From Research to ICT Innovations

This session is part of Aalto University Academic Summit, where world's top experts set to meet in 18–19 November.

This session covers in a tutorial manner areas where major hardware and software research breakthroughs may originate and, on the other hand, how ICT based innovations play an ever increasing role in solving our global challenges. The session begins with short introductions by renown experts followed by an interactive discussion.

Chair: Yrjö Neuvo, Professor, Aalto University, former CTO of Nokia and Member of Nokia Group Executive Board

Short introductions and panel discussion with:
Didier Deltort, Global General Manager Monitoring Solutions, President, 
GE Healthcare Finland
Sebastian Nyström, Head of Products Business, Nokia Technologies
Stuart Parkin, Millennium Prize Laureate 2014, IBM Fellow, IBM Almaden Research Center. Visiting Professor at Max Planck Institute, Martin Luther University

Registration here.

Read more about the events and see full program wcc.aalto.fi

The Academic Summit will convene seven sessions over two days, which will address the issue of the impact that universities make from different perspectives. The sessions will be attended by an international cohort of experts in innovation and representatives of the business sector and academia.

The Aalto University Academic Summit: “The Impact of Universities on Economic Growth” will be accompanied by the 31st World Cultural Council Award Ceremony.