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A global leader in

science, technology

and innovation

10th EUROPEAN

INNOVATION SUMMIT

Europe

10th

26 - 28 November 2018, European Parliament, Brussels

Your guide to

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PARTNERS

Welcome

From the

Commissioner

n today’s world, increasingly driven by knowledge

and technology, innovation is the cornerstone of

our economy. It makes almost everything possible.

Without innovation, there can be no jobs, no growth,

and no competitive European Union (EU).

The EU has been beneftting recently from some

light renewed economic growth and job creation.

It reaps the fruits of structural reforms in a number

of Member States coupled with a critical mass of

investment in a smart, innovative and sustainable

industry, including via the EU budget.

However, we – European - might not take this

improvement as a given. Our collective duty is to

keep on nurturing the innovation capacity of the

EU to lay the ground for the future and keep on

delivering on jobs and growth. Competitiveness is

a moving target and we have a great deal of work

ahead of us to make it sustainable, starting at the

grass-root of innovation i.e. research.

The EU has been doing a great deal for a long

time and has reached many successes in the feld

of fundamental research, in particular thanks to the

successive Framework Research programmes.

We face more difculties when it comes to building

on, scaling up and bringing the output of these

fundamental research activities to the market; and

this is precisely where we can create economic value.

Whilst new companies emerge at a similar rate in

Europe as they do, for example, in the US, these new

companies have difculties in scaling up to become

major employers and market leaders.

Against this backdrop, the Commission has

proposed to increase the budget of Horizon Europe

up to EUR 94.1 billion in 2021-2027. This envelope –

the largest ever – refects our collective ambition and

commitment to secure the position of Europe as a

global leader in the feld of research while increasing

signifcantly market penetration. Operationally

speaking, this will translate into grants ofered at

early and pre-commercial stages of the research

projects and a mix of grants and equity fnancing

up to a stage where investors can step in on usual

commercial terms.

By leveraging EUR 650 billion of additional

investment through the new InvestEU, the EU will

further accompany the companies – mostly SMEs

– holding these innovation projects down the road

of fnancial viability. Only after creating a robust eco-

system of healthy companies in the feld of advanced

technology, can economic prosperity last.

In the research and innovation landscape, digital

is undoubtedly one of the most promising areas

including in felds such as artifcial intelligence or

high performance computing. The EU is of course

committed to support these technologies in 2021-

2027. But let us not be blinded by the tremendous

potential of new technologies: digital will create

jobs - for sure, but it will also destroy some. At least it

will massively change existing jobs, in terms of tasks,

relationship between employers and employees

or working conditions. Those changes will have

profound impact on our societies and the EU will

have to take care that citizens are not left by the

wayside. We need to be able to give them at least

indications of where we want to move collectively

and bring the benefts of digital transformation to

our businesses, our public administrations and our

society as a whole. This is the ”raison d’être” of the

new Digital Europe Programme (EUR 9 billion).

The regions will also invest signifcant amounts

in innovation and, by doing so, will play a crucial

role of interface between the EU and the citizens

and in accompanying those changes. In the period

2021-2027, the European Regional Development

Fund (ERDF) will support not only investments into

research and innovation, digitalisation, but also

towards SME competitiveness and skills alignment.

This 10th European Innovation Summit is being

instrumental in contributing to face those huge

challenges ahead and aligning the eforts and

energies towards this great endeavour.

Günther Hermann Oettinger, European

Commissioner for Budget and Human Resources

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Günther

Hermann

Oettinger

ASSOCIATION

Knowledge4Innovation (K4I) is

an open, independent non-proft

organisation enabling multiple

stakeholders of the knowledge and

innovation economy to meet and

exchange their experiences with

the common objective of improving

Europe’s innovation performance.

The goal of Knowledge4innovation

and the Pact for Innovation is mak-

ing innovation and research the top

priority for Europe and to create the

best possible framework conditions

and support mechanism. A major

focus is on optimizing the impact

and exploitation of knowledge and

ideas. There is a great wealth of

publicly funded academic research

waiting to be turned into products,

services and solutions that create

market value beneftting the econo-

my and society.

FORUM

Our activities are mainly taking

place in the environment of the EU

institutions with a strong foothold

in the European Parliament. Within

the activities of the K4I Forum in the

European Parliament, supported by

40 MEPs, we have been organising

more than 500 debates and 9 suc-

cessful European Innovation

Summit events in the European

Parliament in Brussels.

MEMBERS

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his year the European Innovation Summit is

celebrating its 10th anniversary.

Ten years ago, to speak of innovation as

the main driver of growth was pioneering and

innovative in itself. But today, in their speeches

in the EP almost every head of state refects on

innovations and their importance to society

and economies.

Awareness of the importance of the

development of a creative society, the need

for changing educational models, connecting

scientifc research with the needs of

entrepreneurs, supporting startups to scale up

fast and the need for increasing investments

into research and innovation, has completely

changed. But this awareness now needs to turn

into concrete actions, and should be visible in the

new MFF and regulations.

I would like to congratulate all K4I members,

who have been promoting innovation and the

importance of building an innovative society.

You are the ones who have initiated discussions

on: new EU innovation policy, partnerships for

innovation, the innovation ecosystem, evidence-

based regulations, development of new skills,

removing barriers to innovation, tackling

society’s big challenges…

I am delighted that this year’s ‘EU Top 50

Founders and Tech Festival’ will take place again

in the European Parliament, and will be focused

on young founders and innovators from all over

the EU who will be discussing interesting topics

such as digital transformation, clean energy,

healthcare for a better life, urban mobility,

AI/Big Data, food for all, the Internet of Things,

and more. Young innovation leaders will

engage in ‘tech talks’ with participants,

exchange experience, meet, connect and network

ideas with investors, corporations, startups and

their peers.

I sincerely wish all participants of the

10th European Innovation Summit fruitful

discussions, success in making connections and

starting a wide range of new projects.

Ivana Maletić, MEP

Chair of the Knowledge4Innovation Forum of the

European Parliament

Innovation – it’s time to act

Welcome

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Welcome

elcome to the 10th

anniversary European

Innovation Summit. The

past decade has seen a lot of

turmoil, with the economic and

fnancial crisis, Brexit, looming

trade wars, widening disparities

between member states,

changing geo political and

competitiveness realities.

At the same time, we have also

witnessed a changing innovation

landscape, with increasing

complexity, true global

competition, all developing

very quickly.

The EU in 2020 will be a critical

point in time, with new

challenges and changed

paradigms. A number of crucial

policy decisions have to be made

before then. The choices will

determine the resilience and

future for all member states,

their knowledge institutions,

industries and citizens.

Research and Innovation

are driving forces for growth,

jobs and well-being, and the

new Multi-annual Financial

Framework, Horizon Europe - and

related programmes like Digital

Europe, will set the direction

for the decade ahead. The

policy initiatives include new

instruments, more bottom up,

multi stakeholder approaches and

a stronger focus on innovation.

This anniversary EIS will be the

place to discuss the future with

industry, R&I actors, innovators,

citizens, policy makers, investors

and for the frst time a selection

of Young Innovation Leaders.

As part of the second edition of

the EUTOP50 Founders and Tech

Festival, we are launching a new

mentorship programme for a

selection of promising startups

that have applied during the

EUTOP50 competition.

Robbert Fisher, President, Knowledge4Innovation, Managing Director, JIIP

Roland Strauss, Managing Director, Knowledge4Innovation

We look forward to welcoming you.

A special welcome

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The leading open platform for international cooperation in

innovation. Nowhere else is it easier to tap into public funds

and gain valuable international business partners.

Open to SMEs, universities, research institutes

and large companies.

EUREKA-supported R&D projects

are always bottom-up and anyone can lead

a project in any technology.

EUREKA has different instruments to suit as many different R&D-

performing profles as possible. Thanks to a recent initiative – EUREKA

Globalstars – countries outside of the EUREKA network such as Brazil,

Argentina, Taiwan, India and Singapore have the opportunity of getting involved.

Open for international cooperation

Open to all countries and partners

Open to all technologies

Open for business (and more)

EUREKA is open:

EUREKA

has

impact:

45

countries

6800+

projects

17000+

businesses

supported

€38.4

BILLION

of funding

Industry

Technology

Policy

mail@jiip.eu

+32 (0)26692350

www.jiip.eu

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THE ANNUAL EUROPEAN

INNOVATION SUMMIT (EIS)

WILL CELEBRATE ITS

TENTH ANNIVERSARY

THIS YEAR.

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he annual European

Innovation Summit is celebrating

its tenth anniversary.

Spearheaded by Knowledge4Innovation

(K4I), the summit has grown to become

the continent’s premier cross-sector

industry and policy event focused on

generating new ideas and connections

linked to frontier impact innovations,

especially emerging technologies with the

potential to accelerate Europe towards a

sustainable future.

The summit brings together policy

makers, industry leaders, academics and

early stage businesses united in their desire

10 YEARS

of the European

Innovation Summit

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

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