Building Expertise for Innovation

Presentations now available (linked below)

Picture: Vladimír Šucha, Director-General of the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission

Wednesday April 26

Wed1 Policy Perspectives into Digitalization

Welcome statements
Professors Ahti Salo and Martti Mäntylä, Aalto University School of Science
Professor Tim Bedford, University of Strathclyde

Jyrki Kasvi, Member of the Finnish Parliament, Research and Development Manager of the Finnish Information Society Development Centre

Janica Ylikarjula, Chief Policy Adviser, Confederation of Finnish Industries

Keynote Dialoque by President Markkula and DG Sucha: Mobilizing Human Capital and Innovation in Europe

Wed2 Expertise and Expert Judgement for Innovation

Introduction, Jennifer Cassingena Harper

Scenario thinking and the (unanticipated) impacts of information technology on patient empowerment.
George Wright, Professor, University of Strathclyde, UK

The role of Experts in the era of online mass collaboration: evidence from collective intelligence experiments
Luca Iandoli, Professor, University of Naples Federico II, President of the International Council for Small Business

Leena Mörttinen, Executive Director, The Finnish Family Firms Association

Wed3.2 Techniques of Expert Judgement Elicitation

Cognitive biases in spatial risk analysis: Design of an experiment
Valentina Ferretti, LSE, UK

Managing path dependence in innovation and policy – Reflections from a behavioral operations research perspective
Tuomas Lahtinen, Aalto U School of Science

Structural Elicitation for Bayesian Network
Tina Nane, TU Delft, Netherlands

Improving construction of conditional probability tables for ranked nodes in Bayesian networks
Pekka Laitila, Aalto U School of Science

Collaborative demand forecasting with integration of event-based judgements
Naoufel Cheikhrouhou, Geneva School of Business Administration, Switzerland

Wed4.1 Governance and Digitalization

Technology giants in patent wars: Competition, litigations and innovation
Heli Koski, ETLA, Finland

Trust, platforms, and complex service networks
Taija Turunen, Aalto U School of Business

Firm strategies in open internet of things business ecosystems: Framework and case study
Anssi Smedlund, Aalto U School of Business

Co-evolution between trust in teachers and higher education toward digitally-rich learning environments
Chihiro Watanabe, University of Jyväskylä & Tokyo Institute of Technology

Wed4.2 Research & Innovation

Mapping conditional scenarios for knowledge structuring in tail dependence elicitation: A case study on innovation and risk in the UK higher education sector
Christoph Werner, University of Strathclyde, UK

Refining foresight approaches to crisis, inertia and transition
Jennifer Cassingena-Harper, Malta Council for Science and Technology, Malta

Choosing among alternatives for international expansion: Expert Judgment support for an innovative start up
Michał Zdziarski, Faculty of Management, Warsaw University, Poland

Can we combine expert judgement and big data analytics for innovative decision making?
Bekir Cetintav, Dokuz Eylul University, Turkey

Thursday April 27

Thu1.1 Building National Strategies for Digitalization

Finnish strategies for the platform economy
Ilona Lundström, Director-General of Enterprise and Innovation Department, Ministry of Employment and the Economy

Comments – Jarno Limnéll, Aalto University

Thu1.2 Expert Judgement in Energy & Environment

Combining disparate climate signals with Bayesian nets
Roger M. Cooke, NASA Langley Research Center, USA

Sorting and ranking policies to foster technological innovations in the electricity sector in Brazil: a Delphi-based multi-criteria approach
Luis C. Dias, University of Coimbra, Portugal

Smart governance: A cure for the local climate?
Alfréd Kaiser, SPECTRA Centre of Excellence EU, Slovakia

Capturing complexity and enhancing implementation of one water paradigm: Innovative strategic planning aided by reference point approach.
Srdjevic Bojan, University of Novi Sad, Serbia

Expert judgements in probabilistic risk analysis – issues in nuclear power plant applications
Jan-Erik Holmberg, Risk Pilot Ab, Finland

Pictures: Edoardo Tosoni, Aalto University

Presentations by COST IS1304 members

Combining Disparate Climate Signals with Bayesian Nets. Roger M Cooke, NASA Langley Research Center, USA
Smart governance: „A cure for the local climate?” Alfréd Kaiser. SPECTRA Centre of Excellence EU, Slovakia
Structured Expert Judgement for Innovative decision support for pollination and food security. Martine J. Barons, Department of Statistics, University of Warwick, UK
Structural Elicitation for Bayesian Network. Sophia Wright, University of Warwick, UK
Mapping Conditional Scenarios for Knowledge Structuring in Tail Dependence Elicitation: A Case Study on Innovation and Risk in the UK Higher Education Sector. Christoph Werner, University of Strathclyde
Capturing complexity and enhancing implementation of one water paradigm: Innovative strategic planning aided by reference point approach. Srdjevic Bojan, University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Agriculture, Serbia
Sorting and ranking policies to foster technological innovations in the electricity sector in Brazil: a Delphi-based multi-criteria approach. Luis C. Dias^{^,}University of Coimbra, Portugal
eHealth expert’s attitude towards processes of digitization: contradictions between stakeholders. Birute Mikulskiene, Mykolas Romeris University, Lithuania
Choosing among alternatives for international expansion. Expert Judgment support for an innovative start up. Michał Zdziarski, ¹Faculty of Management, Warsaw University, Poland
Can we combine expert judgement and big data analytics for innovative decision making?
Bekir Cetintav
Collaborative demand forecasting with integration of event-based judgements. Prof. Naoufel Cheikhrouhou, Geneva School of Business Administration
Estimating future antibiotic resistance in Europe, Abigail Colson, University of Strathclyde

Presenters (other than COST IS1304 -members)

Refining foresight approaches to crisis, inertia and transition. Jennifer Cassingena Harper, Malta Council for Science and Technology, Malta
Transformative governance of adaptive digital platform ecosystems. Totti Könnölä, Aalto University Finland & Ville Eloranta, Taija Turunen & Ahti Salo
Co-evolution between Trust in Teachers and Higher Education toward Digitally-rich Learning Environments. Chihiro Watanabe, University of Jyvaskyla/Tokyo Institute of Technology, Finland/Japan.
Strategic Innovation Framework for Young Companies. Janne J. Korhonen, Aalto University, Finland
Improving Construction of Conditional Probability Tables for Ranked Nodes in Bayesian Networks. Pekka Laitila, Kai Virtanen, Aalto University, Finland
From one-sided to multi-sided online retail: Exploring the value-creation logic of multi-sided digital retail platforms. Mikko Hänninen, Aalto University, Finland
Platform economy beyond the hype – sensemaking of signals using alternative frames. Mikko Dufva, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd, Finland
Shifting from managing supply chain to providing supplier experience in multisided digital retail platforms, Anssi Smedlund, Aalto University & Mikko, Hänninen, Lasse Mitronen
Engagement Platforms in Software Ecosystems – Case Future Internet PPP. Anssi Smedlund, Aalto University & Pentti Launonen, Petra Turkama, Heini Ikävalko
Firm Strategies in Open Internet of Things Business Ecosystems: Framework and Case Study. Anssi Smedlund, Aalto University & Heini Ikävalko, Petra Turkama
Scenario-based portfolio model for building robust and proactive strategies, Eeva Vilkkumaa, Juuso Liesiö, Ahti Salo, Leena Ilmola-Sheppard
Managing path dependence in innovation and policy – reflections from a behavioral OR perspective.
Tuomas Lahtinen, Raimo P. Hämäläinen, Aalto University
Value Co-creation in Platform Ecosystems. Jeffrey Pittaway (Imperial College, UK), Erkko Autio
Cognitive biases in spatial risk analysis: design of an experiment. Valentina Ferretti (London School of Economics and Political Science), David Rios (Instituto de Ciencias Matematicas, ICMAT, Madrid), Jose Vila (University of Valencia)
Technology giants in patent wars: competition, litigations and innovation, Heli Koski, Juha Luukkonen, Aalto University
Trust, platforms, and complex service networks. Taija Turunen, Ville Eloranta, Marja Jaarinen, Aalto University
Developmental interventions for digitalizing networked business. Antero Hirvensalo, Rita Lavikka, Riitta Smeds

Tutorial Wed April 26
Digital platforms–definitions, conceptual diversity, and the next disruptions. Ville Eloranta, Aalto University, Finland