EVENTS PLANNED
This listing contains information on the events organized by TII during the year. New information and programmes are added as and when they become available.
18-19 March 2010, London (UK)
2-day workshop on the future of knowledge transfer
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29-30 April 2010 TII Annual Conference, Dusseldorf (D)
"Innovation 3.0: Challenges, Needs and Skills of the New Innovation Era"
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8-11 June 2010
TII Innovation Tour to Quebec
More information available soon
EVENTS PLANNED AND COMPLETED
26 November 2009: Brussels Group meeting, TII Brussels Office (B)
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27 November 2009: Innovation Tool Fair, TII Brussels Office (B)
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06-11 September 2009: TII Summer School in Ljubljana, Slovenia
A five-day skills development course for the technology transfer and innovation support professions, delivered by seasoned practitioners from around Europe.
From 8 to 11 June 2009, Innovation Tour to Finland: Discover first-hand the players and institutions which excel in research commercialisation, academic entrepreneurship and knowledge-based company creation in some of the world's leading innovative regions. Over 3-5 days, a group of visiting specialists/programme leaders in the field of knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship and research commercialisation meet with their counterparts in the selected regions and learn about their practices and the key ingredients to their success.
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14-15 May 2009, Ten Great Ideas for Marketing Innovation, Milan (I)
New workshop organised in collaboration with ProTon Europe and Netval.
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22-24 April 2009, TII Annual Conference, Thessaloniki (GR)
"Regional Excellence in Innovation - case studies from around the world"
organised in colaboration with SEERC.
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19-20 March 2009, Cambridge (UK)
2 day workshop "How to Plan, Finance and Implement a Proof of Concept Programme"
organised in collaboration with ProTon Europe and YTKO
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13 November 2008, Brussels Group meeting, TII Brussels Office (B)
15-19 September 2008: TII Summer School in Valterra, Italy
A five-day skills development course for the technology transfer and innovation support professions, delivered by seasoned practitioners from around Europe.
9 September 2008: IMT Master Class, Lille (F)
The next IMT Master Class will be held on the occasion of the "Salon Créer" exhibition for entrepreneurs on 9 September in Lille. Hosted by TII member Réseau de Diffusion Technologique Nord-Pas de Calais, the IMT Master Class forms part of the associated workshop programme "Rendez-vous de l'innovation" which is being organised during the exhibition from 8 to 10 September. This new IMT Masters features four Innovation Management Techniques which are particularly tailored to the needs of universities and research centres in their quest to manage more effectively their intellectual assets. They are
- CREEVAL - an approach to evaluating and prioritising the commercialisation potential of universities' research results
- My IP - a software programme for managing the intellectual property of a research centre or company
- MERCATT - a web-based platform for promoting technology transfer within an Open Innovation framework
- Project NetBoard - a web-based software for developing and managing R&D projects, including FP7
From 9 to 14 March 2008, Innovation Tour to Israel: this new initiative intends to put the spotlight on good practice schemes in place in different regions to support and promote university spin-offs and academic entrepreneurship. The first tour consisted of site visits to some of Israel's most effective and successful spin-off programmes run by its leading research institutions.
Wednesday 23 Arpil 2008, Valencia (E) Training Workshop: a new one-day workshop on Marketing Communications, specifically geared to knowledge transfer organisations.
24-25 April 2008, TII Annual Conference, Valencia (E)
Co-organised by TII and IMPIVA
8 February 2008, Brussels Group meeting, TII Brussels Office (B)
30 November 2007: Quality Net meeting, TII Brussels Office (B)
8-9 November 2007, Budapest (H)
The purpose of this second Innovation Coach Speed Dating event is to create opportunities for long-term collaboration between innovation support players in 10 RIS NAC regions and representatives of innovation support organizations from across the European Union for developing further R&D projects (FP7 and ERDF projects) and business (technology transfer deals, studies, training, local representation, joint ventures,…).
9 October 2007, Workshop on Integrating Innovation Support Services at Regional Level, Brussels (B)
TII is organising a two-hour workshop on the above theme as part of the programme of the Committee of the Regions Open Days. Four speakers from Austria, Finland, Germany and the UK will present their experience of such integrated models and a representative of DG Competition will present the new Community Framework for State Aid for R&D and Innovation.
4 October 2007, Brussels Group meeting, TII Brussels Office (B)
7 September 2007: Quality Net meeting, TII Brussels Office (B)
17-21 September 2007: TII Summer School in Cyprus
A five-day skills development course for the technology transfer and innovation support professions, delivered by seasoned practitioners from around Europe.
6 July 2007, Innovation Coach Speed Dating event, Warsaw (PL)
The first Innovation Coach Speed Dating event offered participants a cost-effective introduction to the innovation scene of 5 Polish and 2 Baltic selected RIS regions: Silesia, West Pomerania, Wielkopolska, Opole, North and North West Bohemia, Warmia and Mazury, Latvia and Tartu with South Estonia.
Thursday 3 and Friday 4 May 2007, TII Annual Conference, Paris (F)
International conference on "Innovation for Development" co-organised by TII and UNESCO
Wednesday 2 May 2007
TII Annual General Meeting, UNESCO, Paris
Thursday 15 and Friday 16 March 2007, UNSPIN Winter Workshop, Lausanne (CH)
“Practice and Tools for Improving Success in Academic Entrepreneurship Training and Spin-off Support Programmes”
A two-day workshop organised in collaboration with EPFL (CH)
Friday 16 February 2007, TII Brussels Group meeting, TII Brussels Office (B)
Thursday 11 January 2007, Quality Net meeting, TII Brussels Office (B)
Thursday 16 November 2006, TII Brussels Office
With the launch of Framework Programme 7 in sight, our meeting comes at an appropriate moment to take stock of latest developments, such as the updated work programmes for each thematic programme, the role and impact of the Technology Platforms, the new application procedures for FP7 and the 2007 timetable of calls.
20 October 2006: IMT Master Class on Planning Innovation dedicated to Universities and Research Centres
m-Brussels Village (B)
The third in a new series of presentations of tried and tested Innovation Management Techniques developed by innovation support professionals and organizations around Europe, specially tailored for universities and research centres.
11-15 September 2006: TII Summer School, Szeged (H)
A five-day skills development course for the technology transfer and innovation support professions, delivered by seasoned practitioners from around Europe. Themes to be covered in the 2006 course include:
- An Introduction to Innovation Management
- Making the Business Case for Technology Opportunities (practical bridge-building between science and business)
- The Commercialization of a Knowledge-Intensive Business Idea
- Building Success in International Project Management
- Marketing Scientific Results and Services in a Turbulent Environment - What is Really Working in Technology Marketing and Commercialisation Today?
30-31 August 2006: Science Marketing Practitioners' Clinic, Brussels (B)
"Take Home a Marketing Action Plan for your Organisation that Really Works"
A two-day seminar for people who wish to apply them specifically to the needs and constraints of research and technology-based organisations.
23 May 2006: IMT Master Class on Planning Innovation, Barcelona (E)
The second in a new series of presentations of tried and tested Innovation Management Techniques developed by innovation support professionals and organizations around Europe.
26-28 April 2006: TII 2006 Annual Conference “Innovation in the 21st Century”, Newcastle-Gateshead, UK
Join the association’s major event of the year and network with representatives of some of Europe’s leading innovation support and technology transfer organizations. Hosted by RTC North, the conference offers an innovative mix of
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Plenary sessions with high-level inputs from policy makers, researchers and industrialists, including the European Commission, NASA and Procter & Gamble |
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Six parallel working groups on the conference sub-themes of Technology and the Regional Economy, the Challenges of Globalisation and Foresight and Competitive Development |
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A point-and-counterpoint debate |
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An exhibition and tools fair |
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Two pre-conference seminars, one on Technology and Marketing and the other on Science Cities. |
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