Thursday 18th June, 2009

6.30pm

7.00pm

8.00pm

10.00pm

Guests arrive

Drinks reception – Hosted by Alex Fergusson MSP, Presiding Officer (Main Public Hall)

Dinner (Garden Lobby)

Close

Friday 19th June, 2008

8.15am

Arrival and registration with refreshments and a light breakfast

9.00am

Welcome – Alex Fergusson MSP, Presiding Officer (Debating Chamber)

9.10am

Opening Address - The First Minister, The Rt. Hon Alex Salmond MP MSP 

9.20am

Views from the Committee – Iain Smith MSP, Convener of the Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee

9.30am

Learning from experience: UK, international and business perspectives

-        Jonathan Kestenbaum, Chief Executive, The National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts, and board member of The Design Council and the UK's Technology Strategy Board

-        Vikki England, HR Associate, WL Gore and Associates (UK) Ltd

-        Graham Hutcheon, Group Operations Director, The Edrington Group

10.20am

Discussion Sessions (Committee Rooms)

12.20pm

Feedback and Open Forum (Debating Chamber)

1.15pm

Closing speech – John Swinney MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth

1.30pm

Closing Remarks - Alex Fergusson MSP, Presiding Officer

Session

Minister/MSP/Senior figure as chair

Facilitator

1 – Skills utilisation and investing in the workforce

Committee Room 1

Keith Brown MSP, Minister for Schools and Skills

Mary Grant, Managing Director, First Scotrail and member of the Scottish Government’s Skills Utilisation Leadership Group

2 – Innovation in science and technology

Committee Room 6

Fiona Hyslop MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning

Professor Anne Glover, Chief Scientific Adviser, Scottish Government

3 – Public sector innovation

Committee Room 4

John Swinney MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth

Mike Harris, Senior Research Fellow, The National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts

4 – Innovative regulation

Room P1.02

Adam Ingram MSP, Minister for Children and Early Years

Professor Russel Griggs, Chair, Regulatory Review Group and David Sigsworth, Chairman, Scottish Environment Protection Agency

5 – Innovation in manufacturing

Committee Room 3

Iain Smith MSP, Convener, Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee

Isabell Majewsky, Chief Executive, GO Group and Steve Graham, Director, Scottish Manufacturing Advisory Service

6 – Growing Business Innovation in Scotland

Committee Room 2

Willy Roe, Chairman, Highlands and Islands Enterprise and Chairman, Skills Development Scotland

Paul Lewis, Managing Director of Industries and Policy, Scottish Enterprise

7 – Systems alignment

Committee Room 5

Jim Mather MSP, Minister for Enterprise, Energy and Tourism

Professor Umit Bititci

Director of Strathclyde Institute for Operations Management (SIOM) and the Professor of Technology and Enterprise Management

University of Strathclyde