1. WP 8 Valorisation and Exploitation Plan Raimondo Sepe r.sepe@uninettuno.it CBVI – Cross Border Virtual Incubator All Partner Meeting– 18-19 June, 2012, Gratz International Telematic University UNINETTUNO

2. Agenda Status of local exploitation activities Final Event organising

3. Local Exploitation Partner: Institute of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Research (Institut für Gründungs-und Innovationsforschung IGIF) Planned actions : –Communicating results to international/national/regional partners and universities –Integrating new findings into the Institute’s teaching methods via training and coaching programmes –Inviting WP2 to present at at the G-Forum (Germany’s largest Entrepreneurship conference) Status : –EXIST-IV-Conference (April 2012, Wuppertal, Germany) –Entrepreneurship in Russia and Germany: Leveraging Entrepreneurial Capacities by Bilateral Knowledge Exchange between Scientific and Educational Institutions in Nizhniy Novgorod (RUS) and Wuppertal (GER) (May 2012) –Local website

4. Local Exploitation Partner: The National Distance Education University ( Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia UNED) Planned actions: -Organising business courses using CBVI services -Creating student networks -Training UNED professors -Publishing journal articles in Spanish and English Status: -Paper in Revista de Economía Mundial; paper for JCR index Spanish Economic Journal under review -ICL Conference in Villach, September 2012 -Business course ranked 3rd best in Spanish study on entrepreneurial practices (Fundación Tripartita) -US JRC index journal submissions, tbc

5. Local Exploitation Partner: Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Borsod- Abaúj-Zemplén county (BOKIK) Planned actions: -Online communication: -BOKIK website -Newsletters reaching 2600 SMEs (Chamber members) -Print media: newspaper articles, flyers, brochures Status : -4 newspaper articles reaching 150 000 inhabitants in the region and all institutes, including local government, university, high schools, secondary schools -2 e-newsletters received by 2600 members -Articles on the BOKIK website

6. Local Exploitation Partner: Graz University of Technology (TUG) Planned actions: -Virtual environment to be used in class and in trainings for other institutions -Virtual environment subjected to knowledge transfer within the university -Virtual environment acting as a reference point for training activities and courses in collaboration with Innolab and Science Park Status: -Virtual Incubator World (VIW) integrated in: local business incubators and technology parks: Innolab, Science Park and Softwarepark Hagenberg local universities: Graz University of Technology, University of Graz and FH Joanneum -Pilot series with University of Graz and FH Joanneum Graz (alongside Innolab) -Papers, presentations in Slovakia, Austria, Spain

7. Local Exploitation Partner: Tallinn University (TU) Planned actions: -Collecting and communicating good practices as they emerge from the virtual entrepreneurship seminar via professional conferences, associations and journals -Integrating developed technical solutions into university curricula -Providing consultancy services to local stakeholders via the Tallin University Knowledge Transfer Centre -Integrating the virtual seminar into the “Digital Library Learning” Erasmus Mundus joint MA programme Status:

8. Local Exploitation Partner: City Conversity (AB ) Planned actions : -Applying the entrepreneurship-centric networked environment to the creative industry cluster in Sweden -Using the virtual environment experience as a starting point for future Wiki-mode dialogue -Boosting entrepreneurship, given the new business model (2-3 emerging start-ups envisaged) Status:

9. Local Exploitation Partner: Maria Curie Sklodowska University (MCSU) Planned actions: -Integrating the “Multi-country compendium of business planning pilots” report in university curricula -Online communication: partner’s website, feature article in the most important Polish e-learning and e-business magazine -Print media: one publication on the findings of WP2, brochures, folders -Event management: project communication at the largest yearly Polish conference on e-learning and e-economy -Communicating project results to other Polish incubators Status: –Local website –Online EDUCA Berlin 2011 (and project leaflets distribution) –Leaflet distribution at the largest yearly Polish conference on e-learning and e-economy in Cracow 2011

10. Inputs for the Final Event Objective: emphasising project outcomes Location: Rome, Italy Date: January 2013 Participants: –Partners –Stakeholders Local authorities Universities SMEs Associations, NGOs –Local/international media Event communication : –Video production, to be broadcast on: UNINETUNO WebTV, RAI NETTUNO SAT 1, website, newsletter All UNINETTUNO-related social networks Partners’ websites Project website Live streaming on Internet of the event (feasible if event in Rome)

11. Proposed agenda 1.Project objective (project coordinator’s presentation) 2.Timeline of project achievements/ WP (partners’ presentations and discussion) 3.Current exploitation status: future regional/international (partners ’ discussion) 4.Leveraging results: taking valorization strategies one step further (speakers, stakeholders, partners)