The focus of the conference is different aspects on Management of Innovation. Specific areas of interest for the conference are:
   ·  Product innovation (process, methods/tools)
   ·  Innovation capability (organizational as well as individual; creativity, human aspects of innovation)
   ·  Functional product development (product service systems)
   ·  Innovative strategies (e.g. scenario planning, early need-finding, open innovation systems)
   ·  Commercialization of technology, new venture creation
   ·  Regional innovation systems, innovative networks

KEYNOTES:
   ·  High-growth entrepreneurship -- how does it matter, how is it different, and how to support it? - Professor Erkko Autio,
      Imperial College, London
   ·  Entrepreneurship in an academic environment - Experiences from Sweden and the US - Professor Kris Berglund, LTU and
      Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan USA

Closing address, awards, next conference Professor Håkan Ylinenpää, LTU, Peter Parnes, Site Engineering Manager, Google and Professor Harri Haapasalo, University of Oulo

For more information, please visit the following website : http://www.ltu.se/ies/d3879/Entreprenorskap/NIR