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International Conference on stimulating entrepreneurship and support to spin-offs

International Conference on stimulating entrepreneurship and support to spin-offs Astrid Severin DG Enterprise, European Commission Milano, 5 th October 2004. Stakeholders for Innovation. Active entrepreneurial class. Innovation.

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International Conference on stimulating entrepreneurship and support to spin-offs

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  1. International Conference on stimulating entrepreneurship and support to spin-offs Astrid Severin DG Enterprise, European Commission Milano, 5th October 2004

  2. Stakeholders for Innovation Active entrepreneurial class Innovation Supportive public authorities Strong scientific base

  3. European innovation policy • High on the European political agenda • Major tool for growth and competitiveness: • Improving the performance of businesses • Boosting the development of regions • Strengthening the link between research and economy

  4. EU innovation activities • No direct support to companies • Addressing innovation actors from different professions and sectors • Policy makers (national, regional, local) • Incubators and development agencies • Associations, chambers of commerce • Finance bodies • Research community, etc.

  5. Target audiences and objectives • Strengthen strength: building on the experience of the most advanced players • Transferring knowledge: creating platforms facilitate exchange of experiences • Shaping and developing innovation policy in Europe

  6. Conclusion • Excellence can be learned: • Peer review • External expertise and advice • One-to-one transfer is not possible : modular approach • Promising results – a lot of practical material

  7. PAXIS – Transfer of excellence • SPRING: • Transfer of concept for creation of Business Angel Forum - Cambridge > Stuttgart; currently to Madrid • ESTER: • Set-up of Venture Capital industry in Latvia, Slovakia, Estonia • PANEL: • cooperation with Sofia, Bulgaria, creation of association modeled after GründerRegio M after visiting scheme

  8. PAXIS – Transfer of excellence • HIGHEST: • Initiation of the Euro-Office initiative • Networking incubators and business angels • KREO: • Investment Forum in Emilia-Romagna designed after 4i in Grenoble and Venturefest in Oxfordshire • Technology platform Model Rhone-Alpes transferred biotechnology/genomics to Emilia-Romagna; diagnostics to Oxford • ‘Spinner’ incubation model (Emilia-Romagna) integrated into Karlsruhe ‘Engage’ model

  9. PAXIS – Transfer of excellence • BIOLINK: • Co-incubation of start-ups in biotechnology incubators, i.e. GVT Oxfordshire & Genopole Paris • PROMOTOR+: • Method promoting entrepreneurship in less developed regions due to which 38 entrepreneurs in Poland, Latvia, Bulgaria and Slovenia are in process of setting up their firms www.cordis.lu/paxis

  10. Innovation in clusters and sectors • Objective: • To support networking, collaboration and transfer of knowledge among innovation actors • To identify and analyse success factors and barriers to innovation in a sector and raise awareness of key actors • Activities: • Entrepreneurial innovation and clusters (established and new clusters) - focussing on collaboration with the most advanced actors • Networking innovation actors by sector focussing financing, patenting, innovation management, etc. • Timing • October 2004

  11. Self Assessment Tool (SAT) • Objective: • To assist enterprises to innovate • To improve existing innovation management techniques • Activities: • Assess existing SATs for innovation management • Develop a prototype European Innovation SAT • Interview 2,500-3,000 European companies • Establish European-wide database on innovation management performance • Timing • February 2005

  12. Stuttgart Innovation Conference • Joint effort European Commission & Stuttgart/ Karlsruhe Regions • 600 participants expected • 25 speakers in 6 parallel sessions + plenary session • Registration open on www.fourthforum.org

  13. For more information • PAXIS – The Pilot Action of Excellence on Innovative Start-ups - www.cordis.lu/paxis • Gate2Growth - www.gate2growth.com • European Innovation Portal - http://www.cordis.lu/innovation/en/home.html Cesar.santos@cec.eu.int Elke.van-tendeloo@cec.eu.int Alex.talacchi@cec.eu.int astrid.severin@cec.eu.int

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