Workshop on Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation in PhD Education
- Pierre Chavel - Institut D'Optique / France
- Christopher Dainty - National University of Ireland / Ireland
- Hugues Giovannini - Institut Fresnel / France
- Roel Baets - Epixnet C/O Ghent University - IMEC / Belgium
- Silvia Carrasco - ICFO - The Institute of Photonic Sciences / Spain
- Hans-Jürgen Hartmann - OptecNet Deutschland / Germany
- Ajoy Kar - Heriot-Watt University / United Kingdom
- Thomas Pertsch - Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena / Germany
- Malgorzata Kujawinska - Warsaw University of Technology / Poland
This EOS workshop is part of the third EOS Annual Meeting 2010 that will be held in Paris, France, from 26 - 29 October 2010 alongside the PRI-OPTO exhibition (26 - 28 October).
Previous meetings took place in 2008 and 2006 with more than 650 attendees. Be a part of EOSAM 2010 and take this excellent opportunity to exchange new ideas and latest research results!
The submission deadline is extended to Thursday, 17 June.
Call for Papers
The Final Announcement &Call for Papers is available now for download: Final call for papers (pdf file;1,1 MB).
Synopsis
The main focus of PhD study is scholarly research. The endpoint is a Thesis that describes original research, showing some degree of innovation and/or a critical analysis of a particular research topic. According to the formalities of the Bologna agreement, PhD study is a three-year activity, although through Europe the actual time taken to reach the required level is almost always longer (probably closer to 3.5 to 4 years).
Against this background, there are pressures on PhD course organisers and supervisors to provide additional professional education as an integrated part of the PhD. One topic that is particularly prominent at present is the desire to instil a sense of entrepreneurship and business innovation into the PhD.
This Workshop will focus on the issues involved in integrating ideas of entrepreneurship and business innovation into PhDs in optics and photonics.
The Education Workshop is supported by 
Topics
- Should topics such as Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation be part of PhD study?
- Are we devaluing curiosity-driven scholarly research?
- What is best means of integrating Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation into PhD study?
- What is the role of industry?
- How can academics (even those in business schools) "teach" Entrepreneurship & Business Innovation?
- Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation courses vs intensive training sessions, case studies
- Do students require longer to complete a PhD that includes formally a business-orientated element, to ensure the academic content is not eroded?
- Joint PhD projects between industry and academia
- How significant is the correlation between PhD study in Europe and a professional career in innovation?
- PhD projects and SMEs, in particular high-tech SMEs
- PhD projects and startup companies
- PhD study and intellectual property
Invited Speakers
- Frédéric Capmas, Insitut d'Optique, FR
- Danae Delbeke, Ghent University, BE
- Hervé Lefèvre, iXCore, FR
- Michel Mariton, Horiba Jobin Yvon, FR
- Duncan Moore, University of Rochester, US
- Una Murphy, National University of Ireland, IE
Abstract submission
How to submit?
www.myeos.org/events/abstractsubmission
Submission deadline
The deadline for abstract submission is extended to 17 June 2010.
Important dates
- Notification to authors: 9 July 2010
- Publication of the advance programme: end of July 2010
Paper publication in JEOS:RP
Attendees of this EOS Event receive a 20% discount on the publication rate for the Journal of the European Optical Society - Rapid Publications (JEOS:RP). The paper submitted must be an original contribution that is connected to this topical meeting and must be submitted no later than 14 January 2011.
JEOS:RP is a peer-reviewed open-access journal focusing on European research in optics and photonics. [www.jeos.org]
Special publication rates for the attendees of EOSAM 2010:
Sponsoring
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Contact
European Optical Society (EOS)
Judith Oumard
Senior Comunications Manager
Phone: +49-511-2788-159
E-Mail: paris@myeos.org
EOSAM 2010 - Subevents
The EOS Annual Meeting 2010 features seven topical meeting and one workshop:
- TOM 1: Biophotonics - Advanced Trapping and Optofluidics in Life Sciences
- TOM 2: Terahertz - Science and Technology
- TOM 3: Nanophotonics and Metamaterials
- TOM 4: Micro-Optics
- TOM 5: Organic Photonics
- TOM 6: Nonlinear Optics and Photonics
- TOM 7: ICO/EOS TOM on Optics & Energy
- WORKSHOP: Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation in PhD Education
