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SCIENCE Innovation Summit 2024

At SCIENCE we have an ambition to be the best place not only for curiosity-driven research but also for maturing wild ideas, unconventional experiments and innovative collaborations into activities that will benefit society.

Join us for SCIENCE Innovation Summit where we focus on how SCIENCE, anchored in our world-class research, can develop to lead in transformative collaborations with external partners and the establishment of unique and viable startups.

Program: SCIENCE Innovation Summit, 6 June 2024

Time	Activity
13.30-14.00	Registration
14.00-14.10	Welcome Jesper Wengel, Vice-Dean for Innovation and External Relations, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen (UCPH) and Charlotte Fischer, Head of Policy, Faculty of Science, UCPH, moderator
14.10-14.30	The journey back and forth between basic research and innovation Thue Schwartz, Professor, Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, Recipient of UCPH Innovation Prize 2023
14.30-14.40	Q&A with Thue Schwartz
14.40-14.50	Break
14.50-15.30	THREE PITCHNG CASES: PITCHING SESSION: Roads to research-based entrepreneurship and innovation What is the idea and the commercial potential, what are the challenges and next steps? Sotirios Kampranis, Professor, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, UCPH Sune Tjalfe Thomsen, Associated Professor, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, UCPH Shriaya Sharma, PhD student, Department of Chemistry, UCPH
15.30-16.10	PANEL DISCUSSION: Universities turning excellence into solutions Listening to the innovators insights and key learnings, how do universities strengthen their role as innovators without compromising the need for long-term basic research? Thue Schwartz, Professor, Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, Recipient of UCPH Innovation Prize 2023 Christian Vintergaard, CEO, Fonden for Entreprenørskab Nethaji Gallage, former Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, UCPH, now CEO in Octarine Bio Kim Grøn Knudsen, Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer, Topsoe Anne-Louise Thon, Managing General Partner, Vår Ventures
16.10-16.15	CONCLUDING REMARKS Jesper Wengel, Vice-Dean for Innovation and External Relations
16.15-17.00	NETWORKING Meet the researchers and light catering with innovative snacks

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Practical information

SCIENCE Innovation Summit will be held at "Festauditoriet", Bülowsvej 17, 1870 Frederiksberg.

Deadline for registration for the event is 29 May, by filling in the form at the bottom of this page.

If you have any questions regarding the conference, please contact Gitte Frandsen at gif@science.ku.dk

If you are prevented from participating at the event, please cancel your participation using this form.