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News archive - Event review: Research and entrepreneurship partnership for the growth and internationalization of SMEs in Danube Region

The International EUSDR Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship, November 27 - 28, 2013 has been finished with success.

International Conference on “Research and entrepreneurship partnership for the growth and internationalization of SMEs in Danube Region” has been jointly organized in Zagreb, November 27 - 28, 2013, within EU Strategy for Danube Region, Priority Area 8 - Competitiveness, by the Ministry of Entrepreneurship and Crafts of the Republic of Croatia, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing University of Zagreb and CBBS, consulting and EU lobbying SME company from Zagreb.

EUSDR Conference brought together almost 300 key stakeholders from Danube Region (governmental bodies and agencies, companies, SMEs, research/science institutions, education/training centres, SME associations, clusters and other stakeholders) and according to the comments/feedback received from the participants, it finished with the success.

EUSDR Conference, November 27 – 28, 2013, Zagreb in figures

24 speakers from 8 EU countries
21 presentations, 7 presentations (European & Croatian institutions/Business associations), 6 presentations (SMEs/corporate) and 8 presentations (science/research community)
294 registered participants from 17 European countries (Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republik, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Serbia, Turkey). 10 EUSDR countries were present in Zagreb (Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republik, Germany, Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia, Serbia)
165 participants expressed the interest in starting EUSDR projects or/and in the search for the partners in EUSDR projects.

The objective of the Conference was to foster stronger interaction of research organisations, small and medium enterprises and regional governments towards creation of innovations as key driver for competitiveness of the Danube Region and Europe.

More information about EUSDR Conference and its programme you may find below:

Conference homepage: CBBS

Programme/Agenda of EUSDR Conference: PDF

Objectives of EUSDR Conference: PDF

EUSDR Conference presentations: Here

Country

Croatia

Geographical focus

Danube Macroregion

Scientifc field / Thematic focus

Cross-thematic/Interdisciplinary
General
Social Sciences

Entry created by Philipp Brugner on January 2, 2014
Modified on January 2, 2014

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