Overview
All big corporations are struggling to find the best ways to bring in innovation from outside the enterprise.
Start-ups and high-tech businesses are looking to sell their products, and their companies, to major organisations.
Innovation Exchange is where high-tech start-ups, major corporations and venture capital investors come together to do business. It is the new annual meeting place for the EMEA innovation community to network and do deals.
A panel of experts will forecast how the hottest sectors will evolve over the next 12-18 months. And the coolest young start-ups and entrepreneurs will showcase their companies.
The conference is run by the European Private Equity & Venture Capital Assocation (EVCA), Informilo and the European Tech Tour Association (ETT.
This year’s event will take place on October 14 at the Radisson Hotel in Copenhagen, Denmark.
The first event, which took place in Berlin on 14 October 2009, included delegates from 13 countries and participation from Google, Nokia, SAP, IBM and Hutchison Whampoa’s 3, among others.
The conference gives corporate sponsors the chance to choose a technology stream that interests them most. Potential streams include Search and Gaming (for example Internet, communities, websearch, social gaming), Life science ( for example health care and Bio Tech),Smart Cities (Cleanech, new materials, batteries, nano tech), Communication (mobility, social networks) and Disruptive technologies but we are open to other ideas.
Once the five streams for 2010 are set the European Tech Tour (ETT), an independent non-profit organization that has been discovering and promoting both early and later stage tech stars for over 10 years, will work to identify outstanding tech companies in Europe and Israel that correspond to each stream. The best will present at the Innovation Exchange.
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2010 Innovation Xchange Selection Committee
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A group of highly regarded professionals have undertaken the responsibility of screening and selecting the companies to the presented at the 2010 Innovation Xchange. A selection committee was set up to ensure the independence of the selection process. It is composed by experienced and highly regarded senior professionals, from relevant backgrounds and industry expertise, such as venture capital, technology industry, investment banks, and research.
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