Conférenciers invités

 Catherine Beaudry
Polytechnique Montréal

Catherine Beaudry est professeure titulaire au département de mathématiques et de génie industriel et titulaire de la chaire de recherche du Canada sur la création, le développement et la commercialisation de l’innovation (Chaire-Innovation) à Polytechnique Montréal et dirige le Partenariat pour l’organisation de l’innovation et des nouvelles technologies (4POINT0).

Elle est titulaire d’un doctorat et d’une maîtrise en sciences économiques de l’Université d’Oxford. De ses études en génie électrique spécialisées en technologie spatiales, elle garde un profond intérêt pour la technologie, la science et l’innovation.

Dans le cadre des travaux de la chaire Innovation, la professeure Beaudry se penche entre autres sur les partenariats, les réseaux et la collaboration entre les chercheurs universitaires, les entreprises et les organisations gouvernementales.

Ben Spigel
 Université d’Edinbourg, Business School

Ben Spigel is Associate Professor and Chancellor's Fellow at the University of Edinburgh Business School. He is an internationally recognised expert on entrepreneurial ecosystems, entrepreneurship policy, and the geography of high growth entrepreneurship.

His work has examined the growth, development, and impact of entrepreneurial ecosystems in the US, Canada, and the UK.

His work has been published in major journals such as Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, the Journal of Economic Geography, and Regional Studies.

His current research focuses on the ways in which Scottish technology entrepreneurs draw resources from their local entrepreneurial ecosystems and how this affects their growth and innovation potential. 

Keld Laursen
Copenhagen Business School

Keld Laursen is professor of the Economics and Management of Innovation at Copenhagen Business School and DNV-GL Professor II at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).

He earned his doctorate in international economics from Aalborg University. His current research focuses on open and distributed innovation processes and on organizational practices and innovation outcomes.

His research has been published in outlets such as Strategic Management Journal, Organization Science, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Economic Geography and Research Policy.