CReATE

“CReATE – Creating a joint research agenda for promoting ICT-based innovations in Creative Industries” aims to promote the innovation potential of the creative industries and to provide strategic guidance to all regions. CReATE links European players from research, business and the public sector.

For more information please visit www.lets-CReATE.eu

Cluster-Excellence.eu

Cluster-Excellence.eu brings together the most experienced people and organisations in Europe to identify and establish a meaningful set of quality indicators and peer-assessment procedures for cluster management. The aim is to develop training materials and set up an approach for quality labelling of cluster management, in order to help cluster managers achieve high levels of excellence in their duties.

For more information please visit www.Cluster-Excellence.eu/

SVEA

SVEA aims to promote the Web 2.0 uptake for organisational and personnel development in VET and adult training. Therefore SVEA develops a Web 2.0 training in close cooperation with VET and adult training institutions from the participating regions to strengthen the integration of Web 2.0 tools in VET and consequently to promote collaborative learning and working in Europe.

For more information please visit www.svea-project.eu

FITT

Technology transfer – as the process of diffusing research results to the market – is crucial for successful innovations. But in Europe there is a lack of common language between regional practitioners, a strong need for interregional exchange between technology transfer offices and a necessity of professional training programmes for coaching and consulting institutions. With the EU project “FITT” – Fostering interregional Exchange in ICT Technology Transfer MFG is tackling these challenges.

For more information please visit www.FITT-for-innovation.eu

VoiceS

The project VoiceS updates and complements the existing Internet platform VoicE, aiming to promote the dialogue between citizens from European regions and “their” regional policy makers in the European Parliament. Additionally VoiceS integrates semantics, social software and serious games into eParticipation.

For more information please visit www.eu-voices.eu

Heidelberg Innovation Forum

Heidelberg Innovation Forum is an event where researchers and entrepreneurs meet to share the brightest business ideas from current IT research in order to create technology transfer. Researchers present their R&D results and business ideas to investors, business angels and decision makers of the European industry, who are on the lookout for new cost-cutting applications or new markets for products. Co-initiator and main partner is the European Media Laboratory, a private IT research institution created by SAP founder Klaus Tschira.

For more information please visit www.HeidelbergInnovationForum.de

Baden-Württemberg: Connected

Baden-Württemberg: Connected (bwcon) is the leading business initiative for innovation and technology in Baden-Württemberg. With more than 480 participating companies, the initiative is one of the most successful business networks in Europe. It promotes innovation and sustainable growth in the areas of ICT, life sciences/health and the creative industries - and especially in the convergence of these fields. Its CyberOne award promotes innovative start-up companies in Southwest Germany every year.

For more information please visit www.bwcon.de

Cluster Visual Computing

Business enterprises and research institutes from Baden-Württemberg are consistently successful in the competitive global arena. Innovative products and innovative processes are vital in securing a crucial competitive edge in the pursuit of market success. The cluster Visual Computing Baden-Württemberg aims on generating valuable momentum by intensifying the networks between universities, research institutes and development, service and application companies.

For more information please visit www.Visual-Computing.de

“KREATEK – Creativity meets Technology in the Regions” aims at enhancing the innovative capability on a regional and local level in Baden-Württemberg by supporting innovative strategies and projects. KREATEK is mainly targeted at regional consortia representing business, research and public administration aiming to further strengthen specific competence areas within their region with IT and media.

For more information please visit www.KREATEK.de

FAZIT

The research project FAZIT identifies new markets for innovative information and communication technologies in Baden-Württemberg via surveys, Delphi studies and technology roadmaps. Extensive knowledge transfer links research results and the industry. Scientific partners are the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) and the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research (FhG-ISI).

For more information please visit www.FAZIT-research.org

DMMK

DMMK, German Multimedia Congress (Deutscher Multimedia Kongress) is the leading congress for the German digital economy. It has been identifying sector trends since 1997 and is organised by MFG together with the "Bundesverband Digitale Wirtschaft e.V.” (BVDW), the sector’s leading association with more than 1,000 members. It is designed as a networking event in Berlin’s political scene  and is aimed at decision-makers from politics and business. Keynote speakers have been Angela Merkel (now chancellor of Germany), and Dominique Vidal, Yahoo!’s CEO for Europe.

For more information please visit www.DMMK.de

LiSoG

Linux Solutions Group (LiSoG) promotes the application of Linux-based solutions in companies throughout Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. The overall objective is to build trust and acceptance in Linux within the industry, while creating scenarios for Linux applications. The initiative is carried by around 30 IT providers, users and partners such as IBM, MySQL, Siemens Business Services and RedHat, jointly creating scenarios for real-life Linux application.

For more information please visit www.LiSoG.org

ebigo.de

ebigo.de is an initiative that supports small and medium-sized enterprises in the application of IT solutions in view of opening up new business opportunities. An extensive expertise platform on the Internet and a service-provider database with over 11,000 entries support the effort.

For more information please visit www.ebigo.de

Karl-Steinbuch Scholarship

The Karl-Steinbuch Scholarship is offered to highly qualified students from Baden-Württemberg, with innovative IT or media projects with a scientific or artistic focus. Some of the projects currently supported include the visualisation of a DNA chip analysis, and the development of software for designing an apartment complex. The scholarship is awarded twice a year.

For more information please visit www.Karl-Steinbuch-Scholarship.de

SPREAD

SPreaD (Strategic Project Management Tool-Kit for Creating Digital Literacy Initiatives) is a project funded by the eLearning programme of the European Commission. It provides regional and national institutions with a practical and innovative guide to developing and managing large-scale sustainable digital literacy initiatives for citizens. Building on the experience of a minimum of seven completed large-scale regional digital literacy initiatives the consortium will analyse and describe Key Success Factors and Lessons Learned and provide practical advice with regards to the management of such projects.

For more information please visit www.SPreaD-digital-literacy.eu