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We are among the most successful Czech organisations in the number of participation in international projects supporting ICT research and development within European Union Framework Programmes.
We organized over 200 seminars, conferences, discussions and informal gatherings in last 15 years. Since 2005 we hold a Brno series of discussion evenings focused on international exchange of innovation experience between the Czech Republic, Austria, UK, France, Slovakia & Poland (inspired by Richard Florida), followed by the Brnopolis non-profit project and the OpenCoffee series.
Since 2002 we have provided over one hundred companies and research teams (mostly from ICT field) with coaching for business plans development. For 8 years we have been serving as the Sectoral Contact Point accredited by the Ministry of Education for ICT companies participating in the EU Framework Programme – with a primary focus on internet applications, digital content & research exploitation.
We were publishing the Virtual Innovation Park e-commerce website for 15 years and 140 editions of our monthly newsletter.
- Research cooperation platform for networking information professionals (2013-2015)
- Centrope Information Technology Transfer (2008-2011)
- Exploitation of research-based innovation: bringing entrepreneurship and market expertise at the start of applied research (2005-2008)
- Engaging regional SMEs within ICT in EU research (2005-2008)
- eTEN Promo Invest (2005-2007)
- NETworking for Innovation and knowledge Economy among SMEs in the new member states (2004-2006), international project coordinator
- Bio Venture East (2004-2006)
- European Technology Venturing Programme (2002-2004), coordinator for Central and Eastern Europe
- European Survey of Information Society (1999-2001), coordinator for the Czech Republic