Conference on “Collaborating into
the Future: Empowering SME to Innovate“
Some 80 participants from all
over Europe attended the one-day conference
“Collaborating into the Future: Empowering
SME to innovate” in Brussels on October
18, 2007.
The main topic of discussion was the empowerment
of SME to pursue research interests long-term
and to increase their participation in EU RTD
activities.
The conference was organized by the smE-MPOWER
initiative coordinated by the Fraunhofer IFF.
The initiative’s mission is to provide
small and medium-sized enterprises in Europe
support to effectively take advantage of the
funding opportunities for research and development
open to them.
The variety of presentations on open innovation
and international funding opportunities were
well received by the participants. In addition,
the interactive discussions provided everyone
involved in the collaborative R&D among
SME invaluable opportunities to learn, discuss,
review and network in a motivating and conducive
environment.
At the end of the conference, the consortium
invited qualified prospective partners to join
the smE-MPOWER initiative. This community with
exclusive membership links coaches of SME intermediaries,
regional policy makers and other actors and
international initiatives supporting innovation
in a distributed network.
Seminar Presentations
01
Petr Kotal on Open Innovation.pdf
02
Barend Verachternd on SME in EU.pdf
03
Katrin Reschwamm on smE-MPOWER-Approach.pdf
04
Arvydas Sutkus on smE-MPOWER and RIS.pdf
06
Nick Rodgers on UK Case.pdf
07
Chryso Christodoulou on Cyprus Case.pdf
09
Pascal Binard on Swiss Case.pdf
10
WS A Arvydas Sutkus on Regional Policy.pdf
10
WS B Yoram Lev-Yehudi on SME and Funding.pdf
10
WS C Christoph Meier on Business Innovation.pdf
11
Andreas Wolf on smE-MPOWER-Community.pdf
For further information, contact:
Andreas Wolf
Fraunhofer Institute for Factory Operation and
Automation IFF
Logistics and Factory Systems (ICCL)
Sandtorstr. 22
39106 Magdeburg
Germany
Tel. +49-(0)391/4090-704
Fax +49-(0)391/4090-93901
andreas.wolf@iff.fraunhofer.de
http://www.iff.fhg.de
Please download the official flyer here.
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Petr Kotal on Open Innovation.pdf
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