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Doing business at the Olympics |
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The Olympic Games, the oldest and most prestigious networking fixture there is, will attract many thousands of visitors – among them businessmen, investors and entrepreneurs. The IRC Help-Forward in Greece hopes to make their stay as profitable as it will be enjoyable and exciting. |
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Harvesting technologies |
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IRC Flanders is pioneering a new approach to finding technologies in the agro-food sector, working in partnership with a major scientific conference. By contacting researchers who are unfamiliar with the IRC network, the aim is to open up greater opportunities for cross-border technology transfer. |
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New challenges need new approaches |
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The network of 71 Innovation Relay Centres is the largest network for transnational transfer of technology worldwide, and has a major role to play in helping European industry rise to the challenges of the Lisbon agenda. Fulfilling that role will, however, require a stronger profile, the Commission underlined during the 2004 annual meeting of the IRC network, held in Vienna on 7 and 8 June. |
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Playing the business game |
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The concept of harnessing new technology and transforming it into market opportunities can be hard for small businesses to grasp. IRC Scotland has devised a board game that helps to explain this concept at technology transfer workshops. The game, Metamorphosis, could become a valuable training tool throughout the IRC network. |
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IRCs at the cutting edge! |
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The initiative and perseverance of two IRCs has forged a German-French collaboration in the specialised field of water-jet cutting. This has turned potential competitors into partners. |
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Textiles look to the environment |
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An IRC brokerage event in Italy brought together firms from all over Europe in the sectors of textiles and environment, interested in technology transfer. As a result, negotiations are under way for several potential technology transfer deals. |
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Tailor-made matchmaking |
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Future Match is a brokerage event for technology transfer, organised by the IRC network’s thematic group for ICT, and closely linked to Europe’s major IT fairs. It gives an unparalleled opportunity to companies, especially SMEs, to meet a wide range of potential partners. |
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March 2004
