SPICE Events 2012–2013
Add new informationThe following list provides an overview for the coming twelve months. Numbered events are "SPICE events", means SPICE Group is involved by helping to define the topics, to identify and attract speakers, to prepare and organize the event and/or by holding a SPICE Meeting — for members and invited guests only. Events in italic letters, without a blue background are recommended by SPICE, however do not have a specific involvement of SPICE Group.
Proposals to list further events are invited. Send your information to: spice@spice-group.de
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Copenhagen Denmark | Third Research Seminar of the Network of Creative Industries in Europe The third (and final) seminar of the Regional Studies As-sociation Research Network Creative Industries in Europe will be hosted by Høgni Kalsø Hansen, at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. SPICE Update (No 98) had report-ed on the second seminar, held in Poznan, Poland. Before the end of the year 2011 a call for papers will be circulated by the organizers. Contact: Nick Clifton | |
| 160 | Atlanta, Georgia United States | 26th Annual International NBIA conference Business incubation practi-tioners and economic de-velopment professionals each year gather to explore strategies for entrepreneur support at NBIA’s International Conference on Business Incubation. Participants attend in-depth workshops, educational sessions, incubator tours and receptions. Through the training and networking opportunities, attendees learn about incubator sustainability, entrepreneur services, And industry best practices. For those who are new to incubation, the conference provides an opportunity to learn the fundamentals of business incubation and interact with advanced profes-sionals who can share lessons learned and strategies for success. For advanced incubator managers, the confe-rence provides a vehicle to meet up with old friends and take home new techniques to assist clients and run suc-cessful incubation programs. Contact: David Monkman WWW: www.nbia.org/events/conf2012/index.php Email: dmonkman@nbia.org |
Daejeon South Korea | 8th INSME Annual Meeting The 8th INSME Annual Meeting on "Innovation across Borders: Building Competitive Nations through SMEs Networks" will be co-hosted by INSME and the World Technopolis Association - WTA (INSME Member), Daejeon Metropolitan City, Innobiz Association and Daejeon Convention Center. Contact: Simona Marzetti WWW: www.annualmeeting2012.insme.org Email: insme2012@insme.it | |
Kielce Poland | Smart specialisation. The Role of Business Innovation Centres<nXXIII PBICA Annual Conference For many reasons it will be special occasion for meeting. 20 years ago group of Business Incubation enthusiasts established Polish Business Innovation Centers Associa-tion at the 3rd Annual Conference on The Role of Business Innovation Centers in Local Development and Business Incubation in October 1992. The Association launched activities in April 1993 after completing all registration procedures. Therefore PBICA will celebrate its 20th Anniversary from May 20012 till May 2013. There will be grand opening of Technology Park in Kielce during the PBICA conference in May 2012. And conference participants will discuss the role of Business Innovation Centers in 2014-2020 EU financial framework. Contact: Marzena Mazewska WWW: www.sooipp.org.pl Email: mmazewska@wp.pl | |
Zadar Croatia | 4th International Conference Management of Technology The 4th International Conference Management of Technology - Step to Sustainable Production (MOTSP 2012) will present the results of recent research activities in the scope of management of technology, industrial engineering and sustainable production. Contact: Predrag Cosic WWW: motsp2012.org Email: motsp2012@fsb.hr | |
Tallinn Estonia | Science and Technology Parks: Serving the Companies and the Innovation Community “Science and Technology Parks: Serving the Companies and the Innovation Community” is the theme of the World Conference on Science and Technology Parks that will be held in Estonia’s Capital. An excellent reason (if any reason is needed) to visit Tallinn again after the Baltic Dynamics conference and SPICE Anniversary in September this year. Contact: Ebba Lund WWW: www.iasp2012tln.com Email: lund@iasp.ws | |
Barcelona Spain | XXIII ISPIM Conference “Action for Innovation: Innovating from Experience” is the title of the 23rd ISPIM conference that will be hosted by La Salle University in partnership with Orbita97. Around 450 innovation experts from 55 countries are expected to attend this event. The three-day program will include Keynote Presentations; “Hot Topic" Roundtable Discussions; Facilitated Themed Sessions with Academic and Practitioner Presentations; Workshops; and Special Interest Groups. Contact: Ian Bitran Email: conference@ispim.org | |
Cardiff United Kingdom | Creative Regions Summer School The Creative Regions Summer School have been designed to introduce postgraduate students, practitioners and policy makers to the current academic knowledge and research in the field of creativity and regional economic development. Whether you are working with creative industries policy strategies or you are in undertaking further research in this field, the Creative Regions Summer School will help to direct and support your future learning Contact: Roberta Comunian | |
Vilnius Lithuania | Baltic Dynamisc 2012 The "Baltic Dynamics" conferences - taking place in turns in the Baltic States - are the place to meet the people active in innovation and entrepreneurship support. More information about the upcoming “Baltic Dynamics” in Vilnius soon will be available. Contact: Pranas Milius Email: p.milius@ktc.lt |
Earlier Events of SPICE Group
| 1 | Annual ADT comnference / First ICECE Meeting Berlin, Germany 20 November 1991 | 113 | Networking of Business Incubators Bratislava, Slovakia 20 – 21 September 2005 | |
| 67 | Lviv, Ukraine 2 – 5 March 2001 | 114 | XVIth annual conference of PBICA Belchatuw, Poland 22 – 24 September 2005 | |
| 68 | Almaty, Kazakhstan 24 – 27 April 2001 | 115 | KOBIA-SPICE Leqdership Program Birmingham, United Kingdom 26 – 27 October 2005 | |
| 69 | Chicago, United States 25 – 28 April 2001 | 116 | Business Incubation and Innovation Support Yerevan, Armenia 4 – 5 November 2005 | |
| 70 | Budapest, Hungary 27 – 28 April 2001 | 117 | 12th Global Summit at the 7th Annual UKBI Conference "Future Success" - Sheffield, United Kingdom 27 – 29 November 2005 | |
| 71 | Itzehoe, Germany 13 – 16 May 2001 | 118 | Regional Innovation and Incubation Capacity Building Workshop Casablanca, 31 January – 3February 2006 | |
| 72 | 4th Global Summit at the Annual NBIA conference San Jose, California, United States 20 – 24 May 2001 | 119 | VI. Innovation Salon Moscow, Russia 5 – 9 February 2006 | |
| 73 | Bilbao, Spain 11 – 13 June 2001 | 120 | 13th Global Summit at the NBIA conference "Cultivating the Seeds of Innovation" St. Louis, United States 30 April – 3May 2006 | |
| 74 | Tallinn, Estonia 16 – 19 June 2001 | 121 | Asia Pacific Forum on Innovation and Incubation Shanghai, China 17 – 19 May 2006 | |
| 75 | Riga, Latvia 14 – 16 September 2001 | 122 | BALTIC DYNAMICS' 06 Vilnius, Lithuania 24 – 26 May 2006 | |
| 76 | Bucharest, Romania 23 – 24 September 2001 | 123 | Special SPICE Workshop and PBICA Conference Poznan, Poland 26 – 27 October 2006 | |
| 77 | Lviv, Ukraine 27 – 29 September 2001 | 124 | Second Global Forum on Business Incubation Hyderabad, India 5 – 10 November 2006 | |
| 78 | Poznan / Kiekrz, Poland 11 – 14 October 2001 | 124 | 14th Global Summit of Business Incubation Associations Hyderabad, India 11 November 2006 | |
| 79 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 23 – 26 October 2001 | 125 | Best Practices in Science Based Incubators Copenhagen, Denmark 7 – 8 December 2006 | |
| 80 | Kiev, Ukraine 16 – 18 November 2001 | 126 | 10th AABI Assembly Auckland, New Zealand 12 – 15 March 2007 | |
| 81 | Vincovci, Croatia 22 – 24 November 2001 | 127 | 21st NBIA conference Seattle, United States 1 – 4 April 2007 | |
| 82 | Tallinn / Tartu, Estonia 21 February – 23 2002 | 127 | 15th Global Summit at the 21st Annual NBIA conference Seattle, United States 1 – 4 April 2007 | |
| 83 | Bratislava, Slovakia 11 March 2002 | 128 | 16th Global Summit at the BALTIC DYNAMICS 2007 Riga, Latvia 12 – 14 September 2007 | |
| 84 | Paris, France 21 – 23 March 2002 | 129 | Advancing Innovation ECA 2007 Yerevan, Armenia 17 – 20 September 2007 | |
| 85 | IASP Conference Toronto, Canada 28 April – 1May 2002 | 130 | 17th Global Summit of Business Incubation Associations Shanghai, China 23 September 2007 | |
| 85 | 5th International Summit of Business Incubation Associations Toronto, Canada 28 April 2002 | 131 | Shaping the Future through Innovation Bahrain, Bahrain 21 – 24 October 2007 | |
| 86 | Prague, Czech Republic 6 – 9 June 2002 | 132 | Forum on Developing and Supporting ICT Based Entreprenurship Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 21 – 24 November 2007 | |
| 87 | Tallinn, Estonia 9 – 11 June 2002 | 133 | BI 9: Innovation and Entrepreneurship - The Global Challenge Brighton, United Kingdom 28 – 30 November 2007 | |
| 88 | Madeira, Portugal 24 June – 26July 2002 | 134 | 18th Global Summit of Business Incubation Assoications San Antonio, Texas, United States 4 May 2008 | |
| 89 | Shymkent, Kazakhstan 10 – 15 September 2002 | 135 | First Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship Skopje, Macedonia 8 – 10 May 2008 | |
| 90 | Kiev, Ukraine 25 – 28 September 2002 | 136 | Promoting Innovation and Entrepreneurship effectively through Business Incubation Bangkok, Thailand 27 – 29 July 2008 | |
| 91 | Mierzecin, Poland 9 – 12 October 2002 | 137 | 19th Global Summit at the 20th Annual ADT conference Berlin, Germany 21 – 23 September 2008 | |
| 92 | Tartu, Estonia 10 – 12 October 2002 | 138 | 7th MENAinc Workshop Ifrane, Morocco 29 – 30 October 2008 | |
| 93 | 6th International Summit at the Annual ADT conference Dortmund, Germany 17 – 18 November 2002 | 139 | Best Science Based Incubators Paris, France 11 – 12 December 2008 | |
| 94 | The Hague, Netherlands 5 – 6 December 2002 | 140 | International Incubator Conference Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 16 – 17 March 2009 | |
| 95 | BALTIC DYNAMICS '03 Vilnius, Lithuania 15 – 17 May 2003 | 141 | Women Business Incubation Workshop Bishkek-Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan 9 – 16 April 2009 | |
| 96 | 7th International Summit at the NBIA Conference in Richmond Virginia, United States 18 – 21 May 2003 | 142 | 20th Global Summit at the NBIA International Conference 2009 Kansas City, Missouri, United States 19 – 22 April 2009 | |
| 97 | IASP Conference Lisbon, Portugal 1 – 4 June 2003 | 143 | 20th Annual Conference of PBICA Gdynia, Poland 14 – 16 May 2009 | |
| 98 | 20 years of business incubators in Germany Berlin, Germany 28 September – 1October 2003 | 144 | St. Petersburg SPICE Meting St. Petersburg, Russia 6 – 8 July 2009 | |
| 99 | Business and Innovation Centers within Programs of the European Community Kalisz, Poland 10 – 13 October 2003 | 145 | 2nd International Business Extreme Forum: Innovation. Personality, Growth Petrozavodsk, Karelia, Russia 9 – 11 July 2009 | |
| 100 | 8th International Summit Kitakyushu, Japan 14 November 2003 | 146 | Baltic Dynamics 2009 Vilnius, Lithuania 30 September – 3October 2009 | |
| 101 | New Zealand Business Incubation Summit Christchurch, New Zealand 10 – 11 March 2004 | 147 | 3rd infoDev Global Business Incubation Forum Florianopolis, Brazil 26 – 30 October 2009 | |
| 102 | Three Country Association Meeting Tägerwilen, Switzerland 2 – 4 April 2004 | 148 | 8th Best Science Based Incubator Award and Conference Stockholm, Sweden 18 – 20 November 2009 | |
| 103 | 5th International UBICA Conference Kiev, Ukraine 23 – 25 April 2004 | 149 | Annual NBIA conference Orlando, United States 16 – 19 May 2010 | |
| 104 | 9th International Summit of Business Incubation Associations Atlanta, Georgia, United States 25 April 2004 | 149 | 21st Global Summit to be held in Orlando, USA Orlando, United States 16 May 2010 | |
| 105 | Country Gateways Global Network Meeting Bonn, Germany 25 – 28 June 2004 | 150 | "Beethoven, a Castle, a Park, and Delicacies" - The Third SPOAC Budapest, Hungary 23 – 25 July 2010 | |
| 106 | BALTIC DYNAMICS 2004 Riga, Latvia 9 – 12 September 2004 | 151 | Baltic Dynamics 2010 Riga, Latvia 15 – 17 September 2010 | |
| 107 | Annual Conference of PBICA Mielec region, Poland 14 – 16 October 2004 | 152 | Science and Technology Parks in Poland - Experiences and Perspectives Poznan, Poland 4 – 5 October 2010 | |
| 108 | infoDev Global Incubation Symposium New Delhi, India 14 – 19 October 2004 | 153 | 9th Annual Conference: “Best Practices in Science Based Incubation” Liverpool, United Kingdom 17 – 19 November 2010 | |
| 108 | 10th International Summit of Associations New Delhi, India 20 October 2004 | 154 | Fifth international ECAbit conference Baku, Azerbaijan 2 – 3 December 2010 | |
| 109 | 19th International NBIA Conference Baltimore, United States 15 – 18 May 2005 | 155 | Annual International NBIA conference San Jose, CA, United States 10 – 13 April 2011 | |
| 109 | 11th Global Summit of Business Incubation Associations Baltimore, United States 15 May 2005 | 156 | Annual PBICA Conference Gliwice, Poland 19 – 21 May 2011 | |
| 110 | Regional Innovation and Incubation Capacity Building Workshop Kiev & Bila Tserkva, Ukraine 9 – 11 June 2005 | 157 | Baltic Dynmaics 2011 Tallinn, Estonia 4 – 6 September 2011 | |
| 111 | 111th SPICE Meeting at the BALTIC DYNAMICS 2005 Tallinn, Estonia 23 August 2005 | 158 | infoDev Business Incubation Managment "Training of Trainers" Ooty, India 28 October – 4November 2011 | |
| 112 | 3rd APEC Incubators' Forum DaeGu, South Korea 26 – 28 August 2005 | 159 | Science Based Incubators as Connectors between High-Tech Clusters Aukland, New Zealand 28 – 30 November 2011 | |
| 113 | Networking of Business Incubators Bratislava, Slovakia 20 – 21 September 2005 |