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04: The Cycle of Innovation and its Ecology

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Innovation follows the cycle of “creative destruction” (Schumpeter). Resilience Science and Cultural Theory models show that different stages of the innovation cycle require different “characters”: scientists, entrepreneurs, visionaries, etc. Computational science shows that these “different characters” apply different search strategies to solving problems. Citizen and Community Science as a broker within this ecology of innovation has a special (practical) role.

Austrian Federal Minister of Science, Research and Economy, Vienna Key Note
Professor and Head, Department of Ecosystem Services, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) and German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), and Chair, Ecosystem Services, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena; Project Lead, GEWISS - Citizens Create Knowledge (BürGEr schaffen WISSen); Leipzig
Assistant Professor, iSchool - Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL
Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Towson University, Research Scholar, Advanced Systems Analysis, Young Scientists Summer Program, IIASA - International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Towson, MD
Senior Research Scholar, Risk Policy and Vulnerability Program, IIASA - International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg
Professor for Environmenal History, Institute of Social Ecology, University of Klagenfurt
Founder and Director, FASresearch, Vienna Chair
Advisor, Directorate General for Scientific Research and International Relations, Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research, Vienna Coordination

Dr. Harald MAHRER

Austrian Federal Minister of Science, Research and Economy, Vienna

1995-1997 Chairman, Austrian National Students Union, Vienna University of Economics and Business
1997-2000 Research Assistant, Vienna University of Economics and Business
2000-2005 Managing Director, legend Consulting GmbH
2006-2010 Founder and Managing Director, Pleon Publico Public Relations & Lobbying
2011-2012 Founder and Managing Director, cumclave Unternehmensberatung
2011-2014 Managing Director, Tauern Holding
2014-2017 State Secretary, Austrian Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy
since 2017 Austrian Federal Minister of Science, Research and Economy

Dr. Aletta BONN

Professor and Head, Department of Ecosystem Services, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) and German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), and Chair, Ecosystem Services, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena; Project Lead, GEWISS - Citizens Create Knowledge (BürGEr schaffen WISSen); Leipzig

2000 PhD in Conservation Biology, Technische Universität Braunschweig
2001-2003 Postdoctoral Research Associate (DAAD) University of Sheffield
2003-2009 Research Manager, Peak District National Park, UK
2003-2011 Honorary Research Associate, University of Sheffield, UK
2009-2012 Research Manager, IUCN UK Peatland Programme, York, UK
2012-2013 Research Fellow, Institute of Biology, Freie Universität Berlin
2012-2014 Research Fellow, Helmholtz - Centre for Environmental Research  UFZ, Leipzig

Ph.D. Jana DIESNER

Assistant Professor, iSchool - Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL

2000-2002 Research Scholar, Carnegie Mellon University, ICES - Institute for Complex Engineered Systems
2003 M.A., Communication Science, Dresden University of Technology, Dresden
2003-2006 Software Developer and Research Associate, Carnegie Mellon University, School of Computer Science
2007 M.S., COS - Computation, Organizations and Society, Carnegie Mellon University, School of Computer Science, Pittsburgh, PA
2012 Ph.D., COS - Computation, Organizations and Society, Carnegie Mellon University, School of Computer Science, Pittsburgh, PA
2012-2016 Teaching, Different Courses, iSchool, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
since 2012 Assistant Professor, iSchool - Graduate School of Library and Information Science and Faculty Affiliate, Department of CS - Computer Science, ITI - Information Trust Institute, I3 - Illinois Informatics Institute, UIUC - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Ph.D. Brian D. FATH

Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Towson University, Research Scholar, Advanced Systems Analysis, Young Scientists Summer Program, IIASA - International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Towson, MD

 Professor, Biology Dept., Towson University, Maryland, USA; Research Scholar, Advanced Systems Analysis Program, IIASA, Austria
 Since 2009 Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Ecological Modelling. present
  Editor-in-Chief, Encyclopedia of Ecology 2nd Edition
 Since 2009 Visiting faculty, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
 Since 2011 Scientific Coordinator, Young Scientists Summer Program, IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria
 Since 2013 Guest Professor, State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Ph.D. Michael THOMPSON

Senior Research Scholar, Risk Policy and Vulnerability Program, IIASA - International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg

1960-1961 Royal Military College of Science, Shrivenham, Part I of BSc General (Chemistry, Pure Mathematics and Statistics), University of London (External)
1962-1965 BSc (Special) Anthropology, University College London
1965-1968 BLitt Social Anthropology, Corpus Christi College, Oxford
1973-1976 PhD Anthropology , University College London
1979-1980 Senior Research Scientist, Institute for Policy and Management Research, Santa Monica, California, USA
1980-1985 International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) Laxenburg, Austria
1985-1987 Institute for Management Research and Development, The Business School, University of Warwick, UK
since 1987 Selfemployed, The Musgrave Institute, London
since 1995 Professor II, Department of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen, Senior Researcher, Norwegian Research Centre in Management and Organisation (LOS Centre), Bergen (now Reorganised into the Rokkan Centre)

Ing. Dr. phil. Verena WINIWARTER

Professor for Environmenal History, Institute of Social Ecology, University of Klagenfurt

1981 Engineer (Ing.) of technical chemistry, HTLBVA 17, Vienna
1991 MA in History, University of Vienna
1998 PhD in Environmental History, University of Vienna
2003 Habilitation in Human Ecology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Vienna
2007 Professor in Environmental History, Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt

Mag. Dr. Harald KATZMAIR

Founder and Director, FASresearch, Vienna

 Studies in Sociology and Philosophy, University of Vienna
1992-2000 Research Assistant, Institute for Economics, Vienna University for Economics and Business
1995-1997 Research Associate, Institute for Sociology, Faculty of Social- and Business Sciences, University of Vienna
1997-2002 Founder and Chief Executive Officer, FAS - Forschungsgesellschaft für angewandte Sozial- und Strukturanalyse OEG, Vienna
since 2002 Founder; Head of Science; Chief Executive Officer, FAS.research Sozialwissenschaftliche Forschungsgesellschaft mbH.,Vienna
since 2013 Vice-president, NEIN ZU KRANK UND ARM Foundation
since 2015 Member, Supervisory Board, FWF - Austrian Science Fund, Vienna

Mag.a Marie-Louise LONGIN

Advisor, Directorate General for Scientific Research and International Relations, Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research, Vienna

Technology Symposium

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25.08.2016

11:00 - 11:10OpeningPlenary
11:10 - 12:15RTI TalkPlenary
12:30 - 12:50From Austria to Silicon Valley – Cyber Security as a Global FactorPlenary
12:50 - 14:10Cybernetics in Advanced Energy and Production SystemsPlenary
14:30 - 15:45Complexity and the New EnlightenmentPlenary
18:00 - 18:15Best of Art and ScienceCulture
18:15 - 19:15Tickets to Berlin: Falling Walls Lab Austria and Alpbach Summer School on EntrepreneurshipPlenary
19:30 - 21:30Evening ReceptionSocial
19:30 - 21:00Career LoungeSocial

26.08.2016

07:00 - 08:30Digital MedicinePlenary
07:00 - 16:00Junior Alpbach – Science and Technology for Young PeopleBreakout
07:00 - 13:00Ö1 Children’s University Alpbach – Science and Technology for KidsBreakout
08:30 - 10:30Cross-sektorale Kooperationen von ClusternPartner
09:00 - 10:30Personalized Cancer MedicinePlenary
10:30 - 11:00Lunch Snacks for the Participants of the Breakout SessionsSocial
11:00 - 16:00Breakout Session 01: Innovation by Making: Paradigm Shifts and New Innovation CulturesBreakout
11:00 - 16:00Breakout Session 02: Silicon Austria: A Game Changer for Austria as a High-Tech Location?Breakout
11:00 - 16:00Breakout Session 03: Creating the Future: How to Reinvent Innovation ProcessesBreakout
11:00 - 16:00Breakout Session 04: The Cycle of Innovation and its EcologyBreakout
11:00 - 16:00Breakout Session 05: Heavy Impact of Lightweight DesignBreakout
11:00 - 16:00Breakout Session 06: Looking Into the Unknown and Shifting HorizonsBreakout
11:00 - 16:00Breakout Session 07: Radical Innovations: More Courage to Take RisksBreakout
11:00 - 16:00Breakout Session 08: The Acceptance of Technologies by Pupils with Migration History – a Plea for Transcultural Competence as new EnlightenmentBreakout
11:00 - 16:00Breakout Session 09: Cyber Security: A Fundamental RightBreakout
11:00 - 16:00Breakout Session 10: Open Access & Open Innovation – Tools for a New Enlightenment?Breakout
11:00 - 16:00Breakout Session 11: Realities and Futures of RoboticsBreakout
11:00 - 16:00Breakout Session 12: Energiewende – Empowering ConsumersBreakout
11:00 - 16:00Breakout Session 13: Security of Supply as a Locational FactorBreakout
17:00 - 18:30Innovation Marathon: Ideas Made to Order – 24 Hours NonstopPlenary

27.08.2016

07:00 - 08:30Art Meets Science and Technology – Towards a New EnlightenmentPlenary
08:45 - 09:45Open Innovation: New Enlightenment? Participation – Democratisation – New SolutionsPlenary
10:15 - 11:30ETH Zurich, this Year’s Special Guest at the Technology SymposiumPlenary
11:30 - 12:00Snack ReceptionSocial