FSA Université Laval, Québec Canada

Ph.D. candidate, Department of management, FSA Université Laval, Québec Canada
Previously: Associate professor of biology, Université de Yaoundé I, Cameroun; Dean of the Faculty of Science, Université de Yaoundé I (1990-1993); Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Science, Université de Yaoundé (1993-1994).

Qualifications and Education: License de sciences naturelles (zoologie), Université de Yaoundé, Cameroun, CAPES de sciences biologiques, ENS, Université de Yaoundé, DES de biologie et physiologie animales, Université de Yaoundé, Doctorat d’État de biologie et physiologie animales, Université de Yaoundé, Maîtrise ès arts (éducation), Université d’Ottawa, Scolarité de doctorat en sciences de l’administration, Université Laval, Québec.
Active research interests: University reforms; curriculum analysis, research and knowledge management.

Paper: “Linking University Research to Production Systems within the Context of a Poverty Reduction Strategy: Case Study of Cameroon”

Researcher in Science, Technology and Innovation Theme, Brazil

Educational background: Ph.D. in the Production Engineering; M.Sc. in Agriculture, Development and Society, Development and Agriculture; Specialization in the Analysis of Computation Systems; Agricultural Engineering.
Relevant experience:  Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil - Professor of Entrepreneurship, Technological Incubator of Popular Cooperatives / Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – was carry out the research for the project to develop indicators and a system of monitoring and evaluation of the incubation process for the São Paulo municipal government’s.

State Government of Rio de Janeiro serving as an Agricultural Engineering at a project that aims to give social and technological support to small farmers that received land by the Reform Land Program (1983 – 2001). Coordination of Research Identification of Reminiscent Areas of “Quilombos” at Rio de Janeiro State. 1988. (“Quilombo” means the areas which the African slaves hid during the slavery period in Brazil. According the Brazilian Constitution of 1988, their descendents would receive from the government this land if they continued to live in the same place of the original area).

Paper: “The Incubator as Organizational Training Method”

President and Chairman of the Board – International Organisation for Knowledge Economy and Enterprise Development
President of Jönköping University, Sweden

Thomas Andersson is President of the board of IKED and he is also President of Jönköping University, one out of three main private universities in Sweden, and Vice President of the Italian-based International Network for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (INSME). Among other assignments, he serves on the Steering Committee of the Global Forum, on the board of SPIDER (Swedish Program for ICT in Developing Regions) and on the International Advisory Committee of the Competitiveness Institute.

In recent years, Thomas Andersson was Chairman of the Innovation Policy Expert group appointed by the Swedish Government, Senior advisor to the Swedish Agency for Innovation Systems (VINNOVA), responsible for the 2003 ASEM conference on "Globalisation and ICT", and served as secretary of the Ministers' of Finance project on "the Nordic Countries and the New Economy" under the aegis of the Nordic Council of Ministers. He further was a member of the ad hoc High Level Expert Group of the European Commission on the Prioritization Procedure for New Research Infrastructure in the 7th framework programme. Between 2000 and 2004, he served on the International Advisory Board of the World Knowledge Forum, Seoul, Korea.

From 1996 to 2001, Thomas Andersson was Deputy Director for Science, Technology and Industry at the OECD. Prior to the OECD, Thomas Andersson was Assistant Under-Secretary and Head of the Structural Policy Secretariat in the Swedish Ministry of Industry and Commerce. During these years, he represented Sweden in the European Commission's meetings for Director Generals for Industry and in the OECD Industry Committee. Previously he headed the international research programme of the Industrial Institute for Economic and Social Research, Stockholm (IUI). He was appointed associate professor at the Stockholm School of Economics in 1993 and is currently full professor in International Economics and Industrial Organisation at Jönköping International Business School. He has published a large number of books and articles and has been a visiting fellow at Harvard University, Bank of Japan, Hitotsubashi University, and the University of Sao Paulo. He is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA).

Paper: “Ethiopia: Innovation and Growth in international comparison”

Professor of Computer Science and Intelligent Systems, ITESM (Monterrey Tech), Monterrey Campus
Dean of Research and Graduate Studies, ITESM Monterrey Campus, Mexico

Planning and coordination of the research activities and graduate programs at ITESM Monterrey Campus.
Dr. Cantú has contributed to the development of various Ph.D. and master programmes in computer science and artificial intelligence at ITESM. His research interests are Knowledge based systems and automated reasoning; machine learning and data mining using Bayesian and statistical techniques for business intelligence and technology management. Economic development based on entrepreneurial science. Epistemology and philosophy of science.

Dr. Cantú holds a Ph.D. in Artificial Intelligence, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 1997, a Master of Science, Computer Science, North Dakota State University, United States, 1978 and a Bachelor in Computer Systems Engineering Monterrey Institute of Technology, 1973
Prof. Cantú is accredited as a National Researcher by CONACYT, the National Council for Science and Technology in Mexico

Dr. Cantú was head of the Center for Intelligent Systems, ITESM Monterrey Campus, 1989-2002, Head of the Informatics Research Center, ITESM Monterrey Campus, 1986-1989, Professor of Computer Science, ITESM Monterrey Campus, 1978-1985 and he was the President of the Mexican Society for Artificial Intelligence, 1997-2000. Member of various program committees of AIand KBS conferences. Member of IEEE, ACM, AAAI societies
He is a member of the following editorial boards:  the Expert Systems with Applications an International Journal. Elsevier Press, London the Knowledge and Information Technology, Springer-Verlag, Berlín, Inteligencia Artificial and the Iberoamerican journal of Artificial Intelligence, AEPIA, Spanish Association for AI, Madrid.
He has furthermore published about 50 articles in journals and scientific conferences in computer science and intelligent systems.

Paper: “Strategies for moving from a teaching university towards a teaching, research and entrepreneurial university: The Tecnológico de Monterrey experience”

University of Saskatchewan

James Dzisah is presently a Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Saskatchewan, Department of Sociology, he holds a M.A. from the University of Saskatchewan and a B.A. (Firs Class Honours) from the University of Ghana. He also holds a position of Doctoral Research Fellow, International Centre for Governance and Development, University of Saskatchewan and is a Teaching/Research Assistant, University of Saskatchewan, Department of Sociology. He was previously a Teaching/ Research Assistant, University of Ghana, Department of Sociology.

Paper: “The renewal of the African University: Towards a "Tripie Helix" Development Model ”

Professor and Chair in Management of Innovation
Business School, University of Newcastle upon Tyne

Henry Etzkowitz is chair in Management of Innovation, Creativity and Enterprise at the Business School, Newcastle University. Where he serves as co-Director of the KITE (Knowledge, Innovation, Technology, Enterprise Research Centre) He is also Visiting Professor in the Department of Technology and Society, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Stony Brook University. Henry Etzkowitz is author of Triple Helix: A New Model of Innovation; MIT and The Rise of Entrepreneurial Science and co-author of Public Venture Capital and of Athena Unbound: The Advancement of Women in Science and Technology. He is co-founder of the Triple Helix international conference series on university-industry-government relations. [www.triplehelix6.com].

Paper: “The Entrepreneurial University and the Triple Helix as a Development Paradigm”

Department of Management, University of the Western Cape, South Africa and Professor at the University of Applied Sciences, Giessen, Germany

Prof. Dr. Christian Friedrich is presently holding a position as Professor at UWC funded by German government (DAAD). Head of Entrepreneurship Development Unit (EDU), Department of Management, UWC. Project leader for national and international research projects.

He has previously been visiting professor at UWC, South Africa and involved in several international projects in SSE sector between 1998 and 2002 with focus on success factors funded by the German Research Foundation in Zimbabwe, Zambia, Namibia, and South Africa.

Further Prof. Dr. Friedrich has been Professor for organizational psychology in Giessen at the University of Applied Sciences, and active at the University of Giessen and Bochum as part-time lecturer. Resident representative of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation in Zimbabwe and regional coordinator for the southern African region, with focus on the promotion of SME.  Business owner (IAP Unternehmensberatung in Frankfurt) with focus on HR management, ie Assessment Center and Training.

Academic conferences 2005 :
The Triple Helix Model in South Africa, NRF/SIDA conference, UWC, Bellville, South Africa.
The challenges of entrepreneurship education at university, OECD conference, Trento, Italy.
5th International Entrepreneurship Forum, (conference chair), Cape Town (www.uwc.ac.za/ief).

AAPI conference, in Bangkok, Thailand, key note address: How to improve innovation and planning for entrepreneurs.

Paper: “A mission Impossible? A tri-Partite Co-Operation in an International Context: An Institutional Perspective”

Lund Institute of Technology-Division of Innovation, Sweden

Ph.D. Candidate at the Division of Innovation, Lund University, Sweden.
M.Sc. degree in Science and Technology Studies at Middle East Technical University-METU-Turkey.
M.Sc. Student at the Department of Urban Planning at Israel Institute of Technology - Technicon, Israel.
M.Sc. Thesis on the Triple Helix Model and The Israeli Magnet Program: A Comparative Approach to National Innovation Programs with Implications For Turkey (244 pages).
Research on the comparative analysis of national innovation systems at Samuel Neaman Institute for Advanced Studies in Science and Technology- Israel.
Visiting Student at the University of California.

Paper: “An Assessment of the University Industry Relations in Israel: The Experience of the Magnet Program and Implications for Ethiopia”

Economic Affairs Officer, UNCTAD, International Investment Arrangements Section

Victor Konde is an Economic Affairs Officer with UNCTAD’s International Arrangements Section, DITE. He is a former researcher of Harvard University’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and an Associate of the Center for International Development. He is the founder of the African Technology Development Forum and the Zambian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Victor was lecturer at University of Zambia for seven years and worked in industry for 3 years. He holds a PhD from Brunel University, UK.

His current work areas include international policy research in technology transfer and commercialisation and national innovation systems. He has also provides advice to various governmental and private institutions in designing technology and development strategies. His main interests include mobilising and commercialising technology assets, promoting government-industry-academia relations and encouraging entrepreneurship.

Paper: “Mobilizing University sources to create and support new businesses in Africa”

Helen Lawton Smith is Reader in Management, School of Management and Organisational Psychology, Birkbeck, University of London. She is a Distinguished Research Associate at the Department of Geography, Oxford University and a Research Associate at the Centre for Business Research, Cambridge University. She is the founder and Director of Research of the Oxfordshire Economic Observatory, Oxford University. This is a practitioner focused research centre focusing on understanding the South East knowledge-economy (see http://oeo.geog.ox.ac.uk). Her expertise is in the geography of innovation with particular interests in the commercialization of university intellectual property. Helen Lawton Smith has undertaken studies of innovation and entrepreneurship in both high-tech and traditional sectors in the UK, Canada, France and Belgium. She has recently completed a study of the performance of spin-offs from Oxfordshire’s universities and public research laboratories and will be leading a study of London University spin-offs funded by London Higher, in 2006.

Paper: “The Oxfordshire Economic observatory project: Relevance of the model to developing countries”

Visiting Professor, Production Engineering Department, Federal University Fluminense, Brazil
Associated Researcher, NEICT- Nuclei of Studies in Innovation, Knowledge and Work, Federal University Fluminense

Former Assoc. Professor at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and Full Professor, Instituto de Estudos Avançados em Educação, Fundação Getúlio Vargas.

Research interests: Science, technology and innovation policy, local systems of innovation, triple helix of university-industry-government relationship and actor-network theory.
Research coordination: Research coordinator of the Brazilian research team, Project UniDev “Developing Universities – The Evolving Role of Academic Institutions in Economic Growth”. International project coordinated by Research Policy Institute, Lund School of Economics and Management.
Member of the Technical-Scientific Committee of the Centre of Science and Technology Policy (CeS&T), Fondazione Rosseli, Torino, Italy; Member of the Scientific Committee of the "Simpósio de Gestão da Inovação Tecnológica" and of the " Simpósios da Associação Latino-Americana de Gestão Tecnologica - ALTEC"; Member of the Steering Committee of ALTEC 2005, Salvador, Brasil and member of the Steering Committee of the 5th International Triple Helix Conference, Italy, 2005. Brazilian coordinator of the UniDev Project- Developing Universities: the evolving role of academic institutions in economic growths (2005-2007)

Paper: “Integrating entrepreneurial initiatives in Brazilian Universities”

Coordinator of the Technology Transfer Office
at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul

Marli Elizabeth Ritter dos Santos holds the position of Coordinator of the Technology Transfer Office of the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul. She has previously held positions as Director of the Interaction and Technology Transfer Office (EITT) of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Assistant of the Rector of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul and General Director of the Pro-Rectory of Post – graduation and Research in the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul. She holds a Graduate degree in Social Sciences and a Master Degree in Administration, Planning and Management in Science and Technology from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul and a Doctors degree in Administration Sciences from the Autonomous National University of Mexico.

Paper: “Management of technology transfer offices: Lessons for Brazilian Universities”

Former National Consultant at the National Computer Board and UNDP Mauritius and Assistant Manager at the Small and Medium Industries Development Organisation – SMIDO, Mauritius

Mr. Seebaluck has recently been working with the National Computer Board as a National Consultant for Support for new and potential start-up incubators in the field of ICT” funded by National Computer Board and UNDP Mauritius. He has also been working with ICT Incubator Centre as an Assistant Manager at the National Computer Board and an Assistant Manager at the Small and Medium Industries Development Organisation (S.M.I.D.O). Mr. Seebaluck holds a B.A. (Honours) Economics from the University of Delhi, India and a M.A. Economics from Delhi School of Economics, India.

Other fields of interest for Mr. Seebaluck is Entrepreneurship & Business Development, SMEs Development, Business Incubators, Marketing, Technology Innovation, Macro Econometric Modelling, Macro Economic Policy, Computer Programming - Assembly, Access & Visual Basic, Web Page Design and Flash Animation.

Paper: “ICT Business Incubation: Evidence from Mauritius”

College of Engineering and Technology, University of Dar es Salaam

Abraham K. Temu received his B.Sc. degree in Process engineering from the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania in 1984. He received M.Sc. degree in Chemical engineering from the University of Trondheim, Norway in 1987. In 1998 he received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway specializing in fouling. Since 1998 he has been Lecturing at the Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. He has worked on problems relating to industrial energy conservation and renewable energy technologies (biodiesel, bioethanol and solar cooking) beside involvement in Innovation Systems and Clusters.

Paper: “Academia-Industry-Government Relationship: Experience of the College of Engineering and Technology, University of Dar es Salaam Tanzania”

Associate Professor, Business School, Shenyang University in China

Chunyan Zhou is an Associate professor, Business School, Shenyang University in China. She got a B.Sc. in physics, a Master's degree in science education in Liaoning Normal University, and a Ph.D. in philosophy of science and technology at STS Center of Northeastern University.

She has published her book Transforming Science to Technology: the Scientific Basis in Technology Time (Northeastern University Press, 2002.2, Shenyang), awarded the First-class Prize in the Youth Excellent Results by Research Association of Dialectics of Nature in China. This work revealed the relationship between science and technology, especially in contemporary society and systematically argued the important contribution of science research to technology innovation.

She also translated and published University-Industry-Government Triple Helix (Henry Etzkowitz, Published by the East Press in China, 2005.6, as well as Pasteur’s Quadrant: Basic Science and Technological Innovation (Donald E. Stokes, Science Press in China, 1999.10, Beijing, Since 1998, she has published more than twenty papers and held five programs in science policy and management.

In 2001, she worked for a research project at STS center of Tsinghua University as a visiting scholar. During 2004.8—2005.8, she visited the STS Program at Stanford University also as a visiting scholar. Recently she has contributed to the paper Triple Helix Twins: Innovation and Sustainability following Dr. Henry Etzkowitz, as a co-author. Her interest of research now is Innovation Theory and Practice, both in the East and West countries, especially University-Industry-Government Triple Helix Model for innovation, including the relationship between university and industry, university’s status and role in regional and industrial innovation.

Paper: “The Entrepreneurial University and the Future of Higher Education in China”

Associated professor in National Research Center for Science and Technology for Development, Beijing, China

Mr. Zhao Yandong studied Sociology in the Graduated School of Chinese Academy of Social Science, Beijing, where he obtained his doctorate. He is currently an associated professor in National Research Center for Science and Technology for Development, Beijing, China. His research area includes social capital and social development, social stratification and mobility, innovation of small and medium sized enterprises, risk society and development of science and technology, etc.

Paper: “Research Institutions and SMEs: Trust Mechanism and Partnership”