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Add newsAbu Dhabi:University Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center to be launched soon
July 18, 2010. Source:
The Abu Dhabi University has officially announced the launch of the "Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center", that will consist of three components: • Proof of concept center: to attract senior students and graduates in addition to faculty members interested to commercialize their technical projects or researches. The center also will offer a training and mentoring program for all potential s... moreUzbekistan:Business Incubators contribute to economic Succes
July 17, 2010. Source: Valijon Amanlikov
After gaining independence, Uzbekistan has chosen its own path of development. A great contribution to the dynamic development of the country is made by new high-tech industries like automotive, oil Motive, oil and gas, chemical, and electrical. Exports are exceeding USD 11.771 billion with more than 70 percent of products being with high added,value. At the same time, the social sector every ye... moreMedVentures to identify the Top 100 Start-up companies
July 16, 2010. Source:
Invest in Med is launching MedVentures 2010, a competition targeting the top 100 innovative start-ups in Mediterra-nean partner countries. This EU funded initiative has the objective to highlight and support the best start-up businesses. The competition, developed with more than 30 innovation, business and investment networks in the Mediterranean, is the first step towards the creation of a regi... moreMexico:Award 2009 for the ITESCO incubator
July 16, 2010. Source:
The incubator PROGINNT of ITESO is an organization that incubates new companies; preferably high-tech project operates with public and private funds. The technical areas of expertise are software development, electronic design, and biotechnology, food processing and recycling. PROGINNT since inception in 2004 the incubator has supported more than 45 technology companies in the region, of which o... moreNicaragua:University Entrepreneurship Programs exchange Experiences
July 16, 2010. Source:
With the Conference "Nicaragua Innova" held early July in Managua, Nicaragua, the university entrepreneurship programs of the country provided information about their experiences and discussed activities for the near future. Not only Nicaraguan universities presented, but also ministries and governmental organizations as well as the private sector represented by the Chambers. Participation of spe... moreBelarus:2nd Belarusian Innovation Forum
July 16, 2010. Source:
In November 2010 Minsk will host the International Conference of Applied Science “2nd Belarusian Innovation Forum”. It is the main annual event in Belarus to review the best na-tional and foreign theories and experiences in innovation-related activity. The key organizers of the Forum are the State Committee on Science and Technology of Belarus, the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, seve... moreFirst-ever International NBIA Chapter launched
July 15, 2010. Source:
The National Business Incubation Association in May 2010 has officially formed an alliance with the New Jersey Business Incubation Network (NJBIN http://www.njbin.org/ ), forming the first NBIA chapter. The joint venture comes less than two months after David Monkman, NBIA president and CEO, and Lou Cooperhouse, director of the Rutgers Food Innovation Center in Bridgeton, N.J., testified before ... moreInnovation System Best Practices
July 15, 2010. Source:
In April 2010, InnoPraxis, Finland, hosted an international group of participants of the orientation training: Best Practices of the Innovation System. Participating experts represented organizations from Botswana, Hungary, Mauritius, Belgium, South Africa, Denmark and Lithuania. This set-up of participation supported discussion of this year’s main topic – internationalization of the innovatio... moreAIN:Celebrating Incubation in Africa 2010
July 15, 2010. Source:
South Africa is not only hosting the FiFa World Cup 2010. This country also has a successful track record in business incubation. But not only incubation experience from South Africa is interesting to know about. This is easy to understand by having a look at a brochure that was published by the Africa Incubation Network (AIN) with support from infoDev, SEDA, SABTIA, and Furntech. This publication... moreFrom the idea to market
July 14, 2010. Source:
The Austria Association of business incubators, VTÖ in June successfully concluded a project that set up a system to help bringing ideas to the marketplace. “business pro austria” brought together 15 project partners under the lead of the Technology and Innovation Center Steyr. VTÖ chairman and SPICE member Wolfgang Rupp was member of the project expert group. Business pro Austria provides ... moreIngria-ITMO - New Incubator opened in St. Petersburg
July 14, 2010. Source:
In January 2010 the Director of JSC Technopark of St. Peters-burg, Ilya Tolstoy, and the rector of St. Petersburg State Uni-versity ITMO, Vladimir Vasiliev, opened the business incubator Ingria-ITMO on the territory of St. Petersburg State University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics at the Birgevaya Line, 16. This incubator is a pilot project under the program of cooperation "Ingr... moreInternational VC Zone launched in Helsinki
July 14, 2010. Source:
End of May 2010 Technopolis and Greater Helsinki Promotion announced the launch of the Helsinki International VC Zone, an initiative aimed to providing top-tier, technology-focused international VCs with an easier way to conduct busi-ness in the Nordic Countries and find interesting companies for potential investments and/or partnerships. At the VC Zone, international venture capital companies a... morePetrozavodsk, Karelia: The Third Business Extreme Forum
July 14, 2010. Source:
The 3rd International Business Extreme Forum “Traditions and Culture. Training Innovators” will be held August 6-9 August 2010 in the Republic of Karelia, Russia. This Forum will again provide a unique environment for generating new ideas, establishing business relationships, and ex-ploring advanced views and experiences. The Forum’s regular participants include representatives of interna... moreNokia Technopolis’ Innovation Mill created more than 100 jobs and € 5 million investment
July 13, 2010. Source: K. Silverang
Last year, Nokia, Technopolis and Tekes, Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation launched the Nokia Technopolis Innovation Mill, an initiative aimed at streng-thening Finland's ICT cluster and spurring companies to create globally competitive products and services. The program has now stimulated the creation of 12 new companies and 120 new jobs, and Innovation Mill companies have rais... moreWhat is an Incubation Manager? Austrian training program provides answers
July 13, 2010. Source:
An initiative of VTÖ (Association of Austrian Technology Centers found financial support of the Commission of the European Communities under the Life Long Learning Program. “From the idea to market success it is a process. The Incubation manager is a process-coach supporting existing SMEs and start-up entrepreneurs”. This is why VTÖ developed a modular training program that enables incubat... moreNicaragua:Business Incubator INsPIRE is starting
July 13, 2010. Source:
The infoDev supported project to establish a business incubator in Managua soon will take the first steps of realization. The pilot phase of the incubator is started in early July 2001 to welcome its first client companies. During coming six months the incubator will build up the service and advisory capacities needed for full operation that is planned to begin once renovation of the final facilit... moreMongolian Incubators get boost by International Conference and Training
July 13, 2010. Source:
The Mongolian National Business Incubator Federation held its Business Incubator Conference and International Forum in early June 2010 in Mongolia’s capital Ulaanbaatar. More than 500 participants could select from training sessions, workshops, panel discussions, bilateral meetings, networking luncheons and incubator tours. At this time 12 business incubators re working in Mongolia funded by t... moreMore about training: The “Research Park 101” at the AURP conference
July 12, 2010. Source:
At the International AURP conference in Minnesota another training option is offered on September 15, 2010, The Research Parks 101. As the title says this training is aimed at people working for research / science parks. The preliminary agenda includes topics like Research Parks - What are they? (Public Private Partnerships, University Research Models, Technology Commercialization, City/County/Sta... moreBALTIC DYNAMICS 2010 - Call for Papers
June 03, 2010. Source: Janis Stabulnieks
The "Baltic Dynamics", the annual conference of the business incubation asscoiations in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuanis this year will be held September 15-17, 2010 in Riga, Latvia. Conference topics are o Sustainable Development of Innovation Systems o Education and Research as Components of Innovation System o Technology Transfer - Catalyst for Efficient Knowledge Flow o Instruments to Suppor... moreCall for Papers for APJIE, Vol.4, No.2
June 03, 2010. Source: Bong Jin Cho
The Asia Pacific Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (APJIE)efocuses on the strategy and management methods of business innovation and Entrepreneurship. Subjects for coming volumes include: • Case Study in • Innovation Management • Incubation Management • Economic Development and • Entrepreneurship • Strategy and System Development • Entrepreneurial Marketing • Entre... moreAPJIE Vol.4, No. 1 has been published
June 03, 2010. Source: Bong Jin Cho
The Asia Pacific Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (APJIE) is a refereed and highly professional journal covering entrepreneurship, innovation, incubation and related topics. It aims to establish channels of communication and to disseminate knowledge among policy makers, experts and professionals working in universities, government departments, research institutions, as well as industry a... moreArchive