Society needs to change – but how can we promote such change through innovation, entrepreneurship and science? The opening ceremony for the U-GOT KIES centre opens a dialogue on these questions, between leaders, entrepreneurs and researchers across different spheres of society. Our approach at the U-GOT KIES centre is to analyze knowledge-intensive innovation ecosystems is inspired by the economist Joseph A. Schumpeter. Creative destruction can be defined as a dynamic process by which obsolete economic and technical structures are replaced by new ones. Moreover, creative destruction is a mechanism of experimentation where existing resources are repurposed for new uses. Our foci for the panels are how and why individuals and organizations can stimulate such change by promoting innovation, entrepreneurship and science.
Moderator: Magnus Aronsson, Esbri
Opening Remarks
Torbjörn Lundh, Professor & Deputy Vice-Chancellor at University of Gothenburg
Maureen McKelvey, Professor in Industrial Economics and Management & Director, U-GOT KIES Centre, University of Gothenburg
Panel 1 Knowledge-intensive Innovation Ecosystem: Large companies’ perspectives
Anna Sandström, AstraZeneca. Director Science Policy and Relations Europe. Member of U-GOT KIES Societal Advisory Council
Guido Buenstorf, Professor in Economics, University of Kassel, Germany. Researcher. Previous VPP (Visiting Professor Program). Member of U-GOT KIES Centre Steering Committee
Stefan Christiernin, Volvo Cars, Director of External Research and Chairperson of the Strategic Knowledge & Research Committee. Member of U-GOT KIES Societal Advisory Council
Nathalie Lazaric, Professor in Economics, Université Côte d’Azur Sophia Antipolis, France; VPP. Member of U-GOT KIES Centre Steering Committee
Panel 2: Knowledge-intensive Innovation Ecosystem: Entrepreneurship
José González, Musician & songwriter. Member of U-GOT KIES Societal Advisory Council
Rögnvaldur Saemundsson, Professor in Industrial Engineering, University of Iceland. Researcher at University of Gothenburg. Member of U-GOT KIES Centre Steering Committee
Erik Gatenholm, Entrepreneur and co-founder of Cellink and Bico. Alumni of our Masters program “Innovation and Industrial Management”, Unit of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, School of Business, Economics and Law
Astrid Heidmann Lassen, Associate Professor in Operations and Innovation Management, Aalborg University, Denmark. Previous VPP (Visiting Professor Program). Member of U-GOT KIES Centre Steering Committee
Concluding remarks jointly by:
Olof Zaring, Head of Host Department, Dept of Economy & Society
Per Cramér, Dean, School of Business, Economics and Law