International Training Programme
"Financing your business with Intellectual Property Rights"
1^st -2^nd December 2010
at WIPO Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland
Final Agenda 

The working language is English only

INSME Secretary General, Ms. Simona Marzetti, attended the 3^rd EU Annual Seminar Implementing the Innovation Union: Next Steps in Knowledge Transfer held in Varese and Ispra, Italy, last the 10^th and 12^th November. The seminar, organised by DG Research and the Joint Research Centre (JRC), focused, through an interactive discussion, on the implementation of the European Research Area knowledge transfer initiative, its progress and on the future priorities in the context of the Innovation Union.

All the speakers' presentations are available for the download on the website of the conference at:
 http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/jrc/index.cfm?id=5990

The summary of the sessions will be made available through a report which will be uploaded in the website of the seminar in the coming weeks.

 Read more about the seminar here.

INSME President Mr. Paolo Anselmo and INSME Secretary General Ms. Simona Marzetti attended the OECD high-level meeting Bologna + 10: SMEs and Entrepreneurship: lessons from the global crisis and the way forward to job creation and growth organised by the OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs and Local Development, held in Paris (France), on November 17^th -18t^h , 2010.

High level policymakers, representatives from financial institutions and entrepreneurs from 31 OECD and several non OECD countries met in Paris to design a roadmap to ensure that SMEs and entrepreneurship make their fullest contribution to job creation. Strong action, in fact, is needed now to help governments recover from the financial crisis and to secure sustainable growth over the longer term.

INSME, enjoying the OECD moral patronage since 2004, was among the few International NGOs that joined the meeting.

Read more about the OECD Meeting here.

 Chair's summary and technical annex

"Competitiveness, Culture and Cross-Border Co-operation: 
Assisting SMEs to Grow, Innovate and
Reach International Markets"

23^rd - 26^th May, 2011
Helsinki, Finland
Venue: Old Stock House

 Find out about the Conference programme.

Registration is mandatory to confirm any participation in the event.

Please note that the Early Bird Registration is open till 27^th December 2010.

Register online or send us back this form:
 General registration form (for INSME non Members)
 INSME Association Member registration form

Participation for INSME and EPROCA Members and International Intergovernmental Organisations is free of charge.

 Download the information flyer 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

WIPO -The World Intellectual Property Organisation (INSME Observer) launched two new tools to better disseminate information on Intellectual Property (IP):

1. WIPO Lex is a one-stop search facility for national laws and treaties on IP of WIPO, WTO (World Trade Organization) and UN (United Nations) Members. It provides streamlined access to reference material of key importance for optimal information on the global IP System.

2. The IP Advantage is a database which provides a one-stop gateway to international case studies on IP with a view to promote a better understanding of how to create and protect Intellectual Property and reap the benefits provided by the IP system.

 Read the announcement of the launch of WIPO Lex and of IP Advantage.

The Speakers presentations made at the DIT 4^th Strategic Forum and WAITRO 20^th Biennial Congress are now available to download at:
http://www.technopark.ae/en/events/event/dit-strategic-forum-hosting-waitro-2.html

The INSME Secretary General, Ms. Simona Marzetti, attended as Speaker the session on Leadership for Innovation. The event took place from the 11^th to the 14^th October 2010 in Dubai, UAE and was co-organised by the Dubai Institute of Technology (DIT, INSME Member) and WAITRO - World Association of Industrial and Technological Research Organisation.

 Read more about the event here.

The online seminar organised on the 9^th November, by TAKE IT UP, promotion pillar of the Europe INNOVA initiative, on How effectively draw-up a pitch for your innovative service was joined by over 40 European professionals.

A video-presentation provided the participants with practical advice and useful suggestions on how to improve skills when presenting a product/service to potential users, stakeholders and policy makers.

 View the Webinar video-document here. Further details will be soon available on the Learning Corner section.

The TAKE IT UP programme aims at improving the performance of European Innovation Service Providers to the benefit of SMES.

On the 28^th October 2010, the European Commission published its flagship initiative on an industrial policy for the globalisation era, part of the Europe 2020 Strategy. The communication highlights the need for industry to play a key role if Europe is to remain a leading economic power.

To find out more, please, read the press release here.

 Download the communication on An Integrated Industrial Policy for the Globalisation Era - Putting Competitiveness and Sustainability at Centre Stage.

The 2^nd European Innovation Summit - EIS on Tackling the Grand Challenges- Policy meets Practice took place from 4^th to 11^th October 2010 in Brussels (Belgium). The event, organised by the Knowledge4Innovation (K4I) Forum of the European Parliament, gathered more than 500 stakeholders and policy makers from Europe and beyond.

To read the Summit outcomes, please, visit the EIS 2010 dedicated website at:
http://www.knowledge4innovation.eu/k4i/2ndeis_intro.aspx

BLEND Financial Services Limited

Blend Financial Services Limited, based in India, is a Business Support Organization aimed at offering to SMEs a wide range of services in areas such as Debt Syndication, Equity Advisory, Insurance and Investment Advisory, factoring, credit rating, risk management, IT infrastructure, etc.
In particular, it advises banks on areas related to SME financing offering advisory services for building specialized institutions globally, for SME development, such as, credit rating agency, credit guarantee scheme, credit insurance and risk capital venture. Furthermore BLEND, also, contributes to design strategies for strengthening the SME Sector in different countries.

Blend joined INSME in late 2010.

Read more about Blend Financial Services Limited.

INSME has recently reinvigorated its partnership with IKED (International Organisation for Knowledge Economy and Enterprise Development ) an independent international non-profit association and think tank based in Sweden since 2001.

IKED's objective is to contribute to processes in which analyses and policies lead to real, constructive action supporting better conditions for innovation and entrepreneurship and offering creative responses to the challenges of building a more dynamic and sustainable knowledge-based economy.

INSME has organised with IKED in Malmo (Sweden) its first meeting in February 2004.

Visit IKED website:
 http://www.iked.org

The Innovact Campus Awards 2011 aims to enable young students with a creative idea for a business innovative project to implement it at European level. The winners will receive prize money in the measure of 3,000 Euros for the 1st prize and 1,500 Euros for the 2nd and the 3^rd prize.

Participants: All students individually or within the framework of their institution.

Deadline: 24^th January 2011

 Download the application form.

 For further information please contact Dahvia Ouadia (dahvia.ouadia@verbatim-communication.fr) or visit the Innovact website.

Call for proposals

Aim: Foster the competitive capacity of Europe's biotechnology industry by supporting 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).

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

 Learn more about the here.

EUREKA's Eurostars Programme is the first European funding and support programme dedicated to R&D performing SMEs. According to the EUREKA criteria, a Eurostars project includes any technological area finalised to the development of a new product, process or service. The Eurostars project involves at least two participants (legal entities) from two different Eurostars member countries. The main participant must be an R&D-performing SME from a Eurostars member Country.

Deadline: 24^th March 2011

For further information please contact the EUREKA NCPs (EUREKA National Contact Points) in the 33 Countries involved.

 Read more about the Eurostars Programme.

Call for papers

The 3^rd International Conference of Fashion Incubators (ICFI) aims to foster the growth and the professional development of fashion industry business and to promote best practice across the industry. The ICFI will offer new opportunities for emerging designers and fashion business educators from around the globe to create strategic alliances and to share their experiences and expertise, to network, discuss best practice and expand global designer marketing and promotional opportunities.
Closing date for submitting papers: 31^st January, 2011

 Download the media release

 Click here to read more about the ICFI in 2011

The INNO-Grips (short for "Global Review of Innovation Policy Studies") a pillar of the EU initiative PRO INNO Europe, started a new phase of work in 2010.
Over a period of three years (2010-2012), INNO-Grips 2 will analyse framework conditions, barriers to and drivers of innovation and innovation policy and will offer a platform for public authorities, industry and academia to exchange views, ideas and best practices with a view to optimise innovation policy.
INNO-Grips consists of two pillars:
-The Innovation Policy Briefs
-Innovation Intelligence Studies

 To find out more about the INNO Grips 2010 activities, please, visit the following website at:
http://www.proinno-europe.eu/innogrips2

The EBAN White Paper 2010 on  Early stage investing: an asset class in support of the EU strategy for growth and jobs, published by EBAN - The European Trade Association for Business Angels, Seed Funds and other Early Stage Market Players (INSME Member), is aimed to present an updated perspective to policy makers regarding the key issues at stake for business angels and early-stage venture funds in the next few years, and propose some solutions to respond to the challenges listed above.

 Download the EBAN White Paper 2010

The 2010 edition of the EU R&D Industrial Investment Scoreboard has been jointly prepared by the Joint Research Center (JRC) and Research (DG RTD) Directorates General of the European Commission. This year's report presents the information on the world-top 1400 companies, 400 based in EU and 1000 based elsewhere, ranked according to their level of investment in Research and Development (R&D) and shows the effect of the economic and financial crisis on the companies' financial results.

 Download the 2010 EU R&D Industrial Investment Scoreboard

Innovation PIE is the bi-annual newsletter of the EU initiative PROINNO Europe which aims to update readers on all PRO INNO Europe's projects, initiatives and events.

 To read the Innovation PIE newsletter click here
The first edition of the Innovation Pie Newsletter is available for reading online in a new format, find out here the Easy to read magazine version.

 To receive for free the Innovation PIE newsletter automatically, please, register at: http://www.proinno-europe.eu/user/register

29^th -30^th November 2010
3^rd Africa-EU Summit "Investment, Economic Growth and Job Creation"
Organised within the framework of Africa - EU strategic partnership
Tripoli, Lybia

29^th November - 3^rd December 2010
The 13^th TCI Annual Global Conference
Organised by TCI Network
New Delhi, India

1^st December 2010
INNO-GRIPS Workshop "Implications of climate change, resource scarcity and demographic developments for innovation policy"
Organised in the context of PRO INNO Europe initiative
Brussels, Belgium

1^st-2^nd December 2010
3^rd WIPO-INSME Training Programme on Financing Your Business with Intellectual Property Rights
Organised by the World Intellectual Property Organization - WIPO (INSME Observer) and INSME Association
Geneva, Switzerland

1^st-3^rd December 2010
ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN 2010 - 16^th International Conference on Technology Supported Learning and Training
Organised under the patronage of the German Federal Minister of Education and Research
Berlin, Germany

2^nd December 2010
TAFTIE Annual Seminar 2010 "Knowledge to act: from linkages to partnerships"
Organised by TAFTIE - the European Network of Innovation Agencies
Madrid, Spain

2^nd-3^rd December 2010
Advancing Innovation in ECA 2010
Organised by Eastern European and Central Asian Business Incubators and Technology Parks Network (ECAbit), Caspian Investment Centre and Ministry of Youth and Sport of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Baku, Azerbaijan

2^nd-3^rd December 2010
Brussels IP Summit 2010
Supported the European Commission, the European Patent Office, the Office for the Harmonization of the Internal Market and BUSINESSEUROPE
Brussels, Belgium

2^nd-3^rd December 2010
EIT Education Conference
Organised by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology
Leuven, Belgium

6^th-7^th December 2010
ESoCE-NET Annual Conference 2010
User Driven Open Innovation For SMEs
Rome, Italy

7^th December 2010
1^st Caribbean Business Forum
Organised by the British & Commonwealth Chamber of Commerce in Finland (BCCCF), in partnership with the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Helsinki, Finland

7^th - 9^th December 2010
�Luxembourg 2020� 4^th Luxemburgish colloquium on knowledge economy within a European perspective
Supported by the Observatoire de la compétitivité, the Centre de Recherche Public Henri Tudor and the Central Service for Statistics and Economic Studies (STATEC)
Luxembourg

7^th - 8^th December 2010
The Kingdom Women in Leadership (WIL) Forum
Organised by naseba
Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

8^th December 2010 
Green Growth: An opportunity for local development and employment
Organised by the OECD LEED Programme and Entreprises Territoire et Développement  (France) in collaboration with the Institut CDC pour la Recherche
Paris, France 

8^th - 10^th December 2010
Seminar on Innovative Approaches to Turn Statistics into Knowledge
Hosted by Statistics South Africa and arranged jointly by the OECD, Statistics South  Africa and the World Bank
Cape Town, South Africa 
  
13^th - 15^th December 2010
The 2^nd Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) Expo and Conference
Organised by the Al Fajer Information & Services and INTEX Dubai
Dubai, United Arab Emirates

13^th December 2010
WIPO Seminar Series on "The Economics of Intellectual Property"
Organised by the World Intellectual Property Organization - WIPO (INSME Observer)
Geneva, Switzerland

14^th December 2010
Living Labs and Smart Cities
Open innovation for the Future Internet-conference
Ghent, Belgium

16^th - 19^th December 2010
SME 2010 - the National Exhibition for Small and Medium Enterprises
Sponsored by Khalifa Foundation to Support & Develop Small & Medium Enterprises  (INSME Member)
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

16^th - 17^th December 2010
International Conference "Economic Inclusion, Public Policies and Local  Development"
Organized by the Government of Ecuador through the Ministry of Agriculture (MAGAP)  and the Ministry of Social Development (MCDS)
Quito, Ecuador

8^th -10^th January 2011
International Conference and Exhibition on Knowledge-Based Business,  Industry and Education, KBIE-2011
Organised by the University College of Bahrain (UCB)
Manama, Bahrain

9^th -11^th January 2011
10th International Entrepreneurship Forum (10^th IEF)
Organised by the Centre for Entrepreneurship Research (CER), Essex Business School  and University of Essex
Tamkeen, Bahrain

14^th -15^th January 2011
ICCGC 2011 - International Conference on "Challenges of Globalization and  Strategy for Competitiveness"
Organised by AKGIM - Ajay Kumar Garg Institute of Management and NIESBUD -  National Institute for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development
Ghaziabad, India
        
23^rd -25^th January 2011
2011 Leadership Summit
Organised by the International Economic Development Council
San Diego, CA, USA 

24^th -25^th January 2011
The Abu Dhabi Innovation Forum
Under the Patronage of His Highness Sheikh Hamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Crown Prince's Court
Abu Dhabi, UAE

26^th -28^th January 2011
ProTon Europe Conference "Knowledge Transfer: Bridging Science and Business for a New Sustainable Economic Paradigm"
Organised by ProTon Europe
Lisbon, Portugal