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By qatari on Sun, 25/05/2008 - 8:26pm

Start: 27 May 2008 - 19:00

End: 28 May 2008 - 15:00

Where:

Ritz-Carlton Hotel

The world is becoming more borderless, and so is the corporate research lab. Companies are increasingly turning to universities and innovative start-ups for their next-generation technologies.

Yet corporations face profound challenges when partnering with outside researchers. And how can they best manage their own R&D labs when they are spread around the world?

QSTP TECHtalks - The 2008 Conference on 27 - 28 May 2008 focuses on international best practices in collaborative research. Companies, universities and entrepreneurs from Qatar and around the world will share their practical experience of how to create successful R&D partnerships.

More information.

8:00 - 9:00	Registration
9:00 - 9:05	Welcome Darren Jordon, Conference Moderator
9:05 - 9:10	Opening Word Dr. Tidu Maini, Executive Chairman, Qatar Science & Technology Park
9:10 - 9:55	Keynote: Fostering an Intrapreneurial Spirit to Drive Innovative Research - Steve Wozniak's Perspective Steve Wozniak, Co-Founder, Apple Computer
9:55 - 10:15	Q&A with Steve Wozniak
10:15 -10:35	Networking Break
10:35 - 11:25	Panel Session One Shaping the Future: Intrapreneurship in Qatar Art Boni - Executive Entrepreneurship Certificate Program, Carnegie Mellon Qatar Bart van Buggenhout - Stable Manager, Al Rayyan Stables Abdulaziz Ahmed Al-Khal - Student, Executive Entrepreneurship Certificate Program
11:25 - 12:15	Panel Session Two Corporate R&D: Strategies for Successful Partnerships Dr. Tidu Maini, Executive Chairman, Qatar Science & Technology Park Alan MacCormack, Associate Professor, Harvard Business School Sam Alkharrat, General Manager Middle East, Cisco Systems Beverly Mentzer, Vice President, ExxonMobil Research Qatar
12:15 - 1:15	Lunch
1:20 - 1:40	Trends and Best Practices in Corporate Innovation Management Alan MacCormack, Associate Professor, Harvard Business School
1:40 - 2:00	Q&A with Alan MacCormack
2:00 - 2:45	Panel Session Three Industry-University R&D: A Qatar Case Study Abdel Aziz Al Fakhroo, Divisional Manager - Wireless Networks, Qtel Dr. Khalid Qaraqe, Associate Professor, Texas A&M University at Qatar Dr. Mohamed Slim Alouini, Associate Professor, Texas A&M University at Qatar Dr. Mazen Hasna, Assistant Professor - College of Engineering, Qatar University
2:45 - 3:00	Closing Word Dr. Eulian Roberts, Managing Director, Qatar Science & Technology Park

QSTP TECHtalks - The 2008 Conference is an invitation only event, aimed at the technology community from business, government and academia.

> To request an invitation, please send your details to events@qstp.org.qa

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benfiggis said Dates ...

Hi, please note that the "meet the speakers reception" will be in the evening of 27 May, and the full-day conference will be on 28 May.

For some reason these dates have been mis-reported in the media and on Qatar Living.

Best regards,

Ben Figgis
Marketing Manager
Qatar Science & Technology Park

Mon, 26/05/2008 - 8:50am

qatari said updated ...

Updated....

---Please read our Community Guidelines before posting on Qatar Living. It will save us all a lot of pain :)

Mon, 26/05/2008 - 3:13pm

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