KIS Partnering Forum in Brussels features and awards innovative KIS companies
More than 150 participants from all over Europe attended The KIS Partnering Forum on 19 February in Brussels, which highlighted the current innovative companies in knowledge intensive services in Europe.
The 1-day meeting, hosted by European Commission (DG Enterprise) under the KIS-IP initiative was the first in a series of three annual events that aim at facilitating networking and partnership between policy makers, contacts from academia, industry and investment and SMEs from specific KIS fields.
Members from all over Europe presented their KIS companies in front of an expert panel of investors, innovation specialists and industrial stakeholders. The final result was the announced winners of the KIS Contest.
Within the Forum, the second KIS 100 Club session also took place gathering the Club members from many European countries to share experiences and foster partnership opportunities within KIS driven sectors.
KISPLATFORM
- KIS4SAT - downstream satellite applications
- ACHIEVE MORE - ICT/software
- KIS-PIMS - Renewable Energy technologies
The KISPLATFORM fosters technological and non technological innovation in services whilst taking into account the dynamic interconnections between research, skills, entrepreneurship, finance and clusters and addressing the needs of high growth ventures active in KIS
The platform provides horizontal support services via online tools, informative resources and European KIS contests that aim to identify top European KIS SMEs as well as creating a dynamic community for mutual learning and exchange of practical experience.
By delivering a service package (communication platform, dissemination, marketing tools) to high growth ventures active in the 3 specific sectors, the overall goal is to open doors to valuable partnerships and to foster faster growth. In particular, KISPLATFORM will:
- Establish and further promote a European Repository of knowledge and better practices on technological and organisational/business model innovation in services
- Develop a handbook on the facilitation of organisational innovation in services
- Create the "Club of 100" - a pan-European business community of 100 leading young innovative KIS companies with high growth potential
- Organise annual European KIS Contests as well as present European innovation/service awards
- Offer an online platform that serves as means for active interaction among KIS players and the investor audience
KISPLATFORM, which initiated in February 2008 and has duration of 3 years, also addresses future KIS sector initiatives which are planned to be launched in the future under the Europe Innova programme. The initiative combines the competences of Europe Unlimited - project coordinator serving as the largest network of Europe's pioneering entrepreneurial businesses, active in all major innovative sectors, INNOVA Europe - one of the leading private European consultancy groups in innovation and Cybion Srl - Italian company specialising in business and competitive intelligence on the Internet.
Stay updated with all KIS relevant information and results here at KISPLATFORM.
To learn more about the specific sector projects, please consult their webpages. For more information on KISPLATFORM, please contact us here
