Friday, November 23, 2012

Can EU = Entrepreneurship Union?

New approaches to promoting entrepreneurship in Europe
Can EU = Entrepreneurship Union?
A conference by the Science|Business Innovation Board

3 December 2012, 14:00-15:30, Mission of Norway to the EU, Rue Archimede 17, Brussels It's a fact: ambitious entrepreneurs have a harder time in Europe than in some other parts of the world – but things are changing. How can the EU help to get more technology start-ups moving?

Join us to hear about the EU's new, €2.5 billion support programme for small companies, government procurement, university incubators and other new approaches to entrepreneurship in the works in Brussels.
Click here to register to attend
* Antti Peltomäki
Deputy Director-General, DG Enterprise and Industry, European Commission
* Tore Land
Director, Ecomagination EMEA, GE
* Malcolm Harbour
MEP; Chairman of the Committee on Internal Markets and Consumer Protection, European Parliament
* Edward Astle
Pro Rector (Enterprise), Imperial College London
* Tuula Teeri
President, Aalto University
* Daniela Couto
CEO, Cell2B and 2011 finalist in the Science|Business Innovation Board's ACES Awards
Topics for discussion:
  • The new Programme for the Competitiveness of Enterprises and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (COSME) with a planned budget of €2.5bn
  • The impact of public procurement on innovation
  • University entrepreneurship incubators
In cooperation with and hosted
by the Mission of Norway to the EU
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Please visit the event website to find out more or contact Science|Business for more information at events@sciencebusiness.net or call
+32 2304 7577

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