Next generation innovation

Dublin Castle has opened its doors to the international ‘Open Innovation 2.0’ (OI2) conference in Ireland.

The two-day summit, attended by Pan European Networks, is hosted through a collaboration of key innovation partners, notably Intel Labs Europe, the European Commission, the Irish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, Trinity College Dublin and Dublin City Council. The conference will set out the ‘Open Innovation 2.0: Sustainable Economy & Society’ paradigm, which aims to help achieve the Europe 2020 vision.

The strategy is based on ‘principles of integrated collaboration, shared value, new innovation ecosystems and rapid adoption’ and it’s hoped that the plan will ‘generate prosperity and harness the opportunities’ across Europe’s economy and society.

The conference, which will also include the 2013 Innovation Luminary Awards, will bring together key policy makers, business executives and social innovators to develop a platform and roadmap for a sustainable European economy as well as positive development of society. The event is organised through a ‘quadruple helix innovation configuration’, recognising the important role of ‘civil society’ in addition to universities, industry and government, in developing a knowledge economy as well as a knowledge society.

Key addresses are expected from Professor Dr Martin Curley, chair of EU Open Innovation Strategy Policy Group and director of Intel Labs Europe; Bror Salmelin, adviser on innovation systems at DG Communication Networks, Contents and Technology; Dr Richard Straub, vice chair of EU OISPG and senior adviser to IBM; and Justin Rattner, chief technology officer at Intel.

The conference is also supported by the ‘Your Future City’ scheme; a showcase of future inventions and how they will affect every part of future life.