SMEDay – Activities throughout the day Activities during sme day take place both in the Royal Museum of Art and History in the Parc du Cinquantenaire and the Brussels Microsoft Executive Briefing Center (EBC) for European Innovation, located next to the park at 85 Avenue des Nerviens. Royal Museum of Art and History: The Auditorium in the Royal Museum of Art and History will host the morning plenary session and panel discussion, as well as selected breakout sessions during the course of the afternoon. At the Brussels Microsoft Executive Briefing Center (EBC) for European Innovation: The EBC will play host to a series of discussion groups, as well as the exhibition of Microsoft ecosystem partners. Located at the heart of the European Institutions in Brussels, the EBC offers a platform to engage with European Government Officials, Public Sector & Education customers and industry partners. At the EBC, Microsoft and its European partners showcase innovative technology solutions that enable governments and the education community in Europe to create richer and more effective information technology infrastructures and services to the benefit of businesses, educators and citizens. The Brussels Executive Briefing Center has two areas of competence: • Center of Excellence for Public Services and eGovernment Solutions which demonstrates strategies and solutions and shares best practices to help governments develop strong, sustainable information technology infrastructures that deliver ease of use, value through innovative technology and a clear roadmap for future developments. • School Technology Innovation Center which provides a hands-on demonstration and learning laboratory for educators where innovative teaching practices can be shared and where information, training and equipment is provided to enhance the use of information and communications technologies in classrooms and curricula. http://www.microsoft.com/ebc/brussels.mspx
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01 Envimas In the European Union, complex construction projects need to be assessed according to their environmental impact. However, today such an assessment is time-consuming and expansive due to complex environmental interactions. Moreover, geographical information is often kept decentralised, heterogeneously and in diverse formats and media. Envimas’ goal is to ease environmental impact assessments, integrating the whole process by modelling the location-specific legal guidelines, geographic information and the interdependence of environmental factors. Thus, information presented by Envimas enables construction planners and government inspectors to estimate possible effects of construction projects more precisely and much faster than in the old-fashioned way.
02 Initium Futuri Ltd. Initium Futuri was founded in August 2007 by four young innovators and Rudjer Innovations Ltd. It was funded by the World Bank, with a goal to offer ICT innovations based on the latest development platforms. The company founders have won many international prizes during their studies at the Faculty of Organisation and Informatics, Varazdin, University of Zagreb, Croatia. Some of these prizes include the Microsoft Imagine Cup, International innovation exhibition Arca 2006 and Arca 2007, International innovation exhibition Genève 2007, Rector's awards, Vidi E-novation etc. Initium Futuri Ltd’s main area of activity is developing high information and communication technology. www.ifnet.hr
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03 Playven Playven is a computer game producing company based in Gothenburg, Sweden, with a worldwide market. In contrast to many established actors in the gaming industry, Playven focuses on producing novel high quality games in a smaller format and with shorter development times. Currently under development is a fast action/puzzle game entitled Megachile Pluto, targeting the PC and the Microsoft Xbox 360 console. The game has recently been nominated for Game of the Year 2008, Best Execution and Gamer´s Choice in the largest game development competition in Sweden, the Swedish Game Awards. www.playven.com
04 MeetmyPlanet.com www.meetmyplanet.com is an application that enables you to meet up with interesting people when you travel. Say you're going to Shanghai next week and you want to get a truly enriching travel experience rather than the usual hotel experience. The best way to get the most out of your trips is to meet people! Whether it is to discover the local culture, extend your network, for dating, or just to have fun... With MeetmyPlanet.com, you can share your international contacts with your friends and meet with locals and travellers you can trust anywhere in the world. www.meetmyplanet.com
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05 Noesis Noesis aims at normalising the education procedure of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) by creating a novel tool that creates an education procedure as per each child’s individual characteristics. Based on the latest procedures, a computer-based tool is designed to assist educators and ASD children during their education intervention. Non-invasive biofeedback information is used to monitor the child’s stress during the teaching sessions, combined with complexity analysis resulting in adjustable task difficulty, stimuli and assistance that is adapted to each child’s specific reaction to the current emotional state and task. Transparent monitoring of the child’s activity during playtime along with robot-based activities provides additional information about the effects of gaming on his/her pedagogical and social education.
06 Smarteyes SmartEyes is a solution which helps the visually impaired with on-foot mobility. It focuses on orientation issues, providing an integrated solution that efficiently assists the blind and visually impaired to find their way. Taking into consideration the need for practicality and user acceptance, SmartEyes is designed for portable (small size and lightweight), inexpensive and easy use, and cosmetic acceptability. Equipped with a PocketPC (with embedded GPS) and an optimised user-communication interface, SmartEyes gathers positioning data, processes them, extracts the visual information needed for successful orientation and provides it to the user using auditory coding.
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07 Imagine Cup/ Innovation Accelerator The Imagine Cup is the world’s premier student technology competition. This global competition is one way that Microsoft is encouraging young people to apply their imagination, their passion and their creativity to technology innovations that can make a difference in the world – today. The Innovation Accelerator is a prize awarded to the best software design teams from the Microsoft Imagine Cup with technical support and business coaching to create the must-have technology and communications applications of the future. “During the Innovation Accelerator, we worked with a team of business experts who helped us work out the business model of our future company. Our participation in this programme has brought new opportunities for our business that we would not have had otherwise.” Stanislav Vonog, Russia’s Team Inspiration 2005 World Champions, Software Design www.imaginecup.com
08 S2B Program The Students to Business (S2B) program is a Microsoft® Community Initiative designed to inspire local businesses to communicate the competency requirements for new talent, to evaluate the skills of students ready for an entry-level job or internship and collaborate with Microsoft and local education institutions to provide the curriculum and training needed to ensure students are prepared to meet the innovation needs of companies around the globe. Students engaged in S2B benefit from unique mentoring, training and certification opportunities. Various offerings are available to students at each stage of S2B – when profiling, in application and after their job connection. The S2B program was first piloted in Italy and has since been rolled out 30 countries, aiming to connect 100,000 students with new career skills, leading to 15,000 students with jobs and internships as part of the Microsoft community.
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09 Entrepreneurship Forum Inspiring tomorrow’s entrepreneurs, innovators and business leaders Entrepreneurship Fora at universities across Europe are organised by Microsoft. The goal of the Entrepreneurship Forum is to engage directly with today’s students to promote wider understanding of the essential drivers of entrepreneurial success, including the role of technology. The driving force behind the initiative is to give students an insight into the ways in which technology can be used to enable them to develop and apply their capacity as innovators and as the leaders of tomorrow. The Entrepreneurship Forum seeks to foster excitement about entrepreneurship and promote its infusion in the curriculum and educational experience of students and faculty by demonstrating how technology can enable entrepreneurs and the skills, curriculum, partnerships and attitudes required. The Entrepreneurship Forum aims to bridge the gap between industry and faculty, inspired by the achievements of national young entrepreneurs. Our Entrepreneurship initiatives will be leveraged through the following: connecting with university students and faculty to excite and inform the entrepreneurs of tomorrow. www.studentforum.lv/forums.php
10 AIESEC International AIESEC is the international platform for young people to discover and develop their potential to have a positive impact in society. AIESEC’s core activity is a unique leadership development programme (AIESEC Experience) which is comprised of international internships, leadership opportunities, various activities in teams and projects and personal and professional development conferences. The AIESEC Network AIESEC engages around 28 000 young people in over 100 countries and 1100 universities at any point in time, or about 60 000 every five years. Each year AIESEC provides its members with: • 5000 leadership opportunities • Over 350 conferences • 4 000 professional work abroad experiences • Virtual and physical Learning Networks www.aiesec.org
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11 JADE JADE is a student-run, pan-European network representing more than 20.000 young entrepreneurs in 225 local non-profit organisations, called Junior Enterprises. By running professional consulting studies and managing small- to medium sized enterprises, the students add practical experience to their theoretical skills, develop entrepreneurship at an early stage, broaden their skills as well as horizons and of course prepare themselves for challenging careers throughout Europe. JADE helps to set up new organisations and furthers the exchange of knowledge and management skills between its members. Also JADE represents the network towards international organisations and companies. Students of 13 countries are already part of the network; the Junior Enterprises of three more are coordinated by JADE. JADE was founded in 1992 as an international non-profit and non-political organisation to promote entrepreneurship among European students. JADE fosters the development of Europe\u2019s Junior Enterprises by implementing European projects and providing the framework for cross-border co-operation on multinational studies. JADE organises international congresses and meetings that facilitate exchange of knowledge and experience, intercultural understanding and promote the European idea. www.jadenet.org
12 JA-YE JA-YE Europe is Europe’s largest provider of enterprise education programmes, reaching 2.2 million students in 40 countries in 2006. Funded by businesses, institutions, foundations and individuals, JA-YE brings the public and private sectors together to provide young people in primary and secondary schools and early university with high-quality education programmes to teach them about enterprise, entrepreneurship, business and economics in a practical way. The JA-YE Company Programme is recognised by the European Commission Enterprise Directorate General as a ‘Best Practice in Entrepreneurship Education’. www.ja-ye.org
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13 Voices for Innovation How influential is a voice if it is never heard? How impactful are ideas if they are never expressed? How innovative is change if no one is willing to create it? Voices for Innovation is a global online community in which communication, learning, change, and innovation are the driving forces. Supported by Microsoft, Voices for Innovation is a collaboration of professionals comprising business leaders, innovators, and entrepreneurs. We are an open community – anyone can join, so we represent a diverse spectrum of knowledge, experience, opinions, and expertise. Your Innovation is Your Future. Use Your Voice. Join now at www.voicesforinnovation.org
14 Tribeka Tribeka is the innovator behind SoftWide®, a radical approach to retailing the software and entertainment category in store without the need to hold stock. SoftWide® manufactures and fully licenses each product identically to the mass produced item in each store as the customer requires it. In store manufacturing offers the entire channel considerable advantages over conventional distribution by improving margins, increasing in store availability and freeing staff to concentrate on customer service; three key drivers for retailing today. Local manufacture also brings with it the significant environmental benefits of reducing or eliminating waste and transport. SoftWide® is winner of a Wall Street Journal Innovation Award and the Deloitte European Retail Solution of the Year. www.tribeka.com
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15 baimos technologies gmbH baimos technologies is a young company originated in the entrepreneurial environment of the Technical University Munich. After winning several Innovations- and Founders-Competitions, the company started business operations in 2006. With a focus on the research and development of novel solutions in the field of digital identification-technology we offer highly usable and secure systems for the management of access- and user-authentication to our customers. baimos technologies is a high-tech company addressing products related to identification-technology in combination with mobile applications. Our solutions have the claim of being simple, secure and swift.� www.baimos.de
16 ubitexx ubitexx develops and distributes innovative management and security solutions for smartphones and PDAs. As a technology leader ubitexx offers system software for 1st time provisioning and deployment, configuration of settings, user rights management and central administration of mobile end devices to companies, public authorities, mobile software manufacturers, and service providers. The multiple award winning software solution ubi-Suite accelerate installation and simplify the use and monitoring of mobile push mail, mobile messaging, mobile security, and other mobile services. In addition, ubitexx solutions increase the stability of smartphones and PDAs without reducing their performance. Companies can tap the full advantages of mobile devices without putting their data and systems at increased risk. ubiSuite is the standard software for effective and secure mobile business. www.ubitexx.com
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17 art of defence art of defence is the only European provider of software to secure Web applications over their entire life cycle. Leading banks, financial service providers and E-Commerce businesses rely on art of defence for the protection of their internal and external Web applications, thus ensuring compliance with legal requirements or industry standards such as the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-Compliance). hypersource, art of defence's source code verification suite, uses automated static analysis technology to assist CIOs, Security Teams and Developers in scanning, detecting and remediating Web application vulnerabilities at the source code level. hyperguard, art of defence's second generation Enterprise Web Application Firewall (WAF), protects Web applications in use. The software blocks illegal access to Web application database backends and operating systems with critical company, customer and product information - even during transactions, when systems are open and vulnerable to attacks. www.artofdefence.com
18 HumanGrid HumanGrid is a "paid crowdsourcing" B2B marketplace that taps into the brainpower of its registered users (freelancers, or idling call-centre agents) to solve data- and content-intensive business tasks. These tasks could include pattern recognition, image classification, text extraction, media refinement, annotation, translation and correction. HumanGrid is more of an emerging technology and not one single product class: i.e. a whole range of OnDemand-Services can be created. Initially HumanGrid will focus on image filtering, text filtering and classification, image & product tagging, text creation. This is achieved at radically improved time (only little programming / adjustment is required), cost (overhead costs are minimised), and quality metrics (HumanGrid taps into a huge available skill pool), when compared to traditional approaches such as IT, outsourcing, or in-house solutions. www.humangrid.eu
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19 weblin weblin is a mash-up of Instant Messenger and Second Life. Surfing on the Internet is now coming to life. weblin works on all websites, including YouTube, eBay and Facebook - bringing people with the same likings, interests and needs together. Weblin was founded in 2006, and is funded by T-Venture Holding, one of Germany’s leading venture capital firms. The company has received multiple Web 2.0 innovation prizes including Red Herring Europe 100, and Business 2.0 magazine recently voted Weblin to be one of the most promising non-U.S. Web 2.0 companies. For further information please visit: www.weblin.com
20 VIOSO GmbH The VIOSO GmbH is an innovative company that is specialised in the development and distribution of user software for various digital video-projection applications. Enterprise main focuses of VIOSO GmbH are: • Development of solutions for the improvement of video-projections • Software products and suitable service for the area of digital video-projections Commercial launch of the “smartprojecting” technology which enables customers to project on any surface - and opens new possibilities of projection, e.g., with laptop and projector Integration of the smart-projecting technology into existing hardware, i.e. projectors or upcoming “pocket-size” projectors within handhelds • Solutions for fairs, events, installations and exhibits • Projection solutions for the industry The customers are to be found, above all, in the areas of theatre, advertisement and event planning, in the developing departments by middle-class and large-scale enterprises as well as in research institutes. But also end consumers, engineers’ offices, architects and artists use the achievement spectrum of VIOSO for individual projection displays in various forms. www.vioso.com
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21 Indisys Interacting Naturally... Intelligent Dialogue Systems emerged from the University of Seville as the natural outcome of its most successful participation in several European research projects. Better known as INDISYS, this enterprise brings together disciplines such as Linguistics, Cognitive Science, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science and Telecom Engineering to provide intelligent virtual agents. These characters can perform complex tasks and hold conversations in natural language, delivering natural, flexible and efficient business solutions for customer care. Indisys provides telephone operators, virtual assistants for automated homes and intelligent avatars over the internet that use non-verbal communication to support the interaction. www.indisys.es
22 Lebab Lebab Systems – Based in Madrid, Spain, Lebab’s Interpreter to Integration solution bridges the communications gap between medical staff and patients who speak different languages. Used for emergency care, surgical preparation and general family practice, the solution which combines text and sound includes a database of 70,000 medical questions that are recorded in English, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic, Romanian and Bulgarian. By eliminating the need for an interpreter, Lebab helps doctors to more quickly diagnose health problems and can add a greater level of privacy and trust in the doctor-patient relationship, regardless of cultural and linguistic barriers and increasing the satisfaction of patients and professionals. www.lebab.es
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23 Tooio Tooio is a position-based social network. We enable rich communications based on position, let people find their nearby buddies and find other people with similar interests. Tooio is a service on the web with a website, an application in Facebook, a gadget in Windows Vista and co-branded sites with partners. On the mobile, we have an application for Windows Mobile (we plan other platforms), and a mobile web and we can manage the application through SMS. We offer free SMS as a way to grow our user base. In the short term, Tooio will sell licenses of its platform to partners for their marketing activities. Medium term we plan to generate revenues from mobile advertising. We believe this is a market that will emerge around 2010 in our geographies. www.tooio.com
24 Recogmission Recogmission速 LLC is focused on the development of Picollator速 universal search engine and related services. Picollator速 will be the only Internet search engine capable to perform simultaneous indexing and search by most types of source and target data, including text, images and video. This capability solves a number of typical problems of the mixed data search, as well as attracts the customers and audience to build efficient business model on top. The novel approach to find web resources by text and images together is realised and nearly open to the global audience as the beta version at www.picollator.com. www.recogmission.com
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25 Northmann Our business philosophy is to turn complexity into simplicity, to bring order to chaos by introducing our methodology, and thereby acquire large increases in productivity. Our products embrace the knowledge and technique of the professional graphics tradesman, to maximise the use and value of material; whether it is images or other documents. In our team we have some of the best software engineers in Denmark. Combined with a very experienced and internationally founded management with a long, successful track record within the IT, Software, Content and Graphic Art Industries. The management team at Northmann consists of Søren Pedersen CEO of Northmann, Paul Beech UK Sales Manager, and Morten Klint Technical Manager. www.northmann.com
26 MPC Software Microsoft Dynamics NAV offers a complete IT solution for medium and small enterprises. Covering all financial and operative processes these applications let enterprises focus on reaching their strategic objectives. Using the right Add-On (vertical solution supplement) the system is capable of providing comprehensive support for highly specific industrial processes that extend far beyond standard business requirements. MPC offers flexible solutions in the following areas: • waste management: enwis) by Tegos • project management: NaviCom by TopSolution • commerce: NAV standard solution and customisation • custom-built manufacturing: configure-to-order solution During the implementation we offer guidance and consultancy in questions related to business processes, including all matters of planning, monitoring and supervision, management information or organisational structure as it may become necessary.
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27 MERLINnovations MERLINnovations is an IT-Security specialised company based in Vienna/Austria. Our key-product is on SecLookOn a dynamic new graphic icon based solution for authorisation and authentication. Simply put it is a graphical password. We realize a high security solution with two simple pictures plus some colours and shapes. According to a new report of the Swiss IT-Expert Dr. Thomas Dübendorfer1 it is confirmed that SecLookOn offers with 340 Bit (2340) a substantially higher level of security than passwords or PINs. Get an introduction to the new security programme and learn how to create a SecLookOn-key. www.merlinnovations.com
28 Melty In a nutshell, the board is providing to users a new web experience. Thanks to Microsoft’s technology and particularly Silverlight, the rich interface has reached a new level. No more frustration, our users with the board can share their favourite Medias and interact with their friends in a really easy way. Nowadays we often hear the word “social” for web applications, but most of us seem to forget that we are in 2008 and simple interface are over. For website entertainment, users ask for dynamism, simplicity and liberty, things that we tried to explore. Melty, our web application for teenagers, will be helpful (30K users) for the launching of the board. www.melty.fr
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29 Miomi Miomi is a new frontier on the Internet, taking the entire world’s information, including the personal history of as many people as we possibly can, and putting it together in a useful, easy-to-use way. Our ambitions include: conquering the fourth dimension – time moving oral history online creating a user-generated history of the world Everyone from Ghandi to your great uncle Eric to you yourself can be on Miomi, sharing and experiencing all those moments in time. Miomi was created by three students from Germany who came up with the concept and raised some money to make it happen. CEO Jonny Crowe was chosen to be the one person to run Miomi. www.miomi.com
30 Zebtab The award-winning aggregated desktop widget, delivering increased consumption, traffic and revenue for content owners. Zebtab offers consumers a full range of the latest snackable rich media from the worlds of sport, entertainment, news and TV, with over 40 content partnerships already in place. Zebtab’s recent successful launch of Man Utd is a prime example of a major brand combining with Zebtab and has confirmed the consumer need and appetite for a simple and discreet service. Zebtab’s key objective is to create a profiled database with the ability to deliver the ultimate in targeted content and advertising. www.zebtab.com
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31 WISeKey WISeKey SA is Swiss registered company, with headquarters in Geneva, formed in February 1999 as a result of five years of university research work into Internet security undertaken by Carlos Moreira and Malcolm Hutchinson founders of WISeKey. WISeKey promotes the use of digital certification for both authentication and authorisation. Through its partnership with the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), WISeKey is providing e-commerce solutions based on the mass usage of certification by Internet users for authorised access to intranets and restricted web based sites. This approach changes the entire dynamics of how the Internet is used and will propel its transactional based usage into the 21st century through the creation of the world’s largest virtual network used by 188 countries. www.wisekey.com
32 Wayve Wayve – The instant electronic postcard. We are launching a new, uncomplicated communications service which appeals to all the family. Uniquely Wayve makes it possible for anyone, technophobes, children and grannies, to send hand-written notes or pictures to computers and mobile phones. It's got a dedicated terminal that lives in the kitchen which is always ready for anyone to use. Wayve instantly displays any pictures or messages sent to it from mobiles or email. Wayve is a collaboration between Microsoft Research Cambridge and TTP. Wayve - Modern messaging with a human touch Contact: Peter.Taylor@Wayve.com
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33 Silobreaker Silobreaker is an online search service for news and current affairs that delivers meaning and relevance beyond what traditional search and aggregation engines have been offering so far. Its relational analysis and explanatory graphics provide users with unparalleled contextual insight into the news stories of the day. Instead of returning just lists of articles matching a search query, Silobreaker finds people, companies, topics, places and keywords; understands how they relate to each other in the news flow, and puts them in context for the user. The graphical search results enables users to quickly and easily understand connections, trends and topics or navigate deeper into the most relevant stories for them. No other news search service provides such an extensive suite of contextual tools in the industry today. Silobreaker pulls content on global issues, science, technology and business from approximately 10,000 news, blog, and multimedia sources. With the engine’s focus on finding and connecting related data in the information flow, Silobreaker’s user tools and visualisations are ideal for bringing meaning to content from either today’s Web or the evolving Semantic Web, or both. Founded in 2005, Silobreaker is a UK-based company with offices in London and Stockholm. Silobreaker offers a free, ad-supported, service as well as enterprise services and bespoke solutions for publishers, corporations and organisations. www.silobreaker.com
34 Artesian Solutions Artesian provide software which delivers smart insight derived from the internet about your prospects, customers, competitors and the market, presented as headline news, delivering competitive advantage driving sales productivity at critical stages in a sales or product development cycle. Uniquely combines insight with collaboration, social networking and sharing capabilities in a web 2.0 framework. Provided as software as a service, quick and easy to use, highly customisable and configured for each specific user. Business stage summary – early stage, self-funded, producing revenues mostly from industry related consulting and generating positive cash-flows. Several early blue-chip customers trialling the software – looking for Series A.
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35 We7 Buy or Steal – that’s the apparent mantra for all Internet music downloaders with ‘Stealing’ taking the lion share. We7 provides an outstanding alternative to the Buy/Steal choices by providing great music for free stream or download because it is paid for by Advertisers. The We7 unique ad funded model gives everyone what they want consumers get free music, advertisers get listened to and rights owners get paid. With We7, Sharing is encouraged with widgets and email links because every sharing action and even promotions through We7 is now a monetised effect. So don’t steal it – We7 it – www.we7.com
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36 Paris Développement An initiative of the City of Paris and the Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Paris Développement is the organisation which promotes economic growth in the French capital. Paris Développement’s key roles are: • Promote Paris in the economic and international arenas • Welcome and advise foreign firms looking to expand operations in Europe • Facilitate the establishment and development of innovative companies. Paris Développement’s successful track record includes: • Implementation and management of Paris Innovation Programmes • Development of the city’s infrastructure of innovation in the field of digital technology, healthcare and design • Administration of the local incubators Look for investment projects worldwide. www.parisdeveloppement.com
37 Lyon Infocité The leading professional organisation in the ICT’s sector in the Lyon region, Lyon Infocité encourages intercompany synergy bringing more than 230 dynamic and innovative local ICT and Software-Publishing companies together. The role of the organisation is to develop the Lyon ICT activity and promote the local Software Edition Industry at local, national and international levels. Lyon Infocité encourages contact-making between all the actors of the industry and supports its members by making available operational services dedicated events, conferences, think-tanks. www.lyon-infocite.org
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38 Provence Promotion Provence Promotion is the economic development agency of the Provence. The Start in Provence programme dedicated to start-ups provides personalised support for your company, your staff and their families by setting up your business in the Provence. This programme has already helped 50 start-ups with a high potential to develop their business in the Provence since 2003. Start-in-Provence is financed by the European Social Fund and managed by Provence Promotion. Provence Promotion is a main partner of the world-class competitiveness cluster “Secured Communicating Solutions” dedicated to innovation in the domains of microelectronics, networks and software. www.investinprovence.com
39 EUGA The EUGA initiative has been developed by Microsoft, in partnership with HP, Intel and a diverse group of local participants, to help Europe’s small and medium-sized businesses and local and regional governments, to increase their awareness and understanding of EU funds for which they may be eligible. They can then take advantage of a process that has been simplified to make applying for funds easier. Demonstrating the power of successful multi-sector partnerships, Microsoft, HP and Intel have worked with a diverse group of local banks, telecoms providers, Chambers of Commerce and other trade groups, as EUGA consortium members in EU countries. www.microsoft.com/emea/euga
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40 Partnerships for Growth Partnerships for Growth is an online Gateway to European Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships (MSP) to transforming education, fostering local innovation, and enabling jobs and growth while promoting social inclusion. The portal presents a range of partnership and technology initiatives to help expand participation in the knowledge economy. It focuses on three areas: • Employability skills programmes to help bridge e-Skills and employability gaps for students, workers, the unemployed and small business. • Entrepreneurship programmes to help SMEs to innovate and grow, and to promote entrepreneurship in schools and universities. • R&D and innovation investment programmes and academic partnerships www.partnershipsforgrowth.eu
41 econet PNO Consultants and econet have joined their forces. The main reason for the merger is to offer you the best in grant consultancy anywhere be in Europe. Thanks to this step, our newly structured company is the European market leader in grants consultancy. Our 400 specialised consultants guarantee the best service to realise your ambitions by the input of grants. Both econet and PNO Consultants have a leading market position in their home countries, Spain and the Netherlands. They already experienced a fruitful cooperation in several Central European countries from the year 2001 and worked together on projects such as EUGA (Microsoft), Sappi, and the Grant Guide.com project. You can now expect more from the new number one in grants consultancy in Europe. Find out what it means to be served by the new number one in grant consultancy: info@econetandpnohavemerged.com www.econetandpnohavemerged.com
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42 EVCA The European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (EVCA) is a member-based, non-profit trade association and was established in 1983 and is based in Brussels. EVCA represents, promotes and protects the interests of the European private equity and venture capital industry. With over 1,200 members in Europe, EVCA's role includes representing the interests of the industry to regulators and standard setters; developing professional standards; providing industry research; professional development and forums, facilitating interaction between its members and key industry participants including institutional investors, entrepreneurs, policymakers and academics. www.evca.com
43 Europe Unlimited Founded in 1998, Europe Unlimited provides critical business resources to innovative technology entrepreneurs, corporations, investors and researchers, allowing them to successfully build and maintain a healthy economy. We believe that dynamic entrepreneurship is the main force of innovation, economic growth and sustainability throughout Europe. We therefore focus on helping Europe’s technology innovators become world leaders in their field. Our Mission: Through networking entrepreneurs, investors, corporations, researchers and advisors we help Europe’s dynamic technology innovators become world leaders in their field. Europe Unlimited has helped SMEs raise more than ₏1.5 billion; promoted more than 2,500 entrepreneurs, networked research with business, managed over 100 international events in Europe & China, assisted national and regional Governments, worked with EU and regional institutions and more! www.e-unlimited.com
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44 EBAN EBAN, the European Business Angel Network, was established with the collaboration of the European Commission in 1999 by a group of pioneer BANs in Europe and EURADA (the European Association of Development Agencies). EBAN is a non-profit association representing the “angel and early stage investment market”, and acts as a think tank, working to shape EC policy in favour of the BAs, BANs and early stage venture capital market in Europe. Its main purposes are to: • Represent the angel investing sector at the European level and the early stage investment market • Carry out research on the angel market and produce facts and trends • Identify and share best practice • Promote the role of business angel networks and support the emergence of professional structures across Europe • Orchestrate and leverage the new trends identified from its members • Support the internationalisation of the angel industry and movement www.eban.org
45 INiTs The Academic Business Incubator INiTS offers support, advice and funding for academics who are aiming to start up their own company. With a view to our objectives we make every effort to create networks – between science and business, innovation and industry – to benefit everyone involved. Investors that are interested in innovative start-ups and want to make use of scientific synergy effects have the opportunity to become a mentor or business angel for one of our projects. INiTS Universitäres Gründerservice Wien GmbH / Rudolf Sallinger Platz 1, 1030 Wien office@inits.at / www.inits.at
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46 TiE The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) is the world’s leading not-for-profit organisation focused on providing an environment where entrepreneurs at all levels can grow and create wealth. We do this through three core pillars: networking, mentoring and education. TiE UK, with offices in London & Manchester, is the second largest chapter in the TiE global family which spans 49 cities across 11 countries. TiE UK primary focus is its Mentoring Programme through which we have mentored a large number of businesses in diverse sectors. With Microsoft as a global sponsor, TiE will further strengthen its focus to help SME businesses realise their potential through technology and to encourage economic growth. www.tie-uk.org www.tie.org
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47 FAST About FAST, a Microsoft subsidiary FAST is the leading global provider of best-in-class enterprise search technologies for the most demanding applications. FAST’s flexible and scalable enterprise search platform (FAST ESP), empowers people and businesses, allowing them to explore and assimilate vast amounts of data regardless of format. By creating unique user experiences and changing the way people interact with information, FAST technologies can uncover new revenue streams, improve business decisions, and increase productivity. FAST is a Microsoft subsidiary. www.fastsearch.com
48 ACT ACT is the only organisation focused on the needs of small business innovators from around the world. We advocate for an environment that inspires and rewards innovation. We also provide resources like the Innovators Network to help our members leverage their intellectual assets to raise capital, create jobs, and continue innovating. ACT was started a small group information technology entrepreneurs who felt their interests were not being represented in government. Today, ACT is still run by entrepreneurs from the industry who intimately understand the challenges of building a business from the ground up. Regardless or region or nationality, small business innovators have largely the same interests from governments and regulators: access, flexibility, and consistency. Small businesses are looking for a consistent, predictable regulatory framework that provides them flexibility in business models and access to government programs. ACT's public policy agenda throughout the world is derived from these core principles. www.actonline.org
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49 IQ mobile IQ mobile is a “managed service provider” for mobile services of every description. The range of services IQ mobile provides reaches from consulting, creation, planning and development to the handling, as well as add-ons and continuous care of mobile services in international markets. We have fresh ideas for your company. Take your chance and integrate mobile services in your existing marketing mix, coordinated with your requirements and needs! Jump with us successfully in the mobile world. www.mobileiq.com
50 RiS GmbH Internet – Solutions and Services Founded in 1996, RiS GmbH Internet - Solutions and Services (RiS) has achieved sustained success in pioneering the Internet in Austria. RiS is one of the leading providers for web content management systems and portal solutions with more than 1.200 customers – covering every size of small and medium-sized businesses to particularly local government bodies. Over the years RiS has gained great knowledge in web design & accessibility and web and video content management systems. To keep their cutting-edge sharp RiS is constantly involved in EU RTD, national and local research projects. office@ris.at / www.ris.at
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