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  • IRE Network
    • Network Events
      • Plenary Meetings
      • Good practice workshops
        • Training sessions for the new RITTS/RIS, December 1996 – March 1997
          1. Lessons learned from Training Sessions for RITTS/RIS Managers - MERIT
        • SME needs analysis, Brussels, 29-30 May 1997
          1. Proceedings of the workshop on SME needs analysis
        • Clusters, Bilbao, 9-10 December 1997
          1. Report on the Workshop on Clusters
        • Facilitating SMEs' Access to Research, Cardiff, 14-15 December 1998
          1. Proceedings of the Facilitating SMEs Access to Research
        • Turning Analysis into Action, Mainz, 2-3 March 2000
          1. Turning analysis into action - Preliminary Programme
        • Innovation Policy, Implementation and Innovation Audits, Potsdam, 27-28 September 2001
          • Presentations
            1. Innovation and technology strategy of Brandenburg
            2. Innovation Audits in Hungary
            3. Innovation-Check
            4. Introduction to innovation and technology audits - Part 1
            5. Introduction to innovation and technology audits - Part 2
            6. Introduction to innovation and technology audits - Part 3
            7. Montage Innovation Process: West Midlands experience
            8. Promoting Technology audits in France
            9. Technology auditing in Slovakia
            10. Telematic audits in Madrid
            11. Transnational co-operation on innovation management techniques: the INNO-REGIO project
            12. Transnational innovation audit systems for SMEs
          • Agenda and background information
            1. Innovation policy, Implementation and Innovation Audits - Agenda
            2. Innovation policy, Implementation and Innovation Audits - Background information
          • IRE Newsletter article
            1. Article IRE electronic newsletter 32
        • Regional Innovation Observatories and Technology Watch, Porto, 8-9 November 2001
          • Presentations
            1. Economic Intelligence and Technology Watch Innovation Circles - a Regional Approach
            2. General Introduction Successful Technology Watching
            3. How SMEs Can Witness Technological Development
            4. Innovation Strategy in the East of England - Observatory and Foresight
            5. Promoting the use of Foresight for Regional Policy and Strategy Development
            6. Supporting foresight in an Enlarged European Union - Providing new Opportunities for Regional Innovation Observatories
            7. Technology Watch Experiences in the East of Spain
            8. Technology Watch to Small and Micro Companies: the IRC North East Italy IRENE Exercise
            9. The Regional Innovation Observatory in Central Macedonia
          • Agenda and background information
            1. Regional Innovation Observatories and Technology Watch - Agenda
            2. Regional Innovation Observatories and Technology Watch - Background information
        • Regional innovation schemes to support RDI activities in SMEs, Valencia, 12-13 December 2002
          • Agenda and press release
            1. Agenda Valencia, 12-13.12.2002
            2. Press release: Boosting the innovation potential of Europe's SMEs
          • Presentations
            1. Co-operation between research institutes and SMEs
            2. EU regional innovation policies: the experience of the IRE network
            3. From technology transfer to innovation consultancy: Case study AGIT
            4. Innovation in traditional sector SMEs in Toscana
            5. Outcomes of the PRICOVA project: action plan and monitoring
            6. Promoting innovative SMEs in Europe
            7. Research vouchers pilot scheme: access to external knowledge in Limburg
            8. Schemes for the support of technological innovation in SMEs in Flanders
            9. The NEOTEC Initiative: Creation and consolidation of technology-based firms
            10. Wales for innovation: an action plan to support SMEs
        • Regional Foresight, Ljubljana, 3-4 March 2003
          • Presentations
            1. Developing embedded foresight and foresight culture at the regional level - an example from Uusimaa
            2. Future opportunities for EC support to regional foresight activities
            3. Identifying key technologies in the context of regional innovation strategy projects
            4. Introducing common foresight methods
            5. Regional foresight in North East England - a practical approach
            6. Scoping regional foresight
            7. The relevance of foresight to small economies in the pre-accession phase: Malta's preliminary experiences with the eForesee project
            8. What is foresight?
            9. What relevance does foresight have for regions?
            10. Why and how the European Commission supports foresight
          • Agenda and press release
            1. Agenda Ljubljana 3-4 March 2003
            2. Press release: Foreseeing the risks and opportunities of scientific breakthroughs
        • Knowledge transfer from University to Industry, Palma de Mallorca, 10-11 April 2003
          • Agenda and background information
            1. Agenda and background information Palma de Mallorca
          • Presentations
            1. Business innovation and growth from exploitation of academic research - the BIGEAR network
            2. Chalmers School of Entrepreneurship - combining entrepreneurial education with pre-incubation
            3. Infrastructure and spin-off creation at the University of Twente
            4. Madr&d - Regional Information and Technological Promotion System of Madrid
            5. MONTAGE - Innovation Process in the West Midlands
            6. Searching and evaluating research based business ideas in Finland - the TULI programme
            7. Shannon Region Knowledge Network: third level institutions and industry
            8. Styria - a network of networks Part 1
            9. Styria - a network of networks Part 2
            10. The "Quasi-enterprise" initiative
            11. The role of universities in the Europe of knowledge: the regional dimension
        • Clustering as a driver of innovation at regional level, Pescara, 26-27 February 2004
          • Agenda and press release
            1. Agenda and background information Pescara
            2. Press release 'Clustering innovation: the path to regional development'
          • Presentations
            1. ACENET: the lessons learnt in the IRE Thematic Network dealing with clusters
            2. Enterprise clusters and networks in Europe
            3. Flemish cluster policies: phases, expectations and achievements
            4. Italian industrial districts: the example of Castel Goffredo hosiery district
            5. Networking and clustering in the West of Ireland
            6. Recent developments and achievements of clusters
            7. The Alpine Wellness Cluster
            8. The Basque Country's aerospace cluster
            9. Yorkshire Forward: A Regional Innovation Strategy based on cluster development
        • Implementation and monitoring of regional innovation strategies, Cyprus, 13-14 May 2004
          • Agenda and press release
            1. Agenda Cyprus
            2. Press release 'From paper to practice - implementing regional innovation strategies'
          • Presentations
            1. Central Macedonia Observatory for Innovation and Development
            2. Impact of Swedish RITTS on national policies to promote innovation
            3. Lower Austria: measuring the impact of the regional innovation strategy
            4. Madrid’s Research and Innovation Strategy: strengthening the regional policy-making process
            5. Monitoring of Innovation Policy in Limburg
            6. RIS as a basis for Lower Austria’s Structural Funds Operational Programme
            7. Wales for Innovation: Taking forward RIS with regional funding
        • Innovation financing at regional level, Prague, 15-16 November 2004
          • Presentations
            1. Business Angels
            2. Connect Midlands - Supporting companies to get ready for investment
            3. Encouraging Company Start-ups in Estonia
            4. Financing University Spin-offs - the Western Sweden model
            5. FonsInnocat - Catalonia's Venture Capital Fund
            6. Innovation Financing - introduction and overview
            7. Matching Investors and Entrepreneurs at the European Level
            8. Role of the State and Partnership with the Private Sector to stimulate access to finance for SMEs
            9. Warmia and Mazury Local Guarantee Schemes
          • Agenda
            1. Agenda
          • Minutes
            1. Minutes of 'Innovation Financing' workshop
        • Innovative business incubators, Krakow, 21-22 April 2005
          • Agenda
            1. Agenda Krakow workshop
          • Presentations
            1. BIC Pilsen - a Business Innovation Centre developing a regional innovation strategy
            2. European Commission support to regional innovation policies - Current developments
            3. Helping reconvert declining industrial areas - The case of Liguria
            4. Incubators in CEE countries - The Mielec Incbator IN-MARR, Poland
            5. Innovative business incubators - A general ovrview in Europe
            6. Teh East Midlands Incubation Network (EMIN)
            7. The Mjärdevi Science Park and Incubator - Linking innovation support institutions in East Sweden
            8. Travel Park Incubator Network - Connecting incubators in the tourism sector
          • Minutes
            1. Minutes of workshop 'Innovative business incubators'
        • Promoting an innovation culture in the regions, Liverpool, 27-28 October 2005
          • Agenda
            1. Agenda Liverpool
          • Presentations
            1. Business Innovation and Growth from Exploitation of Academic Research - the BIGEAR network
            2. Culture - the key to successful innovation performance
            3. Culture of creativity in the Helsinki region
            4. Entrepreneurship training at the University of Saarland
            5. Fostering a regional innovation culture - support from the European Commission
            6. Fostering an innovation culture among young people in Western Sweden
            7. Highlighting successful innovation in companies: the Thessaly Innovation Week
            8. Innovation culture in England's Northwest
            9. Inspirational leadership for effective innovation
            10. Teaming efforts for innovation: The PRO INNO initiative
            11. The creation of the Sophia Antipolis science park
            12. The European Day of the Entrepreneur
          • Minutes
            1. Minutes of the workshop 'Promoting an Innovation Culture in the Regions'
        • Regional clusters as innovation drivers, Brussels, 30-31 May 2006
          • Presentations
            1. Cluster development in Yorkshire and Humber region
            2. Cluster management: strategies and actions in East Lombardy
            3. Cluster mapping and feasibility studies in South East England
            4. Competence networks in Flanders' innovation system
            5. Monitoring and evaluating cluster initiatives in Flanders
            6. Open source cluster in the Stuttgart region
            7. The IRC and IRE cluster initiatives
            8. The IRE subgroup on clusters
            9. Toolmakers cluster of Slovenia
            10. Tourism cluster in the County of Jämtland (North Sweden)
            11. Why regional clusters - rationales and trends in cluster policies
            12. Wood cluster in South Tirol
          • Agenda
            1. Agenda IRE cluster workshop
          • Minutes
            1. Minutes of IRE workshop on clusters
        • Effective regional innovation systems, Lahti, 30 November - 1 December 2006
          • Agenda
            1. Effective regional innovation systems - agenda
          • Presentations
            1. Companies' innovation behaviour in the Finnish innovation system
            2. Coordinating and monitoring the Basque Country innovation system
            3. Developing the Latvian innovation system
            4. Event introduction
            5. Innovation policy and Europe's regions
            6. Opening
            7. Overview of the innovation system in Lahti - main actors, success factors and bottlenecks
            8. Regional innovation systems - theoretical concept and practical use
            9. Strengthening the regional innovation system in North Great Plain
            10. The Finnish innovation system - a case of success
            11. The role and contribution of a Regional Development Agency
            12. The role and contribution of higher education and research insitutes
          • Minutes
            1. Minutes of the workshop 'Effective regional innovation systems'
        • Increasing innovation capacities of companies, Riga (LV), 29 - 30 March 2007
          • Agenda
            1. Increasing innovation capacities of companies - agenda
          • Presentations
            1. "Activites to strengthen the innovation capacities of Latvia", by Anrijs Matiss
            2. "Developing and promoting traditional products through business cooperation in Peloponnese", by Dimitrios Keranis & Anna Andricopoulou
            3. "Encouraging innovation in small companies", by Peter Parsons
            4. "Innovation in the cultural heritage sector - Tuscany", by Nadia Crivelli
            5. "Innovation training for enterprises in Limerick", by Burga Fullam
            6. "Placement of academics in low-tech companies – North Sweden", by Liselotte Lundqvist
            7. "Promotion of innovation in companies – European Programmes perspective", by Alain Libéros
            8. "Reaching traditional SMEs in peripheral areas – Castilla y León", by Gregorio Muñoz Abad
            9. "Strengthening the technology and innovation competence of SMEs – Lower Austria’s Innovation Coach programme", by Irma Priedl
            10. "Taking the challenge – promotion of innovation in SMEs in Latvia", by Valdis Avotins
            11. "The challenge of addressing non-innovative SMEs – workshop objectives", by Elzbieta Ksiazek
            12. Lessons from day 1 and round table issues
          • Minutes
            1. Minutes of the workshop 'Increasing innovation capacities of companies'
        • Impact assessment for better governance of regional innovation policies, Bilbao, 29-30 January 2008
          • Agenda
            1. Impact assessment for better governance of regional innovation policies - agenda
          • Presentations
            1. 'Assessing the impact of regional innovation policies of SMEs' by Daniel de la Sota
            2. 'Benchmarking - learning new ideas and understanding what makes the policy successful' by Gabriella Fiori
            3. 'Creation of an innovation observatory in the region of Apulia' by Adriana Agrimi
            4. 'Governance and systemic instruments in innovation policies' by Lena J. Tsipouri
            5. 'Impact assessment - assuring the relevance of your innovation policy' by Begona Sanchez
            6. 'Impact assessment and benchmarking - pros and cons of different approaches to take' by Ronald Pohoryles
            7. 'Initiatives and tools for regional innovation policies by OECD' by Vincenzo Spiezia
            8. 'Introduction to the objectives of the event' by Elzbieta Ksiazek
            9. 'Lisbon Monitoring Platform' by Marcus Scheuren
            10. 'Measuring the success - indicators for effective innovation strategies' by Lars Gelsing
            11. 'New' regional policy for innovation and the challenges for the territorial cohesion in Europe' by Mikel Landabaso
            12. 'Strengthening regional innovation governance by involving regional actors' by Valentina Diana
            13. 'Use of the impact assessment tools in regional practice' by Annie Renders
          • Minutes
            1. Minutes of IRE conference 'Impact assessment for better governance of reigonal innovation policies'
        • Innovation governance: Enhancing interaction in the regional innovation system, Rennes, 5-6 June 2008
          • Agenda
            1. Agenda 'Innovation governance: Enhancing interaction in the regional innovation system'
          • Presentations
            • Part 1: Innovation policy governance for stronger regional innovation systems
              1. 'A regional innovation strategy supporting public-private knowledge transfer activities' by Bernard McKeown
              2. 'Governance challenges for enhancing regional innovation systems' by Bernard De Potter
              3. 'Innovation policy governance in globalised regional innovation systems' by Per Koch
              4. 'Introduction to the objectives of the event' by Lena Mårtensson
              5. 'Supporting global integration of regional clusters' by Rodolphe Uhlmann
            • Parallel session 1: Promoting dynamic interaction in regional innovation systems
              1. 'Innovation policy making in a multilayer governance system - the case of Castilla y León' by Gregorio Munoz
              2. 'Stakeholder involvement in the Helsinki Metropolitan Innovation Strategy' by Irina Blomqvist
              3. 'Wielkopolska: Emerging new dimensions in the regional innovation system' by Malgorzata Riotrowicz
            • Parallel session 2: Quantitative approaches for governance of clusters and innovation systems
              1. 'Assessing intellectual capital in regional networks' by Veit Haug
              2. 'Monitoring and evaluating cluster performance in Scotland' by Madeline Smith
              3. 'Sector and cluster foresight in Western Greece' by Stefanos Michos
            • Parallel session 3: Making knowledge transfer services more efficient - Some suggestions based on regional experiences
              1. 'Linking incubation support and knowledge transfer activities' by Jim Keane
              2. 'Structural Funds support for knowledge transfer activities: Polish examples of implementing good practices' by Jacek Baraniecki
              3. 'Technology transfer initiatives and dedicated SME development support centres' by Björn Westling
            • Part 3: Dynamic exchanges for better regional innovation capacity
              1. 'Excellence in innovation policy governance, clusters and research - the regional innovation strategy of Bretagne' by James Leighton James Leighton
              2. 'Highlighting conclusions from the IRE Working Groups - presentation of the final papers' by Augusto Ferreira, Nils Gabrielsson and Marc Pattinson
              3. 'Key issues from parallel workshop 1' by Lena Mårtensson
              4. 'Key issues from parallel workshop 2' by Elena Stieranková
              5. 'Key issues from parallel workshop 3' by Piotr Bartczak
              6. 'Open innovation through 'Living Labs' - involving the users' by Annika Sällström
          • Minutes
            1. Minutes of IRE conference 'Innovation governance: Enhancing interaction in the regional innovation system'
        • New Generation of Regional Innovation Strategies, Gothenburg, 24-25 November 2008
          • Presentations
            1. 'Developing Regional Innovation Strategies: the role of the European Commission' by Alberto Licciardello
            2. 'Flanders RIS 2.0: Flanders in Action' by Bernard De Potter
            3. 'Introduction' by Elzbieta Ksiazek
            4. 'New Coherent Innovation Strategy in Berlin and its adjustment in the region' by Katrin Schmohl
            5. 'New Competitiveness Strategy for the Helsinki Metropolitan Area' by Kimmo Heinonen
            6. 'New Innovation/Competitiveness Strategy for Västra Götaland' by Tomas Ekberg
            7. 'New Regional Innovation Strategy for Kent' by Alex King and Peter Parsons
            8. 'New RIS for Yorkshire and Humber: A Response to new Innovation Challenges' by Reza Zadeh
            9. 'New RTDI Strategy for Castilla y Leon' by Gregorio Muñoz Abad
            10. 'Opening' by Agneta Mårdsjö
            11. 'Trends in the development of new Regional Innovation Strategies' by Claire Nauwelaers
          • Agenda
            1. Agenda ‘New Generation of Regional Innovation Strategies'
          • Minutes
            1. Minutes of the IRE workshop ‘New Generation of Regional Innovation Strategies'
      • Industrial Regions group
        • Cambridge, 7-8 June 2001
          • Presentations
            1. Conclusions of the RITTS East Lombardy project
            2. Consortia for Agri-food in Europe
            3. Implementing the RIS - experience from the Shannon region in Ireland
            4. Introduction to the East of England region
            5. RIS+ Aragon update of the last actions undertaken
            6. RITTS East of England: latest developments
            7. Strengthening the regional innovation profile
            8. Virtual environment for Innovation Management Techniques, Province of Mantova
            9. Western Sweden experience to support industrial clusters
          • Agenda
            1. Cambridge June 2001 - Agenda
          • Minutes
            1. Minutes of the meeting 6-7 June 2001 Cambridge, UK
        • Göteborg, 6-7 December 2001
          • Presentations
            1. Implementation of the RITTS East Lombardy results: two projects
            2. Innovative Actions and Technological Innovation
            3. Overijssel RIS+ results
            4. Presentation of Västra Götaland Region (Western Sweden)
            5. Regional Design Network
            6. RITTS Western Sweden - conclusions and opening of discussions
            7. RITTS/RIS impact questionnaire
            8. Technological Self-Diagnosis Tool for SMEs
            9. Thematic Network CAFÉ
            10. Thematic Network ProWomEn
            11. Thematic Network SAIL
            12. Thematic Network SCONE
            13. Thematic Network STRINNOP
            14. Thematic Network VERITE
          • Agenda
            1. Göteborg December 2001 - Agenda
          • Minutes
            1. Göteborg December 2001 - Minutes
        • Shannon, 16-17 May 2002
          • Press releases
            1. Press release: Europe's Innovating Regions achieve critical mass - 29th May 2002
            2. Press release: Regional innovation is key to EU competitiveness - 19th June 2002
          • Proceedings
            1. 3rd IRE Plenary Meeting Proceedings
          • Presentations
            1. ACENET: IRE Thematic Network to promote clusters
            2. East of England 2010: prosperity and opportunity for all
            3. Innovative Actions and Technological Innovation
            4. Innovative Actions Programme of Aragón
            5. Regional networks as a vehicle for public-private partnerships
            6. The Yorkshire and the Humber KNOWLEDGE RICH (KRICH)