Connect Research 2008 conference, Rome, Italy
8 May 2008 - 8 May 2008
Italy
The Connect Research 2008 conference will take place on 8 and 9 May in Rome, Italy.
Connect Research 2008, organised jointly by the British Embassy in Rome, the Italian Embassy in London, and Italians in Cranfield Association (ItaCA), will provide a European-level forum to compare business models, best practices, and stimulate the creation of new contacts.
The conference will focus on four main themes:
- innovation through networks: discussion of successful business models; effective links between research institutes, private companies and public sector organisations; examples of access to public research for small and medium enterprises (SMEs);
- intellectual property rights (IPR) management: exploiting technology and marketing innovation
- research and business perspectives on how to protect innovation and successfully exploit it: case studies of intellectual property management;
- funding innovation: how to identify appropriate sources at different stages of development of an innovative technology; examples of public and private streams of funding;
- EU Seventh Framework Programme (FP7): how SMEs can benefit from FP7; what type of assistance SMEs need to participate; ways in which bureaucratic processes could be simplified.For further information, please visit:
http://www.britishembassy.gov.uk/italy(opens in new window)
E-Mail: ConnectResearch@fco.gov.uk
Connect Research 2008, organised jointly by the British Embassy in Rome, the Italian Embassy in London, and Italians in Cranfield Association (ItaCA), will provide a European-level forum to compare business models, best practices, and stimulate the creation of new contacts.
The conference will focus on four main themes:
- innovation through networks: discussion of successful business models; effective links between research institutes, private companies and public sector organisations; examples of access to public research for small and medium enterprises (SMEs);
- intellectual property rights (IPR) management: exploiting technology and marketing innovation
- research and business perspectives on how to protect innovation and successfully exploit it: case studies of intellectual property management;
- funding innovation: how to identify appropriate sources at different stages of development of an innovative technology; examples of public and private streams of funding;
- EU Seventh Framework Programme (FP7): how SMEs can benefit from FP7; what type of assistance SMEs need to participate; ways in which bureaucratic processes could be simplified.For further information, please visit:
http://www.britishembassy.gov.uk/italy(opens in new window)
E-Mail: ConnectResearch@fco.gov.uk