Dear Colleagues,

Our program is advancing and expanding with new parallel sessions, plenaries and key note presenters.

Today we are delighted to announce the involvement of the Innovation Systems Department, Austrian Institute of Technology AIT, which will host a session on “Social Innovation – is there a Role for Universities?”.
For more details, please, have a look at the NEW CALL! The discussion panel will involve experts, academics and representatives of NGOs. This session analyses the increased importance of Civil Society as a platform for the Triple Helix and the role of universities in social innovation.

There are also new developments in Track 14. Triple Helix: Gender, Entrepreneurship & Diversity, which has invited members of the TRIGGER - an EU-funded gender equality project led by Birkbeck, University of London.

Prof. Helen Lawton Smith will lead the round-table discussion focusing on strategies, involving all potential stakeholders to overcome resistance to gender equality in academic science. TRIGGER actions are designed to bring about change in participating universities that are expected to  serve as role models for gender equality in science and society.

 
New Key note speaker
Prof. Arjun Appadurai will join the panel "’Perfect Storm’  of Global Crises", where he address the crisis of “global conscience". Arjun Appadurai is the Paulette Goddard Professor Media, Culture and Communication at New York University. He is an expert on globalization, media and urbanization. His most recent book is ‘Banking on Words: The Failure of Language in the Age of Financialization’ (University of Chicago, 2015). He has a Ph.D. from The University of Chicago and has held Professorial Chairs taught at the University of Pennsylvania, Yale University and The New School. He is the author of numerous books and articles and is a Visiting Professor at the Institute for European Ethnology at Humboldt University in 2016-2017. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.


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We are pleased to announce the extension of the deadlines for the submission of abstracts and the Super Early bird registration to 22th May.      

Submit your Abstract now to quality for the Super Early Bird registration fee.


If you are not a THA member, you can subscribe for individual membership with just 50€, and get the right to take advantage of the discounted Super Early bird Conference fee.

We look forward to meet you in Heidelberg!

Triple Helix Association & International Triple Helix Institute team