Presentation of all Technical Talks InnoFun - The innovative project WS 2 Agenda 7th March 2013 Peterborough Benjamin Kuscher InnoFun Project Manager ConPlusUltra

Presentation of all Technical TalksInnoFun - The innovative project

WS 2 Agenda7th March 2013

Peterborough

Benjamin KuscherInnoFun Project Manager

ConPlusUltra [email protected]

mailto:[email protected]

Summary of Technical TalksLead Partner – JAIP

PP11 – Region of South BohemiaJan Vanzura

Target GroupsWhom did we meet, and what we discussed?

Representatives from:• CzechInvest• Faculty of Economics of the University of South

Bohemia• South Bohemian Science and Technology Park• South Bohemian Chamber of Commerce• Ekoport / RECOMMEND• Regional Authority of South Bohemia

Our Conclusion from the Technical Talks

Main topics / aspects which are of interest for your stakeholder?

If we consider digital pitching together with public voting as the most promising topic for the pilot action, it is important for the interested stakeholders to clarify IPR issues (university) and promotion (Chamber of Commerce) including rules for participation in public voting.

Proposed topics for the InnoFun Working Groups!

Public Voting: How to promote it. Legal issues

Proposed topics for the InnoFun pilot actions!

Digital pitching and public voting

Further main steps to intensify the cooperation with your stakeholders?

Next round of talks with selected stakeholders. We should be ready to bring them detailed information about the proposed topic of the pilot action. Should be able to conceive them by showing the benefits from participation in the project.

What kind of support do you need from LP and project team?

Help to find answer to potential questions of the stakeholders to get them to the project

Further StepsOur next steps will be: (March 2013 –

September 2013)• Technical Talks Follow-up

– Have to conduct next round with selected stakeholders– Ready to bring more details and show benefits to

convince the stakeholders for a pilot action

• Concept for Pilot Action – Digital pitching + public voting (Faculty or Chamber)– detailed preparation of the new subject for students

and practical exercise– promotion of the competition with the Chamber of

Commerce

• Prepare RIP process in the region– Digital tools for presenting project could be embedded

to the curricula

Summary of Technical TalksPP2 - NADSME

Jarmila Dubrovayová


Representatives from:• Prognostic Institute of Slovak Academy of Sciences• Institut of Economic Research of Slovak Academy of

Sciences• Young Entrepreneurs Association of Slovakia (YEAS)• Ministry of Education, Division of Science and

technology• Slovak Technical University Bratislava



Legal adjustments concerning new selection criteria for funding


- Legal requirements for digital selection tools within structural fund schemes.- Security of digital selection processes.


In SK will be no Pilot action


discussion table with the participation not only involved stakeholders but also with some others who could be interested in this topic. I suppose to do it on April.I also rely on the InnoFun intranet and web page


We will prepare Event for the evaluators of the projects=investment managers, and for those who prepare and set up evaluation criteria. We appreciated your participation there as well as on the discussion and explain to them the methodology and the principals of the operating.



– Within discussion table we will find out the way of collaboration the public and private funds. We will build on the conclusions from the Working Summit

– Organising workshop with the discussion table

• Prepare RIP process in the region– NADSME is also participating on the creation of the SMEs Strategy,

Innovation Strategy, etc. which are preparing at this period (up to year 2020).

– We suggested the measurements, regarding the following:

- providing education support for the business advisors who consequently will be trained the SMEs and public in order to increase their awareness – how are their funding opportunities for the inovative and business plans, ideas through the Funds (Venture Capital Funds)

- dissemination of information to the public with using of various places (R&D institutions, SMEs, Universities..)

Summary of Technical TalksPP3 – University of Cyprus

PP10 - LarnacaChristos Mettouris


Representatives from:

• Diogenis Business Incubator, University of Cyprus

• Ministry of Commerce and Tourism, Cyprus

• Research Promotion Foundation Cyprus

• Planning Bureau of the Republic of Cyprus



Best Practices, Monitoring procedures, Verification of deliverables from other partners of the project


Initiate public dialog with public stakeholders and the Innofun partners regarding policies and best practices of the various Innofun partners for the new programmatic period 2014-2020


Toolkit for entrepreneur mindset, Monitoring procedures, Initiate public dialog with public stakeholders


Meetings with the stakeholders to inform them about the future results of the Innofun Project, stakeholders were invited to the next meeting in Cyprus: they declared interest in participation


More specific information regarding the overall innovation funding process, as well as results. These can benefit Cyprus since many of the procedures are new and therefore is a more or less “experimental” situation in Cyprus



– Constantly informing them about the project’s results– Officially invite them to the next Innofun meeting in

Cyprus to which they can interact with the project partners and exchange knowledge and experience.

• Concept for Pilot Action – What would you like to test within InnoFun?– New ways to push the academic entrepreneurships for

new ideas in the market– Creation of a toolkit with the topic “How to learn the

entrepreneur mindset” • Prepare RIP process in the region

– Ideas?

– All stakeholders were very interested in participating in the Regional Implementation Plan

Summary of Technical TalksPP4 – EWI

Hilde Vermeulen & Peter Spyns



• Flanders District of Creativity (FDC)• Venture Spirit (Battle-of-Talents) • vzw Ondernemingsplanwedstrijd Vlaanderen

(BizIdee)• Entreprise Flanders (Agentschap Ondernemen) • Innovatiecentrum Oost-Vlaanderen• Flemish Innovation Agency (IWT)



- Lack of pitching culture and venture capital in Europe. Digital tools to simplify applications - The actual benefit has to be clearly demonstrated before changing existing legislation, procedures, processes, infrastructure ...


Venture capital, financial investments,… and digital pitching


- Application of digital pitches for business plans,- Test how project proposals could benefit from visual support


Set up of a parallel working group to keep the stakeholders informed on the project and to share their experiences in the competition prizes


-Sharing experiences and mentoring in pitching culture-Some (serious) evaluations on the use of digital pitching and storytelling by government agencies that demonstrate the usefulness and impact.


September 2013)

• Technical Talks Follow-up– Try to convince innovation centres for digital pitches

• Brokerage events • Sharing digital pitching experiences

– Stimulate pitching culture for business plan prize competitions

• Overview report on use of digital tools in Flanders (proposal FDC)

• Prepare RIP process in the region– Experiment in Social innovation call: evaluators take

optional multimedia into account during evaluation process

Summary of Technical TalksPP 5 – UKCEED

PP 6 – Opportunity Peterborough??


Representatives from:• Business Growth Fund• Business Innovation & Skills Department• Corporate Finance North West• Cranfield University• Foundation East• Low Carbon Innovation Fund• NatWest Bank• Peterborough City Council (PCC)• Santander• St John’s Innovation Centre• Technology Strategy Board (TSB)



- Design a ladder to help businesses with all application processes- Develop IT support to showcase local best practices and to share information;- Involve intermediary stakeholders such as lawyer, IP experts


Public-Private collaboration for innovation funding


Providing education support to businesses to help them define a personalised funding strategy as well as improve the quality and quantity of funding applications;


Arranged a further meeting in March, 20th


Updates on partners activities and dissemination of best practice


September 2013)

• Technical Talks Follow-up– Shortly explain how you will continue the co-

operation with the regional stakeholders.

• Concept for Pilot Action – What would you like to test within InnoFun?

• Prepare RIP process in the region– Ideas?

Summary of Technical TalksPP 7 – KTUASAntti Haase



• Lapland Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment (ELY-keskus)– Risto Lustila, Innovation expert

• Kemi-Tornio Regional Business Development Services, Digipolis Ltd– Jukka Auraneva, Business Incubation Expert– Risto Heikka, Managing Director



Pitch videos, Digital storytelling, online pitching events, social media pitching: Piloting methods and tools. Identifying easy, low-cost ways to pitch ideas with good enough quality. Help implementing the tools in the Product Track service work and making pitch videos + organising online pitching events for KTA


Making of pitch videos and developing cost-effective solutions for their production + delivery


Pitch videos, Digital storytelling, online pitching events, social media pitching


Constant communication, developing and running the pilot actions together with the stakeholders, trying out many different ways to make and deliver pitch videos.


Feedback and discussion of relevant experiences from similar pilot actions in other regions



– Further negotiations with ELY-Keskus on pilots for Product Track

– Selection of pilot SMEs from Digipolis Incubator and making pitch videos for them

• Concept for Pilot Action – Making of pitch videos and developing cost-effective solutions

for their production + delivery

• Prepare RIP process in the region– RIP process is in very good shape with the

stakeholders.– We need to make the pilots first before we can make a

more concrete RIP and present it to the stakeholders.

Summary of Technical TalksPP 8 – TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATION

Mirari Zaldua

Target GroupsWhom did we meet, and what we discussed? SPRI- Agencia de desarrollo empresarial del Gobierno Vasco / Business Development Agency of Basque Government

-Presentation of INNOFUN project

-Innovation Funding Programs: current situation and future perspectives (interest in RIP)

-Showed Interest on the project (activities/outputs)

-Possibility of combination of tools (no replacement)

-Challenged by current economic downturn (budget cuts) + new Regional Government

-Difficulties (Legal matters/Bureaucracy) for the introduction of the tools proposed

Diputación Foral de Alava-Arabako Foru Aldundia (DFA-AFA) / Government of the Province of Alava


-Innovation Funding Programs: current situation and future perspectives (interest in RIP)

-Showed Interest in the project (activities/outputs)/open to collaboration

- Challenged by current economic downturn (global crisis/budget cuts)

-Associated problems (Current IT situtation-still application forms/presentation of application on paper)

TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATION – Innovation Strategies Division


-Interested in learning from others’ experiences

-Showed intention to convince stakeholders (authorities) to embark on the RIP

- Current economic (global crisis/budget cuts) - Not appropriate momentum ¿? Or yes?



How to match legal issues (public procurement law, subsidy law, etc) and current bureaucracy requirements with the use of innovative tools.Combination of tools (traditional/innovative), rather than replacement


Are there legal aspects that hinder the use if innovative tools in Innovation Funding Programmes?How to promote acceptance of the use of innovative tools (in both sides)Crowdfunding method as a complement to public funding


Information Technologies (adequacy for the use of new tools) and IT security issuesIdentification of legal constraints to the adoption of new toolsSurvey on acceptance of these methods


To keep them informed about the project: Show successful cases elsewhere + Show work done in other regions under the INNOFUN projectTry to engage other stakeholders


Access to any experience dealing with the non traditional selection processes (digital story telling, pitching, e-voting): Did you face these legal constraints? How did you solve them?Access to the work developed by the regions under INNOFUN.


September 2013)• Technical Talks

– Keep already addressed stakeholders informed about project activities and outputs, mainly work done/process followed in other regions (technical talks, pilot actions, RIP…) as well as successful practices dealing with the use of innovative selection processes

– Working on topics such as: Legal aspects (subsidy law, public procurement law, etc.) and current bureaucracy requirements - others’ experiences on how solve legal constraints; acceptance of these tools; IT requirements

– Close contact in order to suggest and agree ways to improve the innovation funding programmes as well as to engage them for pilot lines

– Contact with additional stakeholders

• Prepare RIP process in the region (Ideas?)

– Selection of the “most interested” actor(s) and addressed programme(s) – get commitment

– Joint definition of measures to be considered by the RIP– Joint identification and description of pilot actions– Support of experts, peer reviews, cross-RIP workshops – Elaborate a detailed schedule for development of actions – Formulate and disseminate experience and results in European regions

Summary of Technical TalksPP 9 – Mediterannee Technologies

Rodolphe Uhlmann



• Région PACA • Incubators, BAN, Pole SCS• PACA Investissement



Stakeholders are totally convinced of the interest of using digital technology for storytelling and pitching. There is a couple of regional initiatives in PACA that were benchmarked during the workshop and the design of a digital storytelling platform and service is already started.


Design of the coaching service (content, form and target) for SME before video makingDesign of the video making servicePresenting the service and the platform to SME


Making of at least 15 video pitches‘Making of’ of the making of the movies


Cooperation is already at a very good level and stakeholders are enthusiastic about the idea of pilot actions


Benchmarking of similar initiatives in Europe and in the consortium


September 2013)



• Concept for Pilot Action – What would you like to test within InnoFun?


Summary of Technical TalksPP 12 – iMindsJan Coppens



• Research departments of Ghent University (IOF)• iMinds iBoot program manager• iMinds iStart program manager• Venture capitalists (PMV / GIMV)



• Experience with digital / video pitching -> low added value for both evaluator as startup (iStart < 5% submissions)

• Storytelling / pitching is important -> teach researchers!• Effective ways to reach researchers & teach them to

find business opportunities in research?• Focus on storytelling (not necessarily digital)


• Opportunity recognition & entrepreneurial research


Most stakeholders are part of our organization or network, there already is frequent interaction, already daily cooperation with researchers and entrepreneurs.


Setup discussion / workgroup around opportunity recognition & entrepreneurial research


Proposed topics for the InnoFun pilot actions! Implement:



– We are in the progress of setting-up our new entrepreneurial bootcamp (focus on storytelling / prototyping)

– We will launch the opportunity identification workshops later this year (part of doctoral school programs)

– University IOF / TTO are invited to participate & contribute– Regular meetings & pitch events to VCs

• Prepare RIP process in the region– Instead of writing guidelines to create fragmented

initiatives, plan to scale-up / replicate our pilot programs and open-up in other locations or for other target audiences

Summary of Technical TalksPP 13 – Tartu Science Park

PP 14 – Tartu City GovernmentHenri Hanson & Siim Espenberg



• Tartu City Government• Tartu Science Park• Smart City Lab• University of Tartu• Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communication• Enterprise Estonia• New Garage Time Llc



- developing regional innovation and entrepreneurship web portal - business.tartu.ee - and finding ways how to transform it to a more interactive virtual demo center that would promote business and innovation of the region.- Testing living labs concept in Estonia.


- Promoting regional innovation and entrepreneurship – good practice approaches in the partner regions- Experiences from partner regions of using living labs to promote innovation.


Regional innovation and entrepreneurship portal


Additional workshops are needed with local SMEs, to get some additional reflection on the ideas.


Mapping of good practice from partner regions in the area of promotion of regional business and innovation – e.g. living labs, business portals, FabLabs, democenters, etc.


September 2013)




Summary

• We need some more comparison and evaluation study on existing tools.

• Legal Background analysis– Ideas how to organise it.

• Overall themes for pilot actions– start-up - investor matching (FIN, UK, CY, CZ, F)– decision process in funding schemes (FIN, CZ)– Bring Innovation to society and society to

innovation (CY?)

Let‘s innovate the innovation funding

Benjamin KuscherConPlusUltra GmbH

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Presentation of all Technical Talks InnoFun - The innovative project WS 2 Agenda 7th March 2013 Peterborough Benjamin Kuscher InnoFun Project Manager ConPlusUltra