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DETAILED CONFERENCE PROGRAMME (LAST
UPDATE: 08.06.2009)
SESSION DETAILS
14:00 - 15:30
REGISTRATIONS 24.06.2009
15:30 - 16:00
OPENING SESSION 24.06.2009 (Room: G104)
Venue:
Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences
Prof. Dr. Ahmet Acar (President of METU)
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Erkan Erdil (Chairman, METU-TEKPOL)
16:00 - 17:30
INVITED LECTURE 24.06.2009
(Room: G104)
Venue:
Faculty of
Economics and Administrative Sciences
Prof. Dr.
Attila Varga (University of Pecs, Hungary)
Presentation Title: Agglomeration and network effects in R&D productivity
Prof. Dr.
Bruno van Pottelsberghe (Free University of Brussels, Belgium)
Presentation Title: Challenges for the European patent system: Policy lessons from a
quantitative study
Prof. Dr.
William Lazonick (University of Massachusetts, USA)
Presentation Title:
The theory of innovative enterprise
18:00 - 19:30
WELCOME COCKTAIL
24.06.2009
Venue:
Faculty of
Economics and Administrative Sciences
09:15 - 11:00
SESSION I
25.06.2009
(Room: G104)
Venue:
Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences
Barriers
to Innovation in Eastern European Countries: An Empirical Analysis
E.
Başçavuşoğlu (Imperial College Business School, Innovation and
Entrepreneurship Group, Imperial College, UK)
R.
Simonetti (Innovation, Knowledge and Development Centre and Department
of Economics, Open University, UK)
R&D Intensive SMEs in Europe: What do we know
about?
R. Ortega-Argilés (European Commission, DG Joint Research
Centre, Institute for Prospective Technological Studies, Seville, Spain)
L. Potters (European Commission, DG Joint Research
Centre, Institute for Prospective Technological Studies, Seville, Spain)
P. Voigt (European Commission, DG Joint Research Centre,
Institute for Prospective Technological Studies, Seville, Spain)
The Two
Faces of Open Innovation: Network Externalities and Learning
M. Özman
(Institut Telecom, Telecom & Management SudParis, France)
Convenor: Erol Taymaz (Middle East Technical University, Turkey)
11:15 - 13:00
SESSIONS II & III
25.06.2009 (Rooms:
G101 / G107) (Parallel
Sessions)
Venue:
Faculty of
Economics and Administrative Sciences
SESSION II (Room: G101)
Incubators
as Tool for Entrepreneurship Promotion in Developing Countries
I. S.
Akçomak (Department of Economics, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The
Netherlands)
A Review
of Technology Incubation Centers and Technoparks in Turkey
M.H.
Çolakoğlu (KOSGEB, Small & Medium Industry Development Organization,
Ankara, Turkey)
I.
İlkyaz Gül (METUTECH, METU Technopolis, Ankara, Turkey)
M. I.
Kızıltaş (METUTECH, METU Technopolis, Ankara, Turkey)
Innovation
Policy and Management in Public Sector
I.
Arpacı (METU, Informatics Institute, Department of Information Systems,
Ankara, Turkey)
A.
Arifoğlu (METU, Informatics Institute, Department of Information
Systems, Ankara, Turkey)
Convenor: Serhat Çakır (TUBITAK and Middle East Technical
University, Turkey)
SESSION
III
(Room: G107)
An
Empirical Study into the Determinants of Innovativeness in Manufacturing
Firms
G.
Ulusoy, G. Günday, K. Kılıç (Sabancı University, Istanbul, Turkey)
L.
Alpkan (Gebze Institute of Technology, Kocaeli, Turkey)
Institutions and Technological Innovation: Looking Inside and Outside
the Firm
F.
Belloc (Department of Economics, University of Siena, Piazza S.
Francesco, Italy)
Determinants of Innovation Behavior: Analysis of the 2004-2006 Turkish
Innovation Survey
M.
Karakuzu (TUBITAK, Turkish Scientific and Technological Research
Council, Ankara, Turkey)
T.
Pamukçu (METU-TEKPOL, Science and Technology Policies Research Center,
Ankara, Turkey)
Convenor: Jülide Yıldırım (Gazi University, Turkey)
14:00 - 15:45
SESSIONS IV&V
25.06.2009 (Rooms:
G101 / G107)
(Parallel Sessions)
Venue:
Faculty of
Economics and Administrative Sciences
SESSION
IV
(Room: G101)
Does
Information and Communication Technologies Sustain Economic Growth? The
Underdeveloped and Developing Countries Case
I. H.
Yetkiner (Izmir University, Department of Economics, Izmir, Turkey)
B.
Türkcan (Ege University, Department of Economics, Izmir, Turkey)
E. Erdil
(METU TEKPOL, Science and Technology Policies Research Center, Ankara,
Turkey)
The Role
of ICT and ICT Clusters on Economic Growth: Lessons and Policy Issues
F. M.
Utku İsmihan (METU-TEKPOL, Science and Technology Policies Research
Center, Ankara, Turkey)
Financial
Motivation and Information Technology Outsourcing
S.
Yarlıkaş (METU, Department of Information Systems, Ankara, Turkey)
Turkish
Internet: Growth Trends and Use Patterns
K.
Çağıltay (METU, Faculty of Education, Department of Computer Education
and Instructional Technology, Ankara, Turkey)
Convenor: Metin Durgut (Middle East Technical University, Turkey)
SESSION V
(Room: G107)
Corporate R&D and firm's distance to the frontier:
Evidence from Europe's top-R&D investors
R. Ortega-Argilés (European Commission, DG Joint Research
Centre, Institute for Prospective Technological Studies, Seville, Spain)
L. Potters (European Commission, DG Joint Research
Centre, Institute for Prospective Technological Studies, Seville, Spain)
P. Voigt (European Commission, DG Joint Research Centre,
Institute for Prospective Technological Studies, Seville, Spain)
In House
R&D and Technological Opportunity Empirical Analysis for Tunisian Firms
M. El
Elj (Laboratory of Economics and Industrial Management Polytechnic
School of Tunisia, La Marsa, Tunisia)
M. Belarbi
(Sousse University, Sousse, Tunisia)
A Study on
R&D Performance after Trade Liberalization: Evidence from Turkish
Manufacturing Firms
A. Eren
Yurtseven (TUBITAK, Turkish Scientific and Technological Research
Council, Ankara, Turkey)
O.Kara (TUBITAK,
Turkish Scientific and Technological Research Council, Ankara, Turkey)
T.
Pamukçu (METU-TEKPOL, Science and Technology Policies Research Center,
Ankara, Turkey)
Convenor: Nadir Öcal (Middle East Technical University, Turkey)
16:00 - 17:45
SESSIONS VI & VII 25.06.2009 (Rooms:
G101 / G107)
(Parallel
Sessions)
Venue:
Faculty of
Economics and Administrative Sciences
SESSION
VI
(Room: G101)
State
Supports in Obtaining Industrial Property Rights
U. G.
Yalçıner (METU-TEKPOL, Science and Technology Policies Research Center,
Ankara, Turkey)
A. Akın
(Graduate Student, METU -
TEKPOL)
Innovation, Technical Progress and Intellectual Property Rights: Some
Elements of Analyze
A.
Herscovici (Professor, Coordinator of the Research Group in
Macroeconomics (GREM) and the Study Group on Economics of Culture,
Communication, Information and Knowledge (GEECCIC), Department of
Economics at the Federal University do Espírito Santo (UFES), Sao Paolo,
Brazil)
Appropriate Patent Scope for Developing Countries
M. Habib
(Lebanese American University, Byblos, Lebanon)
Convenor: Onur Yıldırım (Middle East Technical University,
Turkey)
SESSION
VII
(Room: G107)
R&D and
Economic Growth: New Evidence from Developing Countries
A. J.
Samimi (Mazandaran University,
Department of Economics,
Babolsar, Iran)
S. M.
Alerasul (Mazandaran University,
Department of Economics,
Babolsar, Iran)
Sources of
TFP Growth in a Framework of Convergence: Evidence from Greece
I.
Bournakis (Middlesex
University, UK)
Measuring
the Impact of Knowledge Spillovers on the Production of Innovation: The
Case of Metropolitan France
I.
Moussa (Toulouse University, France, Tunisia University)
Convenor: Elif Başçavuşoğlu (Imperial College Business School,
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Group, Imperial College, United Kingdom)
09:15 - 11:00
SESSIONS VIII & IX 26.06.2009 (Rooms:
G101 / G107)
(Parallel Sessions)
Venue:
Faculty of
Economics and Administrative Sciences
SESSION
VIII
(Room: G101)
Labor
Market Effects of Knowledge Spillovers
B.
Bayraktar Sağlam (Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey)
S. Sayek
Böke (Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey)
Polish
Innovation Policy with Special Emphasis on ServicesA.
Laskowska – Rutkowska (Warsaw School of Economics, Innovation Management
Department, Warsaw, Poland)
The Role
of Higher Education from the Perspectives of Knowledge-Based Economy
E.
Muchova (University of Economics in Bratislava, Slovakia)
Convenor: I. H. Yetkiner (Izmir University of Economics,
Turkey)
SESSION
IX
(Room: G107)
The Role
of Intermediary Organizations in Promoting Knowledge Exchange between
University and Industry: A Comparison of the Agricultural Biotechnology
Sector in the Netherlands and the UK
B.
Candemir (Sussex University, SPRU-The Freeman Centre, Falmer, UK)
Innovativeness in
Biotechnology Sector in Turkey
D.
Çelikkanat Ozan (TUBITAK, Turkish Scientific and Technological Research
Council, Ankara, Turkey)
A. Ç.
Adalı (TUBITAK, Turkish Scientific and Technological Research Council,
Ankara, Turkey)
The
Importance of Technology Users in Innovation Policy: Evidence from
Poland
S.
Truskolaski (Poznan University of Economics, Department of International
Economics, Poznan, Poland)
Convenor: Semih Akçomak (Maastricht University, The Netherlands)
11:15 - 13:00
SESSIONS X&XI 26.06.2009 (Rooms:
G101 / G107)
(Parallel Sessions)
Venue:
Faculty of
Economics and Administrative Sciences
SESSION
X
(Room: G101)
Could
Nanotechnology be a Window of Opportunity for Turkey? An Analysis of
Turkey's Presence in Nanoscience and Technology Research
B.
Beyhan (METU-TEKPOL Science and Technology Policies Research Center,
Ankara, Turkey)
Scoping at
Corporate Spin-out Behavior in Turkey
E.
Bükülmez (TTGV, Technology Development Foundation of Turkey, Ankara,
Turkey)
S. Ölmez
Çakar (TTGV, Technology Development Foundation of Turkey, Ankara,
Turkey)
R.
Üreyen (TTGV, Technology Development Foundation of Turkey, Ankara,
Turkey)
M.
Çakmakçı (TTGV, Technology Development Foundation of Turkey, Ankara,
Turkey)
The
Evaluation of Turkish Automotive Clustering
S.
Bürken (TTGV, Technology Development Foundation of Turkey, Ankara,
Turkey)
Convenor: Müge Özman (Institut Telecom, Telecom & Management
SudParis, France)
SESSIONS
XI
(Room: G107)
Comments
and Critics on the Discrepancies between the Oslo Manual and the
Community Innovation Survey in a Developing Country Context
B.
Beyhan (METU-TEKPOL, Science and Technology Policies Research Center,
Ankara, Turkey)
E. Dayar
(METU-TEKPOL, Science and Technology Policies Research Center, Ankara,
Turkey)
D.
Fındık (METU-TEKPOL, Science and Technology Policies Research Center,
Ankara, Turkey)
S.
Tandoğan (TUBITAK, Turkish Scientific and Technological Research Council,
Ankara, Turkey)
Governance
of Research and Technology Policy: The Role of ERA-NETs in the
convergence of the Turkish Research Area to the European Research Area
S.
Ulutaş (TUBITAK, Turkish Scientific and Technological Research Council,
Ankara, Turkey)
Technology
Transfer in FP7 from RTD Performers towards SMEs in Turkey
O. Yapar
(TUBITAK, Turkish Scientific and Technological Research Council, Ankara,
Turkey)
Changes in
Organizational Learning. The Case of E-Learning
D.
Saraçoğlu (METU-TEKPOL, Science and Technology Policies Research Center,
Ankara, Turkey)
Convenor: Prof.Dr. Yakup KEPENEK (Middle East Technical University,
Turkey)
14:00 - 17:30
INVITED PANEL
(Room: G 104) 26.06.2009
Panel Discussion on “Commercialization
of Technical Knowledge”
(organized by the
Technology Development Foundation of Turkey - TTGV)
Venue:
Faculty of
Economics and Administrative Sciences
14:00 - 14:15 OPENING
LECTURE
(Room: G 104)
Welcome Remarks
A. Mete ÇAKMAKCI – TTGV
PRESENTATIONS
14:15 -
14:45 Presentation 1
(Room: G 104)
Knowledge,
Skills And Cash: The Dutch Experience
Invited
Speaker: Jeroen HEIJS /
SenterNovem-Netherlands
14:45 -
15:15 Presentation 2
(Room: G 104)
Technological
Entrepreneurship: ‘Early Stage Financing
Invited Speaker: Rina PRIDOR / Technological Incubators Programme-
Israel
15:15
- 15:45
Presentation 3
(Room: G 104)
Challenges in Commercialization of Research and in the Design of
Commercialization Programmes
Invited Speaker: Kjell Hakan NARFELT / Vinnova-Sweden
15:45 - 16:15
Coffee Break & Networking
16:15 - 17:30 Moderated Open Panel
Discussion
(Room: G 104)
Mete ÇAKMAKCI – TTGV (Moderator)
Jeroen HEIJS / SenterNovem-Netherlands
Rina PRIDOR / Technological Incubators Programme-Israel
Kjell Hakan NARFELT / Vinnova-Sweden
Metin DURGUT / Professor at Department of Industrial Engineering, METU-Turkey
Okan KARA / National Coordinator, EU Framework Programmes National
Coordination Office, TUBITAK- Turkey
Mustafa ÇOLAKOĞLU / KOSGEB - Turkey
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27.06.2009
CAPADOCIA TOUR PROGRAMME
IMPORTANT:
Meeting place (probably in METU campus) will further be announced on
26th of June. Please, check the website recently.
TOUR PROGRAMME:
06:30 - 11:00: Departure from the
city center and arrival to Capadocia
11:00 - 13:30: Tuz Gölü excursion
and turning back to Capadocia
Visit to Guvercinlik &Avcılar Valley and Goreme Museum
13:30 - 14:30: Lunch
14:30 - 18:30: Paşabağı and Avonos
excursion
Üç Güzeller and Kaymaklı Underground City Tour
18:30 - 23:00: Departure from
Capadocia and coming back to Ankara
Tour Fee:
75 Euro
Included services:
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Transportation by midibus
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Mini Breakfast (served in midibus on
the way to Capadocia)
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Lunch (all drinks are included)
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Mini Dinner (served in midibus on the
way back to Ankara)
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English Guidance
Extra Services NOT
INCLUDED in the tour fee:
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