23^rd - 26^th May, 2011
Helsinki, Finland

Venue: Old Stock House

The 7^th INSME Annual Meeting 2010, co-organised by the INSME Association in collaboration with EPROCA- European ProClusters Association (INSME Member), will host this year the international conference on "Competitiveness, Culture and Cross-Border Co-operation: Assisting SMEs to Grow, Innovate and Reach International Markets".

Registration is mandatory to confirm your participation in the event:
 INSME Association Member registration form
 General registration form

 Download the information flyer (pdf) of the event.

To stay updated on the 7^th INSME Annual Meeting, please visit the website at:
 www.annualmeeting2011.insme.org 

or contact the INSME Secretariat at:
 insme2011@insme.it

The INSME Vice President, Dr. Raimund Broechler met with the World Technopolis Association - WTA President, Mayor Yum Hong-Chul during the 7^th WTA General Assembly and International Conference on "Science City's Sustainable Development in the Era of Global Climate Change" held in Hsinchu City, Chinese Taipei on September 1^st-4^th, 2010. The meeting aimed to increase the business cooperation between the WTA and the INSME Association especially with regard to future joint activities.

To read more about the 7^th WTA General Assembly, please visit the webpage at:
 http://www.wtahsinchu2010.org.tw/welcome_mayor_en.html

INSME Association will organise the 3^rd International Training Programme on "Financing your business with Intellectual Property Rights" in partnership with the World Intellectual Property Organisation WIPO - SME Division. It will take place in Geneva, at the WIPO Headquarters, on 1^st -2^nd December 2010.

The 3^rd WIPO- INSME International Training Programme is free of charge.
Travel costs and hotel accommodation are to be covered by each participant.

The working language will be English.

 Download the Draft Agenda and Registration Form

If you are interested in participating, please, contact the INSME Secretariat at:
  secretariat@insme.it

 Read more about the former international training courses co-organised with WIPO. 

On July 5^th 2010, Abu Dhabi University (ADU) signed a memorandum of understanding with the Khalifa Fund for to Support and Develop SMEs to initiate a partnership for developing the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center at ADU. This center is designed to help young entrepreneurs develop their ideas and realize their business ambitions. Furthermore, this collaboration will provide the necessary support services by Khalifa Fund to beneficiaries within the Center, for example in organizing Conferences and Forums aiming at developing the culture of Entrepreneurship and the creation of innovative small businesses or in conducting joint awareness sessions on Entrepreneurship and business innovation.

Read more at:
 http://www.adu.ac.ae/en/news/khalifa-fund-and-abu-dhabi-university-adu-agree-to-partner.html

From July 19^th to 21^st, 2010 in Antigua, Guatemala, took place the Annual Meeting of AL-INVEST IV aimed to provide an opportunity to meet the different players of the programme, in order to promote coordination and adopt more efficient strategies and methodologies to support SMEs.

The meeting was attended by about 90 participants from member partners of the Latin American Consortia of the AL-INVEST IV Programme, the Coordination and Services Consortium, representatives from the European Union and other institutions involved in supporting SMEs.

 To find out more, please read the issue n�13 of AL - INVEST IV INFORMA, the programme monthly e-newsletter available in English, Spanish and Portuguese.

 Learn more at: http://www.al-invest4.eu

The World Technopolis Association (WTA) is a multilateral international organization, based in Daejeon (Korea), created in 1998 with the purpose to connect the advancement of science and technology with regional innovation, to achieve a shared development through cooperation, knowledge exchange and technology transfer among science cities, to assist the members in building sustainable technopolises with a global competitiveness. In particular, the WTA aims to establish international cooperation between local and regional governments in an era of knowledge-based society, as well as to share prosperity by promoting mutually beneficial partnership and exchanging experiences in a global context.

 Read more.

On July 2010, the INSME Association established new collaborative relations with the European Alliance for Innovation (EAI), a community of innovators, bringing together innovation leaders from industry, research, governmental and non-governmental sectors to address Europe's challenges, collaborating on technology development and entrepreneurial innovation. EAI's mission is to drive innovation in emerging information and communication technology (ICT) enabled areas. EAI supports knowledge transfer and engagement among its member community.

 Website: http://www.eai.eu/

The European Commission DG Enterprise and Industry has launched the fifth edition of the European Enterprise Awards with the aim to identify and reward the most successful promoters of enterprise and entrepreneurship around Europe, showcase best entrepreneurship policies and practices, raise awareness of the added value of entrepreneurship, and encourage and inspire potential entrepreneurs.

Participants: National, regional or local authorities or public-private partnerships from all EU Member States as well as Norway, Serbia and Turkey.

Closing dates for entries to national selections is set by each country individually.

 To find out more about the competition and national deadlines, please, contact your national Single Point of Contact (SPOC).

 Learn more here.

Call for proposals

The strategic objective of the 6th ETB call is to foster the competitive capacity Europe's biotechnology industry by supporting the research intensive SMEs and their strategic partnerships.

Participant Countries: Austria, Finland, Germany, Italy, Israel, The Netherlands
Participant Regions: Basque Country, Catalonia, Madrid, Navarra (Spain), Flanders and Wallonia (Belgium).

Funding is offered to innovative, near to the market R&D&I projects in all fields of modern biotechnology (red, green, white and blue). Consortia shall include SME partners from at least two countries / regions participating in ETB, and may include additional partners from research organizations or large industry.

Deadline: February 1^st, 2011

 For more information: 6^th Call EUROTRANS-BIO

Call for Papers

Issuer: The International Association of Science Parks (IASP).

Title: Roadmaps for future navigation (Copenhagen - Denmark, 19^th - 22^nd June 2011).

Aim: Providing sustainable solutions for the global challenges facing the further development of sustainable growth and prosperity.

Call for papers: Papers should showcase global STP strategies in a series of in-depth discussions of the future direction of science and technology park management and development.

The deadline for submission of papers' abstracts: 15^th October 2010.

 Click here to download the call for papers.

China's rapidly expanding consumer market creates both opportunities and challenges for European businesses in creative industries. Ideas and designs are the lifeblood of creative businesses and infringement can be particularly costly and damaging. However, creative ideas and designs that are not adequately protected often fall victim to infringement by potential Chinese clients or Chinese competitors.

Read more

INCONET-GCC project, funded under the EU 7th Framework Programme, has the aim to establish an international co-operation network to promote bi-regional partnerships in science and technology among the six-member of the Gulf co-operation countries (GCC), notably Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates and EU Member States.

The project, launched on January 2010, will last 36 months, i.e. until December 2012.

To find out more about INCONET-GCC, please, visit the website at:
 http://www.inconet-gcc.eu/

On July 2010 the Europa InterCluster published a White Paper on the emerging of European world-class clusters which formulates a list of proposals to give Europe the means to face global competition and gain a new foothold on the International scene.

 Download The White Paper on the emerging of European world-class clusters

On 2010 the Entrepreneurship Unit, Directorate-General for Enterprise and Industry of the European Commission has published Internationalisation of European SMEs in order to provide an updated and comprehensive overview of the level of internationalisation of European SMEs and deliver conclusions and recommendations on the issue.

 Download the study.

The 2010 World Investment Report, issued by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development- UNCTAD (INSME Member), focuses on climate change and stresses in particular on the role that transnational corporations (TNCs) can play if supported by adequate policy initiatives, incentives and an appropriate regulatory framework.

It also proposes a global partnership to promote low-carbon investments and concrete initiatives such as the set up of a new technical assistance centre to support policy formulation and implementation in developing countries.

 Download the World Investment Report 2010.

The Science in Society (SiS) portal promotes research's engagement within society and vice versa; it maps, steers and monitors the SiS landscape in the European Research Area (ERA) - notably through the Monitoring Research and Policy Activities of Science in Society (MASiS) initiative. It also supports several policy initiatives and promotes an adherence to ethical standards.

 Learn more at the SiS Portal.

The EPISIS (European Policies and Instruments to Support Innovation Service) newsletter was  launched on May 2010 and will be published twice a year. The newsletter aims to provide updates on EPISIS project and information about new activities and events in the field of service innovation. The main objective of the EPISIS project is to facilitate transnational cooperation between policy-makers and innovation agencies in the field of services innovation through parallel policy, strategic and operational level activities.

 To subscribe the newsletter, please contact the EPISIS secretariat, at: EPISIS@advansis.fi

 Download the EPISIS_Newsletter - issue 1

28^th September 2010
Workshop on Barriers to Internationalisation and Growth of EU's Innovative Companies
Organised by a consortium led by WIFO in partnership with the European Commission
Brussels, Belgium

29^th September 2010
Challenges & Opportunities in Developing an Innovation Strategy for Europe
Organised by European Alliance for Innovation (EAI)
Brussels, Belgium

30^th September - 1^st October 2010
7^th Annual Conference of The Technopolicy Network "Building a World-Class Knowledge Region"
Organised by The Technopolicy Network in collaboration with BioRN Cluster Management GmbH
Heidelberg, Germany

30^th September - 1^st October 2010
7th Micro & Nanotechnologies brokerage event
Organised by the ARIST- Agence Régional d'Information Stratégique et Technologique in collaboration with Enterprise Europe Network
Besan�on, France

30^th September - 1^st  October 2010
"Celebrating 20 Years of Cooperation and Looking beyond 2013"
Organised by INTERACT and the Brussels-Walloon Region
Brussels, Belgium

30^th September - 3^rd October 2010
6^th Taipei International Invention Show & Technomart (Taipei INST)
Organised by the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA)
Taipei, Taiwan

4^th-7^th October 2010
8^th OPEN DAYS - European Week of Regions and Cities
Conceived and developed by the EU Committee of the Regions and the European Commission
Brussels, Belgium

4^th-5^th October 2010
8^th Annual WIPO Forum on Intellectual Property and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises for Intellectual Property Offices and Other Relevant Institutions in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Countries
Organised by the World Intellectual Property Organization (INSME Member) and the Italian Ministry of Economic Development, National Patent and Trademark Office (UIBM)
Rome, Italy

5^th October 2010
ESA Investment Forum 2010
Organised by ESA's Technology Transfer Programme Office (TTPO) in collaboration with Europe Unlimited and Innovhub (INSME Member)
Milan, Italy

6^th-8^th October 2010
Data and Mobility 2010 - 3^rd Lakeside Conference
Organised by the Lakeside Science and Technology Park
Carinthia, Austria

7^th-8^th October 2010
IASP European Division Workshop "Measuring the success of Science Parks"
Organised by the Manchester Science Parks
Manchester, United Kingdom

7^th October 2010
Roundtable on Effective measures and critical points to accelerate the Business Angel Market (BAM) in the MED
Hosted by the Drome Chamber of Commerce
Brussels, Belgium

12^th October 2010
Innovate!2010
Hosted by the Technology Strategy Board
London, United Kingdom

12^th October 2010
Green Innovation Forum in Tokyo
Promoting Green Innovations Globally
Tokyo, Japan

14^th October 2010
Innovation Exchange
Run by the European Private Equity & Venture Capital Assocation (EVCA), Informilo and the European Tech Tour Association (ETT)
Copenhagen, Denmark

14^th - 15^th October 2010
EVCA Venture Capital Forum 2010 Time to Innovate
Organised by EVCA - European Private Equity & Venture Capital Association
Copenhagen, Denmark

19^th - 20^th October 2010
The 3rd International Services Trade (Chongqing) Summit and Service Outsourcing Conference
Organized by the Chongqing Municipal People's Government
Chongqing, P.R. China

19^th - 20^th October 2010
MEDA FINANCE 2010
The 2^nd Euro-Mediterranean Conference & Exhibition on Donor Funding, Banking and Novel Funding Instruments
Cairo, Egypt

19^th - 23^rd October 2010
58^th FCEM - Fammes Chefs d'Entreprises Mondiales - World Congress
Organised by AIDDA - Association of Women Entrepreneurs
Florence, Italy

20^th-22^nd October 2010
Triple Helix VIII - International Conference on University, Industry and Government Linkages
Organised by the International Institute of Triple Helix (IITT) and La Salle Innovation Park of Services for People
Madrid, Spain

24^th - 26^th October 2010
12^th West Lake International Conference on Small & Medium Business (WLICSMB 2010)
Jointly organized by Hangzhou Municipal Government, Zhejiang University of Technology, Zhejiang Small & Medium Enterprises Bureau, and World Association of Industrial & Technological Research organizations
Hangzhou, P.R.of China

25^th - 26^th October 2010
Seminar "Mirroring EU and Turkish RDAs"
Organised by EURADA, the European Association of Development Agencies (INSME Member) and OKA, the Middle Black Sea Development Agency
Samsun, Turkey

26^th-28^th October 2010
I International Brokerage Event Innovation in Bioenergy"
Organised by AVEBIOM, in the framework of the 5th International Bioenergy Congress
Valladolid, Spain

3^rd - 4^th November 2010
33rd ISBE Annual Conference Looking to the Future: Economic and Social Regeneration through Entrepreneurial Activity
Organised by the Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE - INSME Member)
London, UK

8^th - 10^th November 2010
"Promoting best practice and innovation in the creation and support for small businesses world-wide"
Organised by IEPC - International Enterprise Promotion Convention
Harrogate, United Kingdom

8^th - 10^th November 2010
Seminar "Setting up and managing an overseas promotion network"
Organised by ANIMA Investment Network (INSME Member)
Meknes, Morocco

9^th November 2010
International Conference "From Applied Research to Entrepreneurship: Promoting Innovation-driven Start-ups and Academic Spin-offs"
Organized by UNECE - United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (INSME Member)
Kiev, Ukraine

15^th November 2010
EU Financial Regulation Summit
Organised by EVCA - European Private Equity & Venture Capital Association
Brussels, Belgium

16^th - 18^th November 2010
XIV Encontro internacional de empreendedores
Organized by Empretec and Sebrae (INSME Member)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

17^th - 19^th November 2010
9th Annual Incubation Conference "Best Practises in Science Based Incubation"
Organised by the Technopolicy Network
Liverpool, United Kingdom