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🌍 🇪🇸 It’s been nearly three weeks since Dev For Good attended VDS ( former Valencia Digital Summit), and we’re excited to share that our conversations have continued with the amazing companies we met there. Represented by Alexandre Phiev and Bernardo Caetano, we set out to connect with like-minded individuals and explore collaborations with startups focused on sustainability, impact, and for-good initiatives. 🍃 We were thrilled to meet incredible people and inspiring projects that share our commitment to creating a better world. We had insightful conversations with amazing companies like Goparity | Impact finance, Accedeme.Accesibilidad.Web, and Deliverback—all pursuing impactful goals and exploring solutions for today’s most pressing challenges. From sustainable finance to accessibility tech, the enthusiasm and drive we witnessed were truly inspiring. Since then, we’ve kept the momentum going, discussing potential collaborations with the wonderful individuals and teams we met. We’re eager to explore these new opportunities and look forward to growing meaningful partnerships that can create lasting, positive change. 🌱 Thank you to all the innovative projects we encountered at VDS—tagged and untagged alike. We can’t wait to see where these conversations lead and how we can contribute to the journey ahead! #DevForGood #VDS #ValenciaDigitalSummit #Networking #Sustainability #Impact #Partnerships #TechForGood #SustainableInnovation #PositiveImpact #ForGood

Do you need support at the pre-maturation and maturation stages of your innovation journey? 💡 The Deep Tech Venture Builder Programme 2025, developed by EIT Health, is here to do just that! Matilda Åberg-Wennerholm, Innovation/Partnership & Collaboration Lead at EIT Health, emphasizes that the Deep Tech Venture Builder Programme 2025 aims to transform academic deep tech research into ventures by providing support for challenges like funding and bureaucracy. If you're part of an academic or research team, this programme offers up to €150k in grant funding to help you overcome these hurdles and accelerate your innovation journey. Join them for an informational webinar on October 24th at 12:00 CET to learn more about how this programme can accelerate your journey from research to commercialisation. Links below! ⬇ #DeepTech #HealthTech #Innovation #EITHealth #Startup

💡Introducing best practices and policies of more innovative partner regions to be transferred to less innovative regions🤝 🆕🇦🇹The "Innovation Voucher" program in Austria, initiated by the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG), aims to enhance the competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), including startups, by fostering their research and innovation activities in collaboration with R&D institutions. This program, ongoing since 2018, supports a variety of activities such as feasibility studies, prototype development, and analysis of technology transfer potential. With up to 80% funding for external R&D costs (maximum €10,000), it encourages SMEs to engage in innovative projects. Companies can select suitable research institutions from a list of over 500 universities and R&D centers and can also consult with FFG for guidance. The program's simplicity and support make it a best practice in promoting innovation in SMEs. 📈

🚀 Innovations in Education: Shaping the Future of Learning 🌐 Explore the latest developments in educational innovation with our new article on EuroQuity. Learn how advancements in digital platforms, interdisciplinary approaches, and the emphasis on lifelong learning are transforming the educational landscape for students and professionals alike. 🔗 Read the full insights here: https://lnkd.in/djSRQrCy Key Highlights: - 📚 Personalized learning experiences through digital technologies - 💡 Integration of STEM with arts and humanities for a holistic approach - 🌍 Access to quality education via online platforms, breaking geographical barriers - 🔄 Embracing lifelong learning to adapt to the evolving job market While ACCELERO primarily focuses on enhancing Europe's innovation ecosystems, we recognize the importance of these educational innovations in preparing a skilled and adaptable workforce for the future. Special thanks to our consortium partners and the support from the European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA): EurA AG, EBN - European Business & Innovation Centre Network, bwcon, BIC Innobridge, EuroQuity - Bpifrance, and Krakowski Park Technologiczny | Krakow Technology Park. #EUInnovationEcosystems #innovation #startups #SMEs #HorizonEU #DigitalEducation #FutureOfLearning

Are you an SME leader? Do you want to grow your business in new innovative ways? Do you want to do something different with your business but don’t know what to do or where to start? Are you interested in taking a planned approach to creating new innovative ways of growing the business? Do you want to develop a new product, process, service, or business model for existing or new markets? Do you want to make decisions about the future growth of the business based on solid reasoning using robust knowledge and networks? Do you want to build your network across the island of Ireland? Do you want to use the expertise and capabilities of four leading Irish universities? If so, then the THRIVE SME Innovation programme could be for you. Overview The Thrive SME Innovation Programme is an InterTradeIreland initiative, focused on supporting SMEs to grow and develop new network relationships with other businesses and university experts across the entire island of Ireland. Delivered in collaboration with University College Cork, University of Galway, Queen's University Belfast and Technological University Dublin, the THRIVE SME Innovation programme brings SME leaders through a structured innovation process for engaging in ways to generate, develop and plan to implement new innovative ideas for the SME through in-person workshops and one-to-one sessions. The THRIVE SME Innovation programme requires a commitment from the SME leader for five in-person days across a six-month period. Additionally, businesses can nominate 1-2 members of their company to undertake the programme alongside the SME leader. Each educational institution will deliver one-full day of the programme, allowing participants access to specific regional expertise and capabilities and additionally the opportunity to work with businesses from across the four provinces. Through completion of the programme, the business will be supported to develop the following: 1.     An innovation audit of the business’s processes and gaps for implementing new ideas. 2.     A future-looking review of the business’s competitive landscape. 3.     Design of a growth roadmap, based on a new product, service, process or business model. 4.     An implementation plan for the newly identified innovation project. 5.     Opportunity for SME leader to understand their own leadership and management capabilities. 6.     Opportunities to access further InterTradeIreland supports (e.g. Innovation Boost). Please reach out if this is of interest. Applications are submitted via https://lnkd.in/eWcDAVYv Or email [email protected] with any questions. hashtag #THRIVESMEInnovation Dr. Lawrence Dooley Majella Giblin Joanne McEvoy Joanne Mallon Janet Toal Dr Portia Ellis-Woods Claire McBride Gillian Barrett

🚀 Exciting developments in health technology! TalTech – Tallinn University of Technology's new Health and Food Technologies Centre of Excellence is uniting 40 research groups to drive #innovation and #collaboration. This initiative aligns with TalTech’s Green Strategy and the European Green Deal, emphasizing a sustainable, health-focused future. At Tehnopol HealthTech, we’re proud to support health technology companies in partnership with TalTech. Our collaboration includes: 🔸 Fostering startup creation and patent development by hosting hackathons and offering a Startup Accelerator for MVP development 🔸 Promoting internships and continuous updates to TalTech's e-health master’s program 🔸 Collaborating with the ecosystem to raise awareness 🔸 Engaging in joint projects for a cohesive community 🔸 Advancing research to tackle industry challenges with public/private sector cooperation Together, we’re fostering a robust ecosystem for HealthTech innovation. 🌟 Read more about the new Centre of Excellence in the comments below! 👇 #HealthTech #HealthTechnology #TehnopolHealthTech #TalTech #Sustainability

This is a Throwback 2023. Please skip to the bottom if you want the bullets. There was a time when I simply wanted to return back to Bangladesh right after I finish my graduation since I was at the brink of giving up. The struggle was too much to bear at one point. No social life as my routine consisted of 10-5pm class period and 6-1am work just to put food on the table and keep the roof over my head. When I started getting the invitation emails from the Griffith COllege research hub about the Gameon 2023 competition, link for details (https://lnkd.in/e-4m3y4b) I didn't even want to participate since I kept telling myself that, I'm leaving soon anyway. But after couple of official emails, Dr. Garrett Ryan sent a personal email regarding the compettition which made me enlist. Now I don't know what he saw in me that day, but that one email changed something in me. Since then, through Jeanette Garcia Kola's calm motivational words fueled something in me and things started going crazy! Today, I have a prize winning analytics business platform, nearly ready for launch. Just a week back, I had the chance to work with the delightful design students of the college, link for details (https://lnkd.in/e-4m3y4b) for brand development support. Looking back today, I must admit to couple of life lessons I learnt and still am learning: 1. Has life became any less struggling? Not yet, but I have grown stronger since I decided not to give up. 2. I have my own registered business entity soon to be happening, something always been in dreams, never realized yet. 3. Huge difference in maturity of the first proposal to today's plan but GBS research hub has been with me in every steps, shadowing, pushing, always motivating. (Please keep up the good work.) 4. I used to quitely blame my CEO from my previous work life for not making a prompt decision many times which I deemed as him not being concerned about the issues at all and on so many occasions I also believed that it was my way of presentation that didn't work. Today, I know the level of responsibility someone at the driving wheel like my CEO has and the stress level that comes attached with so many external stressors mixed in within a limited time frame just to make it hundred-fold difficult sometimes to reach a timely decision. Now I know, sometimes, it's okay to fail to meet the expectations of others to ensure maximum profitability does not get hampered. I was afraid before, broken inside, traumatized and what not and still am to this day. What changed now is I speak up though my shortcomings, constantly focus on healing as well as set goals to ensure that, Bzz Analytics is realized. Thank you Griffith, Thank you GBS research hub's team Michael-Philippe Bosonnet and every other unnamed ones who made sure I neither give up, nor give in. There's thousands more steps to realize the goals but today, am more focused to professionally deal with my tomorrows. #GameOn #InnovationBootcamp #GBSHUB #GriffithCollege

Innovate UK Launchpads release a new wave of funding 📣 Innovate UK’s Launchpad programme is aimed at supporting sector-aligned clusters of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and the most innovative businesses to progress their ideas toward commercialisation, contributing to local economic growth. 📈 Several Innovate UK Launchpads have introduced new rounds of competition funding designed to further fortify supported clusters and empower additional SMEs to advance their ideas towards commercialisation. These funding rounds are intended to enhance local economic growth by building on the momentum within each cluster, creating more opportunities for innovation and development at the regional level. Winning projects are expected to show a tangible positive economic impact within their region, enhancing the capabilities and strengths of their respective clusters. All the Launchpads that are operating live competitions right now are operating in the following sectors and regions: - Net Zero Industries in South West Wales - Digital Technologies in the North East - Health Technologies in West Yorkshire - Bio-based Manufacturing in Scotland - Health and Life Sciences in Northern Ireland - Immersive and Creative Industries for Coventry and Warwickshire. - Agri-tech Food Technology in Mid and North Wales Each current live competition under the Innovate UK Launchpad programme is supported by an online Innovate UK Briefing event. During this event, you’ll gain insights into the broader ambitions of the Launchpad programme and have the chance to participate in breakout rooms with Innovate UK's Regional Management and Launchpad Partners. This setup offers a unique opportunity to clarify specific scopes, objectives, and expected outcomes for each Launchpad. Additionally, you can discuss your project proposals directly with regional representatives and partners, receiving feedback to refine your approach in alignment with regional priorities. To find out more register for the briefing event, visit: https://ow.ly/ItxA50U0vqh

TIPM in Sweden Day 3: Actionable Insights and Strategic Goals 🇸🇪🇲🇾 As TIPM in Sweden draws to a close, we continue to emphasise on the actionable insights and strategic goals that define our path towards sustainability. Showcasing Innovation with SISP - Swedish Incubators & Science Parks & Ignite Sweden (with Sasan Shaba) 🚀 Elevate TIPM as the innovation hub, with Technology Transfer Offices feeding startups. 🚀 Consider SISP model: subscription for park access, including international connections, talent, and office space.🚀 Establish Ignite Malaysia to connect large companies & startups. 🚀 Implement a self & peer review framework for impact reporting. 🚀 Develop a platform showcasing startups & enterprises by sector (like Swedish Climate Startup Roadmap). Collaboration Opportunities with RISE Research Institutes of Sweden (with Tomas Bokström) 🚀 Analyze SISP impact report to improve TIPM's impact showcasing. 🚀 Explore Collective Impact Model for Husbt, for social innovation with long-term impact and stakeholder participation. 🚀 Dedicate a team for impact innovation within TIPM. Mapping Transformations with Stockholm Resilience Centre (with Line Gordon) 🚀 Map food system actors and advocate for a transdisciplinary approach to transform it. 🚀 Consider "blue food" technology adoption in food security focus area. Connecting Futures with Ericsson (with Jan T.) 🚀 Collaborate on an Ericsson Imagine Studio at TIPM for showcasing use cases and local collaboration. 🚀 Advocate for a private 5G installation at TIPM to improve accessibility for innovators. Our visit to Sweden has been a journey of exploring transformative strategies and forging partnerships that propel us toward a sustainable future. Together, we're not only envisioning change; we're actively shaping it. Stay tuned as we innovate, collaborate, and lead toward a brighter, more sustainable tomorrow. ✨