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18.30 - 21.00

Welcome Cocktail at the Hungarian Parliament   Invited Speakers Tivadar LIPPENYI, Vice-President of the Hungarian Office for Research and Technology Laszlo MANDUR, Vice President of the Hungarian parliament Gordon BAJNAI, Minister - Ministry of National Development and Economy Geza EGYED, State Secretary for Economic Development, Ministry of National Development and Economy Luigi CAMPITELLI, EBN President

09.00 - 09.30	REGISTRATIONS & WELCOME COFFEE
09.30 - 11.00	OPENING CEREMONY - room ATRIUM Welcome & Keynote addresses from EU and Hungarian Institutions   Welcoming speeches by both EBN and Innostart Presidents, who will officially open the 17th EBN Congress, will be followed by keynotes addresses by the representatives of the European Commission, the European Parliament and by the president of the Hungarian National Office for Research and Technology   Moderator Jacques PRONK, EBN Special Advisor for CEEC Invited Speakers Luigi CAMPITELLI, EBN President Edit HERCZOG, Member of the European Parliament (tbc) Marianna PONGOR-CSAKVARI, Innostart CEO John WALSH, Deputy Head of Unit, DG Regio, European Commission Ferenc PARTOS, President of the National Office for Research & Technology Miklos BENDZSEL, President of the Hungarian Patent Office, member of the EPO Board
11.00 - 11.30	Coffee Break
11.30 - 13.00	PLENARY SESSION - room ATRIUM Sourcing and grouping talents through Open & Collaborative Innovation   The most significant sources of innovative ideas are teams, business partners and customers. Corporate R&D labs have became decreasingly central, and large firms like Procter & Gamble, Oracle, Nokia, IBM, Eli Lilly, Philips, Samsung are making full use of outsourced partnerships, collaborative processes, users communities, "Connect and collaborate/develop" concepts. Academic business writers, and technology intelligence consultancy firms, such as InnoCentive, NineSigma, Yet2Com etc are flourishing and developing new IT networking, expert networks, and various Web2.0 internet tools. New talents are increasingly shaking the open innovation landscape. Talents which take off within collaborative modes, not by standing alone in ivory towers.   Moderator Philippe Vanrie, EBN CEO Invited Speakers Dr. Klaus HILBIG, C&D-Europe department - P&G Lisa DILLON, Senior Director, Business Development Group ORACLE Gabor SZABO, President of the Association of Hungarian Innovation Istvan FODOR, ERICSSON HUNGARY LTD Dan CROFT, Technology & IP Licensing Hewlett Packard, Palo Alto (USA) Gilbert HARRUS, Director, Intellectual Property & Business Valuation – XEROX
13.00 - 14.30	Networking Lunch

14.30 - 15.30

Workshop 1 room 1 New Models for high-growth Entrepreneurs Support The BIC model for supporting and incubating innovation-based entrepreneurs has demonstrated its relevance. However, the area of services in which BICs operate is in fast evolution and requires new models, new concepts, new players, new methods. This workshop will explore initiatives developed outside the EC BIC Model, such as Living labs, Open Lab, TT Accelerators, Trends Lab, Start-up Centres, ...   Chairwoman Ildikó POLGARNE MAJER, President and Managing Director of ValDeal Innovation Zrt. Invited Speakers Brendan FLOOD, Head of Regions & Entrepreneurship at Enterprise Ireland Paul JEREMAES, CEO of HP Invent Centers Geneva/Dubai Sascha HASELMAYER (co-founder Living Labs), Living Labs Europe Laszlo KRISAN, President of KA-VOSZ (Early Stage Financing Association) Kjell PETERSON, President Tele Regions Network Alex TALACCHI, DG Enterprise – Support for Innovation Unit European Commission

Workshop 2 room 2 Emerging technologies for advanced-services Business Models New talents are born around emerging technologies and new applications in areas such as creative industries, navigation, location-based services, interactive mobile devices, control sytems and security, sensors, miniaturization, 3D-Design & virtual reality softwares, serious gaming, e-learning & edutainment, podcasting, etc. This explosion leads to a myriad of new business models, niches applications and services-driven entrepreneurial innovations.   Chairwoman Ilona VASS, Vice-President of NORT NKTH (National Office for Research Technology) Invited Speakers Director Open Innovation, XEROX (tbc) Gabor LAMM, CEO Emblem Tech Transfer Heidelberg Mr Franck DETEE, Director R&D Innovation – Auchan Jean Claude SIX, R&D Manager at NXP, Caen (France) Patricia Lencastre, HCI - Madeira Tecnopolo & Carnegie Mellon University Nineta POLEMI, Member ENISA Working Group on Micro Enterprises Anne LEEMANS, Y-Design Foundation – Brussels

Workshop 3 room 4 Trends and lessons from New Markets and Emerging Economies Talented entrepreneurs, innovators and organizations are re-vitalizing the world’s economy, and are bringing threats and opportunities to Europeans. Talented Europeans are developing business with talented Chinese, Russians, Brazilians, Indians and many emerging economies. Acting as a worldwide networking hub, this event will "zoom on" several areas of the globe where innovative and EBN-relevant practices have been sourced.   Chairman Roberto VILLARREAL, Head of Division, OECD Invited Speakers Ms. Segree Dai, CEO of EUPIC - EU Project Incubation Centre, Chengdu – China. Michelle E. MESSINA, President of Explora International LLC. Patrice LEFEU, CEO of Europe+Foundation Arthur THERNESZ, Development Director of MOL Julia LEYBOVICH, Russian Union of Innovation-Technological Centers Fouad OUZZINE, CRI, FES (Morocco)

16.30 - 17.00	Coffee Break
17.00 - 18.30	AGM - EBN Members General Assembly - room ATRIUM The AGM will also open the vote for the election of the destination for the two next congresses in 2009 and 2010
20.00 - 23.00	GALA DINNER Boat on the Danube   Invited Speakers Peter DROELL, Head of Unit - Innovation Policy, DG Enterprise & Industry, European Commission Gyorgy RETFALVY, CEO of ITD Hungary, Head of the Hungarian Consortium of Enterprise Europe Network Sandor ERDEI, CEO of DBH Group

09.30 - 11.00	Workshop 4 EuroLeaders Award room 1 Scouting for Knowledge Spin-offs Universities, Higher-education Institutions, Polytechnic Institutes, Science & Technology Parks, TechTransfer Offices, Public Research Centres, and more generally Organizations with a high concentration of Knowledge are increasingly becoming "spin-offs factories". A growing number of BICs are taking pivotal and market-driven roles within this academic incubation environment. Although the nature of these entrepreneurs and of these "reservoirs" of talents might be specific, processes remain the same.   Invited Expert Pierre BRISSON, Chair of Proton-Europe & CEO of Tech Transfer Center of UTC Compiègne Spin-off EuroLeaders Finalists Kathryn STEWART, Coventry BIC Miranda KNAGGS, Biocity Nottingham Gilles TALBOTIER, Grenoble Alpes Incubation GRAIN	Workshop 5 EuroLeaders Award room 2 Clusters animation and community building Few Countries or Regions are not betting on clusters policies. Some clusters are tools for territorial marketing & competitive identity; others are becoming institutional mechanisms, very often dominated by public research. At EBN, we are interested by clusters where groupings of entrepreneurs and SMEs are the dominant factor, where pragmatic PPP are in motion, where dynamic & professional animation leads to the generation of vibrant communities. The Detect-it project, led by EBN with the involvement of 30+ BICs provides a good example of clusters in action getting SMEs directly involved in FP6 & FP7 Projects.   Invited Expert Ms Siobhan McQUAID, EBN Senior Consultant Clusters EuroLeaders Finalists Annukka HAVAS, Lahti Science & Business Park Gaetano GRASSO, Tecnopolis CSATA “Creazione d’Impresa” Roberto GIULIANI, BIC LAZIO	Workshop 6 EuroLeaders Award room 4 Fast track to early-stage finance Improving the investment readiness of new innovative firms and entrepreneurs. Enhancing their financial planning and business modeling capabilities. Educating entrepreneurs and enabling them to access early-stage financing solutions & networks, faster. Balancing and optimizing the financing-mix between informal investors, seed-money, credit & loans, guarantees and development capital. This is not only a generic issue to be addressed by policy makers, governmental agencies and financial players, but also a central mission for BICs.   Invited Expert Bruno ROBINO, EIF - European Investment Fund Early stage Finance EuroLeaders Finalists Bjørn Lillekjendlie, Forskningsparken AS, OSLO Cristina Fanjul Alonso, BIC ASTURIAS Juliana Garaizar and Jean Luc Nahon, Sofia Antipolis Innovation Campus
11.00 - 11.30	Coffee Break
11.30 - 13.00	Workshop 7 EuroLeaders Award room 1 Small but global business & innovation champions Small innovative firms willing to grow up need more talents and skills to tackle internationalization. Although the company size is a critical factor, micro- and small enterprises, adequately coached by committed hands-on professionals, such as BICs, can become global champions and niche leaders. Leveraging effective public financial support mechanism, as well as joining collective schemes ("soft-landing zones", "gateways to" etc), collaborating with big players and being plugged within large-scale projects are some of the issues addressed in this workshop. The East-West B2B corridor will also be at stake, with a particular focus on central and Eastern Europe.   Invited Expert Jean Marie ROUSSEAU, Senior Consultant ADE Small but Global EuroLeaders Finalists Elena LAPOLE, CEEI TALAVERA Jean-François BALDUCCHI, Managing Director ATLANPOLE Marie POPKOWSKA, Savoie Technolac	Workshop 8 ESINET EuroLeaders Award room 2 Bringing "Space & Sat" technologies down to earth, the ESINET incubation experience Space technology transfers touch virtually every aspects of our everyday life. Increasingly, satellite communication develops into a variety of applications, from navigation & mobility to security & earth observation. The European Space Incubators Network (ESINET) has expanded into a mature thematic community of high-growth incubators and spin-offs. Operated by EBN on behalf of ESA, this network is a successful test-bed for sector-specific incubation and lead-market innovation, another hot-topic of the EC innovation policy.   Invited Expert Frank SALZGEBER, Head of TT office ESA ESINET EuroLeaders Finalists François BAFFOU, Bordeaux Technowest Frederic DAUMAS, CEEI Theogone, Toulouse Agnes FLEMAL, WSL & Waha LUDOVIC, Idelux, Arlon Finalist 3: under evaluation	Workshop 9 UNDP Award room 4 Innovation for human development & cooperation One of the global and historical objective of the BICs is to generate wealth and leverage effects on local and regional economic development indicators. Cooperation with Regional and Local Development stakeholders is therefore of paramount importance for BICs. And it is equally essential to identify and evaluate the effectiveness and assess the impact of economic development initiatives. A particular attention will also be paid to the North-South and East-West transferability of selected methods and techniques to less industrialized countries or emerging regional economies.   Invited Expert Giancarlo CANZANELLI - United Nations Development Programme EBN – UNDP AWARD Finalists Finalist 1: Giordano DICHTER, BIC Lazio Finalist 2: Pascal BOURGIER, Thesame Innovation Finalist 3: Vittorio SIMONCELLI, BIC Basilicata
13.00 - 14.30	Networking Lunch
14.30 - 16.00	Awards ceremony and closing session - room ATRIUM For each of the six subjects presented during the morning sessions, Awards will be granted to BICs who have demonstrated their performances and illustrated their excellence and uniqueness, enabling the EBN network to highlight and develop "best-in-class cases", as a complement to the BICs 2008 Observatory Report (Results of the Year 2007), and within the framework of a special cooperation with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The closing session will be the opportunity to wrap-up the main contributions and address EBN community statements to the upcoming French presidency of the EU through the "Declaration of Budapest".   Moderator Philippe VANRIE, EBN CEO Invited Speakers Giovanni CAMILLERI, UNDP ART Initiative Geneva Norbert KROO, Vice-President Hungarian Academy of Science Budapest, and member of the European Research Council (ERC) Bertalan FARKAS, Hungarian Cosmonaut Zsolt MONSZPART, Vice President of MISZ (Hungarian Association for Innovation) A representative of the EU French Presidency