1. Sotiris Zigiaris Project Co-ordinator Τ el . 0030. 2310.489.304 Email: sotzig@urenio.org www.urenio.org MEDITERRANEAN TECHNOLOGY LED INCUBATOR CO-OPERATION Medi-Cube

2. Incubators are performing as a part of regional innovation agglomerations

3. The positioning question Regional agglomeration economies

4. Regional synergies and interactions Incubator

5. Universities & Research centres are the natural “nests” of incubators

6. ESTEARN EUROPE NORTH AMERICA WESTERN EUROPE SOUTH AMERICA ASIA AFRICA AUSTRALIA MIDDLE EAST

7. Archimed aims to support regions in South East Mediterranean area Interreg IIIb Region in isolation in the SE Mediterranean basin

8. Regional innovation system performance - Cyprus

9. Malta

10. Region Puglia Italy

11. Region Sicily - Italy

12. Region Calabria - Italy

13. Region Thessaly - Greece

14. Region of Attiki - Greece

15. Region Central Macedonia - Greece

16. Region Baden-Württemberg - Germany

17. Region Etelä-Suomi - Finland

18. Technology and management mix Incubator functions

19. Etzkowitz , 2002

20. European Commission, 2002

22. 1980s 1990s 2000s 1st generation Real estate Shared facilities Reactive support 2nd generation Advisory services Coaching Proactive support 3rd generation Access to venture finance Co-venturing

23. BASIC RESEARCH APPLIED RESEARCH DEMOSTRATION COMMERCIALIZATION MARKET DEVLOPMENT Intensive financing Incubators Government Industry Financing Banks Business angels Innovation chain financing Valley of death

24. INCUBATORS

25. Distribution of financing – Greece 2001

26. Incubators in Europe A tough egg to hatch. Will they survive?

27. Incubators in Greece Budget Public financing

28. Should incubators have a sectoral or a technological focus on their innovation path? ESINET - European space incubator ESA tech. transfer platform

37. Survey recommendations

38. Participation of the following Incubators I4g Thermi Technopolis

39. 1. ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI – URENIO RESEARCH UNIT (Project Leader) 2. REGION OF CENTRAL MACEDONIA 3. PROVINCE OF MATERA 4. PROVINCE OF BRINDISI 5. CALABRIA REGION 6. MATIMOP – ISRAELI INDUSTRY CENTER FOR R&D Medi-Cube partners

40. 4 platform subcomponents a. New product and service development b. Incubator innovation management c. Marketing intelligence d. Technology and market watch WP1.2

41. 1. Creation of a network of 10-20 incubators 2. Analysis of the business and technology environment 3. Development of an online platform with an innovation toolbox to facilitate the transfer of technologies and product innovation to tenant companies 4. Training of all network members in the adaptation and use of the toolbox in their particular business environment. 5. Pilot implementation of the platform in sixteen cases in different industry sectors 6. Evaluation of pilot applications and exchange of good practice based on the results of the pilot applications. 7. Exchange of technologies and organisation of technology brokering events Medicube activities

42. www.urenio.org/medicube username:medicube password:urenio

44. Task in the Medi-Cube project: In one company in the incubators a new product will be development using the NPD tool and following the steps above The objective of the process to build an investment presentation folder for the new product that will presented to third party financing

45. Problem definition – Tools - Assessment

47. www.i4g.gr

49. Participation of four incubators in Italy 4 NPD applications 4 technology and market watch applications 4 Marketing Intelligence applications 4 incubator innovation management applications Incubators best practice publication (region of Calabria) Dissemination events in Italy and Greece

50. Sotiris Zigiaris Τ el . 0030. 2310.489.304 Email: sotzig@urenio.org www.urenio.org MEDITERRANEAN TECHNOLOGY LED INCUBATOR CO-OPERATION Medi-Cube