SPICE Events 2008–2009
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
Bristol United Kingdom | The tenth annual conference BI:10 - Celebrating Innovation and Entrepreneurship through Business Incubation will take place in Bristol - one of the UK’s most vibrant cities, with a long innovative history and a bright entrepreneurial future. From John Cabot to Concorde to Wallace & Gromit, Bristol has made it’s mark on the world.
Building on the success of BI:9 in Brighton, BI:10 will again take place over two days. This year Wednesday 19th November will see specialised workshops, and incubator tours with the Pre Conference Reception formally kicking off proceedings. The main conference sessions will take place throughout the day of Thursday 20th November with the conference drawing to a close at our 10th Annual Awards & Gala Dinner. Contact: Faye Busby WWW: http://www.ukbi.co.uk/index.asp?SID=208 Email: f.busby@ukbi.co.uk | |
| The First Global Business Incubation Day is an initiative of UK Business Incubation. It is not a gathering of people at a certain pave and time, but will offer a platform for all active in innovation and entrepreneurship support to informa about their activities to promote innovation, entrepreneutship through business incubation. Contact: Toni Wanklin Email: t.wanklin@ukbi.co.uk | ||
Paris France | The seventh annual international conference and Award "Best Scinece Based Incubators" will be organized by Science Alliance this year in France.
Closing date for entries for the Best Science Based Incubator Award" is November 14, 2008. The “Best Science Based Incubator Award 2008” ceremony will be part of the related conference scheduled to be held in Paris, France, December 11-12, 2008 The award scheme has proved extremely popular with entrants from Europe, the Far East and North America. There are six award categories – Return on Public Investment, Self Sustainability, Fastest Growth, Most Promising New Incubator, Good Practice and an overall ‘Best Science Based Incubator 2007’ award. Apart from valuable publicity, the location of the overall winner has in most years been the venue for the following year’s conference. There still is time to participate! An international jury will review the entries in December with the winners of the ‘Best Science Based Incubator’ award scheme being announced at the Paris conference. For more information, visit the websites http://www.cses.co.uk/survey/bestincubators.htm or http://www.science-alliance.nl Contact: Tanja Pijpaert WWW: www.technopolicy.net Email: t.pijpaert@technopolicy.net | |
Singapore Singapore | The 1st ISPIM Symposium - Managing Innovation in a Connected World - will be organised by ISPIM together with Singapore Management University. The aim of this symposium is to stimulate discussion and connect people from different backgrounds and cultures. The format will include interactive workshops and discussion panels together with academic and practitioner presentations. You are encouraged to submit papers and workshop topics related to the theme including but not limited following topics: Borderless innovation, Collaborative R&D, for innovation, Idea generation and creativity, Innovation policy, Measuring and managing innovation, Methods and tools for innovation, Networks and clusters of innovation, and Open innovation, The deadline for submitting proposals is September 10, 2008. Selected papers will be considered for publication in journals: The R&D Management Journal, Innovation: Management, Pol-icy & Practice, and International Journal of Services Sciences
For more information regarding the call for papers, please visit www.ispim.org/symposium Email: symposium@ispim.org | |
Palm Springs USA | The **Third Summit for Advanced Incubation Professionals" will be organized by NBIA January 11-13, 2009. This event is by invitation onyl for NBIA members that are five years or more member of the National Business Incubation Association.
This year’s event will be held in Palm Springs, Calif., and will off with a reception on Sunday evening, Jan. 11. During the next day and a half, you brainstorming discussions, presentationas and interactions with peers are on the agenda. The event ends at noon on Tuesday, Jan. 13. For more information contact NBIA Events and Training Department.
Contact: Randy Morris Email: rmorris@nbia.org | |
Chennai India | The International Conference on Business Incubation of ISBA, Indian Science and Technology Entrepreneurs Park & Business Incubators Association. Contact: R.M.P. Jawahar WWW: isba.in/ Email: jawa_ts@yahoo.com | |
Skopje & Ohrid Macedonia | The conference "How Small Places Change the World" will explore how businesses, NGOs, governments and institutions of higher learning working
individually and/or collaboratively can secure a better economic future for their people. The focus is jurisdictions with fewer than 12 million people - nations as well as provinces and states. FAST 2009 will be organized in colaboration with the regional governments, private sector and academia Topics covered are divided in three tracks: o I Track: EU Framework 7 Research Collaborations / Poster Sessions
Fulbright scholars, such as senior government officials, researchers
Contact: Jelena Micevska Email: jelena@cirko-mes.com | |
Kansas City, Missouri USA | NBIA's 23rd International Conference on Business Incubation will be held in Kansas City, Missouri(please note: it is not Kansas City, Kansas). Contact: Dinah Adkins WWW: www.nbia.org Email: dadkins@nbia.org | |
Dubai United Arab Emirates | The 5th Annual INSME Meeting will take place at the Hotel Atlantis (at the palm Jumeirah. The main co-hosting organisation of the event is the Dubai Institute of Technology (DIT) - Dubai Technopark. Other partners in organising the event are the Arab Science Park and Technology Foundation (ASTF) and UNIDO ITPO Bahrain/ARCEIT,
Contact: Simona Marzetti Email: marzetti@ipi.it | |
Thessaloniki Greece | ICEIRD 2009 aims to provide an effective channel of communication between decision-makers (government, ministries and state agencies), researchers (universities, research and development centres, start-up centres and incubators), practitioners (SME leaders and managers) and persons concerned with the latest research, scientific development and practice on innovation and entrepreneurship in order to discuss topics that are of currency, relevance and significance for national competitiveness as well as sustainable, robust , and equitable regional development. ICEIRD09 aims to:
- address key factors in regional economic development, entrepreneurial vitality and innovation processes - raise awareness about innovation, entrepreneurship and competitive advantage - strengthen the regional and international network - consolidate intra-SEE networks of SMEs, Start-up Centers and Incubators - understand cultural and national barriers of entrepreneurship - promote best practices in innovation research and business development - facilitate regional partnerships and innovation networks Organized by: City College – Affiliated Institution of the University of Sheffield, Thessaloniki, Greece South East European Research Centre (SEERC), Thessaloniki, Greece WWW: www.seerc.org/iceird2009/ Email: iceird2009@seerc.org | |
Stade Germany | The Annual Spring ADT conference (German Federal Association of Business Incubators and Technology Centers) will be held in Stade, North Germnany (nearHamburg) Contact: Marita Koop Email: koop@adt-online.de | |
Brasilia 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. The Global Forum will be an opportunity for Brazil to share its rich track record of over twenty years of business incubation with the global community. Brazil and infoDev will also create a joint research and analytical agenda as well as a targeted capacity building program around ICT-enabled innovation and entrepreneurship to cater to a growing number of developing countries seeking to emulate Brazil’s success in these areas. Contact: Ana Carrasco WWW: infodev.org/en/Article.268.html Email: acarrasco@worldbank.org | |
Raleigh, NC USA | The 26th IASP World conference is titled "Future Knowledge Ecosystmes".
The future can be a daunting place. Regions and places around the world are looking at ways that they can be more prepared for the opportunities and challenges to come. Places and regions that are fully integrated, viable, and use knowledge and its applications as the major driver in economic development will fair well in this new landscape. For the past fifty years, science and technology parks have led this model. The evolution of this industry’s growth will serve as a model for others. Please visit the 2009 IASP website for more information WWW: http://www.iasp2009rtp.com/ Email: iasp2009@rtp.org. | |
Vienna Austria | The 2009 ISPIM Conference - The Future of Innovation - will be organised by ISPIM, hosted by The Austrian Federal Economic Chamber, and supported by DANUBE - European Programmes for Training, Research and Technology and Ratio Strategy & Innovation Consulting.
Globalisation is one of the major forces. No organisation, business nor government, can afford to leave innovation to a few motivated individuals. The future of innovation revolves around the paradox of managing the unmanageable. Submissions from academics, consultants and managers on innovation-related topics are strongly encouraged Important Deadlines: - 31 December 2008: Outlines Only (All Submissions) - 31 January 2009: Acceptance Notification - 30 April 2009: Final Submissions Selected papers will be considered for publication in the following journals, subject to the usual referee processes applicable to the journals. WWW: www.ispim.org/conference/files/ISPIM_2009_Call_for_papers.pdf Email: conference@ispim.org |
Earlier Events of SPICE Group
| 1 | Annual ADT comnference / First ICECE Meeting Berlin, Germany 20 November 1991 | 105 | Country Gateways Global Network Meeting Bonn, Germany 25 – 28 June 2004 | |
| 67 | Lviv, Ukraine 2 – 5 March 2001 | 106 | BALTIC DYNAMICS 2004 Riga, Latvia 9 – 12 September 2004 | |
| 68 | Almaty, Kazakhstan 24 – 27 April 2001 | 107 | Annual Conference of PBICA Mielec region, Poland 14 – 16 October 2004 | |
| 69 | Chicago, USA 25 – 28 April 2001 | 108 | infoDev Global Incubation Symposium New Delhi, India 14 – 19 October 2004 | |
| 70 | Budapest, Hungary 27 – 28 April 2001 | 108 | 10th International Summit of Associations New Delhi, India 20 October 2004 | |
| 71 | Itzehoe, Germany 13 – 16 May 2001 | 109 | 19th International NBIA Conference Baltimore, USA 15 – 18 May 2005 | |
| 72 | San Jose, California, USA 20 – 24 May 2001 | 109 | 11th Global Summit of Business Incubation Associations Baltimore, USA 15 May 2005 | |
| 73 | Bilbao, Spain 11 – 13 June 2001 | 110 | Regional Innovation and Incubation Capacity Building Workshop Kiev & Bila Tserkva, Ukraine 9 – 11 June 2005 | |
| 74 | Tallinn, Estonia 16 – 19 June 2001 | 111 | 111th SPICE Meeting at the BALTIC DYNAMICS 2005 Tallinn, Estonia 23 August 2005 | |
| 75 | Riga, Latvia 14 – 16 September 2001 | 112 | 3rd APEC Incubators' Forum DaeGu, Korea 26 – 28 August 2005 | |
| 76 | Bucharest, Romania 23 – 24 September 2001 | 113 | Networking of Business Incubators Bratislava, Slovakia 20 – 21 September 2005 | |
| 77 | Lviv, Ukraine 27 – 29 September 2001 | 114 | XVIth annual conference of PBICA Belchatuw, Poland 22 – 24 September 2005 | |
| 78 | Poznan / Kiekrz, Poland 11 – 14 October 2001 | 115 | KOBIA-SPICE Leqdership Program Birmingham, United Kingdom 26 – 27 October 2005 | |
| 79 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 23 – 26 October 2001 | 116 | Business Incubation and Innovation Support Yerevan, Armenia 4 – 5 November 2005 | |
| 80 | Kiev, Ukraine 16 – 18 November 2001 | 12th Global Summit of BI Associations Sheffield, United Kingdom 27 November 2005 | ||
| 81 | Vincovci, Croatia 22 – 24 November 2001 | 117 | "Future Success" - 7th Annual UKBI Conference Sheffield, United Kingdom 27 – 29 November 2005 | |
| 82 | Tallinn / Tartu, Estonia 21 February – 23 2002 | 118 | Regional Innovation and Incubation Capacity Building Workshop Casablanca, 31 January – 3February 2006 | |
| 83 | Bratislava, Slovakia 11 March 2002 | 119 | VI. Innovation Salon Moscow, Russia 5 – 9 February 2006 | |
| 84 | Paris, France 21 – 23 March 2002 | 120 | Cultivating the Seeds of Innovation St. Louis, USA 30 April – 3May 2006 | |
| 85 | IASP Conference Toronto, Canada 28 April – 1May 2002 | 13th Global Summit of Business Incubation Associations St. Louis, USA 30 April 2006 | ||
| 86 | Prague, Czech Republic 6 – 9 June 2002 | 121 | Asia Pacific Forum on Innovation and Incubation Shanghai, China 17 – 19 May 2006 | |
| 87 | Tallinn, Estonia 9 – 11 June 2002 | 122 | BALTIC DYNAMICS‘ 06 Vilnius, Lithuania 24 – 26 May 2006 | |
| 88 | Madeira, Portugal 24 June – 26July 2002 | 123 | Special SPICE Workshop and PBICA Conference Poznan, Poland 26 – 27 October 2006 | |
| 89 | Shymkent, Kazakhstan 10 – 15 September 2002 | 124 | 14th Global Summit of Business Incubation Associations Hyderabad, India 11 November 2006 | |
| 90 | Kiev, Ukraine 25 – 28 September 2002 | 125 | Best Practices in Science Based Incubators Copenhagen, Denmark 7 – 8 December 2006 | |
| 91 | Mierzecin, Poland 9 – 12 October 2002 | 126 | 10th AABI Assembly Auckland, New Zealand 12 – 15 March 2007 | |
| 92 | Tartu, Estonia 10 – 12 October 2002 | 127 | 21st NBIA conference Seattle, USA 1 – 4 April 2007 | |
| 93 | 6th International Summit Dortmund, Germany 17 – 18 November 2002 | 15th Global Summit of Business Incubation Associations Seattle, USA 1 April 2007 – 0 | ||
| 94 | The Hague, Netherlands 5 – 6 December 2002 | 128 | BALTIC DYNAMICS 2007 Riga, Latvia 12 – 14 September 2007 | |
| 95 | BALTIC DYNAMICS '03 Vilnius, Lithuania 15 – 17 May 2003 | 16th Global Summit of Business Incubation Associations Riga, Latvia 13 September 2007 | ||
7th International Summit Richmond, USA 18 May 2003 | 129 | Advancing Innovation ECA 2007 Yerevan, Armenia 17 – 20 September 2007 | ||
| 96 | NBIA Conference Richmond Virginia, USA 18 – 21 May 2003 | 130 | 17th Global Summit of Business Incubation Associations Shanghai, China 23 September 2007 | |
| 97 | IASP Conference Lisbon, Portugal 1 – 4 June 2003 | 131 | Shaping the Future through Innovation Bahrain, Bahrain 21 – 24 October 2007 | |
10th Anniversary, LTC Riga, Latvia 12 June 2003 | 132 | Forum on Developing and Supporting ICT Based Entreprenurship Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 21 – 24 November 2007 | ||
| 98 | 20 years of business incubators in Germany Berlin, Germany 28 September – 1October 2003 | 133 | BI 9: Innovation and Entrepreneurship – The Global Challenge Brighton, United Kingdom 28 – 30 November 2007 | |
| 99 | Business and Innovation Centers within Programs of the European Community Kalisz, Poland 10 – 13 October 2003 | 134 | 18th Global Summit of Business Incubation Assoications San Antonio, Texas, USA 4 May 2008 | |
| 100 | 8th International Summit Kitakyushu, Japan 14 November 2003 | 135 | First Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship Skopje, Macedonia 8 – 10 May 2008 | |
| 101 | New Zealand Business Incubation Summit Christchurch, New Zealand 10 – 11 March 2004 | 136 | Promoting Innovation and Entrepreneurship effectively through Business Incubation Bangkok, Thailand 27 – 29 July 2008 | |
| 102 | Three Country Association Meeting Tägerwilen, Switzerland 2 – 4 April 2004 | 137 | 20th Annual ADT conference Berlin, Germany 21 – 23 September 2008 | |
| 103 | 5th International UBICA Conference Kiev, Ukraine 23 – 25 April 2004 | 19th Global Summit of Business Incubation Associations Berlin, Germany 21 September 2008 | ||
| 104 | 9th International Summit of Business Incubation Associations Atlanta, Georgia, USA 25 April 2004 | 138 | 7th MENAinc Workshop Ifrane, Morocco 29 – 30 October 2008 | |
| 105 | Country Gateways Global Network Meeting Bonn, Germany 25 – 28 June 2004 |