SPICE Events 2009–2010
Add new informationThe following list provides an overview for the coming twelve months. Numbered events are "SPICE events", means SPICE Group is involved by helping to define the topics, to identify and attract speakers, to prepare and organize the event and/or by holding a SPICE Meeting — for members and invited guests only. Events in italic letters, without a blue background are recommended by SPICE, however do not have a specific involvement of SPICE Group.
Proposals to list further events are invited. Send your information to: spice@spice-group.de
| 144 | Karelia Russia | Again the Karelian Forest in North-Western Russia will offer an unusual environment for an event dealing with innovation in a way different to what is to be expected in general.
Organized by the Russian National Business Incubation Association this forum is aimed at sharing experience in economic development promotion. A number of specialized conference will Complete the program of the forum, for example “Small Busi-ness and Innovation”, “Branding of the Territories as the Way of Positioning in the Global Markets” ,“Microfinance and Re-gional Development: Positive Experience” or “Active and Extreme Tourism as a Form of Business”. A Training “Practice in Small Innovative Business Develop-ment” will be offered as well. Contact: Inna Gudovich Email: inna.gudovich@gmail.com |
Wellington New Zealand | The Small Enterprise Association of Australia and New Zealand (SEAANZ) will hold it’s 22nd Annual Conference in Wellington, New Zealand on September 2nd, 2009. Opening festivities begin on the evening of September 1. Attendees represent a broad range of sectors, including educational institutions and government agencies but will also include individuals from research organizations, economic development agencies, and corporates with an interest in the small business sector. WWW: seaanzconference.massey.ac.nz Email: seaanz@ten3.biz | |
Wageningen Netherlands | The 6th Annual Conference of The Technopolicy Network 'Shaping Science Based Clusters' will be held in Wageningen, Netherlands.
During the the 6th Annual Conference of The Technopolicy Network, internationally acclaimed experts will be giving their views on the role of innovative clusters in our societies. Speakers representing industrial, life science, IT and agricultural clusters from all over the world share their best practices and join discussions. The conference will be chaired by Roger Stough, president of The Technopolicy Network and Professor of Public Policy at George Mason University. The conference will be held in the region of Wageningen that is famous for its life science and agricultural industries. It is the heart of Food-valley, a cluster that strives to become the Dutch centre for food research, innovation and production. Prior to the conference a one-day course on IT clustering will be given in Amsterdam on September 23. For more information on the conference, the program and registration please refer to the website. Contact: Judith Disberg WWW: www.technopolicy.net Email: info@technopolicy.net | |
Vilnius Lithuania | The Baltic Dynamics Conference is annually organized Baltic countries initiative aiming at a promotion of international co-operation in the fields of innovation, SMEs support and technology transfer. The Conference is organized since 1995 in turn by Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
The 2009 Baltic Dynamics Conference – The Dynamics of Innovation Spaces: Bringing Innovation to Society aims at promotion of innovativeness among policy makers, business, science, education and society. Submissions of proposals for papers from academics, policy makers, consultants, managers in innovation management, technology transfer as well as in SMEs support field are strongly encouraged and should focus on the following topics: - Triple Helix – Implications for Policy and Practice - Regional Innovation Environments and Innovative Regions - International Co-operation in Knowledge Transfer - The Role of Traditions in Innovation Processes - Innovative Approaches in Business Management - @Innovation - Creativity and Innovation Management Firstly a one page abstract of the propsed paper should be sent to the Conference Organizing Committee (info@balticdynamics.com) not later than May 31, 2009. All abstracts must be in English. Contact: Pranas Milius Email: info@balticdynamics.com | |
Vancover, British Columbia Canada | AURP, the Association of University Research Parks will hold its Annual Conference 2009 "Advancing Global Research Park Networks" in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Topics of this event are: Are your university, research park, government, and industry partners linked to global networks in the right ways to maximize exposure and transfer of knowledge? Are you maximizing results?
Proposals for suggested concurrent sessions should be no more than one page in length. A proposed session should address one or more of the conference tracks, which are:1) sustainability 2) government funding 3) industry. Each proposal should include the following: -a full description of the proposed session, including how the information to be shared will benefit the attendees and address the track subject; -a 50-75 word description for possible future marketing materials; -the contact information, biography in narrative format, and high resolution photo of each proposed presenter. The proposals are due no later than Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at 5:00 p.m. PDT. Contact: Victoria Palmer Email: vickiepalmer@aurp.net | |
Florianopolis Brazil | Brazil will host the 3rd infoDev Global Forum on Business Incubation as part of a new partnership btween Brazil and infoDev to explore the role of ICT, innovation and small business entrepreneurship as engines of economic growth and social empowerment and inclusion.
The Global Forum will bring together incubation professionals, small and medium sized enterprises, entrepreneurs, policymakers, financiers, and development practitioners to discuss how incubation supports ICT-enabled innovation and entrepreneurship as tools for sustainable development. DATE and VENUE changed: infoDev and Brazil had originally planned to hold the Global Forum in Brasilia this May. However, a unique opportunity presented itself to integrate the Global Forum with ANPROTEC's 19th Annual National Seminar on Entrepreneurship and Incubation which will bring together a wide audience of Brazilian incubators, policymakers, entrepreneurs and practitioners under the theme Entrepreneurship: the Energy for the Innovative Brazil. The 3rd infoDev Global Forum 2009 website will be launched shortly to provide further information about the program and participation. Contact: Ana Carrasco WWW: www.idisc.net/en/Article.38856.html Email: acarrasco@worldbank.org | |
Leipzig Germany | The "13th Annual Interdisciplinary Conference on Start-Up Research" (G-Forum) will be held October 29 – 30, 2009 in Leipzig, Germany.
As in earlier years also this G-Forum will be organized in the-matic Workshops to present and discuss actual research results and projects from the fields of entrepreneurship and SME de-velopment. A focus of this year’s conference with be “Ethics and Entrepreneurship“. The organizers have issued a Call for Papers with a deadline of June 14, 2009 For more information about the topics, please visit the conference website. WWW: www.gforum2009.de Email: info@fgf-ev.de | |
München Germany | The German Federal Association of Technology and Business Incubation Centers, ADT, will hold its Annual Confernce 2009 in Munich, Germany, hosted by the MTZ, Munich Technology Center. Contact: Cristina Mann Email: mann@mtz.de | |
Stockholm Sweden | Mark your calendar for the 8th Best Science Based Incubator Award and Conference "Incubators as Stimulators and Creators of Regional and International Clusters" and look out for the documents allowing you to apply for the awards. More information will be made availabe soon.
Contact: Tanja Pijpaert Email: t.pijpaert@technopolicy.net | |
Belfast United Kingdom | UKBI announced the 11th International conference to take place in Belfast, December 1-3, 2009. Building on the success of BI:10 in Bristol the conference will offer something for eve-ryone regardless of your level of experience. With interactive workshops, incubator tours, plenary sessions roundtable discussions and a prestigious international gala dinner there are lots of opportunities to learn. Contact: Faye Busby WWW: www.ukbi.co.uk/index.asp?SID=208 Email: f.busby@ukbi.co.uk |
Earlier Events of SPICE Group
| 1 | Annual ADT comnference / First ICECE Meeting Berlin, Germany 20 November 1991 | 108 | infoDev Global Incubation Symposium New Delhi, India 14 – 19 October 2004 | |
| 67 | Lviv, Ukraine 2 – 5 March 2001 | 108 | 10th International Summit of Associations New Delhi, India 20 October 2004 | |
| 68 | Almaty, Kazakhstan 24 – 27 April 2001 | 109 | 19th International NBIA Conference Baltimore, USA 15 – 18 May 2005 | |
| 69 | Chicago, USA 25 – 28 April 2001 | 109 | 11th Global Summit of Business Incubation Associations Baltimore, USA 15 May 2005 | |
| 70 | Budapest, Hungary 27 – 28 April 2001 | 110 | Regional Innovation and Incubation Capacity Building Workshop Kiev & Bila Tserkva, Ukraine 9 – 11 June 2005 | |
| 71 | Itzehoe, Germany 13 – 16 May 2001 | 111 | 111th SPICE Meeting at the BALTIC DYNAMICS 2005 Tallinn, Estonia 23 August 2005 | |
| 72 | San Jose, California, USA 20 – 24 May 2001 | 112 | 3rd APEC Incubators' Forum DaeGu, Korea 26 – 28 August 2005 | |
| 73 | Bilbao, Spain 11 – 13 June 2001 | 113 | Networking of Business Incubators Bratislava, Slovakia 20 – 21 September 2005 | |
| 74 | Tallinn, Estonia 16 – 19 June 2001 | 114 | XVIth annual conference of PBICA Belchatuw, Poland 22 – 24 September 2005 | |
| 75 | Riga, Latvia 14 – 16 September 2001 | 115 | KOBIA-SPICE Leqdership Program Birmingham, United Kingdom 26 – 27 October 2005 | |
| 76 | Bucharest, Romania 23 – 24 September 2001 | 116 | Business Incubation and Innovation Support Yerevan, Armenia 4 – 5 November 2005 | |
| 77 | Lviv, Ukraine 27 – 29 September 2001 | 12th Global Summit of BI Associations Sheffield, United Kingdom 27 November 2005 | ||
| 78 | Poznan / Kiekrz, Poland 11 – 14 October 2001 | 117 | "Future Success" - 7th Annual UKBI Conference Sheffield, United Kingdom 27 – 29 November 2005 | |
| 79 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 23 – 26 October 2001 | 118 | Regional Innovation and Incubation Capacity Building Workshop Casablanca, 31 January – 3February 2006 | |
| 80 | Kiev, Ukraine 16 – 18 November 2001 | 119 | VI. Innovation Salon Moscow, Russia 5 – 9 February 2006 | |
| 81 | Vincovci, Croatia 22 – 24 November 2001 | 120 | Cultivating the Seeds of Innovation St. Louis, USA 30 April – 3May 2006 | |
| 82 | Tallinn / Tartu, Estonia 21 February – 23 2002 | 13th Global Summit of Business Incubation Associations St. Louis, USA 30 April 2006 | ||
| 83 | Bratislava, Slovakia 11 March 2002 | 121 | Asia Pacific Forum on Innovation and Incubation Shanghai, China 17 – 19 May 2006 | |
| 84 | Paris, France 21 – 23 March 2002 | 122 | BALTIC DYNAMICS‘ 06 Vilnius, Lithuania 24 – 26 May 2006 | |
| 85 | IASP Conference Toronto, Canada 28 April – 1May 2002 | 123 | Special SPICE Workshop and PBICA Conference Poznan, Poland 26 – 27 October 2006 | |
| 86 | Prague, Czech Republic 6 – 9 June 2002 | 124 | 14th Global Summit of Business Incubation Associations Hyderabad, India 11 November 2006 | |
| 87 | Tallinn, Estonia 9 – 11 June 2002 | 125 | Best Practices in Science Based Incubators Copenhagen, Denmark 7 – 8 December 2006 | |
| 88 | Madeira, Portugal 24 June – 26July 2002 | 126 | 10th AABI Assembly Auckland, New Zealand 12 – 15 March 2007 | |
| 89 | Shymkent, Kazakhstan 10 – 15 September 2002 | 127 | 21st NBIA conference Seattle, USA 1 – 4 April 2007 | |
| 90 | Kiev, Ukraine 25 – 28 September 2002 | 15th Global Summit of Business Incubation Associations Seattle, USA 1 April 2007 – 0 | ||
| 91 | Mierzecin, Poland 9 – 12 October 2002 | 128 | BALTIC DYNAMICS 2007 Riga, Latvia 12 – 14 September 2007 | |
| 92 | Tartu, Estonia 10 – 12 October 2002 | 16th Global Summit of Business Incubation Associations Riga, Latvia 13 September 2007 | ||
| 93 | 6th International Summit Dortmund, Germany 17 – 18 November 2002 | 129 | Advancing Innovation ECA 2007 Yerevan, Armenia 17 – 20 September 2007 | |
| 94 | The Hague, Netherlands 5 – 6 December 2002 | 130 | 17th Global Summit of Business Incubation Associations Shanghai, China 23 September 2007 | |
| 95 | BALTIC DYNAMICS '03 Vilnius, Lithuania 15 – 17 May 2003 | 131 | Shaping the Future through Innovation Bahrain, Bahrain 21 – 24 October 2007 | |
7th International Summit Richmond, USA 18 May 2003 | 132 | Forum on Developing and Supporting ICT Based Entreprenurship Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 21 – 24 November 2007 | ||
| 96 | NBIA Conference Richmond Virginia, USA 18 – 21 May 2003 | 133 | BI 9: Innovation and Entrepreneurship – The Global Challenge Brighton, United Kingdom 28 – 30 November 2007 | |
| 97 | IASP Conference Lisbon, Portugal 1 – 4 June 2003 | 134 | 18th Global Summit of Business Incubation Assoications San Antonio, Texas, USA 4 May 2008 | |
10th Anniversary, LTC Riga, Latvia 12 June 2003 | 135 | First Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship Skopje, Macedonia 8 – 10 May 2008 | ||
| 98 | 20 years of business incubators in Germany Berlin, Germany 28 September – 1October 2003 | 136 | Promoting Innovation and Entrepreneurship effectively through Business Incubation Bangkok, Thailand 27 – 29 July 2008 | |
| 99 | Business and Innovation Centers within Programs of the European Community Kalisz, Poland 10 – 13 October 2003 | 137 | 20th Annual ADT conference Berlin, Germany 21 – 23 September 2008 | |
| 100 | 8th International Summit Kitakyushu, Japan 14 November 2003 | 19th Global Summit of Business Incubation Associations Berlin, Germany 21 September 2008 | ||
| 101 | New Zealand Business Incubation Summit Christchurch, New Zealand 10 – 11 March 2004 | 138 | 7th MENAinc Workshop Ifrane, Morocco 29 – 30 October 2008 | |
| 102 | Three Country Association Meeting Tägerwilen, Switzerland 2 – 4 April 2004 | First Global Innovation Day , 8 December 2008 | ||
| 103 | 5th International UBICA Conference Kiev, Ukraine 23 – 25 April 2004 | 139 | Best Science Based Incubators Paris, France 11 – 12 December 2008 | |
| 104 | 9th International Summit of Business Incubation Associations Atlanta, Georgia, USA 25 April 2004 | 140 | International Incubator Conference Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 16 – 17 March 2009 | |
| 105 | Country Gateways Global Network Meeting Bonn, Germany 25 – 28 June 2004 | 141 | Women Business Incubation Workshop Bishkek-Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan 9 – 16 April 2009 | |
| 106 | BALTIC DYNAMICS 2004 Riga, Latvia 9 – 12 September 2004 | 142 | NBIA International Conference 2009 Kansas City, Missouri, USA 19 – 22 April 2009 | |
| 107 | Annual Conference of PBICA Mielec region, Poland 14 – 16 October 2004 |