EBN Tech Camp

EBN
TECH
CAMP

Tools
|
Training
|
Mutual
Learning

4-‐5-‐6
December
2013

Rovereto,
Trentino,
Italy

http://ebntechcamp.youreuevent.eu

EBN
TECH
CAMP

Tools
|
Training
|
Mutual
Learning

Do
you
support
start-‐ups,
entrepreneurs
and
SMEs?

Do
you
work
in
a
BIC,
an
incubator,
an
accelerator
or
another
organisation
whose

clients
are
new
or
early-‐stage
companies
growing
innovative
businesses?
Do
you

want
to
find
new
ways
of
providing
more
effective
support
to
your
clients?
If
so,
the

EBN
TechCamp
2013
provides
a
unique
environment
for
business
and
innovation

support
professionals
to
learn
about
new
industry
support
tools,
exchange
views

about
effective
support
processes
and
methodologies,
and
see
“behind
the
scenes”

of
three
of
EBN’s
strongest
BICs.

What
you
will
find?

The
third
Tools
Exchange
Forum
with:

• a
pitching
session,
where
15
to
20
tool
developers
will
pitch
their
tools
to
the

audience

• an
exhibition
space,
where
participants
can
talk
to
tool
developers,
possibly

make
deals
and
exchange
views
bilaterally

• a
networking
area,
with
constant
refreshments
available
for
participants

Three
workshops
will
provide
insights
on
some
of
the
industry’s
most
recent
hot

topics.
This
year’s
focus
is
on:

• updated
techniques
of
coaching
&
mentoring
entrepreneurs

• end-‐user
testing
through
the
Living
Lab
approach

• the
vital
elements
of
an
acceleration
programme

Peer
reviews
of
three
BICs:

• Dublin
BIC
(Ireland)

• gate
Garching
BIC
(Germany)

• BIC
Trentino
Sviluppo
(Italy)

EBN TECHCAMP 2013| Rovereto, Trentino, Italy 2

Are
you
a
tool
designer
or
developer?

Are
you
a
business
support
organisation
that
has
developed
a
smart
way
to
better

support
your
clients?
Are
you
a
company
with
a
tool
that
helps
business
support

professionals
do
their
job
more
effectively?
If
so,
the
EBN
TechCamp
is
the
ideal

place
to
present
your
latest
tools
and
ideas.
Over
2
days,
you
will
have
the

opportunity
to
meet
with
other
industry
professionals
and
exchange
views,
share

ideas
and
do
deals!
You
will
have
a
space
in
the
exhibition
area
and
the
opportunity

to
“pitch”
your
tools
to
all
attendees.
Don’t
miss
this
opportunity
to
meet
your
target

audience.

A
call
for
exhibitors

We
are
looking
for
tools
and
methods
that:

• Have
been
developed
by
innovation
and
incubation
professionals,
supporting

innovation-‐based
incubators
and
entrepreneurs'
needs

• Give
concrete
support
to
turn
innovative
ideas
into
new
businesses

• Help
knowledge-‐based
start-‐up
entrepreneurs
and
innovative
firms
to
grow

faster

• Strengthen
mentoring
and
coaching
processes
and
activities

• Help
the
next
generation
of
entrepreneurs
to
acquire
better
investment

readiness
capabilities

• Bridge
the
gap
between
large
corporations
and
new
ventures

• Help
European
entrepreneurs
to
‘Go
Global’

Support
the
modernisation
of
processes,
methods
and
products
of
existing
firm


What
can
you
do
in
the
EBN
Techcamp?

# You
can
be
introduced
to
the
new
tools
available
for
entrepreneurship
support!

# You
can
learn
about
the
latest
trends
in
coaching
and
mentoring!

# You
can
be
inspired
by
the
Living
Lab
concept!

# You
can
get
ideas
on
how
to
set
up
an
acceleration
programme!

# You
can
hear
about
interesting
evolutions
of
the
BIC
concept!

# You
can
have
your
individual
benchmarking
reports
(2012
and
2013)
discussed
and

analysed
by
and
with
the
EBN
quality
team!

# You
can
attend
organised
peer
group
benchmarking
sessions
on
three
specific
BICs!

# You
can
formally
and
informally
network,
meet
and
talk
to
your
peers
who
may
share

your
same
problems
or
may
have
solutions
for
them!

# You
can
share,
comment
and
learn
about
the
latest
policy
trends
at
national,
EU
and

international
levels!

# You
can
learn
of
a
country’s
BIC
community:
the
Italian
BIC
community
in
this
case!


Agenda

4
December
2013

14:00-‐17:00

“BICs
in
Italy:
New
dynamics
for
stimulating
the
acceleration
of
Start-‐ups”

Meeting
of
the
Italian
EBN
Members
(upon
invitation
only)

How
can
the
community
of
EBN
members
in
Italy
better
interact
among
each
other
and
among
the

EBN
team
to
assure
a
higher
impact
of
the
BICs
within
the
Italian
regional
and
national
policies
for

innovation
and
entrepreneurship?

Specifically
common
development
goals
need
to
be
shared
and
set
up,
while
raising
awareness

about
the
difficult
job
on
innovative-‐enterprise
creation.
How
can
EBN
better
help
in
the
process?

Official
opening
of
the

17:30
-‐
19:00

Policy
session:
“The
regional
policies
for
innovation
and
new
venture

creation,
what
can
we
realistically
expect
at
regional,
national
and

international
levels?”

• Antonietta
Tomasulo,
Trentino
sviluppo,
Italy

• Alvaro
Simon
de
Blas,
President,
EBN

• Giancarlo
Canzanelli,
UNDP
(tbc)

19:00
-‐
21:00
-‐
Cocktail
reception


5
December
2013

08:30
–
Welcome

-‐
Coffee
will
be
served

A
first
early
morning
occasion
to
meet
the
EBN
team.

09:00
–
09:30
–
Opening

• Antonietta
Tomasulo,
CEO,
Trentino
Sviluppo,
Italy

• Philippe
Vanrie,
CEO,
EBN

09:30
–
10:30
–
‘Tools
Pitching
Session’

3
minutes
pitches
to
tempt
you
to
investigate
deeper
into
the
showcased
tool
and

methodology.
Participants
will
have
the
chance
to
discover
all
tool
designers
in
an

hour
dynamic
timeframe.

à
The
exhibition
area
will
be
permanently
opened.

10:30
–
11:30
–
‘Tool
Exchange
bilateral
meetings’

11:00
–
12:30
–
1st
Peer
benchmarking
review:
Dublin
BIC
exposed!
max.
20

participants

• Chris
Park,

Small
business
consultant
and
trainer,
DublinBIC,
Ireland

Dublin
BIC
has
been
operating
for
a
quarter
of
a

century
supporting
the
creation
of
568
new
ventures

and
generating
more
than
5500
direct
jobs.
It
has

fund-‐raised
over
70
Mln
Euros
of
investments
in
168

companies.
A
public-‐private
partnership
with
a
dedicated
and
committed
team,

interesting
and
efficient
procedures
and
methods.
What
has
made
them
unique?
For

sure,
among
others,
their
pursuit
for
continuous
improvement!


11:30
-‐
12:30
–
1st
Technical
workshop:
Coaching
and
Mentoring

Serious
coaching
and
mentoring
services
are
a
must
for
any

entrepreneurs’
support
organisation.
The
more
the

organization
is
dedicated
to
the
creation
and
growth
of

innovative
start-‐ups,
the
more
the
functions
play
a
vital
role

in
facilitating
successful
ventures.
Coaches
and
mentors
of

course
have
their
own
methods,
and
some
of
the
successful

ones
will
be
assessed
and
explained
during
this
workshop.

12:30
–
14:00
–
Lunch

14:00
-‐
15:00
–
2nd
Technical
workshop:
Living
Labs

• Jarmo
Elukka
Eskelinen,
CEO
-‐
Forum
Virium
Helsinki
and
Chair
-‐
European

Network
of
Living
Labs,
Finland

• Jacky
Chef,
Director,
Promotech,
France

End-‐user
testing
of
innovative

ideas
and
products
right
from
the

beginning!
The
Living
Lab

approach
has
been
endorsed
by
the

European
Commission
and
has

produced
in
the
recent
years

interesting
results,
contributing
to
the
selection
of
useful
and
marketable
innovative

ideas
and
leading
to
the
improvement
of
new
products.
Learn
how
your
BIC
can

introduce
and
benefit
from
the
Living
Lab
methodology.


15:00
–
16:30
–
2nd
Peer
benchmarking
review:

BIC
Trentino
Sviluppo

exposed!
max.
20
participants

• Luca
Capra,
Trentino
Sviluppo,
Italy

The
largest
Italian
B.I.C.
managing
6

satellites,
Trentino
Sviluppo
is
the

agency
set
up
by
the
Autonomous

Province
of
Trento
to
foster
the

sustainable
development
of
the
Trentino
system
by
taking
action
and
providing

services
aimed
at
supporting
the
growth
of
business
skills
and
the
capacity
for

innovation
entrepreneurs.
Many
changes
have
occurred
since
1986,
which
have

brought
to
the
formation
of
the
BIC
as
we
know
it
today.
What
are
the
success

factors?
What
are
new
paradigms?
Could
it
be
even
better?

15:00
–
‘Tool
Exchange
bilateral
meetings’

17:30
–
Closing

19:00
–
Networking
dinner


6
December
2013

09:00
–
Welcome

09:30
-‐
10:30
–
3rd
Technical
workshop:
the
fundamentals
of
acceleration!

Innovative
companies
need
to
be
incubated
and
accelerated.
Are
we
ready
for
the

task?
Started
in
2005
with
the
establishment
of
Y-‐
Combinator,
the
accelerator
movement
has

rapidly
grown,
especially
in
the
US
(with
more

than
60%
of
the
world
accelerators).
Apparently,

accelerators
are
tapping
quickly
into
a
gap
of
the

enterprise
support
services
value
chain.

Therefore,
for
the
sake
of
innovative

entrepreneurs,
BICs
and
incubators
need
to
start
a

long-‐lasting
relation
with
this
“new
kid
on
the
block”
and/or
start
their
own

acceleration
programmes.

10:00
-‐
11:30
–
3rd
Peer
Benchmarking
Review:
gate
Garching
BIC
Exposed!

max.
20
participants

• Franz
Glatz,
CEO,
BIC
gate
Garching,
Germany

The
10-‐year
old
BIC
in
Munich
has
undergone
extensive
changes
in
the
recent
years,

to
introduce
many
new
needed
services.
What
are
the
expected
outcomes
of
this

effort?
Can
we
see
already
an
impact?
Come
share
ideas
on
how
they
did
it
and
how

you
think
they
could
have
done
it!

10:30
–
‘Tool
Exchange
bilateral
meetings’

12:30
–
Closing
remarks

12:30
–
Lunch

14:30
–
Social
programme:
Science,
Art
&
shopping!


Organisers

EBN
is
the
leading
non-‐governmental
pan-‐European
Network,

incorporating
250+
Business
&
Innovation
Centers
(BICs),

Innovation-‐based
Incubators,
Innovation
and
Entrepreneurship

Centres
and
Business
Accelerators
across
Europe
and
beyond.

EBN
was
created
28
years
ago
by
the
European
Commission

and
European
industry
&
knowledge
leaders,
with
the
purpose
to
stimulate
the

emergence
and
growth
of
new
innovative
enterprises,
to
help

modernizing
existing
firms,
and
to
boost
the
endogenous

economic
potential
of
European
regions.

EBN
is
a
Brussels-‐based
team
delivering
a
full
range
of
services,

which
include
a
comprehensive
set
of
accreditation
&

networking
services
to
the
BICs,
as
well
as
deployment
and

coordination
of
EC
&
international
projects
in
relevant
areas.

EBN
is
an
engine
for
powering
innovation
based

entrepreneurship,
and
to
connect
enablers,
innovators
and

entrepreneurs.

www.ebn.eu

In
partnership
with:

Trentino
Sviluppo
is
the
agency
set
up

by
the
Autonomous
Province
of
Trento

to
foster
the
sustainable
development
of
the
Trentino
system
by
taking
action
and

providing
services
aimed
at
supporting
the
growth
of
business
skills
and
the

capacity
for
innovation.
Trentino
Sviluppo
recently
merged
with
the
governmental

agency
of
tourism
promotion
of
the
province.

Trentino
Sviluppo
is
a
EBN
member,
BIC
accredited.

www.trentinosviluppo.com


A
few
words
about
the
Trentino
Province

Trentino
is
an
autonomous
province
of
Italy,
with
Trento
as
a
capital
and
Rovereto
as
the
center

for
culture,
wine
and
museum,
overall
in
a
quaint
atmosphere.
Trentino
is
renowned
for

its
mountains,
such
as
the
Dolomites,
Alps,
and
the
Lake
Garda.

Rovereto
is
a
favourite
destination
for
art
lovers.
The
city
hosts
the
Museum
of
Modern
and

Contemporary
Art
(Mart
Museum),
one
of
the
most
important
in
Europe,
where
temporary

exhibitions
are
held,
in
addition
to
its
extraordinary
permanent
collections.

Get
a
chance
to
visit:

MART,
the
new
Museum
of
Modern
and
Contemporary
Art

The
War
Museum
in
the
Castle
of
Rovereto,
castle,
built
by
the
counts
of
Castelbarco
in

the
13th–14th
centuries;

Mighty
Bell
Maria
Dolens;

MUSE,
the
new
Museum
of
Sciences
in
Trento;

...plus
a
visit
to
the
famous
Trento
Christmas
Market!

More
information
about
the
Trentino
Region
and
the
city
of
Rovereto:

www.visittrentino.it

www.comune.rovereto.tn.it

December:
the
right
time
to
get
some
fresh
air!

The
EBN
TECH
CAMP
will
take
place
in
early
December,
just
the
right
time
to
get
some
fresh
air

and,
for
the
sportive
ones
enjoy
the
snow
in
the
Trentino
region!

The
Trentino
province
is

situated
in
the
Dolomites
and
benefits
from
large
ski
area,
state-‐of-‐the-‐art
ski
facilities…


EBN
TECH
CAMP

Tools
|
Training
|
Mutual
Learning

How
to
get
there?

When
planning
your
visit
in
Trentino,
you
can
choose
between
arriving
in
Trentino
by
car,
train
or

airplane
according
to
your
needs
and
the
distance
you
have
to
cover.
The
region
is
easy
to
reach

thanks
to
its
central
position
between
the
Southern
Alps
and
the
Po
and
Veneto
plains
in
northern

Italy.

If
you
are
travelling
by
airplane,
you
can
land
in
Italy
at
Verona,
Bergamo,
Venice
or
Milan
and

reach
Trentino
with
a
one
to
two
hour
trip
choosing
either
a
car-‐rental
service,
shuttle
busses
or

trains.

Check
online
the
interactive
Flight
map:

http://www.visittrentino.it/en/arrivare/arrivare-‐in-‐aereo

All
long-‐distance
Italian
and
European
trains
stop
in
the
two
main
train-‐stations

of
Trento
and
Rovereto.

If
you
are
travelling
by
car,
take
highway
A22
(“Autostrada
del
Brennero”)
and
exit
Rovereto
Nord

or
Rovereto
Sud.

Address

Trentino
Sviluppo

Via
Fortunato
Zeni,
8

38068
–
Rovereto,
Trentino,
Italy


EBN
TECH
CAMP

Tools
|
Training
|
Mutual
Learning

4-‐5-‐6
December
2013

Contacts:

EBN

Valerio
Leonardi

Valerio.Leonardi@ebn.eu

+
32
761
10
94

Giordano
Dichter

Giordano.Dichter@ebn.eu

Trentino
Sviluppo

Luca
Capra

l.capra@trentinosviluppo.it

+39
0464
443111


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