In this issue: IQ — What is happening in the Middle East? Lebanon: an overview of Berytech visited within the BICBIC program by Al Urdonia Lil Ebda, Jordan. Palestine: the next year supporting the Palestinian ICT Incubator in Ramallah. QI — First feedback on the 2011 Quality process. QS — EC-BICs Experts on line: soon to come the “Ask the expert of the month” feature. QO — Showcase your BICs and your start-ups in the DIGIBIC Awards.
The CIP’s measures for SMEs- the support for a sustainable growthimpulse.brussels
The European Competitiveness and Innovation Programme (CIP) provides three kind of tailor-made measures adapted to SMEs' needs, whatever their activity sectors are.
1.This programme contains several funding schemes supporting market-oriented, sustainable and eco-innovative products, process and services.
2.The CIP also proposes financial tools to reduce the risk for the start-up or to expand the innovative businesses
3. It promotes the internationalisation of SMEs, with the Enterprise Europe Network services portfolios.
The Vigo Programme is a new type of acceleration program in Finland designed to complement the existing innovation ecosystem. It assigns independent accelerator companies to provide support, experience, and financing to high-potential Finnish startups. The key objectives are to help startups grow into successful companies, ensure early funding, increase company value, and attract venture capital investments. Selected accelerators invest both money and time into portfolio companies and play a strategic role in operations and development. Initial results show over 40 startups funded over 70 million euro, including international investments, and hundreds of new jobs created. The program aims to further strengthen deal flows, international networks, and early stage financing to make Helsinki a leading European accelerator hub.
Prepared for the Australian Innovation Festival 2010, this event explores the issues raised by the Auditor General of Victoria, Australia. It discusses the key issues in the management of IP in Government
Presenting Flanders ICT Research & Venturing organisation by Wim De WaeleCONFENIS 2012
1) IBBT is an independent ICT research organization founded by the Flemish government in 2004 with over 1000 researchers across 5 universities working on 250+ projects with 700+ industry partners.
2) IBBT aims to add economic and social value through excellent research and human capital development in ICT, with programs to support entrepreneurship including an incubator program that has led to 35 startups.
3) IBBT research focuses on key areas like eHealth, with living labs to codevelop new care processes and products through cooperation across sectors.
World's First Blockchain Social Stock Exchange (BSSE) with multiple framework...Johnny Moi
The world's first Blockchain Social Stock Exchange (BSSE) with Strategic, Technology, Scriptural, AI & Blockchain, Digital, and Global Standards frameworks among others by Johnny Moi.
The document discusses the Croatian ICT Cluster Initiative, which aims to increase competitiveness in Croatia's ICT industry through cluster formation. It provides background on ICT clusters in Croatia, including early unsuccessful attempts. The Initiative promotes establishing regional ICT clusters linked through a national association. The goals are to foster innovation, penetrate new markets, and develop human and technical capacities. Success requires partnerships with regional development agencies, universities, and institutional support from donors and Croatia's Ministry of the Economy. The Initiative provides a proven model for linking Croatia's knowledge-intensive ICT sector through regional and national cooperation.
Invest Europe - Handbook of Professional Standards [2018]Muz Sayeed
A comprehensive and up-to-date set of standards and guidelines for the private equity industry. Includes the Invest Europe Code of Conduct and Investor Reporting Guidelines.
The CIP’s measures for SMEs- the support for a sustainable growthimpulse.brussels
The European Competitiveness and Innovation Programme (CIP) provides three kind of tailor-made measures adapted to SMEs' needs, whatever their activity sectors are.
1.This programme contains several funding schemes supporting market-oriented, sustainable and eco-innovative products, process and services.
2.The CIP also proposes financial tools to reduce the risk for the start-up or to expand the innovative businesses
3. It promotes the internationalisation of SMEs, with the Enterprise Europe Network services portfolios.
The Vigo Programme is a new type of acceleration program in Finland designed to complement the existing innovation ecosystem. It assigns independent accelerator companies to provide support, experience, and financing to high-potential Finnish startups. The key objectives are to help startups grow into successful companies, ensure early funding, increase company value, and attract venture capital investments. Selected accelerators invest both money and time into portfolio companies and play a strategic role in operations and development. Initial results show over 40 startups funded over 70 million euro, including international investments, and hundreds of new jobs created. The program aims to further strengthen deal flows, international networks, and early stage financing to make Helsinki a leading European accelerator hub.
Prepared for the Australian Innovation Festival 2010, this event explores the issues raised by the Auditor General of Victoria, Australia. It discusses the key issues in the management of IP in Government
Presenting Flanders ICT Research & Venturing organisation by Wim De WaeleCONFENIS 2012
1) IBBT is an independent ICT research organization founded by the Flemish government in 2004 with over 1000 researchers across 5 universities working on 250+ projects with 700+ industry partners.
2) IBBT aims to add economic and social value through excellent research and human capital development in ICT, with programs to support entrepreneurship including an incubator program that has led to 35 startups.
3) IBBT research focuses on key areas like eHealth, with living labs to codevelop new care processes and products through cooperation across sectors.
World's First Blockchain Social Stock Exchange (BSSE) with multiple framework...Johnny Moi
The world's first Blockchain Social Stock Exchange (BSSE) with Strategic, Technology, Scriptural, AI & Blockchain, Digital, and Global Standards frameworks among others by Johnny Moi.
The document discusses the Croatian ICT Cluster Initiative, which aims to increase competitiveness in Croatia's ICT industry through cluster formation. It provides background on ICT clusters in Croatia, including early unsuccessful attempts. The Initiative promotes establishing regional ICT clusters linked through a national association. The goals are to foster innovation, penetrate new markets, and develop human and technical capacities. Success requires partnerships with regional development agencies, universities, and institutional support from donors and Croatia's Ministry of the Economy. The Initiative provides a proven model for linking Croatia's knowledge-intensive ICT sector through regional and national cooperation.
Invest Europe - Handbook of Professional Standards [2018]Muz Sayeed
A comprehensive and up-to-date set of standards and guidelines for the private equity industry. Includes the Invest Europe Code of Conduct and Investor Reporting Guidelines.
China Technology Exchange (CTEX) was founded in 2009 to focus on technology exchange and innovation services. It is the only national organization approved by China's central government for this purpose. CTEX operates technology transfer platforms, provides financing services, runs a membership network, and offers training in areas like pharmaceutics, ICT, and environment protection. It has over 400 domestic members and 7,600 international partners spread across 66 countries. CTEX facilitates international technology transfer deals between Chinese and foreign organizations through matchmaking, consulting, and case studies.
Knowledge & technology transfer in public support programmesinosfera
CzechInvest supports foreign direct investment, local companies, and business development programs. It has approved over 1,798 projects since 1993, creating over 228,380 new jobs and $27.8 billion in total investment. CzechInvest works with government ministries and agencies to provide funding and incentives for research and development programs and technology transfer between public institutions and private enterprises. Key programs support industrial R&D, innovation, commercialization of new technologies, international cooperation, and development of startups and SMEs. EU structural funds for 2007-2013 also support these activities through operational programs managed by CzechInvest and other agencies.
1. The document discusses steps for Hong Kong to become a knowledge-based economy in line with an APEC leaders' statement, including leveraging its advantages as a bridge between China and the West.
2. It argues Hong Kong needs to do more to encourage innovation and IP utilization at the enterprise level, including demonstrating IP management tools and raising awareness of opportunities.
3. The document proposes promoting Intellectual Capital Management to help enterprises identify revenue opportunities from existing knowledge and minimize risks to their intellectual assets.
This document discusses defining and assessing key business innovation support organizations (BISOs) in Serbia. It identifies over 60 potential BISOs in Serbia, including technology transfer offices, business incubators, innovation centers, science and technology parks, and clusters. The document outlines a framework for assessing the capacity of these organizations based on their type, services provided, level of functionality, innovation focus, and sector focus. It also maps the provision of innovation support services across organizations and discusses developing functional linkages and networks between organizations. The next step will be to conduct a supply-side assessment of BISOs using a questionnaire to evaluate their delivery of 13 specialist support services.
The document summarizes an entrepreneurial and technology-based venture competition hosted by ISCTE-IUL in partnership with MIT and MIT Portugal. The competition aims to identify early-stage projects with global potential, connect innovators to investors, and foster an entrepreneurial culture. It focuses on startups under 5 years old and less than 2.5 million Euros in funding across four technology tracks. The multi-stage process includes application, semi-finalist selection, coaching, track finals, and a grand finale. Past competitions have involved entries from Portugal, Spain, France, UK, Canada and USA.
Punjab InfoTech is developing several IT parks and infrastructure projects across Punjab to promote IT investment and job growth. This includes expanding existing parks like the IT park in Mohali and developing new parks in Kapurthala, Railmajra, Mohali sector 67, and a proposed knowledge industry park in Saneta. Punjab InfoTech is also working with private partners to develop major projects like the Quark IT SEZ, a 51 acre development expected to generate over 120,000 jobs. The goal is to position Punjab as a top destination for IT investors through world-class infrastructure, links to education and skills training, and supportive policies.
Building Global Innovators (BGI) is a global accelerator program based in Lisbon, Portugal and Cambridge, MA that focuses on supporting startups and spin-outs working on innovative technologies. It has supported over 100 ventures over 5 cohorts, providing over 1,150 hours of mentoring per cohort. Ventures receive support for up to 5 years after graduating. BGI aims to help ventures commercialize their technologies and attract funding, with over €27 million raised collectively by ventures to date. The accelerator selects 20 companies annually to participate in its program which includes bootcamps, mentoring, and connections to investors.
#ISVwebinars n° 1: Smart&Start Italia - Daniela Patuzziitaliastartupvisa
Slides presented during #ISVwebinar n°1, 12 September 2016.
Content: Smart&Start Italia, the financing initiative for innovative startups managed by Invitalia. Rules of the programme and key data on applicants
Legal structures for businesses can take many forms depending on factors like financing needs, size, and desired control. Small groups were tasked with designing fact sheets on different legal structure types including sole traders, partnerships, private and public limited companies, and non-profits. Each fact sheet was to define the structure, provide a business example, and discuss advantages and disadvantages in a single A4 sheet formatted neatly for future revision.
The document provides links to YouTube videos and a Twitter account related to advertising and social media networks. Specifically, it lists URLs for 3 YouTube videos and a Twitter handle @BMCpublicidade1, suggesting the content is related to promoting brands or advertising on social networks. The YouTube video titles and dates are not provided, so the overall topic or purpose cannot be determined from the limited information given.
This document provides an overview of the infrastructure of the information super highway. It discusses how the internet is a collection of networks connected through various means such as domain name servers, network access points, backbones, and protocols. It describes how internet service providers (ISPs) connect computers to the internet and how large communications companies provide wholesale connections between ISPs. The document also discusses concepts like routers, which determine where to send information, and network access points, which allow different networks to interconnect.
The key successes of incubators in developed countries comparative studyAlexander Decker
This document summarizes key findings from a study comparing business incubators in the United States. The study examined five dimensions: services provided by incubators, strategic goals, sponsors, age, and focus. Interviews with two incubators in New Jersey and New York found that they provide similar tangible and intangible services to client firms and have goals of job creation and technology commercialization. Both incubators are older, well-established programs sponsored by government. Overall, the incubators demonstrated success in supporting economic growth and technology transfer through their activities and services.
Research on entrepreneruship and innovation support_entitiesTarek Salah
This document profiles a study of selected governmental and non-profit innovation and entrepreneurship support entities from around the world, providing an overview of each to help inform the strategy and operations of Egypt's Technological Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center. It includes profiles of 16 different organizations from countries such as Malaysia, Ireland, Singapore, the UK, Sweden, India, and others, providing details on their mission, programs and services, funding sources, and other relevant information. The research was conducted by a team from Egypt's Innovation Support Department to identify best practices and lessons learned from international examples.
QTube is a new product from Quantel that enables global broadcast workflows by providing instant access to live assets and frame accurate editing from anywhere over the internet. QTube uses technologies like Microsoft SMB2, Silverlight, and IIS Smooth Streaming combined with Quantel's file virtualization and media management to deliver live and proxy media streams to remote users. This allows users to view, log, select, and edit content from other locations as if they were on a local network. QTube is expected to be delivered in Q2 2011 and will work with Quantel's Enterprise sQ production system.
The document provides information about tools that will be showcased at the 1st EBN Tools Exchange Forum in Berlin from November 28-29, 2011. It summarizes 6 tools:
1) The Pandora Risk Management Tool which helps prevent undisclosed risks from threatening companies.
2) The StartupWheel which is a visual toolbox for start-up decision making and planning.
3) The IBCS incubator management software which helps manage innovation/business centers.
4) The Innovation Zone which aims to improve collaboration through open information access.
5) Innocall which is an internet-based tool for managing business centers and incoming calls.
6) The Benchmarking Tool which allows
This issue of the European BIC Network's quality eMag discusses innovation and quality at Trentino Sviluppo, an Italian business and innovation center (BIC). It provides details on Trentino Sviluppo's history, services, facilities, and programs to support technology transfer and startup companies. It also introduces the EBN's new Soft Landing initiative to help BIC client companies establish international sales presences. Finally, it reminds readers about the upcoming EC-BIC questionnaire and welcomes new full members to the EBN.
This document provides statistics about Business Innovation Centers (BICs) in the United Kingdom and compares them to BICs across the European BIC Network in 2010. Some key findings:
- 11 BICs were operating in the UK, representing 72.3% of potential participants in the survey.
- In the UK, 37.5% of BICs were hosted in existing organizations, while 62.5% were new entities. Across the network, the percentages were 36.7% and 63.3% respectively.
- The majority (66.7%) of UK BICs had a legal identity as a public body under special law, compared to 34% across the network.
Stereo3D Post Production - Five Tips For A Great ResultQuantel
1. Stereo 3D post production requires powerful systems that can handle double the data load of two hi-res video streams simultaneously while providing random access to any frame. Quantel systems are well-suited for this demanding work.
2. Good stereo 3D depends on quality shooting - post production cannot fix problems created in production. The director of photography and camera operators must have experience shooting stereo 3D.
3. A depth budget limits the parallax, or sense of depth, for viewer comfort and to avoid eye strain. Keeping the stereo images within this budget is important.
An Integrated Asset Management Solution For Quantel sQ ServersQuantel
Mission is an asset management system designed for Quantel's sQ servers. It provides tools for ingesting, managing, and archiving video and file-based media assets. Key features include scheduled recording, file-based ingest with transcoding, search and retrieval of online and archived assets, and output to multiple destinations. Mission is scalable and modular, allowing customers to select the workflows they need. It integrates tightly with Quantel's systems through interfaces that synchronize metadata and media.
This document provides statistics about Business Innovation Centers (BICs) in Spain in 2010, benchmarked against data for the European BIC Network. It finds that 96.4% of Spanish BICs participated in the survey. Most Spanish BICs (85.2%) are hosted within existing organizations, compared to 63.3% across the network. The majority of Spanish BICs have a legal identity as an association (30%) or foundation (26%), while most network BICs are associations (29.8%) or public bodies (9.7%). Spanish BIC ownership is mostly public, with public shareholders making up 71.4% of the total, compared to 67.5% across the network
Genetic Engineering - Teamworking Infrastructure For Post And DIQuantel
This white paper discusses a new teamworking infrastructure called Genetic Engineering from Quantel that aims to improve collaboration in post-production and digital intermediate workflows. It addresses limitations of current file-based and shared storage approaches, such as inefficient use of disk space and lack of support for different formats across applications. Genetic Engineering builds on Quantel's direct-attach storage technology to provide high-performance, fault-tolerant access to media without copying for editing. It also includes media management that tracks relationships at the frame-level to enable more efficient storage usage and collaborative workflows across multiple systems.
The document provides statistics on Business Innovation Centers (BICs) in Italy and compares them to BICs across the European BIC Network in 2010. Some key figures: There were 20 Italian BICs participating in the survey out of a total of 148 potential participants across the network. Italian BICs organized 390 events promoting entrepreneurship that were attended by over 16,800 people and provided 167 training events for new and existing SMEs attended by over 3,200 people. The majority of both Italian and network BICs receive public funding and focus on supporting local SMEs and innovation.
China Technology Exchange (CTEX) was founded in 2009 to focus on technology exchange and innovation services. It is the only national organization approved by China's central government for this purpose. CTEX operates technology transfer platforms, provides financing services, runs a membership network, and offers training in areas like pharmaceutics, ICT, and environment protection. It has over 400 domestic members and 7,600 international partners spread across 66 countries. CTEX facilitates international technology transfer deals between Chinese and foreign organizations through matchmaking, consulting, and case studies.
Knowledge & technology transfer in public support programmesinosfera
CzechInvest supports foreign direct investment, local companies, and business development programs. It has approved over 1,798 projects since 1993, creating over 228,380 new jobs and $27.8 billion in total investment. CzechInvest works with government ministries and agencies to provide funding and incentives for research and development programs and technology transfer between public institutions and private enterprises. Key programs support industrial R&D, innovation, commercialization of new technologies, international cooperation, and development of startups and SMEs. EU structural funds for 2007-2013 also support these activities through operational programs managed by CzechInvest and other agencies.
1. The document discusses steps for Hong Kong to become a knowledge-based economy in line with an APEC leaders' statement, including leveraging its advantages as a bridge between China and the West.
2. It argues Hong Kong needs to do more to encourage innovation and IP utilization at the enterprise level, including demonstrating IP management tools and raising awareness of opportunities.
3. The document proposes promoting Intellectual Capital Management to help enterprises identify revenue opportunities from existing knowledge and minimize risks to their intellectual assets.
This document discusses defining and assessing key business innovation support organizations (BISOs) in Serbia. It identifies over 60 potential BISOs in Serbia, including technology transfer offices, business incubators, innovation centers, science and technology parks, and clusters. The document outlines a framework for assessing the capacity of these organizations based on their type, services provided, level of functionality, innovation focus, and sector focus. It also maps the provision of innovation support services across organizations and discusses developing functional linkages and networks between organizations. The next step will be to conduct a supply-side assessment of BISOs using a questionnaire to evaluate their delivery of 13 specialist support services.
The document summarizes an entrepreneurial and technology-based venture competition hosted by ISCTE-IUL in partnership with MIT and MIT Portugal. The competition aims to identify early-stage projects with global potential, connect innovators to investors, and foster an entrepreneurial culture. It focuses on startups under 5 years old and less than 2.5 million Euros in funding across four technology tracks. The multi-stage process includes application, semi-finalist selection, coaching, track finals, and a grand finale. Past competitions have involved entries from Portugal, Spain, France, UK, Canada and USA.
Punjab InfoTech is developing several IT parks and infrastructure projects across Punjab to promote IT investment and job growth. This includes expanding existing parks like the IT park in Mohali and developing new parks in Kapurthala, Railmajra, Mohali sector 67, and a proposed knowledge industry park in Saneta. Punjab InfoTech is also working with private partners to develop major projects like the Quark IT SEZ, a 51 acre development expected to generate over 120,000 jobs. The goal is to position Punjab as a top destination for IT investors through world-class infrastructure, links to education and skills training, and supportive policies.
Building Global Innovators (BGI) is a global accelerator program based in Lisbon, Portugal and Cambridge, MA that focuses on supporting startups and spin-outs working on innovative technologies. It has supported over 100 ventures over 5 cohorts, providing over 1,150 hours of mentoring per cohort. Ventures receive support for up to 5 years after graduating. BGI aims to help ventures commercialize their technologies and attract funding, with over €27 million raised collectively by ventures to date. The accelerator selects 20 companies annually to participate in its program which includes bootcamps, mentoring, and connections to investors.
#ISVwebinars n° 1: Smart&Start Italia - Daniela Patuzziitaliastartupvisa
Slides presented during #ISVwebinar n°1, 12 September 2016.
Content: Smart&Start Italia, the financing initiative for innovative startups managed by Invitalia. Rules of the programme and key data on applicants
Legal structures for businesses can take many forms depending on factors like financing needs, size, and desired control. Small groups were tasked with designing fact sheets on different legal structure types including sole traders, partnerships, private and public limited companies, and non-profits. Each fact sheet was to define the structure, provide a business example, and discuss advantages and disadvantages in a single A4 sheet formatted neatly for future revision.
The document provides links to YouTube videos and a Twitter account related to advertising and social media networks. Specifically, it lists URLs for 3 YouTube videos and a Twitter handle @BMCpublicidade1, suggesting the content is related to promoting brands or advertising on social networks. The YouTube video titles and dates are not provided, so the overall topic or purpose cannot be determined from the limited information given.
This document provides an overview of the infrastructure of the information super highway. It discusses how the internet is a collection of networks connected through various means such as domain name servers, network access points, backbones, and protocols. It describes how internet service providers (ISPs) connect computers to the internet and how large communications companies provide wholesale connections between ISPs. The document also discusses concepts like routers, which determine where to send information, and network access points, which allow different networks to interconnect.
The key successes of incubators in developed countries comparative studyAlexander Decker
This document summarizes key findings from a study comparing business incubators in the United States. The study examined five dimensions: services provided by incubators, strategic goals, sponsors, age, and focus. Interviews with two incubators in New Jersey and New York found that they provide similar tangible and intangible services to client firms and have goals of job creation and technology commercialization. Both incubators are older, well-established programs sponsored by government. Overall, the incubators demonstrated success in supporting economic growth and technology transfer through their activities and services.
Research on entrepreneruship and innovation support_entitiesTarek Salah
This document profiles a study of selected governmental and non-profit innovation and entrepreneurship support entities from around the world, providing an overview of each to help inform the strategy and operations of Egypt's Technological Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center. It includes profiles of 16 different organizations from countries such as Malaysia, Ireland, Singapore, the UK, Sweden, India, and others, providing details on their mission, programs and services, funding sources, and other relevant information. The research was conducted by a team from Egypt's Innovation Support Department to identify best practices and lessons learned from international examples.
QTube is a new product from Quantel that enables global broadcast workflows by providing instant access to live assets and frame accurate editing from anywhere over the internet. QTube uses technologies like Microsoft SMB2, Silverlight, and IIS Smooth Streaming combined with Quantel's file virtualization and media management to deliver live and proxy media streams to remote users. This allows users to view, log, select, and edit content from other locations as if they were on a local network. QTube is expected to be delivered in Q2 2011 and will work with Quantel's Enterprise sQ production system.
The document provides information about tools that will be showcased at the 1st EBN Tools Exchange Forum in Berlin from November 28-29, 2011. It summarizes 6 tools:
1) The Pandora Risk Management Tool which helps prevent undisclosed risks from threatening companies.
2) The StartupWheel which is a visual toolbox for start-up decision making and planning.
3) The IBCS incubator management software which helps manage innovation/business centers.
4) The Innovation Zone which aims to improve collaboration through open information access.
5) Innocall which is an internet-based tool for managing business centers and incoming calls.
6) The Benchmarking Tool which allows
This issue of the European BIC Network's quality eMag discusses innovation and quality at Trentino Sviluppo, an Italian business and innovation center (BIC). It provides details on Trentino Sviluppo's history, services, facilities, and programs to support technology transfer and startup companies. It also introduces the EBN's new Soft Landing initiative to help BIC client companies establish international sales presences. Finally, it reminds readers about the upcoming EC-BIC questionnaire and welcomes new full members to the EBN.
This document provides statistics about Business Innovation Centers (BICs) in the United Kingdom and compares them to BICs across the European BIC Network in 2010. Some key findings:
- 11 BICs were operating in the UK, representing 72.3% of potential participants in the survey.
- In the UK, 37.5% of BICs were hosted in existing organizations, while 62.5% were new entities. Across the network, the percentages were 36.7% and 63.3% respectively.
- The majority (66.7%) of UK BICs had a legal identity as a public body under special law, compared to 34% across the network.
Stereo3D Post Production - Five Tips For A Great ResultQuantel
1. Stereo 3D post production requires powerful systems that can handle double the data load of two hi-res video streams simultaneously while providing random access to any frame. Quantel systems are well-suited for this demanding work.
2. Good stereo 3D depends on quality shooting - post production cannot fix problems created in production. The director of photography and camera operators must have experience shooting stereo 3D.
3. A depth budget limits the parallax, or sense of depth, for viewer comfort and to avoid eye strain. Keeping the stereo images within this budget is important.
An Integrated Asset Management Solution For Quantel sQ ServersQuantel
Mission is an asset management system designed for Quantel's sQ servers. It provides tools for ingesting, managing, and archiving video and file-based media assets. Key features include scheduled recording, file-based ingest with transcoding, search and retrieval of online and archived assets, and output to multiple destinations. Mission is scalable and modular, allowing customers to select the workflows they need. It integrates tightly with Quantel's systems through interfaces that synchronize metadata and media.
This document provides statistics about Business Innovation Centers (BICs) in Spain in 2010, benchmarked against data for the European BIC Network. It finds that 96.4% of Spanish BICs participated in the survey. Most Spanish BICs (85.2%) are hosted within existing organizations, compared to 63.3% across the network. The majority of Spanish BICs have a legal identity as an association (30%) or foundation (26%), while most network BICs are associations (29.8%) or public bodies (9.7%). Spanish BIC ownership is mostly public, with public shareholders making up 71.4% of the total, compared to 67.5% across the network
Genetic Engineering - Teamworking Infrastructure For Post And DIQuantel
This white paper discusses a new teamworking infrastructure called Genetic Engineering from Quantel that aims to improve collaboration in post-production and digital intermediate workflows. It addresses limitations of current file-based and shared storage approaches, such as inefficient use of disk space and lack of support for different formats across applications. Genetic Engineering builds on Quantel's direct-attach storage technology to provide high-performance, fault-tolerant access to media without copying for editing. It also includes media management that tracks relationships at the frame-level to enable more efficient storage usage and collaborative workflows across multiple systems.
The document provides statistics on Business Innovation Centers (BICs) in Italy and compares them to BICs across the European BIC Network in 2010. Some key figures: There were 20 Italian BICs participating in the survey out of a total of 148 potential participants across the network. Italian BICs organized 390 events promoting entrepreneurship that were attended by over 16,800 people and provided 167 training events for new and existing SMEs attended by over 3,200 people. The majority of both Italian and network BICs receive public funding and focus on supporting local SMEs and innovation.
The document summarizes interviews with three BIC directors - Luigi Campitelli of BIC Lazio in Italy, Joe Greaney of WestBIC in Ireland, and Pascal Hurel of Synergia in France - about their BICs' approaches to supporting internationalization, strategic alliances, financing, tools and best practices. Key points addressed include the importance of international cooperation from an early stage, facilitating partnerships between stakeholders, developing local networks of support organizations, and adapting services to local needs while sharing transferable tools and models. The directors provide examples of initiatives their BICs have created, such as business angel networks, startup competitions, and thematic incubators.
Digital Production Enables 'Tagesschau' To Go MultimediaQuantel
The document discusses ARD, a German television broadcaster, switching its news production to a fully digital workflow powered by Quantel's sQ server technology. This transition enabled ARD to create additional multimedia news products for different platforms. It allowed journalists to edit footage themselves, significantly accelerating the news production process. The successful integration of Quantel's system with ARD's existing Open Media newsroom system provided a leading digital news solution and positioned ARD as an innovator among European broadcasters.
Quantel delivers solutions for news, sports, post-production and film industries that require collaborative workflows. A solution for high-end film and post would involve conforming, grading, effects and compositing of up to 4K uncompressed media files using a shared storage system. However, a large SAN alone does not provide an ideal solution due to potential issues like insufficient guaranteed performance, inefficient use of storage, incompatibility between applications, and the need to make multiple copies of files. An ideal infrastructure would provide deterministic high performance for multiple clients even at 4K resolutions without these drawbacks.
Finishing 'Avatar' With Pablo - Modern VideoFilm Relies On Quantel For 'Avata...Quantel
1) James Cameron's 2009 film Avatar was a landmark in visual effects and 3D filmmaking. It broke box office records and pioneered new workflows for post-production in stereo 3D.
2) Modern VideoFilm relied heavily on Quantel Pablo systems to do the complex stereo 3D post-production for Avatar, including conforming, checking, and quality control. The Pablo's real-time 3D capabilities were crucial.
3) Managing the thousands of shots and multiple versions across the various releases was a major challenge. The Pablo's organizational tools and ability to work in multiple timelines and resolutions helped Modern VideoFilm efficiently complete this groundbreaking production.
This document provides a summary of announcements and developments from Quantel at IBC 2010. Key points include:
- Cinnafilm Dark Energy noise reduction, grain addition, and sharpening tools have been integrated into Quantel's eQ, iQ, and Pablo systems.
- A major update for Quantel's integrated MAM, called Mission 2, includes improved file delivery, tighter archive integration, and expanded metadata editing and language support.
- Quantel Pablo was awarded a Lumiere Award for its contributions to advancing stereo 3D technology. New stereo 3D tools have been added to Pablo and iQ based on user feedback.
- Quantel is demonstrating stereo 3D workflows for sports production
The document discusses the EC-BIC quality criteria and process for business incubation centers seeking EC-BIC certification. It describes the criteria in four areas: general mission, organization, services, and performance evaluation. Centers complete a self-assessment questionnaire and may undergo an evaluation visit. Experts evaluate centers, write reports, and make accreditation recommendations to the BQMC committee. The process aims to boost quality, increase the network, and promote innovation and entrepreneurship.
JEDCO has supported business incubation in Jordan since 2005, providing over $850k to support 100 entrepreneurs and 40 graduated companies. Incubation continues to be a priority to create jobs, foster entrepreneurship, and diversify the economy. Common incubation services include business training, networking, marketing assistance, and access to funding. JEDCO's initiatives with SRTD funding included establishing new incubators, developing Jordan's national startup strategy, and providing grants, training and support to entrepreneurs. Moving forward, plans are to grow the incubator network, provide business support services and facilitate entrepreneurs' access to funding.
SRTD Final Conference
Session 2: Startups & Incubators
Start-ups & IncubationContinued Support from JEDCO
Hana Uraidi – Director of Cross Cutting Support/JIC Network Director
Mr. Maroun Chammas' presentation at QITCOM 2011QITCOM
The document discusses Lebanon's potential as a breeding ground for entrepreneurship due to its talented multilingual workforce, strong higher education system, and emerging regional economy. It highlights Berytech, Lebanon's leading business incubator, which has supported over 150 companies and created 550 jobs. Berytech provides services and funding to help entrepreneurs establish and grow their businesses in Lebanon.
- FinTech Belgium held many successful events in the past year and saw growth in membership, despite challenges from the pandemic. Key accomplishments included launching new working groups and partnerships.
- Looking ahead, FinTech Belgium aims to further develop Belgium's digital finance sector by federating members, hosting events, incubating startups, accelerating corporates and startups, and providing education. This will be done through their new Innovation Hub, partnerships, and annual conference in October.
- FinTech Belgium thanked partners and members for their support and invited everyone to connect and collaborate to drive innovation.
Opportunities for Startups in Union Budget 2022Vinit Deo
Posiview Ventures along with Centre for Innovation Incubation and Enterprise(CIIE), SPPU (Pune University) is glad to present its
Knowledge Capsule on Union Budget 22-23 : Opportunities for Start-ups.
We hope you find it useful.
Dr. Apoorva Palkar
Director - Innovation, Incubation & Linkages
Savitribai Phule Pune University
CA Vinit Deo
CA Prajakta Shetye-Deo
Posiview Ventures
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Ebn E Mag Q Light 11
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The European BIC Network
Quality eMag
Q-light: “Spending Quality Time on Quality Issues”
In this issue: IQ — What is happening in the Middle East? Lebanon: an overview of Berytech visited within the BICBIC program
by Al Urdonia Lil Ebda, Jordan. Palestine: the next year supporting the Palestinian ICT Incubator in Ramallah. QI — First feed-
back on the 2011 Quality process. QS — EC-BICs Experts on line: soon to come the “Ask the expert of the month” feature. QO
— Showcase your BICs and your start-ups in the DIGIBIC Awards.
We hope you enjoy the reading and we welcome inputs and comments.
Giordano and Chiara
IQ| Innovation & Quality
A visit to Beirut BIC, Berytech!
This time, to continue our search of the most performing BICs we
have looked into the Middle East. Indeed more and more innovation-
based incubators are becoming aware of and interested to be accred-
ited as an EC-BIC in the region. In the last two years two new BICs
have been accredited in Jordan (the El Hassan Business Park of Am-
man, and the Jordan Innovation Center “Al Urdonia Lil Ebda” in Irbid)
plus new associate members can be counted in Syria (SEBC-BI) and
in UAE (Abu Dhabi University). Not to mention the technical assis-
tance contract awarded to EBN by the European Investment Bank to Sharaf Obeidat Nicolas Rouhana
BDO, Al Urdonia Lil Ebda, CEO, Berytech, Beirut
support in the next year the Palestinian ICT Incubator in Ramallah Jordan
(see what is happening in the Palestinian Territories in page 3).
Berytech is the first accredited EC-BIC in the Middle East, the accreditation dating back in 2006. A pioneering
case, that, in the past years demonstrated being a very dynamic element of our community. Therefore we have
asked the senior business development manager of the BIC of Irbid (Jordan), Mr. Sharaf Obeidat, to go visit
Berytech within the framework of the BICBIC program, to understand the elements of its success. We also would
like to add that if you wish to take part in a BICBIC mission, you just need to contact the Quality Team in Brus-
sels.
Founded in 2001 as University-Based innovation Centre at the Saint Josef
University, Beirut.
initial investment: US$ 5M.
Member of EBN in 2004.
Accredited EC-BIC in 2006.
First expansion in 2006: Berytech Technology and Health.
Second expansion in 2008: Berytech Fund (initial investment of US$
8M).Poles of excellence: ICT, Multimedia, Health.
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IQ| Innovation & Quality: Berytech Highlights
“In this era of knowledge-based economy in which innovation, technology and entrepreneurship are considered
to be essential elements to foster faster economic growth, the mission of Berytech is to provide incubation,
support and hosting opportunities to the largest number of project holders as well as growing enterprises oper-
ating in the fields of Technology, Multimedia and Health. “
Excerpt From the “mission statement” of Berytech
The MOWGLI Mentorship Program
Berytech has partnered with the Mowgli
Foundation, a not-for-profit organization
whose mission is to harness the power of
mentoring worldwide, in order to deliver
compelling mentorship experiences to
Lebanese entrepreneurs.
The objective of the program is to work
with entrepreneurs who are at some
stage between start up and SME to help
them grow their businesses to the point
that they start creating jobs and alleviat-
ing poverty.
The MOWGLI Mentorship program is one
of the many accompanying services,
together with Microsoft BizSpark, Net-
working and specialized training like MAP
(HP Microenterprise Acceleration Pro-
gram).
The incubation process of Berytech allows
project holders and young start-ups to benefit
from Business Counseling while being physi-
cally hosted on the premises. Moreover, incu-
batees are closely accompanied by a mentor
for the duration of their incubation period,
throughout which they will benefit from man-
agement and budget follow up. In parallel,
Berytech audits periodically the evolution of
the project and the incubatee's performance.
In 2008 the Berytech Fund was established with an initial investment of $8M. The Berytech Fund acts as a
venture capital and equity-related investments in start-up Information, Communication and Technology (ICT)
portfolio companies in Lebanon. The fund is uniquely positioned to make profitable investments in innovative,
technology-based start-up ventures in Lebanon. It aims at providing funding for incubated companies where
Berytech acquires a percentage of the shares (between 20% and 40%) of the funded company. The invested
amount from Berytech until now ranges between US$ 0.1M and US$ 1.2M .
info@berytech.org
Tel: +961 (4) 533040
Fax: +961 (4) 533040
11-7503 Riad el Solh Beirut 1107 2240 Lebanon
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IQ| Innovation & Quality: the Palestine ICT Incubator
In the beginning of this year EBN has been
awarded a technical assistance contract by the
European Investment Bank aimed at support-
ing the Palestine ICT incubator in Ramallah,
West Banks. Indeed the European Investment
Bank, is supporting the Middle East Venture
Capital Fund through the Facility for Euro-
Mediterranean Investment and Partnership
Trust Fund (FEMIP) with a € 5 MLN co-
investment, together with other large corpora-
tions. At present the total amount of the fund
is of US$ 28 MLN. The EIB has spotted PICTI as one of the main fund’s deal-flow generators and has entrusted
EBN with implementing training and technical assistance for enhancing PICTI’s role in the above context.
The overall purpose of this project is to provide additional training and process development support to the staff
members of the PICTI incubator in Ramallah, West Bank, in terms of Deal sourcing, Business assessment and
Incubatee support services. EBN will be active in Ramallah, with its group of experts, until march 2012, with the
aim of supporting PICTI in: Business Planning and Marketing strategies, Lead generation, technology evaluation
and commercialisation, Business Modelling, IP Rights and tech-transfer and Fund Raising. The first training
course has already taken place and now we are preparing the others to finalize the first phase within July 2011.
“It’s PICTI’s job to assist Palestinian entrepreneurs to convert their ideas into real busi-
nesses. This is what PICTI is all about…it is all about helping Palestinians to convert their
ideas into something tangible that they can sell in a competitive market. PICTI is not just
an infrastructure, but together with the office space it provides business development ser-
vices. We support our entrepreneurs in defining their business models, getting market trac-
tion, finding the right mentors and the good practices which will help them be successful in
the marketplace. Furthermore PICTI supports the entrepreneurs to fund-raise. PICTI invests in their entrepre-
neurs through its own seed capital fund.” - Laith Kassis, former CEO of PICTI
“We have started 7 years ago to support Palestinian ICT entrepreneurs. We believe our
economy should be built on SMEs and that ICT is a leading sector to support the regional
economy. We have a very high percentage of youth in Palestine who face difficult chal-
lenges. Our Clients are mainly from the engineering technical schools and lack business
skills. They are young techies with good talent and good ideas but not good enough busi-
ness skills. We try to support them providing a comprehensive set of services.” - Hasan
Omar, PICTI Incubator Manager
“PICTI needs to be able to accelerate its processes and needs to be able to be more effec-
tive as an investment vehicle. This is the one challenge that PICTI faces in the near future.
We are trying to provide the remedies to that. Access to finance for the start-ups and the
entrepreneurs in terms of seed capital is very much needed, even to be able to build the
prototype at the beginning. If we can provide investors with a working prototype we can
more easily access venture capital funding, building the deal-flow for the existing equity
funds and the newly established Middle East Venture Capital Fund.” - Ahmed F. ElFarra, Member of the Board
of Directors of PICTI
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QI| Quality information
First Feedback on the 2011 quality process
First of all... thank you! Of course we still are in the middle of the
2011 quality assessment, but overall things are looking good! We do
feel that in comparison with the last two years the process is quite
smoother and accurate. This indeed is thanks to the increased commit-
ment with which our full members are being involved in our quality
issues. Of course we do our best to simplify and to clarify everything and
we feel that the correct balance between viable, reliable and accurate
information and simplicity will be soon achieved.
And since we launched also this year the Quality Questionnaire Competition, we are ready now to give you the
names of the lucky winners who will receive a nice box of Belgian chocolate...
... And the winners are ...
Staffordshire and Black Country BIC, UK CEEI de Castilla y Leon, Spain
CEEI Castellon, Spain BIC Berrilan, Spain
BIC Frankfurt, Germany CEEI Talavera de la Reina, Spain
Marseille Innovation, France CEEI 47, France
Business Development Friesland, Netherlands North East of England BIC, UK
Thanks to the inputs of all our EC-BICs this year we will provide you with the Network Observatory (ready for
the Toulon Annual Congress), the country observatories (for those countries with a minimum of 5 BICs) and
with enhanced and improved benchmarking services. Indeed the more the data is accurate, the more the cus-
tomized benchmarking reports you frequently ask will be reliable. Of course we will not forget our core duty
which is quality assurance and we will keep up with your expectations, visiting, auditing and assisting on quality
issues at least 10% of the EC-BICs. And we will ensure this through our EC-BIC accredited experts... Which
leads us directly to the next topic...
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QS| Quality services: Organizing the pool of EC-BIC experts
You can already find the first 20 online (more to come in the next
months!) on the EBN website... the renowned EC-BIC quality mark ex-
perts! And check out soon the new feature of EBN’s website the “Ask the
expert of the month” service. In turn all of the listed experts will answer to
all your queries relative to the EC-BIC world. You have questions? You
will soon be able to go online fill the form and submit your questions. You
may expect an answer from the expert of the month within days.
QO| The DIGIBIC Award
In the framework of the 20th EBN Annual Congress & RETIS Annual Congress (Toulon/France 15th to17th
June 2011), EBN has launched a Call for Speakers for the DigiBIC Award, focused on creative industries &
digital applications.
12 digi-enablers (EBN & RETIS embers) and 12 digi-entrepreneurs (EBN
& RETIS client companies), from inside the EBN & RETIS networks, will all be
invited to showcase their best practices and remarkable achievements at the
Toulon Congress across the 6 workshops on Friday 17th June 2011.
Three (3) enablers (EBN & RETIS members) will be awarded in the 3 following categories:
C4) On-line tools, a virtual reality
C5) Social networks, the connecting journey
C6) High-impact awareness, for shaking the ecosystem
Three (3) entrepreneurs (EBN & RETIS client companies) will be awarded in the 3 following categories:
C7) Creative Marketing, breaking rules fast
C8) Usages & end-users, at the core
C9) Women & y-generation on the move
Participate and good luck!
For information on the DIGIBIC Award contact Silvia (sdp@ebn.eu) or Marinela (mma@ebn.eu)
Editors: Giordano Dichter and Chiara Davalli
Responsible for the publication: Philippe Vanrie, EBN CEO www.ebn.eu