EBN Tech Camp

EBN TECH CAMP

Tools | Training | Mutual Learning 4-‐5-‐6 December 2013

Rovereto, Trentino, Italy

http://ebntechcamp.youreuevent.eu

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EBN TECH CAMP

Tools | Training | Mutual Learning Do you support start-‐ups, entrepreneurs and SMEs? Do you work in a BIC, an incubator, an accelerator or another organisation whose clients are new or early-‐stage companies growing innovative businesses? Do you want to find new ways of providing more effective support to your clients? If so, the EBN TechCamp 2013 provides a unique environment for business and innovation support professionals to learn about new industry support tools, exchange views about effective support processes and methodologies, and see “behind the scenes” of three of EBN’s strongest BICs. What you will find? The third Tools Exchange Forum with: • a pitching session, where 15 to 20 tool developers will pitch their tools to the audience

• an exhibition space, where participants can talk to tool developers, possibly make deals and exchange views bilaterally

• a networking area, with constant refreshments available for participants

Three workshops will provide insights on some of the industry’s most recent hot topics. This year’s focus is on:

• updated techniques of coaching & mentoring entrepreneurs • end-‐user testing through the Living Lab approach • the vital elements of an acceleration programme

Peer reviews of three BICs:

• Dublin BIC (Ireland) • gate Garching BIC (Germany) • BIC Trentino Sviluppo (Italy)


Are you a tool designer or developer? Are you a business support organisation that has developed a smart way to better support your clients? Are you a company with a tool that helps business support professionals do their job more effectively? If so, the EBN TechCamp is the ideal place to present your latest tools and ideas. Over 2 days, you will have the opportunity to meet with other industry professionals and exchange views, share ideas and do deals! You will have a space in the exhibition area and the opportunity to “pitch” your tools to all attendees. Don’t miss this opportunity to meet your target audience. A call for exhibitors We are looking for tools and methods that: • Have been developed by innovation and incubation professionals, supporting innovation-‐based incubators and entrepreneurs' needs

• Give concrete support to turn innovative ideas into new businesses • Help knowledge-‐based start-‐up entrepreneurs and innovative firms to grow faster

• Strengthen mentoring and coaching processes and activities • Help the next generation of entrepreneurs to acquire better investment readiness capabilities

• Bridge the gap between large corporations and new ventures • Help European entrepreneurs to ‘Go Global’

Support the modernisation of processes, methods and products of existing firm


What can you do in the EBN Techcamp?

# You can be introduced to the new tools available for entrepreneurship support!

# You can learn about the latest trends in coaching and mentoring!

# You can be inspired by the Living Lab concept!

# You can get ideas on how to set up an acceleration programme!

# You can hear about interesting evolutions of the BIC concept!

# You can have your individual benchmarking reports (2012 and 2013) discussed and analysed by and with the EBN quality team!

# You can attend organised peer group benchmarking sessions on three specific BICs!

# You can formally and informally network, meet and talk to your peers who may share your same problems or may have solutions for them!

# You can share, comment and learn about the latest policy trends at national, EU and international levels!

# You can learn of a country’s BIC community: the Italian BIC community in this case!


Agenda 4 December 2013 14:00-‐17:00

Official opening of the 17:30 -‐ 19:00 Policy session: “The regional policies for innovation and new venture creation, what can we realistically expect at regional, national and international levels?”

• Antonietta Tomasulo, Trentino sviluppo, Italy • Alvaro Simon de Blas, President, EBN • Giancarlo Canzanelli, UNDP (tbc)

19:00 -‐ 21:00 -‐ Cocktail reception

“BICs in Italy: New dynamics for stimulating the acceleration of Start-‐ups” Meeting of the Italian EBN Members (upon invitation only) How can the community of EBN members in Italy better interact among each other and among the EBN team to assure a higher impact of the BICs within the Italian regional and national policies for innovation and entrepreneurship? Specifically common development goals need to be shared and set up, while raising awareness about the difficult job on innovative-‐enterprise creation. How can EBN better help in the process?


5 December 2013 08:30 – Welcome -‐ Coffee will be served A first early morning occasion to meet the EBN team.

09:00 – 09:30 – Opening

• Antonietta Tomasulo, CEO, Trentino Sviluppo, Italy

• Philippe Vanrie, CEO, EBN

09:30 – 10:30 – ‘Tools Pitching Session’

3 minutes pitches to tempt you to investigate deeper into the showcased tool and methodology. Participants will have the chance to discover all tool designers in an hour dynamic timeframe.

à The exhibition area will be permanently opened.

10:30 – 11:30 – ‘Tool Exchange bilateral meetings’

11:00 – 12:30 – 1st Peer benchmarking review: Dublin BIC exposed! max. 20 participants

• Chris Park, Small business consultant and trainer, DublinBIC, Ireland

Dublin BIC has been operating for a quarter of a century supporting the creation of 568 new ventures and generating more than 5500 direct jobs. It has fund-‐raised over 70 Mln Euros of investments in 168

companies. A public-‐private partnership with a dedicated and committed team, interesting and efficient procedures and methods. What has made them unique? For sure, among others, their pursuit for continuous improvement!


11:30 -‐ 12:30 – 1st Technical workshop: Coaching and Mentoring

Serious coaching and mentoring services are a must for any entrepreneurs’ support organisation. The more the organization is dedicated to the creation and growth of innovative start-‐ups, the more the functions play a vital role in facilitating successful ventures. Coaches and mentors of course have their own methods, and some of the successful ones will be assessed and explained during this workshop.

12:30 – 14:00 – Lunch

14:00 -‐ 15:00 – 2nd Technical workshop: Living Labs

• Jarmo Elukka Eskelinen, CEO -‐ Forum Virium Helsinki and Chair -‐ European Network of Living Labs, Finland

• Jacky Chef, Director, Promotech, France

End-‐user testing of innovative ideas and products right from the beginning! The Living Lab approach has been endorsed by the European Commission and has produced in the recent years interesting results, contributing to the selection of useful and marketable innovative ideas and leading to the improvement of new products. Learn how your BIC can introduce and benefit from the Living Lab methodology.


15:00 – 16:30 – 2nd Peer benchmarking review: BIC Trentino Sviluppo exposed! max. 20 participants

• Luca Capra, Trentino Sviluppo, Italy

The largest Italian B.I.C. managing 6 satellites, Trentino Sviluppo is the agency set up by the Autonomous Province of Trento to foster the

sustainable development of the Trentino system by taking action and providing services aimed at supporting the growth of business skills and the capacity for innovation entrepreneurs. Many changes have occurred since 1986, which have brought to the formation of the BIC as we know it today. What are the success factors? What are new paradigms? Could it be even better?

15:00 – ‘Tool Exchange bilateral meetings’

17:30 – Closing

19:00 – Networking dinner


6 December 2013 09:00 – Welcome

09:30 -‐ 10:30 – 3rd Technical workshop: the fundamentals of acceleration!

Innovative companies need to be incubated and accelerated. Are we ready for the task? Started in 2005 with the establishment of Y-‐Combinator, the accelerator movement has rapidly grown, especially in the US (with more than 60% of the world accelerators). Apparently, accelerators are tapping quickly into a gap of the enterprise support services value chain. Therefore, for the sake of innovative entrepreneurs, BICs and incubators need to start a long-‐lasting relation with this “new kid on the block” and/or start their own acceleration programmes.

10:00 -‐ 11:30 – 3rd Peer Benchmarking Review: gate Garching BIC Exposed! max. 20 participants

• Franz Glatz, CEO, BIC gate Garching, Germany

The 10-‐year old BIC in Munich has undergone extensive changes in the recent years, to introduce many new needed services. What are the expected outcomes of this effort? Can we see already an impact? Come share ideas on how they did it and how you think they could have done it!

10:30 – ‘Tool Exchange bilateral meetings’

12:30 – Closing remarks

12:30 – Lunch

14:30 – Social programme: Science, Art & shopping!


Organisers EBN is the leading non-‐governmental pan-‐European Network, incorporating 250+ Business & Innovation Centers (BICs), Innovation-‐based Incubators, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Centres and Business Accelerators across Europe and beyond. EBN was created 28 years ago by the European Commission and European industry & knowledge leaders, with the purpose to stimulate the

emergence and growth of new innovative enterprises, to help modernizing existing firms, and to boost the endogenous economic potential of European regions. EBN is a Brussels-‐based team delivering a full range of services, which include a comprehensive set of accreditation & networking services to the BICs, as well as deployment and coordination of EC & international projects in relevant areas. EBN is an engine for powering innovation based entrepreneurship, and to connect enablers, innovators and entrepreneurs.

www.ebn.eu In partnership with: Trentino Sviluppo is the agency set up by the Autonomous Province of Trento to foster the sustainable development of the Trentino system by taking action and providing services aimed at supporting the growth of business skills and the capacity for innovation. Trentino Sviluppo recently merged with the governmental agency of tourism promotion of the province. Trentino Sviluppo is a EBN member, BIC accredited.

www.trentinosviluppo.com


A few words about the Trentino Province Trentino is an autonomous province of Italy, with Trento as a capital and Rovereto as the center for culture, wine and museum, overall in a quaint atmosphere. Trentino is renowned for its mountains, such as the Dolomites, Alps, and the Lake Garda. Rovereto is a favourite destination for art lovers. The city hosts the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (Mart Museum), one of the most important in Europe, where temporary exhibitions are held, in addition to its extraordinary permanent collections. Get a chance to visit:

MART, the new Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art

The War Museum in the Castle of Rovereto, castle, built by the counts of Castelbarco in the 13th–14th centuries;

Mighty Bell Maria Dolens;

MUSE, the new Museum of Sciences in Trento;

...plus a visit to the famous Trento Christmas Market!

More information about the Trentino Region and the city of Rovereto: www.visittrentino.it www.comune.rovereto.tn.it December: the right time to get some fresh air! The EBN TECH CAMP will take place in early December, just the right time to get some fresh air and, for the sportive ones enjoy the snow in the Trentino region! The Trentino province is situated in the Dolomites and benefits from large ski area, state-‐of-‐the-‐art ski facilities…


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Tools | Training | Mutual Learning How to get there? When planning your visit in Trentino, you can choose between arriving in Trentino by car, train or airplane according to your needs and the distance you have to cover. The region is easy to reach thanks to its central position between the Southern Alps and the Po and Veneto plains in northern Italy. If you are travelling by airplane, you can land in Italy at Verona, Bergamo, Venice or Milan and reach Trentino with a one to two hour trip choosing either a car-‐rental service, shuttle busses or trains. Check online the interactive Flight map: http://www.visittrentino.it/en/arrivare/arrivare-‐in-‐aereo All long-‐distance Italian and European trains stop in the two main train-‐stations of Trento and Rovereto. If you are travelling by car, take highway A22 (“Autostrada del Brennero”) and exit Rovereto Nord or Rovereto Sud. Address Trentino Sviluppo Via Fortunato Zeni, 8 38068 – Rovereto, Trentino, Italy


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Contacts:

EBN Valerio Leonardi [email protected] + 32 761 10 94 Giordano Dichter [email protected]

Trentino Sviluppo

Luca Capra [email protected] +39 0464 443111

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