coffee break

11:40

Towards an European strategy and action plan for a sustainable bio-economy in 2020 – reflections from the SCAR-WG – Hans Sprangers, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation, Department of Knowledge and Innovation, the Netherlands 

12:00

Hungarian initiatives to support innovation in the field of agriculture and food industry – Lajos Bognár, Deputy State Secretary, Ministry of Rural Development

12:20

JRC's work in food and consumer products to support innovation in Europe - Elke Anklam, Director, European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Health and Consumer Protection

12:40

Discussion

13:00 – lunch

14:00

Obstacles and solutions in knowledge transfer to SMEs in the food sector – Susanne Braun, University Stuttgart, Germany

14:30

Knowledge transfer from the viewpoint of agriculture – Zoltán Bedő, Agricultural Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

14:50

Knowledge transfer from the viewpoint of industry – Daniele Rossi, Confederation of the Food and Drink Industries of Europe (CIAA)

15:10 – coffee break

15:30

Role of Enterprise Europe Network in knowledge transfer – EEN Agrofood Sector Group, Julio Carreras Llisterri, AINIA, Spain

15:50

European Technology Platforms and national technological platforms as the mediators of research results – Julian Drausinger, LVA, Austria

16:10

Agriculture Knowledge and Innovation Systems Collaborative Working Group of SCAR – Andrew Fieldsend, Research Institute of Agricultural Economics, Hungary

16:25

The ENDURE Network: Interfacing and interaction with advisers and extension services in Europe – Jens-Erik Jensen, VFL Denmark

16:40

Roundtable discussion on knowledge transfer tools/networks

17:00

End of first day of conference

10:00

Role of Knowledge2Innovation project in academy - industry/agriculture knowledge transfer – Barend Verachtert, European Commission, DG Research and Innovation

10:20

Introduction of the training material compiled by the Knowledge2Innovation project – Gorgias Garofalakis, ETAT SA, Greece

10:50

Demonstration of the knowledge transfer tools developed by the Knowledge2Innovation project – Nikolaus Sennhauser, TIL, UK

11:40

Marketing mix based approach of dissemination and knowledge and technology transfer guides for food SMEs – results of the AgriFoodResults and TRUEFOOD projects – András Sebők, Campden BRI, Hungary

12:00

Strategy for the dissemination of research results – results of the AgriFoodResults project – Christophe Cotillon, ACTIA, France

12:20

Roundtable discussion on the applicability of knowledge transfer tools in the agro-food sector and general conclusions of the conference

13:00 – lunch

14:00 – 15:30

Patents and trademarks
- What is a patent?
- How do I file for a patent and what are the related costs?
- When not to patent?
- What is the value of a patent?
Trainers: Marcus Gamme, Tomas Gille, INNO Group, Germany

15:30 – 17:00

The proof-of-concept as a tool for attracting investors
- What is the proof-of-concept?

- How to undertake a proof-of-concept project?

Trainer: Nikolaus Sennhauser, Targeting Innovation Ltd., UK