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Article 8 of the last framework agreement on economic matters signed by Italy and San Marino reads: “The creation of an Italian-San Marino science and technology park is one of the first objectives of scientific collaboration by which the parties hope to start a twinning between the park itself and the main Italian science and [...]
A conference that opens on May 16 in Tel Aviv and organized by the Italian embassy and the Israel-Italian Chamber of Commerce, aims at strengthening cooperation between Italy and Israel in agricultural innovation, promoting synergy between institutions and centers of excellence of the two countries. The event, which is part of AgriTech, the international agriculture [...]
From 16th to 19th of May, in Rome, AGINNOVAZIONE will participate in the ForumPA 2012. The annual event represents a unique opportunity for meeting and networking, exchange of ideas and experiences, creating a partnership that involves all actors in the innovation system and economic development in Italy: innovative startups, research teams from universities, small businesses [...]
Working arrangement between two Italian Innovators partners: Is TECH – Systemdesign. “Is Tech, a company that is experiencing in Rome APA, the well-known system for the abatement of air pollution and particulate matter, and Systemdesign, specializing in research, engineering and marketing of products and services mainly in field of newtechnologies, electronics and sensors, which is developing solutions especiallydedicated to renewable energy, energy saving and environmental monitoring, haveofficially initiating their operational collaboration. ” Source and full post: Ecoseven.net Download pdf
The eastern upper styria is an important high-tech industrial centre with international reputation. Located key players, such as BOEHLERIT, OERLIKON BALZERS and the BÖHLER-UDDEHOLM Group with their specialized products are world market leaders. Against this background the AREA m styria GmbH, as a regional economic and development agency together with support from the University of [...]
The Working Group “Entrepreneurship” of the Regional Innvation Council of Crete, Greece, supported the establishment of the “Network of Innovation and Entrepreneurship” (DEKA) by the Regional Government of Crete. DEKA will promote entrepreneurship and innovation and will support new and established entrepreneurs in business development, financing, promotion, collaborations, internationalization, intellectual property management etc. More Informarion: [...]
On day April 18th 2012 from 10.30 am to 6 pm is announced the inauguration of EIT ICT labs Italy in Povo,Trento. “EIT ICT Labs” is a new initiative intended to turnEurope into the global leader in ICT innovation. It aims to fulfill this mission by establishing a new type of partnership between leading companies, [...]
IC-MED Project organises the seminar “Emerging Clusters, Energy and Innovation” Divani Palace Acropolis Hotel, 19-25 Parthenonos str, 117-42 Athens Greece in Athens, Greece, 3 & 4 May 2012 The following issues will be discussed 1. Cluster development and excellence 2. Clusters and Employment- opportunities, cluster contribution to innovation 3. Cluster testimonies, success stories For more [...]
On 15th and 16th of May 2012, in Bucharest, Romania, the whole team of FINNO project is going to have the 3rd Project and the 4th Quality Management Board Meeting. At least a member for each partner institution is partecipating to the meeting. During the two days the lead partner for each work package will present [...]
At the First International Conference “Greening business through the Enterprise Europe Network – Green Project“, which is organized in Osijek (Croatia) by ‘Tera Tehnopolis’, institutions with total solutions for innovative businesses and entrepreneurs, members of EEN – Enterprise Europe Network. The conference was attended by scientists / entrepreneurs from eleven states of Central and Southeastern [...]
The conference aims at an in depth discussion on the changing role of public sector in innovation, with a specific focus on the development of web-based services. This issue ranks very high in the political agenda of the renewed Lisbon Strategy and opens up novel challenges to scholars and practitioners. Indeed the introduction of digital [...]
Under the motto “Don’t be bored … Do something!”, Makers Italy arrives. The great Italian event dedicated to the “makers”, the creative and digital technology, the “garage innovators “, but also to all lovers of DIY (do-it-yourself) that, with their innovations and their new business models, are giving rise to what many commentators do not [...]
Like every year, as springtime arrives our MtB Italy Tour starts. The special opening will be on April 19th, 2012 hosted by Trento RISE during the ICT Days. What better occasion for kicking off the MtB Italy Tour 2012? Do not miss the opportunity to get in contact with our speakers and learn from them [...]
The ABI, the Italian Banking Association, awarded the “Innovation Awards” at the Forum ABI Lab last 28 March. It is interesting to take a look at the prizes awarded to understand what direction you are moving banking services. Already the three categories – customers, digitization, sustainability – they say a lot, because they already understand [...]
Methods of evaluating and valuating IP for the purpose of its commercialization, such as in relation to licensing royalty rates, will be presented. Experienced practitioners will address selected issues of Belgian, English, US and German law relevant for licensing and transfer of ownership of IP generated in international research, and will share best practices and [...]
The success of the “Italy of Innovators” in China is confirmed this year too. The new “Italy of Innovators” edition started its work in Beijing on the occasion of the International Technology Transfer Conference 2012 (26 March 2012), organized by CITTC, China Italy Technology Transfer Center. In the presence of more than 1200 delegates from [...]
A selection of top expertees in marketing, technology and destination management talked about “Innovation in the meeting industry” during the V Convention of Federcongressi & Events on 15 and 16 March 2012. A two day event full of interesting workshops and meetings focused on the innovation as the essential tool to compete and grow in [...]
Stunningly high and very elegant, a true object of desire for every woman: this describes just some of the Italian footwear models that will be on display in Kazakhstan at the independent exhibition that will be held in Almaty from 11 to 13 April, organised by the ICE-Italian Trade Promotion Agency in collaboration with ANCI, [...]
Italian investments in research and innovation suffered the effects of the economic crisis, but a new model of cooperation is starting to develop between enterprises, universities and research centres in our Country, and it represents a crucial factor for the future, according to Rapporto Cotec 2011 on Innovation in Italy, presented this afternoon at the [...]
SICamp is a contest that combines ideas, people and digital tools to find solutions to social and environmental challenges. The best ideas will become reality during a 48‐hour workshop to be held at The Hub Milan between 8 and June 10, 2012. SiCamp is organized by The Hub Milan in partnership with Social Innovation Camp [...]
Italy has given birth to innovators who have made history: Enrico Fermi: 1933 – Nuclear energy Antonio Meucci: 18710 – Telephone Guglielmo Marconi: 1896 – Radio Alessandro Volta: 1800 – Voltaic pile Leonardo Chiariglione: 1992 – MP3 Eugenio Barsanti, Felice Matteucci: 1853 – Internal combustion engine Corradino D’Ascanio: 1946 – Scooter Corradino D’Ascanio, Enrico Forlanini: [...]
Business design and innovation through design is a way to answer the emerging need of innovation, coming from companies (most of them non-design driven), in order to face the current changes and the future transformations of today’s business world. Companies and institutions seeking for a change can choose from a wide range of methodologies to [...]
How important is innovation for developing sustainable fashion? Mr.Stefano Cochis, CEO of Filature Miroglio, said in an a interwie for Bio-Fashion, that “Innovation is key and is asked by the consume. In order to grant to the sustainability a real impact it has to become a real business, not just an exercise in style. Today, a basic [...]
On 20th of March 2012, at the NH Vienna Airport Hotel, the team of FINNO project is going to have a workshop to conclude the NATIONAL REPORTS for the Joint State of the Art document (WP3). A member for each partner institution is partecipating to the workshop. During the meeting the filled questionnaires from each [...]
Mopapp, a mobile analytics startup founded by Italian entrepreneurs, has secured €1.5 million in funding from an unconventional investor. Mopapp basically helps mobile app developers and publishers get a better understanding of how their apps are doing performance-wise (in terms of installs, sales, upgrades, in-app purchasing behavior and more) across a variety of mobile platforms, [...]
Innovation Factory scrl is the “first mile incubator” of AREA Science Park, Italy’s foremost Science and Technology Park. It welcomes future entrepreneurs interested in creating their own business plan, and cooperates with them to transform an innovative idea into a successful business. Following an initial selection process, Innovation Factory offers space and services to support [...]
Italian Innovation Day is an action oriented investors’ day bringing together the best of Italian technology and innovation. It’s a half-day event that features a showcase of the best Italian technology startups, stimulates networking and partnership opportunities, and attracts entrepreneurs, investors, business leaders and mentors. And – of course – some great Italian food and [...]
After successful Conference about importance of innovation in a crisis held in Dubrovnik in June, 2011 and organized by the Ruđer Bošković Institute, The World Bank and Korean Development Institute, conference participants visited Technology and Business Innovation Center for Mariculture – MARIBIC in the Bistrina bay near Ston. Paulo G. Correa, World Bank Chief Economist, [...]
One of the main reason for Centre for Renewable Energy Competence establishment is to become a leading center for the technologies development based on renewable energy in Croatia. The project aims to stimulate the effective interaction between researchers, industry and public sector through thematic research that contributes to economic growth because they are directly related [...]
EUREKA is a European network that supports businesses performing close-to-market R&D. Since its establishment in 1985, substantial public and private funding has been mobilised to support the research and development carried out within the EUREKA framework. During the 25 years of its existence, EUREKA has helped European R&D to compete with innovations coming from other [...]
Center for Eco-technologies Competence is a research – oriented development center oriented on the implementation of advanced technologies for waste and biomass treatment by anaerobic digestion (AD) in order to solve the problem of organic waste disposal and generation of biogas. This is the first Center of this kind in Croatia and the region. Potential [...]
FIDES (from IP to Business: Developing environment for start-up companies) is a bilateral project under IPA Operational Program Slovenia – Croatia (2007-2013). FIDES project is focused on intellectual property in order to design tools for the promotion and transfer ideas to the market. After the identification of specific ideas, promising areas and key sources of [...]
The Fourth meeting of Croatian RNM (Regional Network Meeting) group and BICRO staff included in FIDIBE project took place on Dec 8th 2011, in BICRO premises. Key point of this meeting was to present the feasibility study – Investment Study of the Technology Park Varaždin. The primary purpose of the feasibility study is to define [...]
The Innovation Union Scoreboard 2011 is the second edition of the Scoreboard following the adoption of the Innovation Union Communication in October 2010. It provides a comparative assessment of the research and innovation performance of the EU27 Member States and the relative strengths and weaknesses of their research and innovation systems. In this way, it [...]
Pierre Montagnier and Albrecht Wirthmann have realized a study that addresses issues of digital divide among households and individuals by using micro-data analysis of ICT usage patterns. The analysis includes data from 18 European countries (2008), Korea (2008) and Canada (2007). Inequalities in computer and Internet use are analysed in a two-step approach. First, the [...]
On January 1st, 2012 Trento got the status of “Italian Node” of the European Knowledge and Innovation Community dedicated to the Information and Communication Technologies, joining the other national nodes located in Berlin, Eindhoven, Helsinki, Stockholm and Paris. Through this achievement, Trento further confirms its international status as an Italian innovation center of excellence in [...]
The report “I percorsi dell’innovazione nelle regioni italiane” (The paths of innovation in the Italian regions), made by the Agenzia per la diffusione delle tecnologie per l’innovazione in collaboration with MET – Monitoraggio Economia e Territorio S.r.l., examines the historical evolution and current state of innovation, research and development in Italy. The survey is based [...]
Floriade 2012, the International Expo that will be taking place in the Dutch city of Venlo from April to October 2012, is an invitation to experience nature not as onlookers but as informed participants. Nature as theatre. Its magic, its beauty. But also its role as the form and substance of our daily life. From [...]
The Report on Innovation of the Regions in Italy 2010 (RIIR) was designed and built as a dynamic instrument to access data and indicators at the regional level that are the basis of interpretation and analysis of the Report. The objective of the Report is to facilitate, by means of dynamic representation, the display of [...]
Point Nine Capital has made a seed investment into Cibando, an Italian startup which operates a popular iPhone application that makes it easy to find the best restaurants in Rome, Milan, Florence and other cities in Italy. Fabio Pezzotti, one of Italy’s more successful Internet entrepreneurs and angel investors, also participated in the round. Terms [...]
A business can internationalize by restricting itself to seeking out commercial channels abroad, or it can do so by becoming a player in world production. Italy’s makers of ceramic tiles have embarked resolutely on the second path. This is not a new phenomenon: Modena and Reggio Emilia, the historic capitals of tile manufacture, first began [...]
Campania Innovazione S. p. A. - Regional Agency for the promotion of research and innovation, in collaboration with the Agency for the diffusion of technology innovation, fosters a day of discussion and reflection on innovation and competitiveness of the italian territories. The strategy expands the opportunities for collaborative action: work will be presented during the programs [...]
Vinitaly is the largest wine fair in the world with over 4,500 producers and 150,000+ visitors (including 45,000 from foreign countries). The event is held every year in April in Verona, Italy (46th edition: Verona 25-28 March 2012). Vinitaly is the ambassador of Italian wine and the Vinitaly Tour organizes a series of events in [...]
Positive retail trends combined with targeted governance and a high propensity for research and specialisation are the two pillars on which the Italian cosmetics industry has based their international growth strategy in recent years – proving to be a winning formula on international markets. The industry’s success has also managed to take advantage of what [...]
28.11.2011, Hiemer-House, 1-3. Jókai street, Szekesfehervar (Hu) The opening conference of the project “Development of the Vertes-Duna Cluster” was one of the most effective events in the field of innovation-oriented network-based economy development in Central-Transdanubian Region in November. The organiser was the Hungarian ASP Partner of the FINNO project and the more than 30 participants [...]
During last project meeting, all partners agreed to invite one expert in innovation assessment in companies (including SMEs) to share his experience. Yesterday, in Vienna, PhD Janez Bešter (IER) presented the project results and his experiences about the “Assessment of the innovation in Slovene companies”. Then partners opened a discussion about setting up the platform [...]
Mid-Pannon Regional Development Company last June was the star of a long article in the Regio Regia Magazine. The article highlights the importance of partner to promote innovation in Hungary and the importance of the project FINNO to increase the competitiveness of local companies in international markets. Download article (pdf, 4,2 MB) Download pdf
The 2nd FINNO meeting which will be held on October, 17 & 18, 2011 at HOTEL MONS in Ljubljana, Slovenia. All project partners, through their representatives, will meet to discuss progress of the project. Each representative will present a report on the work of their own country and together we will decide what to do [...]
On April 15, 2011, Bruck & de Mur (Austria), has completed the first project meeting FINNO (Mechanism for Fostering Innovation) program sponsored by the South East Europe (SEE) which was attended by representatives from partner countries Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Greece, Italy, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Hungary. During the kick-off meeting [...]
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