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7TH CREATIVE SPARK Entrepreneurship, Impact and Doing Business in Space 13-14 March 2025 Berlin

7th Creative Spark Entrepreneurship Impact
Event information
Date 13 - 14 March 2025
Time 9:45-16:00 (Timezone: Europe/London)
Venue Henley Business School
Event types:
Conferences

Venue: Indiana University Europe Gateway
Gneisenaustraße 27, 10961 Berlin, Germany

https://global.iu.edu/presence/gateways/europe/index.html

Workshop Organizers:

David B. Audretsch, Indiana University Bloomington, USA

Maksim Belitski, University of Reading, UK

Elettra D’Amico, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

Antje Fiedler, University of Auckland, New Zealand

Chet Miller, University of Houston, USA

Giuseppe Scellato, Politecnico di Torino Politecnico di Torino, Italy

Shaker A. Zahra, University of Minnesota, USA

Sponsors: Indiana University, ICD Business School, Politecnico di Torino

Link to connect to the workshop on Googlemeet:

meet.google.com/fgy-bzhf-vcj

Presentation Recommendations:

10-minute presentation followed by 5 minutes for questions.

Maximum of 20 slides (including introduction and thank-you slides).

No more than 30 words per slide (exceptions: tables and figures).

Make it visual and interactive (e.g., animations, colors).

Do not overload a single slide with an entire chapter—it disconnects you from the audience. If needed, use pre-printed handouts.

Prepare, prepare, prepare! Selling your research idea is all about preparation.

House Rules on Room Occupancy:

A maximum of 20 people is allowed in the meeting room at a time.

If the number of participants exceeds 20, a breakout area is available with snacks, drinks and WiFi to connect to a session.

Workshop Agenda

Wednesday, March 12th, 7.30 pm (self-financed) for the early birds.

Dinner booked in Mokkabar at Gneisenaustraße 93, 10961 Berlin, Germany

We are expecting 10-12 people to join

Booking password Antje Fiedler/Creative spark

Thursday, March 13

9.45 – 10.00 Berlin

3.45 -4.00 AM EST

Registration of participants at Indiana University Europe Gateway Berlin

10.00 – 10.15 Berlin

4.00 -4.15 AM EST

Welcome to Creative Spark 7.0
– Katrin Völkner, IU Europe Gateway, and Maksim Belitski

10.15 – 11.00 Berlin

4.15 -5.00 AM EST

Keynote 1: What is Impact? What is Doing Business in Space?
– David Audretsch, Indiana University, USA

11.00 – 12.30 Berlin

5.00 -6.30 AM EST

Session: Academic engagement, innovation and impact

Chair: Antje Fiedler, University of Auckland, New Zealand

  • “Community-University Collaboration in Regional Innovation During Crises” – Author(s): Audretsch D., and Dafna Kariv
  • “How does regional entrepreneurship transfer over time? The impact of historical role models and their economic success” – Author(s): Michael Wyrwich and Michael Fritsch
  • “Knowledge Spillovers, Openness and Regions” – Author(s): Maksim Belitski; Michael Stuetzer
  • Management practices Matter: Enhancing productivity in micro and small firms” – Author(s): Berfin Kardaslar, Alexander S. Kritikos , and Lukas Menkhoff

12.30 – 13.30 Berlin

6.30 -7.30 AM EST

Lunch

13:30 – 14.15 Berlin

7.30 -8.15 AM EST

Keynote 2: Doing business in Space in Academy of Management Discoveries
– Chet Miller, Editor-in-Chief of AMD, University of Texas, USA

14.15 – 15.00 Berlin

8.15 -9.00 AM EST

Doing business in Space | Session: Entrepreneurship

  • Chair and presenter: Giuseppe Scellato, Politecnico di Torino - “Introducing incubation process for doing business in space: a case study”
  • Online | “Flying a rocket within institutional constraints: New ventures emergence in the space industry” – Author(s): Sebastian Aparicio; Stephanie Scott; David Urbano
  • “Institutional Arrangements and Market Emergence in the Space Tourism Industry” – Author(s): Valtteri Kaartemo, Hannu Makkonen, Ken Davidian and Tõnis Eerme

15.00 – 15.20 Berlin

9.00 -9.15 AM EST

Coffee break

15.20 – 16.20 Berlin

9.20 -10.20 AM EST

Chair: Giuseppe Scellato, Politecnico di Torino

  • Online | “Technological Convergence and Knowledge Recombination in the New Space Economy: Evidence from Patent Analysis 2000-2024” – Pankaj Patel, Villanova University
  • “The 300 Million Mile View: Asteroid Mining and a Synthesized Theory of Hype” – Author(s): Aaron Pagel
  • Making an impact with Jazz and Concert teaser: “The Impact of Improvisation Training in Arts Entrepreneurship Education on Creative Capacities: A Classroom Experiment” – Author(s): Monika Herzig

16.20- 18.30 Berlin

In person in Berlin

Free time: working in groups, working on your own, checking emails, beer, calling significant ones, finding car-pooling to go to the concert / dinner, changing, getting metro tickets, else?

18.30 – 22.00 Berlin

In person in Berlin

Creative Spark presents dining and jazz: Monika Herzig and Birgitta Flick

Fournos by TerzoMondo, Grolmanstraße 28 | 10623 Berlin

What to expect?

The German-American jazz pianist Monika Herzig and Berlin saxophonist and composer Birgitta Flick present an interactive concert with exciting improvisations and interpretations of the highest international level. The concert will be presented to the public as part of Creative Spark 7.0 in collaboration with Indiana University, Loyola University, and Henley School of Business - a unique experience.

More information: https://www.terzomondo.de/event/monika-herzig-birgitta-flick/


Friday, March 14

10.00 Berlin

4.00 AM EST

Morning refreshments at Indiana University Europe Gateway Berlin

10.00 – 11.10 Berlin

4.00 -5.10 AM EST

Session: Doing business in Space

Chair: Elettra D’Amico, Politecnico di Torino

  • Online | Space Entrepreneurship: The role of entrepreneurial support organizations for startup growth” – Author(s): Angelo Cavallo; Christina Theodoraki; Alessandro Lucini Paioni
  • “Space patents: Technological flows and role of governmental agencies” – Author(s): Federico Caviggioli
  • “Vertical integration in the new space industry and its impact on the new space ecosystem” – Author(s): Daniel Vrankar
  • “State vs. Market-induced spillovers in the space industry” – Author(s): Daniel Vrankar and Lars Hornuf

11:10 – 11:40 Berlin

5.10 -5.40 AM EST

Coffee break

11:40 – 13.00 Berlin

5.40 -7.00 AM EST

Session: Doing business in Space

Chair: Giuseppe Scellato, Politecnico di Torino

  • “The Space Sustainability by 2040: A Delphi Study” - Federico Caviggioli and Marianna Valente
  • “The final frontier: Navigating the unknown in space business” – Author(s): Robin Pesch; Mahmood Aslam; Roman Barwinski
  • “Advancing the Final Frontier Connecting Space and Place: Challenges and Opportunities in Entrepreneurship Processes in Berlin's University-Based New Space Economy” – Author(s): Lukas R. Zaghow
  • Online | "From Space to Soil: Leveraging Space-Derived Innovations for Agri-Food Resilience", Catherine Thannippilly Alex, Magdalena Marczewska, Angelo Vermeulen

13.00 – 14.00 Berlin

7.00 -8.00 AM EST

Lunch (for those unable to lunch – virtual Karantika sandwich box)

14.00 – 16.00 Berlin

8.00 -10.00 AM EST

Session: Impact

Chair: Maksim Belitski, Loyola University New Orleans, USA

“The Impact of AI Adoption on Firm Efficiency “ - Author(s): Janina Voigt, Martina Buratti, Matthias Menter, Nikolaus Seitz

  • “Speeding up green-tech innovations: Research networks and the dynamics of co-opetition”– Author(s): Stefano Basilico, Martina Buratti, Nils Grashof and Nikolaus Seitz
  • “Exploring the Orchestration Space as a Key Component of Innovation Ecosystems” – Author(s): James Boyer
  • Hello from Columbia: Knowledge Spillovers and Successful Commercialization” – Author(s): Nadja Nordling; Jana Schmutzler de Uribe
  • Hello from Costa Rica: “Knowledge Spillover Effects, Labor Mobility and Wage Premiums” – Author(s): Ricardo Monge-González, Luis Rivera and Gustavo Barboza

16.00

10.00 AM EST

Good-bye and virtual Karantika sandwich box to go

List of workshop participants:

Chet Miller, University of Houston, USA

mail: chet.miller@bauer.uh.edu

Jeffrey Martin, University of Alabama, USA

Mail: jmartin22@ua.edu

Wales Bill, University of SUNY, USA

Mail: wwales@albany.edu

Sara Amoroso, DIW, Berlin

mail: samoroso@diw.de

Magdalena Marczewska, University of Warsaw. Poland and Imperial College London, UK

mail: mmarczewska@wz.uw.edu.pl

Deniz Tunçalp, Istanbul Technical university, Turkie

mail: tuncalp@itu.edu.tr

Marianna Valente, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

marianna.valente@polito.it

Michael Fritsch, University of Jena, Germany

mail: m.fritsch@uni-jena.de

Michael Wyrwich, University of Groningen, Netherlands

mail: m.wyrwich@rug.nl

James Boyer, LiDD École de Design, France

mail: James.Boyer@univ-catholille.fr

Daniel Vrankar, Technische Universität Dresden

mail: daniel.vrankar@tu-dresden.de

Federico Caviggioli, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

mail: federico.caviggioli@polito.it

Robin Pesch, Northumbria University, UK

mail: robin.pesch@northumbria.ac.uk

Alessandro Lucini Paioni, Politecnoco di Milano, Italy

mail: alessandro.lucini@polimi.it

Lukas R. Zaghow, TU-Berlin, Germany

mail: zaghow@campus.tu-berlin.de

Janina Voigt , University of Jena, Germany

mail: janina.voigt@uni-jena.de

Valtteri Kaartemo, Tampere University, Finland

mail: valtteri.kaartemo@tuni.fi

Gustavo Barboza, LUNO, USA

mail: gabarboz@loyno.edu

Aaron Pagel, University of Oregon, USA

mail: apagel@uoregon.edu

David Urbano, Uniersita Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain

mail: David.Urbano@uab.cat

Monika Herzig, Jam Music Lab Private University, Austria

mail: jazzpianomonika@gmail.com

Alexander Kritikos, DIW, Germany

mail: akritikos@diw.de

Martina Buratti, University Weimar, Germany

mail: artina.buratti@uni-weimar.de

Nadja Nordling, Tampere University, Finland

mail: nadja.nordling@tuni.fi

Dafna Kariv, Reichman University (RUNI), Herzelya, Israel

mail: dafna.kariv@runi.ac.il

David Audretsch, IU, USA

daudrets@indiana.edu

Maksim Belitski, LUNO, USA

mail: mbelitsk@loyno.edu

Michael Stützer, dhbw, Germany

mail: Michael.Stuetzer@dhbw.de

Antje Fiedler, U of Auckland, New Zealand

mail: a.fiedler@auckland.ac.nz

Giuseppe Scellato, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

mail: giuseppe.scellato@polito.it

Elettra D'Amico, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

mail: elettra.damico@polito.it

Pankaj Patel, Villanova University, USA

mail: pankaj.patel@villanova.edu

Sebastián Aparicio Rincon, Uniersita Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain

Mail: Sebastian.Aparicio@uab.cat

Stephanie Scott, Durham University, UK

mail: mas.a.scott@durham.ac.uk

Hannu Makkonen, Vaasa University, Finland

Mail: hannu.makkonen@uwasa.fi

Jingning Ao , Morgan State University, USA

mail: jingning.ao@morgan.edu

Jana Schmutzler de Uribe, Universidad del Norte, Colombia

mail: schmutzlerj@uninorte.edu.co

Shaker A. Zahra, University of Minnesota, USA

mail: zahra004@umn.edu

March 13th Dinner and concert by carpooling
March 13th Dinner and concert by carpooling
March 13th Dinner and concert by subway (metro)
March 13th Dinner and concert by subway metro