Fourth project meeting took place in Slovenia on 5-8 February 2010.                                                        

Meeting Presentations are available here.

Third project meeting took place in Wroclaw on 8-10 February 2010. A study visit to the Wrocław Technology Park (WTP) allowed the partners from other European regions to look at the good practices used there. Presented were also the institutions functioning in the park: the NUTRIBIOMED cluster, a business incubator, and innovative companies from biotechnology, materials technology, and IT sectors.

Meeting Presentations are available here.

Second project meeting took place in Rome on 7-9 July 2010. Its most important element was the public conference "Existing Good Practises in KNM Policies and Instruments" and study visits to the European Space Agency - Frascati and the Rome Science Park at the Tor Vergata University.

Meeting Presentations:

AREA Science Park - Applying the Lessons of Thirty Years of Experience (PDF)

AlgaRes Spin-off (PDF)

Colosseum Combinatorial Chemistry Centre for Technology (PDF)

Development of Vaccines, Diagnostics and Immunomodulatory Reagents (PDF)

DYERS - Materials, Systems and Consulting for Dye Solar Cell Technology (PDF)

Existing regional policies supporting the interaction between start-up SMEs and Universities (PDF)

Incubator for Innovative Enterprises Spin Over (PDF)

RIDITT – Italian Network for Innovation and Technology Transfer to SMEs (PDF)

Science Park University of Rome Tor Vergata (PDF)

Social Sciences And European Research Capacities (PDF)

Agencia IDEA - Andalusia (PDF)

The initial Know-Man meeting took place in Berlin on 8-10 March. Its most important element was a study visit to the Adlershof Science and Technology Park (www.adlershof.de), allowing for getting acquainted with presentations prepared by various institutions active in the park, i.e. the Humboldt University as well as enterprises and institutions handling its development (WISTA-MG; Adlershof Projekt GmbH, International Incubator Adlershof).

Meeting Presentations:

Berlin Adlershof - Introduction (PDF)

Adlershof Projekt GmbH (PDF)

SME Support in the Field of Innovation and International Cooperation. Innovations-Zentrum Berlin Management GmbH (IZBM) (PDF)

Regional Policies Supporting Interaction between Start Up SME and Universities/R&D.; Berlin Senate Department for Economy, Technology and Women's Issues (PDF)

Existing Regional Policies Supporting the Interaction Between Start-up SME-s and Universities. Regional Development Agency for Koroška Region (PDF)

“Cyanos” – a Successful Spin-off Pair from the Humboldt-UniversitätzuBerlin. Humboldt-Innovation GmbH (PDF)

Existing Measures to Link Start-up SMEs and Research Institutions. Science and Technology Park Cartuja 93 (PDF)

Existing Measures to Link Start-up SME’s and Public Research/University Institutions in Technology Parks. Wrocław Technology Park (PDF)

Good Practice Linking SME and ResearchViews from WISTA-MG. WISTA-MANAGEMENT GmbH (PDF)

Existing Measures to Link Start-up SMEs and Public Research Institutions in Technology Parks. Regional Development Agency for Koroška Region (PDF)