SPICE Events 2010–2011
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
Dead Sea Jordan | The 5th ASPA Leaders Meeting will be held in Jordan Valley Marriott Resort & Spa, Dead Sea; organized by Jordan Innovation Center.
ASPA Leaders Meeting is closed meeting to offer the opportunities to broaden & reinforce network and share the innovative knowledge among members. This ASPA Leaders Meeting is the first one in the Middle East and highlights vital networking activities, best practices, know-how, knowledge in creating, managing, developing and sustaining Science and Research Parks as well as Business Incubators. Within the 5th ASPA Leaders Meeting, a business meeting will be held between Jordanian companies and companies from other Asia region(Korea, China, Japan and etc) in the fields of information technology, information and communication technologies.
Contact: Mrs. Reham Gharbiyeh WWW: www.aspa.or.kr/event Email: r.gharbiyeh@bic.jo | |
Durban South Africa | The Annual conference of AIN, Africa Incubator Network, will be held in cooperation with SABTIA, South African Business and Technology Incubation Association, and SEDA. Contact: Zama Mlotshwa Email: name@domain.com | |
Joensuu Finland | The third international FINPIN conference ”Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Universities" will present Best Practice, Case Studies, and Research Results and offer an inspirational meeting and discussion forum for practicioners and researchers.
The Conference is organised by FINPIN and North Karelia University of Applied Sciences. Contact: Erno Hokkanen WWW: www.finpin.com/English/Home/tabid/706/language/fi-FI/Default.aspx Email: Erno.Hokkanen@lamk.fi | |
Rio de Janeiro Brazil | The VI INSME Association Annual Meeting "SME Innovation: boosting development and growth in times of change" will be coorganized by the SEBRAE, the Brazilian Micro and Small Business Support Service. The event will consist of INSME Board meetings and international conferences.
The topics include Panel 1: National Innovation Frameworks: a comparative analysis, Panel 2: Innovation and Entrepreneur-ship; Panel 3: Innovation Financing; Panel 4: Sustainable Innovation and Innovation for Sustainability; Panel 5: Open Innovation; and Panel 6: Innovation Networks. Visit to industrial sites and technoparks as well as sightseeing are offered as well. Contact: Ms. Simona Marzetti WWW: www.annualmeeting2010.insme.org/ Email: nsmerio2010@insme.it | |
Wroclaw Poland | The 21st Annual Conference of the Polish Business and Innovation Centres Associa-tion will be held in Wroclaw - Szczawno Zdroj – Ksiaz (South West Poland) under the conference topic “Knowledge based entrepreneurship”.
At this event the 15th Anniversary of the Technology Transfer Centre of Wroclaw Technical University will be celebrated. An exhibition of the Science and Technology Parks resident companies will accompany the conference. Contact: Krzysztof Zasiadly WWW: www.sooipp.org.pl Email: zasiadly@hotmail.com | |
Orlando United States | Plans are under way for NBIA’s 2010 International Conference on Business Incubation. Again this will be a top-notch educational program that will address the needs of our diverse audience through preconference workshops, topical sessions and roundtable discussions.
Submit a workshop or session proposal: Consider submitting a workshop or session proposal. The Preconference Institute will feature full- and half-day workshops, while the conference will include sessions, roundtable discussions and forums. Potiential conference participants can tell NBIA what session topics and activities they want to see: http://fluidsurveys.com/surveys/tj/2010-conference-survey/ Contact: David Monkman WWW: http://www.nbia.org/events/RFP/index.php Email: info@nbia.org | |
Dortmund Germany | Celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the Dortmund Technology Incubator and Park will be an importnat part of the ADT Spring Conference 2010. ADT, the Federal Association of Business and Tecnology Incubators itself can look back on more than 20 years of (formal) history. Taking the activity as an informal work group into consdieration ADT is approaching its thirtieth year of operation already.
Contact: Simone Herrmann Email: herrmann@tzdo.de | |
Lappeenranta Finland | The First EU - Russia Innovation Forum will be the first high level Innovation Event between the EU and Russia. It is strongly supported by the Prime Minister of Finland and the key innovation policy makers and actors in the EU and Russia.
The Innovation Forum will focus on four specific themes: - Commercialization of Russian Innovations - The Roadmaps for the EU - Russia Innovation Cooperation for the 2010 - 2013 - Energy Efficiency - Modernization of Russian Industry The Innovation Forum is organized by the City of Lappeenranta, the City of St. Petersburg, Lappeenranta University of Techology (LUT) and European-Russian InnoPartnership. Contact: Ms. Katja Keinänen Email: katja.keinanen@lprinno.fi | |
Minsk Belarus | The International scientific-practical conference TRIIN, 2010 (Inventions. Innovations. Investments.) will bring together academics, business leaders, consultants and other professionals involved in innovation management. The conference format will include facilitated themed sessions for academic and practitioner presentations together with interactive workshops and discussion panels.
Submissions of papers from academics, consultants, managers and funded-project participants on innovation-related topics are welcome and must be sent (in Russian or English) by March, 30th, 2010 G During the conference on exhibition will be held, located in close proximity to the conference room Organizer: The magazine «Science and Innovation» of the National Academy of Sciences, UE «New idea». Contact: Zhanna Komarova WWW: http://innosfera.org/files/anketa_engl.doc Email: info@innosfera.org | |
Novi Sad Serbia | The 3rd International Conference on Entrepreneurship, Innovation & Regional Development – ICEIRD 2010 “Entrepreneurship beyond Crisis - Channeling Changes to Advantage”is organised by the UUniversity of Novi Sad in cooperation with UNESCO Chair in Entrepreneurial Studies &CISCO Entrepreneur Institute, Training Centre Serbia.
ICEIRD 2010 is targeted at policy makers, experts, practitioners, professors, business people and scientists in this subject area and will make a contribution to policy making and new ideas on competitiveness in the region. The key conference areas are Entrepreneurship as a process of identifying opportunities and putting useful ideas into practice; Innovation as the driver of national, regional and global economy; Innovation as the driver of national, regional and global economy; Regional development and the possibilities for closer cooperation between South East European econ-omies. Important deadline: Submission of abstracts: February 15, 2010
Contact: Organization Commitee WWW: www.iceird.org Email: info@iceird.org | |
Riga Latvia | The "Baltic Dynamics" is the annual conference of the business incubation asscoiations in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuanis taking place in turns in one of these contries. For the year 2010 Riga, Latvia is the place to meet. The conference topics are
o Sustainable Development of Innovation Systems o Education and Research as Components of Innovation System o Technology Transfer - Catalyst for Efficient Knowledge Flow f o Instruments to Support Added Value Production o The Role of Cooperation (Associations, Networks, Clusters, etc.) in the Development of Innovation System Additionally pre-conference seminarsa and wordhops will be offered - as well as a SPICE Group Workshop. WWW: http://www.balticdynamics.com Email: info@balticdynamics.com | |
Minnesota United States | The Association of University Research Parks, this year organizes the annual conference in Minnesota, USA: AURP 2010 International Conference - Building the Innovation Engine
Featuring pre-conference intensives and networking opportunities, the conference will focus on research park best practices and new opportunities to grow this emerging sector. Hosted by the University of Minnesota Academic Health Center in one of the country’s emerging life science centers, this conference will draw the brightest minds in innovation to collaborate on the future of research parks. Contact: Victoria Palmer WWW: www.aurp.net Email: vickiepalmer@aurp.net | |
Bautzen Germany | The annual conference of ADT, Germany Federal Asscoiation of Innovation, Technology, and Business Incubation Centers will be held in Bautzen, in South-Eastern Germany. Contact: Karola Kaptur WWW: www.adt-online.de Email: adt@adt-online.de | |
Heidelberg Germany | The ++7th Annual Conference of the Technopolicy Network** will be held in Hiedelberg, Germany. Save the dat. More information to follow Contact: Tanja Pijpaert Email: t.pijpaert@technopolicy.net | |
Perth, Western Australia Australia | The 2010 IASP-ASPA Joint Conference on Science and Technology Parks will be held under the title "The Asia-Pacific Region's Innovation Hot Spots - Opportunities for Sustainable Collaboration" WWW: 2010iasp-aspa@commerce.wa.gov.au Email: aspa@cyber-aspa.org |
Earlier Events of SPICE Group
| 1 | Annual ADT comnference / First ICECE Meeting Berlin, Germany 20 November 1991 | 108 | 10th International Summit of Associations New Delhi, India 20 October 2004 | |
| 67 | Lviv, Ukraine 2 – 5 March 2001 | 109 | 19th International NBIA Conference Baltimore, United States 15 – 18 May 2005 | |
| 68 | Almaty, Kazakhstan 24 – 27 April 2001 | 109 | 11th Global Summit of Business Incubation Associations Baltimore, United States 15 May 2005 | |
| 69 | Chicago, United States 25 – 28 April 2001 | 110 | Regional Innovation and Incubation Capacity Building Workshop Kiev & Bila Tserkva, Ukraine 9 – 11 June 2005 | |
| 70 | Budapest, Hungary 27 – 28 April 2001 | 111 | 111th SPICE Meeting at the BALTIC DYNAMICS 2005 Tallinn, Estonia 23 August 2005 | |
| 71 | Itzehoe, Germany 13 – 16 May 2001 | 112 | 3rd APEC Incubators' Forum DaeGu, South Korea 26 – 28 August 2005 | |
| 72 | 4th Global Summit at the Annual NBIA conference San Jose, California, United States 20 – 24 May 2001 | 113 | Networking of Business Incubators Bratislava, Slovakia 20 – 21 September 2005 | |
| 73 | Bilbao, Spain 11 – 13 June 2001 | 114 | XVIth annual conference of PBICA Belchatuw, Poland 22 – 24 September 2005 | |
| 74 | Tallinn, Estonia 16 – 19 June 2001 | 115 | KOBIA-SPICE Leqdership Program Birmingham, United Kingdom 26 – 27 October 2005 | |
| 75 | Riga, Latvia 14 – 16 September 2001 | 116 | Business Incubation and Innovation Support Yerevan, Armenia 4 – 5 November 2005 | |
| 76 | Bucharest, Romania 23 – 24 September 2001 | 117 | 12th Global Summit at the 7th Annual UKBI Conference "Future Success" - Sheffield, United Kingdom 27 – 29 November 2005 | |
| 77 | Lviv, Ukraine 27 – 29 September 2001 | 118 | Regional Innovation and Incubation Capacity Building Workshop Casablanca, 31 January – 3February 2006 | |
| 78 | Poznan / Kiekrz, Poland 11 – 14 October 2001 | 119 | VI. Innovation Salon Moscow, Russia 5 – 9 February 2006 | |
| 79 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 23 – 26 October 2001 | 120 | 13th Global Summit at the NBIA conference "Cultivating the Seeds of Innovation" St. Louis, United States 30 April – 3May 2006 | |
| 80 | Kiev, Ukraine 16 – 18 November 2001 | 121 | Asia Pacific Forum on Innovation and Incubation Shanghai, China 17 – 19 May 2006 | |
| 81 | Vincovci, Croatia 22 – 24 November 2001 | 122 | BALTIC DYNAMICS‘ 06 Vilnius, Lithuania 24 – 26 May 2006 | |
| 82 | Tallinn / Tartu, Estonia 21 February – 23 2002 | 123 | Special SPICE Workshop and PBICA Conference Poznan, Poland 26 – 27 October 2006 | |
| 83 | Bratislava, Slovakia 11 March 2002 | 124 | Second Global Forum on Business Incubation Hyderabad, India 5 – 10 November 2006 | |
| 84 | Paris, France 21 – 23 March 2002 | 124 | 14th Global Summit of Business Incubation Associations Hyderabad, India 11 November 2006 | |
| 85 | IASP Conference Toronto, Canada 28 April – 1May 2002 | 125 | Best Practices in Science Based Incubators Copenhagen, Denmark 7 – 8 December 2006 | |
| 85 | 5th International Summit of Business Incubation Associations Toronto, Canada 28 April 2002 | 126 | 10th AABI Assembly Auckland, New Zealand 12 – 15 March 2007 | |
| 86 | Prague, Czech Republic 6 – 9 June 2002 | 127 | 21st NBIA conference Seattle, United States 1 – 4 April 2007 | |
| 87 | Tallinn, Estonia 9 – 11 June 2002 | 127 | 15th Global Summit at the 21st Annual NBIA conference Seattle, United States 1 – 4 April 2007 | |
| 88 | Madeira, Portugal 24 June – 26July 2002 | 128 | 16th Global Summit at the BALTIC DYNAMICS 2007 Riga, Latvia 12 – 14 September 2007 | |
| 89 | Shymkent, Kazakhstan 10 – 15 September 2002 | 129 | Advancing Innovation ECA 2007 Yerevan, Armenia 17 – 20 September 2007 | |
| 90 | Kiev, Ukraine 25 – 28 September 2002 | 130 | 17th Global Summit of Business Incubation Associations Shanghai, China 23 September 2007 | |
| 91 | Mierzecin, Poland 9 – 12 October 2002 | 131 | Shaping the Future through Innovation Bahrain, Bahrain 21 – 24 October 2007 | |
| 92 | Tartu, Estonia 10 – 12 October 2002 | 132 | Forum on Developing and Supporting ICT Based Entreprenurship Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 21 – 24 November 2007 | |
| 93 | 6th International Summit at the Annual ADT conference Dortmund, Germany 17 – 18 November 2002 | 133 | BI 9: Innovation and Entrepreneurship - The Global Challenge Brighton, United Kingdom 28 – 30 November 2007 | |
| 94 | The Hague, Netherlands 5 – 6 December 2002 | 134 | 18th Global Summit of Business Incubation Assoications San Antonio, Texas, United States 4 May 2008 | |
| 95 | BALTIC DYNAMICS '03 Vilnius, Lithuania 15 – 17 May 2003 | 135 | First Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship Skopje, Macedonia 8 – 10 May 2008 | |
| 96 | 7th International Summit at the NBIA Conference in Richmond Virginia, United States 18 – 21 May 2003 | 136 | Promoting Innovation and Entrepreneurship effectively through Business Incubation Bangkok, Thailand 27 – 29 July 2008 | |
| 97 | IASP Conference Lisbon, Portugal 1 – 4 June 2003 | 137 | 19th Global Summit at the 20th Annual ADT conference Berlin, Germany 21 – 23 September 2008 | |
| 98 | 20 years of business incubators in Germany Berlin, Germany 28 September – 1October 2003 | 138 | 7th MENAinc Workshop Ifrane, Morocco 29 – 30 October 2008 | |
| 99 | Business and Innovation Centers within Programs of the European Community Kalisz, Poland 10 – 13 October 2003 | 139 | Best Science Based Incubators Paris, France 11 – 12 December 2008 | |
| 100 | 8th International Summit Kitakyushu, Japan 14 November 2003 | 140 | International Incubator Conference Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 16 – 17 March 2009 | |
| 101 | New Zealand Business Incubation Summit Christchurch, New Zealand 10 – 11 March 2004 | 141 | Women Business Incubation Workshop Bishkek-Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan 9 – 16 April 2009 | |
| 102 | Three Country Association Meeting Tgerwilen, Switzerland 2 – 4 April 2004 | 142 | 20th Global Summit at the NBIA International Conference 2009 Kansas City, Missouri, United States 19 – 22 April 2009 | |
| 103 | 5th International UBICA Conference Kiev, Ukraine 23 – 25 April 2004 | 143 | 20th Annual Conference of PBICA Gdynia, Poland 14 – 16 May 2009 | |
| 104 | 9th International Summit of Business Incubation Associations Atlanta, Georgia, United States 25 April 2004 | 144 | St. Petersburg SPICE Meting St. Petersburg, Russia 6 – 8 July 2009 | |
| 105 | Country Gateways Global Network Meeting Bonn, Germany 25 – 28 June 2004 | 145 | 2nd International Business Extreme Forum: Innovation. Personality, Growth Petrozavodsk, Karelia, Russia 9 – 11 July 2009 | |
| 106 | BALTIC DYNAMICS 2004 Riga, Latvia 9 – 12 September 2004 | 146 | Baltic Dynamics 2009 Vilnius, Lithuania 30 September – 3October 2009 | |
| 107 | Annual Conference of PBICA Mielec region, Poland 14 – 16 October 2004 | 147 | 3rd infoDev Global Business Incubation Forum Florianopolis, Brazil 26 – 30 October 2009 | |
| 108 | infoDev Global Incubation Symposium New Delhi, India 14 – 19 October 2004 |