Programme 10. June – 13. June 2025

The complete program will be published here after completion.

10. June: Early Career Conference

TimeActivity
09:00 – 17:00ECC – Open Topic
18:00 – 21:00Dinner

11. June

TimeActivityLocation
08:00 – 09:30RegistrationLobby FWW6 / SRG I
09:30 – 10:00Opening
Jürgen Howaldt, Director of the Social Research Center, TU Dortmund University
Welcome addresses:
Cornelius Schubert, Dean of the Department of Social Sciences, TU Dortmund University
Emanuela Reale, Eu-SPRI Forum President
H.001, FWW6 / SRG I
10:00 – 11:00New Role of State for (Transformative) Innovation
Keynote: Uwe Cantner, Friedrich Schiller University Jena
H.001, FWW6 / SRG I
11:00 – 11:30Announcement of the establishment of RISIS Infrastructure
(Research Infrastructure for Science
and Innovation Policy Studies)
Philippe Larrue, OECD Directorate for Science Technology and Innovation (DSTI)
H.001, FWW6 / SRG I
11:30 – 12:30Lunch & Poster ExhibitionLobby FWW6 / SRG I
12:30 – 14:00Parallel Session 1Various rooms in FWW6 / SRG I
14:00 – 14:15BreakLobby FWW6 / SRG I
14:15 – 15:45Parallel Session 2Various rooms in FWW6 / SRG I
15:45 – 16:00BreakLobby FWW6 / SRG I
16:00 – 17:30Parallel Session 3Various rooms in FWW6 / SRG
18:30 – 22:00Social Events
 
Reception City of Dortmund
InnoClub TechnologieZentrum Dortmund,
Emil-Figge-Strasse 76-80,
44227 Dortmund
18:30 – 22:00or
German Football Museum
German Football Museum, Platz der Deutschen Einheit 1, 44137 Dortmund

12. June

TimeActivityLocation
08:45 – 10:15Parallel Session 4Various rooms in FWW6 / SRG I
10:15 – 10:30BreakLobby FWW6 / SRG I
10:30 – 12:00Parallel Session 5Various rooms in FWW6 / SRG I
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch & Poster ExhibitionLobby FWW6 / SRG I
13:00 – 13:15Welcome address by the Rector of TU Dortmund University Manfred BayerH.001, FWW6 / SRG I
13:15 – 14:15Inclusion in the current era of massive technological change: What role for innovation policy?
Keynote: Caroline Paunov, Head of Secretariat for the OECD Working Party on Innovation and Technology Policy (TIP)
H.001, FWW6 / SRG I
14:15 – 14:45BreakLobby FWW6 / SRG I
14:45 – 16:00Social Innovation Policy in Europe and beyond

Plenary Panel:
Filipe Almeida (Portugal Social Innovation)
Louise Pulford (Social Innovation Exchange – SIX)
Klaus Schuch (Centre for Social Innovation – ZSI)
Alejandra Boni (Ingenio CSIC-UVP)
 
Chair: Jürgen Howaldt (TU Dortmund University)
H.001, FWW6 / SRG I
16:00 – 16:30BreakLobby FWW6 / SRG I
16:30 – 17:45The Future of the European R&I Framework Programme FP 10
Plenary Panel:
H.001, FWW6 / SRG I
17:45 – 18:30Walk to the Conference Dinner
18:30 – 22:00Conference DinnerDASA – Germans largest Exhibition on the world of work
Friedrich-Henkel-Weg 1-25, 44149 Dortmund

13. June

TimeActivityLocation
08:45 – 10:15Parallel Session 6Various rooms in FWW6 / SRG I
10:15 – 10:30BreakLobby FWW6 / SRG I
10:30 – 12:00Parallel Session 7Various rooms in FWW6 / SRG I
12:00 – 13:00Lunch & Poster ExhibitionLobby FWW6 / SRG I
12:45 – 14:15Parallel Session 8Various rooms in FWW6 / SRG I
14:15 – 14:30BreakLobby FWW6 / SRG I
14:30 – 15:30Towards broader transformations in a context of multiple crises: the role of science-policy dialogues
Plenary Panel – Stakeholder Advisory Board (SAB)
H.001, FWW6 / SRG I
15:30 – 16:00Closing and announcement of Eu-SPRI 2026H.001, FWW6 / SRG I
16:00End of Conference