EIC Summit 2022

The European Innovation Council will host its flagship event on 7 - 8 December 2022. This event will offer a unique opportunity to network.

Please note that we have reached the maximum capacity for the even. Registrations are now closed. All the plenary sessions will be available for web streaming on this website.

OBJECTIVE

This event offers a unique opportunity for European start-ups and innovators, in particular SMEs, researchers, companies, as well as potential investors and venture capitalists, to connect and network.

Meet other participants and network. Discuss European innovation policy developments & challenges. Learn practical tips & tricks by attending workshops on Day 2.

EVENT

• Keynote speeches
  
• Workshops
• Networking
  
• Awards
  
• The Summit will feature an exhibition made of 20 projects, funded by the European Innovation Council under different programmes and schemes.

AGENDA:

7 December

14:00 - 14:20 Opening. Join European Commissioner Mariya Gabriel for the grand opening of the EIC Summit!

14:20 - 15:20 EIC award ceremonies: Women Innovators and iCapital Prizes. Celebrating cities and women entrepreneurs behind Europe’s game-changing innovations. 

15:20 - 15:40 Networking coffee

15:40 - 16:00 New European Innovation Agenda

16:00 - 16:30 Sustainable tech trends that transform

16:30 - 17:00 Deep-tech: driving the mobility agenda

17:00 - 17:30 Networking coffee

17:30 - 18:00 Financing deep-tech: Trends and needs

18:00 - 18:30 From fundamental research to commercialisation

18:30 - 21:00 Networking cocktail & walking dinner

8 December

9:00 - 9:10 Welcome speech
9:10 - 9:50 From tech-zero to tech-hero: two health tech Unicorn journeys

9:50 - 10:35 The European Innovation Procurement Awards ceremony

10:35 - 11:00 Networking coffee
11:00 - 11:45 Intellectual property management: act before it will be too late

11:00 - 11:45 Scaling-up through Innovation Procurement

11:00 - 11:45 Regulation & innovation

11:00 - 11:45 EIC Digital Activities – Today and Visions for Future

11:45 - 12:00 Networking coffee

12:00 - 12:45 Scaling up the 2% female funding, solutions to disrupt the gender investment gap

12:00 - 12:45 Pathfinder: What can your Technology Transfer office do for you?

12:00 - 12:45 Roasting entrepreneurs

12:00 - 12:45 “What Would Nature Do?” – Bioinspired solutions for carbon-intensive sectors

12:45 - 14:15 Lunch

14:15 - 15:00 Early stage and alternative finance for start-ups

14:15 - 15:00 Large corporate and scale up cooperation

14:15 - 15:00 European Medicines Agency - Support to SMEs and Academia

14:15 - 15:00 Deep-tech entrepreneurial journey on Space, Food and Agritech

15:00 - 15:15 Coffee break

15:15 - 16:00 How to access scale-up financing

15:15 - 16:00 EIC Business Acceleration Services: Discover EIC support beyond funding!

15:15 - 16:00 How to run your EIC project

15:15 - 16:00 EIC Programme Managers - proactive portfolio management

16:00 - 16:15 Closing

DATE: 7 - 8 December 2022

PLACE: Av. du Port 86C, 1000 Bruxelles. It will also be streaming via online on the website.

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