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IFI attends the Conference on Transformative Innovation Policies

Totti Könnölä, CEO of the Insight Foresight Institute, will participate in the Scientific Conference on Transformative Innovation Policies and will be in the Roundtable organized around circular economy and industry 4.0. Totti will share his views on ​​”digital platforms as a lever to promote circular economy”.

Date: April 25, 2017.
Place: Areces Foundation, C / Vitrubio, 5. 28006, Madrid.

The Conference is organized by the Economy and Innovation Policy Research Group of the Complutense University of Madrid (GRINEI-UCM) and the Forum of Innovative Companies (FEI), in collaboration with the Ramón Areces Foundation.

The day consists of two different sessions:
I. Morning session: 9.30 to 17.00
II. Afternoon session: 19:30 to 21:00

In the morning, a scientific work will be developed to analyze the current trends of innovation policies and in the afternoon there will be a round table where companies and representatives of the administration will discuss the Spanish situation. The round table focuses on circular economy and industry 4.0 as levers that, in the hands of companies, can contribute to solving some of the challenges of society and, therefore, to align with transformative innovation policies.

– Moderator: José María Insenser, Forum of Innovative Companies.
– “Business and the circular economy”. Mirari Zaldúa Urretabizkaia. Responsible for Innovation Policy Projects. TECNALIA POINT. TECNALIA. Research & Innovation.
– “Industry 4.0 and transformative innovation policies”. Luis Fernando Alvarez-Gascón Perez. General Manager GMV secure eSolutions.
– “Digital platforms as a lever to promote the Circular Economy “, Totti Konnola, CEO, Insight Foresight Institute
– “Transformative innovation policies and public administration”. Francisco Marín, General Manager of CDTI.

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The Revolution of Circular Economy

The AEC-Quality Community celebrated on February 9 its first plenary meeting of 2017. The plenary session was attended by Totti Könnölä, Managing Director & Co-founder of Insight Foresight Institute. During his keynote, Totti Könnölä reviewed the characteristics of the so-called ‘Circular Economy’ which, he said, allows the development of new ways of innovating and changing the business. In his opinion, Industry 4.0, digital transformation, Internet of Things and other technological advances offer new opportunities for circular economy.

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IFI attends the IV National Congress of Entrepreneurial Scientists

Our Member of IFI Innovation Council, Juan Mulet participates in the panel  ‘Innovation 6.0’ in the IV National Congress of Entrepreneurial Scientists in Barcelona, 24-25 February 2017. The event represents an inflexion point of entrepreneurial innovation ecosystems in our country.

Its goal is to encourage the creation of scientific and technological based companies, to promote the figure of the scientific entrepreneur, to create synergies between the different agents involved in the sector and to inspire the coming generations, in charge of building the future knowledge society.

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IFI in the Innovation Panel of the VI General Conference of the Spanish Foundations Association

Our Managing Director, Totti Könnölä attended the innovation panel of the the VI General Conference of the Spanish Foundations Association, which was held the 23rd of November of 2016 in the headquarters of the Barrie Foundation in A Coruña, in the framework of the 50th commemorative act of this Galician entity.

Totti made a bet on innovation during his intervention on the round table. “To innovate is, in the last instance, about betting on people”, he suggested. His discourse addressed the challenge of entrepreneurship, innovation, ambition and collaboration. He gave much importance to the last point, and he got to say that “at the end that its not just institutions which collaborate but rather individual persons, and sometimes bonds of complicity are created”, as occurred in a case from his native country, Finland, where the Government “obliged” first companies and the academic world to collaborate for obtaining public funds and, although at first the relationship was “artificial”, little by little links were created between persons which led to effective collaboration. In addition, he indicated that innovation is not just undertaken by the business field, but also science, politics and society. However, he added that “entrepreneurship requires an ecosystem” and that,  it is necessary to cooperate and “work hand in hand to advance”. He reflected that in the path of innovation there are risks that have to be accepted and that sometimes also serious difficulties arise; “innovative entrepreneurship is a journey, it always comes with uncertainties, but it has its rewards”. So he encouraged everyone to “have ambition” in their projects.

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People, Places & Policies: promoting systemic innovation and a stronger entrepreneurial culture in Europe

Cf1GOkEXEAAvPbB.jpg_largeInnovation and entrepreneurship are key drivers for economic growth and competitiveness. While recent policies also aim at promoting sustainability and better governance, many analysts have pointed to Europe’s inability to create a suitable environment in which a vivid entrepreneurial culture could flourish.

The event, organised by the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) in partnership with the European Parliament, will be hosted by Eva Paunova MEP on 27th April 2016 at the European Parliament. The event intends to validate a new report from CEPS on Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Europe: People, Places and Policies, the result of a six-month Task Force involving authoritative scholars, industry experts, entrepreneurs, practitioners and representatives of EU and international institutions.

Insight Foresight Institute (IFI) has played pertinent role in this taskforce chaired by José Manuel Leceta (Chairman of IFI). Furthermore, Totti Könnölä (Managing Director of IFI) has acted as a co-rapporteur. We highly appreciate that some of the board and council members have also participated in the taskforce meetings.

The outcome is a set of policy recommendations that aim at improving the overall environment and approach for entrepreneurship and innovation in Europe, and a new understanding of the role that “people, places and policies” can and should play within the current context of the European Union. More specifically, the CEPS Task Force agreed upon three key principles: future EU policy for entrepreneurship and innovation should be systemic, simple and, more importantly, tied to societal needs.

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