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• San Marino: The technology park will attract not only Italian businesses but also those from the rest of the world - May 16, 2012
  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 hop...
• Italian agricoltural research on show in Tel Aviv - May 14, 2012
  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...
• ForumPA 2012: the italian public administration festival is starting in Rome - May 10, 2012
  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...
• Working arrangement between two Italian Innovators - May 8, 2012
  Working arrangement between two Italian Innovators partners:  Is TECH – Systemdesi​gn. “Is Tech, a company that is experiencing in Rome APA, the well-known system for the abatement of air pollution and particulate matter, and System...
• Event: TOOLING DAYS in Kapfenberg (Austria) - 13.06.+14.06.2012 - May 2, 2012
  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. Aga...
• Network of Innovation and Entrepreneurship of Crete (DEKA) - April 27, 2012
  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 a...
• Trentino (Italian region) is once again an innovation and research-friendly territory - April 27, 2012
  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 missi...
• Inter-Clusters Mediterranée (IC-MED) Project Seminar - April 27, 2012
  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. Cl...
• FINNO: the 3rd Project and the 4th Quality Management Board Meeting - 15th and 16th May 2012 - April 25, 2012
  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. Du...
• International conference "Greening business through EEN – Green Project“ - April 20, 2012
  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,...
• Conference: Innovation in the public sector and the development of e-services - 19th-20th April 2012, Urbino (Italy) - April 19, 2012
  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 ope...
• Makers Italy: The exhibition of many ideas for the next industrial revolution - April 19, 2012
  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 ...
• Mind the Bridge Italy Tour 2012 - Trento, 19.04.2012 - April 16, 2012
  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...
• Innovation Awards for Italian banking services - April 12, 2012
  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 ...
• Workshop: Licensing, Transfer of Ownership and Dispute Resolution - Vienna, 1st of June 2012 - April 11, 2012
  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 f...
• The new “Italy of Innovators” edition started its work in Beijing on the occasion of the International Technology Transfer Conference 2012 - April 10, 2012
  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 ...
• Innovation in the meeting industry, the V Convention of Federcongressi & Events (15-16 March 2012) - April 6, 2012
  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 w...
• Italian footwear conquers Kazakhstan - April 4, 2012
  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, orga...
• Cotec: annual report on Italian innovation - 2011 - April 2, 2012
  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 ...
• First Italian Social Innovation Camp to be held at the Hub Milan - March 28, 2012
  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. SiCam...
• 10 Italian innovations that changed the world - March 28, 2012
  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 -...
• Design Innovation Competition - March 21, 2012
  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. C...
• How important is innovation for developing sustainable fashion? - March 20, 2012
  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 im...
• FINNO WP 3-Workshop - March 19, 2012
  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 italian startup Mopapp raises €1.5m to make mobile app analytics sexy - March 5, 2012
  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 ...
• From business dream to business plan: Innovation Factory scrl (Italy) - March 2, 2012
  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...
• Italian Innovation day 2012 - February 23, 2012
  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 partnershi...
• World Bank representatives and guests from Bulgaria, Croatia, Poland and Romania visited MARIBIC - February 22, 2012
  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 Bus...
• BICRO invests 5.3 million HRK in the establishment of the Competence Centre for Renewable Energy - February 21, 2012
  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 researc...
• BICRO invests over a million EUR in projects as part of the EUREKA program - February 20, 2012
  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 f...
• BICRO invests over 7 million HRK in the establishment of the Competence Centre for Eco-technologies - February 17, 2012
  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 dispos...
• Croatia participates in the FIDES project - February 16, 2012
  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 promot...
• IV. Regional Network Meeting (RNM) Croatia - February 15, 2012
  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 Tec...
• IUS 2011: Monitoring the innovation performance of the 27 EU Member States - February 9, 2012
  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 Membe...
• A Micro Data Analysis about Digital Divide in Europe - February 6, 2012
  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), Ko...
• Trento (Italy) has become a full EIT ICT Labs Node "Spreading ICT innovation in Europe" - January 23, 2012
  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, Stockh...
• Report: The paths of innovation in the Italian regions (2008-2009) - January 18, 2012
  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 Territo...
• Floriade 2012: technologies, production methods and state of the art of the horticultural sector - January 12, 2012
  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 a...
• Report on Innovation of the Regions in Italy 2010 - January 9, 2012
  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 Rep...
• Berlin VC invests in Italian startup - January 3, 2012
  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 Ita...
• Italian ceramic tile produsers lead the world - December 30, 2011
  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 ...
• Innovation Forum - Italian Network Systems territorial (Napoli 26 January 2012) - December 27, 2011
  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 ...
• Vinitaly: italian wine leads the world, Verona 25-28 March 2012 - December 23, 2011
  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 a...
• Italian Cosmetics Industry focuses on specialization to boost exports - December 21, 2011
  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...
• Hungary: presentation of the project FINNO on a regional opening conference of the project “Development of the Vertes-Duna Cluster” - December 9, 2011
  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 devel...
• PhD Janez Bešter share his experience with project partners (Vienna airport, 30.11.2011) - December 1, 2011
  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 abo...
• Mid-Pannon and FINNO on Regio Regia Magazine - September 28, 2011
  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 com...
• Second FINNO meeting: Ljubljana, 17th – 18th October 2011 - September 21, 2011
  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 ...
• First kick-off meeting in Bruck and de Mur (Austria) - April 30, 2011
  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, A...