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The Final Conference of the FP7 project ERAIHM was held on March 26, 2013 in Kyiv.
It was organized by the project consortium. The coordinating organization, Institute
of Hydromechanics of NAS of Ukraine, was represented by its Director, Academician of NASU
Victor Grinchenko and Project Coordinator, Corresponding Member of NASU Prof. Eugene Nikiforovich.
From partner organizations the conference was attended by representatives of the Royal Institute
of Technology (Stockholm, Sweden) - Director of the Energy Platform, Dr. Olga Kordas - and
the Delft University of Technology (the Netherlands) – Head of research Unit of Technology
Dynamics and Sustainable Development, Prof. Karel Mulder and Professor of Public Policy,
Martin de Jong. Head of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Science and Education Liliya Grynevych,
Vice-President of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Academician of NASU
Prof. Valery Heyets, Director of the National Information Centre (N²P Ukraine) Olena Koval,
representatives of the Presidium of NASU and numerous academic institutions, professors and
graduates of technical universities from Ukraine, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan and Moldova,
representatives of local authorities and business were also invited to take part in this event.
The final conference was to focus the attention of all participants
to project objectives and team's achievements over the period of its implementation.
This setting has become a leitmotif of the opening words of Academician Victor Grinchenko,
President of ERAIHM Steering Committee. A detailed report on the progress of the project
and its results was made by the Coordinator, Professor Eugene Nikiforovich. He spoke in detail
about the long-term cooperation with our European partners, laying the foundation for ERAIHM
success. The two-year consortium efforts has resulted in a number of international
projects launched with the participation of IHM NASU in the areas of innovation,
renewable energy, telemedicine. Through activities, the Institute has significantly
increased its reputation among foreign research institutions and actually become an organic,
actively functioning part of the European Research Area. In addition, emphasis was placed
on educational and public components of the project to make the IHM NASU capable of providing
an effective link between the professional research, innovation, community and business in
Ukraine. Thus, one of the final stages of the project has become a just finished two-week
Spring Ph.D. Course carried out by a consortium of ERAIHM together with the National Technical
University of Ukraine "KPI. Its students were get acquainted with the novel concepts of Sustinable
Development (SD), Constructive Technology Assessment (CTA), Functions of Innovation Systems (FIS)
and methods of retrospective strategic planning, backcasting. This presentation can be viewed here:
[PDF]
A Vice-President of NASU, Director of the Institute of Economics of NASU, Academician
Valery Heyets has described the global socio-economic challenges that humanity faces today.
He cited some examples of actual problems which solution requires innovation, which could
significantly mitigate or remove existing and emerging conflicts on the international stage.
Dr. Olga Kordas in her joint with the Vice-Major of Bila Tserkva Gennadiiy Dzhegur presentation,
announced the construction of the long-term development scenario for municipal heating network
of the city until 2025 This was the first example of socially-oriented backcasting application
in Ukraine. For this purpose, the two creative workshops with the participation of all stakeholders
involved in the provision, management and use of heating services have been conducted. On the basis
of the analysis, not only the desired model of communal heating systems was selected, but also the
necessary technical, cultural and institutional changes were defined. This presentation
can be viewed here:
[PDF]
Prof. Karel Mulder told the audience about the concept of Sustainable Development,
described the changing approaches to engineering education and practice, societal
transformations necessary for the efficient perception of innovations by society.
This presentation can be viewed here:
[PDF]
After that, NPC Director Olena Koval informed the audience about the new European Framework Program
"Horizon 2020" opportunities and conditions for the participation of Ukrainian participants in it.
This presentation can be viewed here:
[PDF]
The afternoon was dedicated to a discussion at the round table.
The main issues discussed concerned the exchange of positive experience acquired by IHM
with the agencies that are starting or planning to participate in the projects
of the Seventh Framework Programme. The Academic Secretary of the Scientific and
Organization Department
of the Presidium of NASU Marina Gorokhovatskaya
together with NIP Director Olena Koval have stressed the need for more extensive coverage of ERAIHM
project, first of all, by the information media of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.
President of the Corporation "European Energy Company" Petro Moroz shared his vision
of ways to involve the Ukrainian business structures focused on producing
of high-tech equipment to European research projects.
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