The role of Open innovation for food industry internationalization: Past present and future 

A three-day workshop for identifying the open innovation challenges in Industry 4.0 and Food industry with experienced academics from the Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb and practitioners from Podravka and Croatian Exporters.

OpenInnoTrain partners, companies, and researchers are welcomed to meet and discuss Open Innovation, Research Translation and University-Industry Cooperation. The goal of this free of charge workshop is to connect experts from industry and researchers. 

The workshop has been organized by Alumni of the Faculty of Economics and Business Zagreb and MBA Program in cooperation with Horizon 2020: OpenInnoTrain project.

Agenda

Tuesday, 24th May

17:00 – 18:00 Introduction to OpenInnoTrain. Session 1: Export, innovation and open innovation

• Keynote speaker 1: Prof. Marina Dabić (University of Zagreb, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Ljubljana, School of Economics and Business)

18:00 – 21:00 Session 2: Croatian Exporters

• Keynote speaker 2: Ljiljana Habunek (Secretary, Croatian Exporters, Croatia)

Wednesday, 25th May

16:30 – 16:40 Introduction to OpenInnoTrain

• Prof. Marina Dabić (University of Zagreb, Faculty of Economics and Business / University of Ljubljana, School of Economics and Business)

16:40 – 18:30 Session 1: Podravka: Strategic challenges and position on international market

• Keynote speaker 1: Irena Ivanković (Head of Investor Relations, Podravka, Croatia)
• Keynote speaker 2: Aleksandra Hadun-Homar (Business Manager for International Markets, Podravka, Croatia)

18:30 – 19:00 Break

19:00 – 21: 00 Session 2: The role of OI for food industry internationalization: Past present and future

• Keynote speaker 3: Prof. Marina Dabić (University of Zagreb, Faculty of Economics and Business / University of Ljubljana, School of Economics and Business)

Thursday, 26th May

• Keynote speaker: Assistant Professor Ivana Kovač (Department of International Economics, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Economics and Business)

16:30 – 17:00 Session 1: Internationalization, international entrepreneurship, and clusters

17:00 – 18:30 Session 2: Risks

18:30 – 21:00 Session 3: Case studies