SCIENCE Innovation Summit 2024

SCIENCE Innovation Summit

At SCIENCE we have an ambition to be the best place not only for curiosity-driven research but also for maturing wild ideas, unconventional experiments and innovative collaborations into activities that will benefit society.

Join us for SCIENCE Innovation Summit where we focus on how SCIENCE, anchored in our world-class research, can develop to lead in transformative collaborations with external partners and the establishment of unique and viable startups.  

Registration for the event

Participation is free of charge, but registration is required.

Program: SCIENCE Innovation Summit, 6 June 2024

Time  Activity
13.30-14.00 Registration

14.00-14.10

Welcome  

  • Jesper Wengel, Vice-Dean for Innovation and External Relations, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen (UCPH)
14.10-14.30

The journey back and forth between basic research and innovation

  • Thue Schwartz, Professor, Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, Recipient of UCPH Innovation Prize 2023
14.30-14.40

Q&A with Thue Schwartz
14.40-14.50 Break
14.50-15.30

PITCHING SESSION: Roads to research-based entrepreneurship and innovation
What is the idea and the commercial potential, what are the challenges and next steps?

  • Sotirios Kampranis, Professor, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, UCPH
  • Sune Tjalfe Thomsen, Associated Professor, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, UCPH 
  • Shriaya Sharma, PhD student, Department of Chemistry, UCPH
15.30-16.10

PANEL DISCUSSION: Universities turning excellence into solutions

Listening to the innovators insights and key learnings, how do universities strengthen their role as innovators without compromising the need for long-term basic research?

  • Thue Schwartz, Professor, Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, Recipient of UCPH Innovation Prize 2023
  • Christian Vintergaard, CEO, Fonden for Entreprenørskab 
  • Nethaji Gallage, former Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, UCPH, now CEO in Octarine Bio
  • Kim Grøn Knudsen, Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer, Topsoe 
  • Anne-Louise Thon, Managing General Partner, Vår Ventures
16.10-16.15

CONCLUSIVE REMARKS
Jesper Wengel, Vice-Dean for Innovation and External Relations
16.15-17.00

NETWORKING

Meet the researchers  and light catering with innovative snacks