Members Steering Committee
Steering Committee
Academic Leader:
Prof. John Goddard, Professor Emeritus, University of Newcastle
Senior experts:
Ursula Kelly (ESMU expert)
Jennifer Somerville (ESMU expert)
Members
Nadine Burquel, Secretary-General, ESMU
Jim van Leemput, executive committee member/ambassador HUMANE
Christian Saublens, Secretary-General, EURADA
David Gordon, Secretary-General, AMSE
Christophe Terasse, Project Manager, EFMD
Françoise Côme, Secretary-General, SEFI
Niels Maarbjerg Olesen, Faculty Director, Aalborg University
Josep Maria Vilalta Verdu, Secretary-General, ACUP
Janis Stonis, BSRUN
Jim van Leemput, executive committee member/ambassador HUMANE
Christian Saublens, Secretary-General, EURADA
David Gordon, Secretary-General, AMSE
Christophe Terasse, Project Manager, EFMD
Françoise Côme, Secretary-General, SEFI
Niels Maarbjerg Olesen, Faculty Director, Aalborg University
Josep Maria Vilalta Verdu, Secretary-General, ACUP
Janis Stonis, BSRUN
Attila Pausits, Head of Centre, DUK
Fazilet Vardar-Sukan, Ege University
Pandelis Ipsilandis, Vice- President, Technological Education Institute of Larissa
Willy Indeherberge, Director, Limburg Catholic University College
José Ángel Narváez, Vice-Rector for Research, University of Malaga
Bob O’Keefe, Dean of the Faculty of Management and Law, University of Surrey
Jyrki Heino, Vice-Director, University of Turku
Josep Ricart, Vice-rector academic and scientific policy, University Rovira i Virgili
Professor Fernando Santana, New University of Lisbon
Niels Maarbjerg Olesen
Other Publications
Connecting University to Regional European Growth, A practical Guide, John Goddard
THE EU Smart Specialization Strategy (S3) Initiative
THE EU Smart Specialization Strategy (S3) Initiative
Understanding the critical role of universities to support strategic regional developments
National Innovation and the Academic Research Enterprise
Public Policy in Global Perspective, David D. Dill and Frans A. van Vught (Ed.)
MODERN report, University Engagement and Regional Innovation 2011

Testimonial
Capacity building:
EU-DRIVERS conferences
The Third Annual Conference on Building Capacity for Collaborative Partnerships took place in Brussels on
20 September 2012