Open Innovation for SMEs: motives for and barriers to co-operation, Edinburgh (Scotland)

01 June, 2012 - 01 June, 2012

31 May and 1 June, 2012. What is meant by the term Open Innovation and how can the principles be used in practice by SME’s?This event is intended for SME's, Knowledge Transfer Professionals and individuals interested in understanding, adopting and using OI principles.Presented by speakers from industry, OI intermediaries, academia, creative and IP sectors, and drawing on examples from within Scotland, across the UK and Europe.Delegates will bet...

World Summit on Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Boston (USA)

26 September, 2012

The World Summit on Innovation & Entrepreneurship (THEWSIE) – September 26-28, 2012 – provides an inspiring setting for fusing the world’s most meaningful ideas, designs and innovations to help transform the future of business, society and environment.THEWSIE focuses on what’s really important to the world’s next great innovators -- practical outcomes  and profitable partnerships. And a vision of what’s yet to come in lifestyle, heal...

Innovation Days 2012, Paris (France)

1st - 3rd October. The Innovation Days, the leading meeting for early-stage biotech sector which will take place in Paris, is an international event aimed at stimulating and facilitating technology transfer and collaborative projects in the life sciences sector. Who will you meet? - Emerging biotech companies- Academic researchers- Pharmaceutical companies- Institutional representatives- Clusters and bioparks- InvestorsThe Innovation Days 2012 ...

Funds & Fundability, London (UK)

28th June, 2012. “Funds and Fundability” is the first in a series of one-day workshops run by Networked Pharma, the Initiative bringing together all major stakeholders involved in building the new, highly networked model for drug discovery and development. The workshop takes place in Central London on Thursday 28th June and aims to benchmark and map the emerging landscape for the sourcing and funding of innovation in drug discovery.The worksh...

Innovations to Advance Clinical Trials for Pharma, Biologics & Devices, Boston (USA)

13 March, 2012

13 - 14 September. Led by Pfizer and Novartis, this groundbreaking conference delivers only case studies that demonstrate either a disruptive or an innovative approach to advancing clinical trials. Mobile Clinical Trials, Virtual Trials, Open Source Clinical Development are just a few examples of case studies featured. This conference is designed to be engaging in a highly informative format, similar to the style of TED events. Each session will ...

Innolandia Summer Camp

31 August, 2012

Innolandia Summer Camp is a project that aims to provide to professional and technical innovation managers, knowledge and tools to improve their daily work. And for that we innovate in the format of a traditional summer school. We will conduct 8 seminars on-line, that after a presentation, let the debate among the attendees (you can see the seminars deferred until 31 August), a private online forum for sharing knowledge and best practices and a ...

Global Innovation Forum, London (UK)

20 November, 2012

20 - 21 November. Global Innovation Forum is a dynamic meeting that brings together professionals with diverse backgrounds, great experience and knowledge. It creates the perfect opportunity to build a strong professional network, obtain new insights and share business practices. The event is inspiring and offers “hands-on”, innovative suggestions on how to find practical answers and generate own successful innovation strategies. The 2nd edit...

3rd Annual European Food Manufacturing & Safety Summit 2013 (The Netherlands)

11 - 12 February.  The European Food Manufacturing & Safety Summit 2013 attracts over 150+ senior level food and beverage professionals wanting to learn how to improve productivity, achieve continuous improvement and maximise food safety and quality whilst reducing costs throughout operations in a capital constrained world.Retailers are increasingly demanding affordable products from manufacturers, and it has never been more critical for food co...

11th Annual World Food Technology and Innovation Forum 2013, Dublin (Ireland)

05 - 06 March, 2013

5 - 6 March, 2013. The 11th Annual World Food Technology and Innovation Forum brings together the world leaders in food research and development, food innovation, marketing and food technology to debate, and shape the future of the food industry.Key themes include understanding and communicating with the new consumers vis-à-vis the current economic crisis, using social media to create new consumer interaction and food innovation strategies, new ...

Innovation Excellence , Barcelona (Spain)

22 March, 2013

22 & 23 November . Its 6th Edition conference will focus on cutting edge strategies management for realistic innovation in order to create ROI.This pan-European and cross-industry business meeting will include high level speakers such as the VP of Yahoo! Research Spain, the Vice President Strategic Projects of Lonza in Switzerland, the CIO of Bombardier Transport in Germany, the Senior Director at the Chief Scientist Office of Alcatel – Lucent ...

XXIV ISPIM Conference, Helsinki (Finland)

16 June, 2013

The XXIV ISPIM Conference – Innovating in Global Markets: Challenges for Sustainable Growth – will be held in Helsinki, Finland on 16-19 June 2013. Organised by ISPIM, and hosted by Aalto University School of Economics in partnership with Lappeenranta University of Technology, this conference will bring together around 500 innovation experts from 50 countries. The 3-day programme will include: The Knut Holt Memorial Address; Industry-Leading ...

5th ISPIM Innovation Symposium, Seoul (Korea)

09 December, 2012

The 5th ISPIM Innovation Symposium - Stimulating Innovation, takes place in Seoul, Korea on 9-12 December 2012: Challenges for Management, Science & Technology. Organised by ISPIM and hosted by KISTEP – The Korea Institute of Science & Technology Evaluation and Planning, this symposium will bring together around 200 innovation experts from 35 countries.The three-day programme will include: Industry-Leading Keynote Speakers; Regional Luminary Sp...

Open Innovation in action, Hertfordshire (UK)

15th November, Hertfordshire - UK. Open innovation is set to power the next big wave of industry growth in the bioscience sector – strengthening the product pipelines and generating radical ideas for new therapies.  It has clear potential to reduce time to market for new products, improve innovation success rates, and increase profits.  It a full day conference focused on the real life practicalities of using open innovation.  Expert comment...

The 8th Annual World Healthcare Innovation and Technology Congress, Arlington (USA)

07 November, 2010

The 8th Annual World Healthcare Innovation and Technology Congress, 7 - 9 November, is the leading health care IT strategy meeting presenting the latest on the business of health care technology. Participants will network with over 300 Hospital, Health System, Medical Center, Physician Practice and Health Insurance IT decision makers. The event will take place November 7-9, 2012 in Arlington, VA. It combines unmatched educational programming with...

7th Annual Front End of Innovation EMEA, Copenhagen (Denmark)

04 March, 2013

4 - 6 March, Copenhagen. All too often, conferences become simply a platform for presenting what's already been done. Not FEI. FEI EMEA has evolved into a platform for creating future practices by putting the experience to work. FEI 2013 lives at the intersection of thinking and acting- continually serving as the industry's catalyst for change.Now in its 7th Year, FEI EMEA continues to connect you to relevant change and to relevant change-makers ...