(Preliminary) Program

Congress Industrial Research: Past and Future
November 27 and 28, 2014
Museum Boerhaave Leiden, the Netherlands
(Preliminary) Program:
November 27:
- 14.30-15.30: Welcome
o 15.30-16.00: Opening - Dirk van Delft (Director Museum Boerhaave/ Leiden University,
the Netherlands)
o 16.00-17.00: Panel discussion with Kenneth Bertrams (Vrije Universiteit Brussel,
Belgium), Johan Schot (Director SPRU – Science Policy Research Unit, University of
Sussex, United Kingdom/ Research Director Foundation for the History of Technology,
the Netherlands) and Ray Stokes (University of Glasgow, United Kingdom): What are
the main questions we want to answer?
- 17.00-17.45: Keynote lecture 1: The Dutch perspective by Harry Lintsen (Eindhoven University
of Technology, the Netherlands)
- 17.45-18.30: Reception
- 18.30-19.15: Keynote lecture 2: The business and industry perspective – by Gert-Jan Gruter
(Avantium)
- 19.30 Dinner
November 28:
- 09.00-10.30: Break out sessions
o 1: Chemistry (Ernst Homburg (Maastricht University, the Netherlands), International
commentator: Robert Bud (Science Museum London, United Kingdom), Commentator
R&D: Jacques Joosten (Dutch Polymer Institute / DSM Research, the Netherlands)
- o 2: Unilever Research (Mila Davids (Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands),
International Commentator: Andrew Godley (University of Reading, United Kingdom),
Commentator R&D: TBA)
10.30-11.00: Coffee Break
11.00 - 12.30: Break out sessions
o 3: The Heineken case (Keetie Sluyterman (Utrecht University, the Netherlands),
International commentator: Ray Stokes, Commentator R&D: TBA)
o 4: R&D in diary industry (Jan Korsten Business Director Foundation for the History of
Technology, the Netherlands), International Commentator: Kenneth Bertrams,
Commentator R&D: TBA)
12.30 - 13.30: Lunch
13.30 - 15.00: Break out sessions
o 5: Small and medium businesses (Harry Lintsen, International Commentator: TBA,
Commentator R&D: TBA)
o 6: ICT sector (Eric Berkers (Foundation for the History of Technology, the Netherlands),
International Commentator: Ed Steinmuller (SPRU – Science Policy Research Unit,
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University of Sussex, United Kingdom), Commentator R&D: Michiel Westermann
(Motek, the Netherlands)
15.00 - 15.30: Coffee Break
15.30 - 17.00: Closing debate with Kenneth Bertrams, Johan Schot and Ray Stokes:
o To what extent have we answered the questions asked during the opening?
o What are the key research questions for the coming period?
17.00 - 17.30: Lecture Mila Davids ‘Innovation and knowledge infrastructure: many paths to
innovation’
17.30: Conclusion

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