How to create in Europe and Italy the conditions to successfully promote the birth of the so-called “gazelle” and “born global” firm?

What scenarios for the European “enterprise incubation system”, which currently supports 34% of start ups?

What roles could practitioners networks of innovation and enterprise creation play in the definition of more effective policies and tools (science parks, incubators, Business Innovation Centres, local development agencies)?

Scheduled next 23rd and 24th November in Milan, the International Conference intends to answer to all these questions.

Abstract - Program (dated 12/11/2007)

Fryday 23 november

EMERGING TRENDS AND APPROACHES: A EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE

14.30 
Welcome and opening remarks
Fabio Terragni – President of AIDA

14.45
Tools for fast growing SMEs in Europe: supporting potential “gazelles”
Uffe Bundgaard-Jorgensen - CEO, InvestorNet – Gate2Growth 

15.15
Born Global Firms. The way for success 
Erkko Autio - Chair in Technology Transfer and Enterpreneurship Imperial College London 

15.45 – Discussion
A plurality of experiences. One sharing vision?
Chairman: Luigi Campitelli – President of EBN Network and CEO of BIC Lazio
Lauri Ylostalo - CEO of Lahti Business & Science Park - The “clean-tech cluster” developed by the Lahti BIC across Finland
Julian Ingleby – Vice Acting Managing Director of Coventry University Enterprise, Trends & Practices of post-incubation
Irene Menéndez – Incubator Manager CEEI Asturias, The “Business angels network” scheme activated by BIC Asturias in Spain
Francis Bécard – President of Retis, and CEO of Technopole de l’Aube en Champagne, the “Plug and Start” training, mentoring and financing platform made (tbc)

18.00 – Conclusion 

Saturday 24 november

NUOVE IMPRESE INNOVATIVE E POST-INCUBAZIONE IN ITALIA
(INNOVATIVE ENTERPRISE AND POST-INCUBATION)

9.30 am 
Welcome coffee

10.00 am
Resume from Friday session
Fabio Terragni – President of AIDA

10.15 am
The concept and the practice of enterprise incubators in view of the new policies for innovation
Elisabetta Epifori – Director of Polo Tecnologico di Navacchio

10.30 Discussion
Innovative enterprise and post incubation
Moderator: Emil Abirascid - Journalist of  “Il Sole 24 Ore”

Paolo Bonaretti –  Ministry of economic development
Andrea Vecchia – General manager of IPI 
Lina D'Amato  –  Sviluppo Italia
Gianpio Bracchi – President of AIFI
Peter Harman - Deputy Chief Executive of UKBI 
Fabio Terragni – President of AIDA
Vincenzo Pozzolo - President of PNICUBE
Alessandro Giari – President of APSTI
Luigi Campitelli – Presidente EBN Network
12.30
Closing remarks

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