Ville Kairamo
CEO Demola Global & team
Hello HLF Member !
This year, the theme of the 11 th edition of the High Level Forum Summit was “How local &
regional innovation ecosystems support 2030 global objectives”.
This Edition was hosted by the City of Tampere, Finland.
Dates: 6 to 9 November – Tampere, Finland
CEO of DIMECC Ltd, Tampere, Finland
HLF Chair & CEA Tech Head of International Foresight
Responsibility in innovation
Morning program will take place at the main building of Tampere University, Lecture room 1 (A1). Street address: Kalevantie 4.
The afternoon program takes place at Nokia Areena, Paidia. Nokia Arena locates next to the campus area, left hand side from the main doors of the university. The walk is approximately 500 meters from door to door. Paidia is easy to find when you enter the arena from the entrance A, and immediately go up the escalator / stairs on the left side. Maps are provided at the welcome desk. We have also people to guide our guests.
HLF Chair & CEA Tech Head of International Foresight
CEO of DIMECC Ltd, Tampere, Finland
Mayor of Tampere
President of Tampere University
Senior Vice President ITRI Hsinchu, Taiwan
Innovation Project Manager Y.SPOT CEA Grenoble France
Chairman of Metaverse Future Forum, Korea & CEO of Aria Edge Seoul Korea
Experienced leader of industry transformation through digitalization, automation, and sustainability
Head of Mixed and Augmented Reality Solutions Fraunhofer FIT Sankt Augustin Germany
Senior Fellow Digital Systems & Integrated Circuits Divisions CEA LIST Saclay France
Director Virtual Campus Grenoble Ecole de Management France
PhD, HDR, Senior Research Scientist, Chair of the CEA Operational Digital Ethics Committee
Intreim Associate Vice President, Community-based Engagement,
Georgia Tech Enterprise Innovation Institute, (EI2), USA
Founding Executive Director of Partnership for Inclusive Innovation Atlanta USA
Holder of the Chair “Female Entrepreneurship for a Renewed Economy” Grenoble Ecole de Management France
Head of Department of Business Studies at Dundalk Institute of Ireland & Adjunct Professor – Business Strategy & Innovation – Griffin University Queensland Australia
Research Team Leader Nature-based Solutions VTT Tampere Finland
Research Director & Head of National and International Academic Partnerships LITEN CEA Grenoble France
Deputy Director Global Zero Emission Research Centre AIST Tsukuba Japan
Co-Creation Manager VTT Technical Centre of Finland Tampere Finland
Director of US-Asia Technology Management Center Stanford University USA
Senior Vice President ITRI Hsinchu, Taiwan
VP for International Affairs Université Grenoble Alpes France
VP Sales and Marketing CEA Leti Grenoble France
Project Lead The Council of Tampere Region Finland
TRK-UITP Liaison Officer at Karlsruhe Technology Region Germany
Senior Scientist at VTT Finland and Co-Change leader of the Rethinking Autonomy and Safety Lab Finland
Regional Innovation and Engagement Manager at University of Oxford and OxLEP UK
Ecosystem Vital functions
The sessions before the ecosystem site visits take place at the main building of Tampere University, Main Auditorium. Street address: Kalevantie 4.
The coffee, startups show and conclusions will take place at Nokia Arena, Paidia (3rd flr).
Street address: Kansikatu. 3.
Director Innovation & Commercialisation at ANSTO New South Wales Australia
CEO Tecnalia Ventures Bizkaia Spain
CEO Linksium Grenoble France
CEO of CEA LITEN Grenoble France
President and Chief Executive Officer at PRIMA Québec, Greater Montreal, Canada
Director of Marketing & Communications Harwell Campus Oxford UK
Principal of Frontera Technology Ventures, Houston, USA
HLF Deputy Chair & CEA Tech Senior Technology Transfer Officer
Coordinator International House Leuven Belgium
Director of Talent Attraction and Migration
International House Talent Boost Manager City of Tampere Finland
Vice-President of Grenoble Alpes Métropole
CEA Tech European Affairs
Senior Officer GIANT Grenoble France
Project leader, JV-Campus & Head, Campus-in-Campus and Platform group, Bureau of Global Initiatives University of Tsukuba Japan
City Councillor for Economy, Employment & Entrepreneurship Porto Portugal
The buses to site visits leave in front of the main university building at 14:00.
Tampere industrial tour
Janne T. Kivinen Director Fastems
Jari Hämäläinen Director Cargotec
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Tampere city ecosystem tour
Juha Kaivonen Director of project development at City of Tampere
Reijo Väliharju Development director at Hiedanrannan kehitys ltd
Olli Pihlajamaa Senior scientist at Vtt
Hanna Jartti Project engineer at Tampere Tramway ltd.
Principal of Frontera Technology Ventures, Houston, USA
Start-up Program Manager CEA Innovation
CEA Deputy Director Valorisation
HLF Communication Manager & Start-up Show coordinator
Well done to all the participating start-ups, each one as rich and inspiring as the next. And congratulations to the 2022’s winners!
1. INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM
#1 BeFC Bioenzymatic Fuel Cells – CEO Jules Hammond
#2 Warpspace – CMO Ryota Takahashi
2. 2030 GLOBAL OBJECTIVES
#1 Waga Energy – CEO Mathieu Lefebvre
#2 Fluoink Nanotechnologies – CEO Layla Brini
The unique and singular character of the HLF Summit offers the ideal circle to accelerate the penetration of the international innovation community due to its format adapted to peer-to-peer exchanges and its multiple actors including investors.
Contact: flavien.etheve@cea.fr
Due the current health crisis, the 2020 HLF Summit has been postponed to autumn 2021 - The HLF will be online on 1st Dec 2020 during the first HLF Connect Briefing
