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BONUS at the BDF Summit / EUSBSR Annual Forum 2012
BONUS is among the key speakers of this year’s EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region Annual Forum taking place at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Schools of Architecture, Design and Conservation, Copenhagen on 17-19 June 2012.
BONUS Executive Director Dr. Kaisa Kononen will be among the speakers in the session titled ‘Building Science Links in the Baltic Sea Region – the Role of Clusters’ at 16.30-17.15 on Monday, 18 June, Auditorium 5.Creating cooperative science links cross borders is an important element in ensuring the competitiveness of the region. Pooling intellectual, technological and financial resources and establishing long-term partnerships will enhance excellence of scientific research and more efficient use of talents. How can we upscale scientific cooperation across frontiers? What investments are needed to boost the brain infrastructure? What is the role of clusters in the science and research perspective? Are EU programmes used in the best way and through joint endeavours in the region?
Speakers: Dr. Kaisa Kononen, Executive Director, BONUS, Massimo Altarelli, Chairman and Managing Director, the European XFEL, Rene Buch, CEO, NORDUnet, Dr. Uwe Sassenberg, Project Manager, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY) Moderator: Jacek Walendowski, Senior Consultant, Technopolis Group, Belgium
BONUS will also feature in the Networking Village of the Forum. Come to our lunch time presentation titled ‘BONUS – innovation with a purpose’ at the speakers’ podium on Monday at 12.30 and visit us on our conference stand. Welcome!
For more information visit the conference website at www.bsr2012.eu


