Issue N° 94 - December 2011
Keep up to date on innovation matters worldwide with the INSME Association!
"INSMEnews" is the free monthly newsletter edited since 2004 by the INSME Association Secretariat to stay updated about the activities of the International Network for SMEs, its Members and Partners worldwide. INSME aims to promote transnational cooperation among private and public stakeholders to make innovation happen in SMEs.
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In this issue, you will find out more about innovation and technology transfer initiatives.
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We hope you enjoyed reading our bulletin during 2011.
The INSME Secretariat wishes you all a great start in 2012.
Ms. Simona Marzetti
INSME Association Secretary General
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"Sustainable Growth with Innovation: Building Competitive SME Networks" is the main theme of the next INSME Annual Meeting to be held in Daejeon, Republic of Korea on May 21st -24th 2012.
The event is co-hosted by World Technopolis Association - WTA, Daejeon Metropolitan City, INNOBIZ Association and Daejeon Convention Center.
The INSME Annual Meeting 2012 will comprise the following international events:
Stay updated about the 8th INSME Annual Meeting on the official website at: http://www.annualmeeting2012.insme.org (under construction) as well as on the INSME Portal, INSME Twitterpage, and LinkedIn Profile.
For further details do not hesitate to contact the INSME Secretariat at: insme2012@insme.it
Download the presentation of the 8th INSME Annual Meeting here
The INSME Association is pleased to welcome CEFORM, the European Center for Training, non profit private intermediary organization based in Italy, as the latest Observer Member in the network.
At present, the International Network for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises-INSME comprises 82 organizations based in 33 countries in 4 continents.
For further details, please, visit the INSME Members’ dedicated webpage at:
http://www.insme.org/insme-members.
If you are interested to join INSME, please visit:
http://insme.it/join-insme/members-typologies-and-fees
Contact us at: secretariat@insme.it
Since its launch in 2009, the Center for Mediterranean Integration (CMI) works on an innovative multi-partner and multidimensional approach of the Mediterranean key issues.
It aims to "to enhance the convergence of sustainable development policies by providing a platform for knowledge sharing and joint learning". It gathers founding members from several European and Mediterranean countries, and many partners including ANIMA Investment Network (INSME Member).
The 2012 programme includes new activities on Knowledge Economy -based Growth and Employment in which ANIMA is engaged.
To learn more, visit CMI website, check the activities and programmes and read the overview of activities to be launched in 2012.
The priority for Europe is to overcome the crisis boosting competitiveness and growth. Major markets such as China, India, Russia and Brazil, with strong growth rates and potential represent significant opportunities for EU companies. Internationalisation is the step SMEs need to take and to seize these opportunities. To reach this purpose the European Commission released the long-awaited Communication on Internationalisation of SMEs - "Small Business, Big World a new partnership to help SMEs seize global opportunities" regarding a new EU strategy for the internationalization of European small and medium-sized enterprises.
We invite you to read the following documents:
Synthesis of the Communication:
http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/11/765&format=
HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en
Full text of the Communication
On the 18th November, during the 3rd meeting of the Science and Technology Ministries and Authorities from Latin America and Caribbean, the Panama Action Plan has been approved. This plan aims to improve and strengthen science and technology actions in the region up to 2025.
The Communication focuses on science, technology and innovation to increase competiveness in a knowledge based economy.
Find out more at: (only in Spanish)
http://www.scidev.net/en/news/latin-america-and-the-
caribbean-to-boost-s-t-by-2025-.html
The ISBC 2012 - International Small Business Congress on "Fostering Small Business in New and High-Potential Industries Worldwide", organized by Osiba Research (INSME Member), in partnership with the INSME Association, will take place from the 15th to the 18th September 2012 in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Please note that INSME Members enjoy a reduced registration fee (US $300,00).
In case of interest to attend INSME Members are invited to contact the INSME Secretariat at:
secretariat@insme.it
Organiser: EuroTransBio initiative
Applicants: SMEs consortia from at least two countries/regions among Austria, Finland, Germany, Italy, Spain (Andalusia, Basque Country, Catalonia, Navarra), Belgium (Flanders, Wallonia), France (Alsace) and may include additional partners from research organizations or large industry.
Aim: Foster the competitive capacity of European biotechnology industry by supporting the research intensive SMEs and their strategic partnerships.
Topics: All fields of biotechnology (red, green, white, blue and grey)
Deadline: 1st February 2012
Learn more at: www.eurotransbio.eu
Organiser: EUREKA’s Eurostars Programme
Applicants: SMEs based in Eurostars member state
Aim: Stimulate the R&D performing SMEs to lead international collaborative research and innovation project by easing access to support and funding.
Deadline: 1st March 2012
Find out more at: http://www.eurostars-eureka.eu
Event: XXIII ISPIM Conference will take place in Barcelona, Spain on 17-20 June 2012
Organiser: ISPIM - International Society for Professional Innovation Management (INSME Member)
Applicants: academic, research, consulting, industry, intermediary and policy organizations
Topics: Action for Innovation (Conference Focus Theme); Collaboration for Innovation (incl. Open Innovation); Creativity & Idea Generation; Entrepreneurship, Business Models & Financing Innovation; Innovation Training, Education & Learning; Methods, Tools & Measurement for innovation; Networks & Clusters of Innovation; Sustainability in Innovation
Deadline: 31st December 2011 - Outlines Only (All Submissions)
Find out more at: http://conference.ispim.org/index.php/home/call
Whilst Europe does not have enough entrepreneurs following through on their ideas to set up in business, there are disproportionately even fewer women than men entrepreneurs. Europe's economy needs more entrepreneurs to take the plunge. The European Commission has conceived a new website to find ways to overcome the factors which particularly discourage women from taking up the option of entrepreneurship.
For further details about the actions and initiative to encourage women entrepreneurship please, visit:
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/policies/sme/promoting-
entrepreneurship/women/index_en.htm
Moreover, the European Commission during the latest Innovation Convention (5th -6th December 2011 in Brussels) awarded the winner of the first EU Women Innovators Prize.
The contest aimed to inspire and raise awareness of the need for more women innovators and entrepreneurs.
Read more at: http://ec.europa.eu/research/innovation-
union/ic2011/index_en.cfm?pg=prize_women
On November 2011, the World Intellectual Property Organization - WIPO (INSME Observer) published its annual report with a view to explain, clarify and contribute to policy analysis relating to IP, to facilitating evidence-based policymaking.
It describes key trends in the innovation landscape - including the increasingly open, international and collaborative character of the innovation process.
Download the full Report here.
Science at the Service of Europe is the European Commission's Directorate-General for Research and Innovation annual guide on the activity carried out by the DG during the year 2010.
The task of this Directorate-General is to drive forward an integrated and world-class research and innovation system in Europe. In achieving this goal, it needs to balance competing priorities, especially in the current difficult economic circumstances.
Read more at: http://ec.europa.eu/research/sse/2010/index_en.cfm
The J-BILAT newsletter is the monthly publication issued by J-BILAT project which provides news on EU-Japan cooperation in science and technology, on the EU Framework Programme for Research, and all related news on the research systems in Europe and Japan.
To read the latest J-BILAT newsletter click here (available in Japanese and English)
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22nd - 23rd February 2012
It creates the perfect opportunity to build a strong professional network, obtain new insights and share business practices. The INSME Association is among the Media Partners of the event.
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SME Invest is a specialist platform highlighting business opportunities for existing SMEs and entrepreneurs. The event, co-organized by the Mohammed Bin Rashid Est. for SME Development (INSME Member) and by the Dubai World Trade Center, offers a centralized forum where UAE buyers and investors can come together for knowledge exchange, seminars, networking and business development.
The World Investment Forum, organized by UNCTAD (INSME Member) in partnership with Government of Qatar, is a high-level, biennial, multi-stakeholder gathering for the discussion of the world´s most urgent economic challenges and the role of international investment in development. WIF 2012 will take place in the Qatar National Convention Centre, from 20-23 April 2012 in conjunction with UNCTAD XIII Ministerial Conference (21-26 April 2012) in Doha, Qatar. WIF 2012 will focus on the changing patterns of foreign investment in the post-crisis global economy, including investment in low-carbon growth and technologies. It will address investment-related challenges and opportunities arising from emerging global economic governance structures, and contribute to developing partnerships and policy options for promoting sustainable investment.
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18th January 2012
EUREKA Academy Conference - The Regional Dimension of Innovation
Organized by EUREKA
Brussels, Belgium
18th - 20th January 2012
University Startups Conference 2012 "Serious Research Commercialization"
Organized by the National Council of Entrepreneurial Tech Transfer (NCET2)
Washington, D.C., United States
19th January 2012
WORKSHOP "Social attitudes toward fostering entrepreneurship and innovation demand"
Organized in the framework of the European Commission INNO-Grips project
Brussels, Belgium
4th - 7th February 2012
Regional Innovation and Inventions Exhibition 2012
Organized by The National Elites Foundation of the Islamic Republic of Iran and Vice-Presidency of Science & Technology - Deputy of International Affair & Technology Transfer
Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
5th - 7th February 2012
NBIA's Sixth Summit for Advanced Incubation Professionals
Organized by the National Business Incubation Association (NBIA)
Tampa, Fla, United States
6th - 8th February 2012
14th Annual Corporate Venturing & Innovation Partnering
Organized by IBF-International Business Forum
Newport Beach, California, USA
6th - 9th February 2012
IMAGINA - The European 3D Simulation and Virtual Technology Event
Organized by imagina / MONACO MEDIAX
Monaco, Germany
21st February 2012
Start up! The European Entrepreneurship Summit
Organized by EIT - European Institute of Innovation and Technology in cooperation with the Science|Business Innovation Board
Brussels, Belgium
28th February 2012
FINANCING ECO INNOVATION FORUM "Brought to You by Chamber of Eco Commerce"
Organized by the Chamber of Eco Commerce
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
5th - 6th March 2012
2012 EFMD Entrepreneurship Conference "Entrepreneurial Value Creation in Businesses, Families and Institutions. A view from Educators, researchers, Policy makers and Entrepreneurs"
Organized by EFMD-European Foundation for Management Development and hosted by Maastricht University, School of Business and Economics
Maastricht, The Netherlands
8th -9th March 2012
Successful R&D in Europe: 4th European Networking Event
Under the Patronage of the Ministry of Innovation, Science and Research of the State North Rhine Westphalia
D üsseldorf, Germany
18th -22nd March 2012
IAMOT 2012 - Managing Technology-Service Convergences in the Past-Industrialized Society
Organized by the International Association for Management of Technology (IAMOT)
Hsinchu, Taiwan
14th -16th April 2012
2012 International Technology Transfer Beijing Conference (ITTC2012)
Organized by the International Technology Transfer Network (ITTN)
Beijing, China
23rd - 24th April 2012
12th Annual EBAN Congress & 7th Award Ceremony
Organized by EBAN (INSME Member)
Moscow, Russia
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