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BALTIC ASSOCIATION OF SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY PARKS AND INNOVATION CENTERS

BALTIC ASSOCIATION OF SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY PARKS AND INNOVATION CENTERS. Dr. Janis Stabulnieks Latvian Technological Center BaltMet Inno Workshop, Helsinki, October 31, 2006. Year of Foundation 1996 Number of Members 3

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BALTIC ASSOCIATION OF SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY PARKS AND INNOVATION CENTERS

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  1. BALTIC ASSOCIATION OF SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY PARKS AND INNOVATION CENTERS Dr. Janis Stabulnieks Latvian Technological Center BaltMet Inno Workshop, Helsinki, October 31, 2006

  2. Year of Foundation 1996 • Number of Members 3 • Type of Members National Associations or Networks • Number of Companies represented by Members >250 • Meetings per year 3-5

  3. History and Evolution • 1995, November Expert Meeting in Tartu - Idea • 1996, April Meeting in Riga - Protocol of Intent • 1996, September High-Tech Exhibition in Riga Foundation agreement

  4. OBJECTIVES (1) • - to exchange of information about planning, developing and establishing of its existing and perspective members, to circulate the region-related ideas among innovators and promoters of these Baltic region, Europe and overseas; • - to represent and help its members in applying for the relevant R&D-oriented programs of EU, EBN, UNIDO,IASP, NBIA, etc.; • - to encourage mutual contacts, co-operation and deals between the tenant and associated companies of the BASTIC members; • - to develop joint activities in the field of training, consultation, etc. courses, and organizing joint conferences, seminars, etc. for the member umbrella-institutions of the BASTIC, as well as for their tenant companies.

  5. OBJECTIVES (2) • assistance (lobbying) in development of National Innovation System; • assistance in the preparation of National Programs for entrepreneurship support; • promotion of participation of members in different EU Programs and projects (IRC, NCP, FP5, CRAFT, ETI, RIS, etc.); • consultations and exchange of experience in partner search and international collaboration foe tenant companies, etc. .

  6. Experience • Annual Conferences “BALTIC DYNAMICS” • Agreement to promote international cooperation of the tenant companies (exhibitions, brokerage events, study tours, etc.) • Participation in EU projects (FP 5/6, INTERREG, Leonardo da Vinci)

  7. RESEARCH Global knowledge flow Knowledge Technology transfer Research Commercialization Knowledge Science Entrepreneurship Education Money Market Utilization of knowledge Economy Creation of knowledge INNOVATION

  8. INNOVATION in the BALTIC STATES

  9. Conferences and Exhibitions • 1995 - Tartu, Estonia - Expert Meeting • 1996 - Riga, Latvia - High-Tech Exhibition • 1997 - Kaunas, Lithuania - Conference and Exhibition • 1998 - Riga, Latvia - Conference and Exhibition(Baltic Dynamics) • 1999 - Tallinn, Estonia- Conference and Virtual Exhibition • 2000 - Kaunas,Lithuania- Conference and Brokerage event • 2001 - Riga, Latvia - Conference, Brokerage event and Exhibition • 2002 – Vilnius, Lithuania – Conference • 2003 – Tartu, Estonia – Conference • 2004 – Riga, Latvia – Conference • 2005 – Tallinn, Estonia - Conference • 2006 – Vilnius, Lithuania – Conference • 2007 – Riga, Latvia – Conference and “Innovation Circus” !

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  11. Riga, September 8-15, 2007

  12. The objectives of this project are to examine and identify the driving factors behind innovation, to involve and exploit all potential stakeholders in society and to leverage good practice and new measures into national and regional innovation policies. The activities include identification of all potential innovators in society from schoolchildren to advanced research laboratory and from the curious human to front runners among innovative enterprises. All levels of innovators will be brought together and public-private innovation partnerships will be promoted. The aim is to facilitate exploration of experiences and attitudes towards creativity, promote new constellations of collaboration and enhance inventiveness within and across business sectors, scientific fields, education, public sectors and virtual communities.

  13. The project will result in a concept for identifying the driving factors behind innovation. The results and new tools for enhancing innovation will be publicly disseminated and made exploitable for all regions of Europe. The project will via its holistic approach and new methods contribute to integrating and structuring the European Research Area by challenging the European society into changing habits, and by providing new tools to exploit Europe’s full potentials to innovate and compete in a global knowledge society.

  14. COPENHAGEN, March 2007 MILANO May 2007 RIGA September 2007 BERLIN November 2007

  15. WE WILL BE HAPPY TO MEET YOU ON THE CONFERENCE AND CORCUS ARENA !

  16. Jose’ Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission

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