WP 8 Valorisation and Exploitation Plan Raimondo Sepe CBVI – Cross Border Virtual Incubator All Partner Meeting– June, 2012, Gratz International Telematic University UNINETTUNO

Agenda Status of local exploitation activities Final Event organising

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

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 Business course ranked 3rd best in Spanish study on entrepreneurial practices (Fundación Tripartita) -US JRC index journal submissions, tbc

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 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

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

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:

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:

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

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)

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)