Presentations

16th November 2006 - Understanding the Challenge

Welcome
Maurici Lucena (General Director CDTI)

Research and Innovation for SME's in Europe
Iphigenia Pottaki (European Commission, DG Research)

First Session

Introduction to the HiGroSME Project
Wolfgang Gessner (VDI/VDE-IT, Germany)

The HiGroSME Challenge:
An Example from Entrepreneurial Practice
Mikel Urizarbarrena (President CEO Panda Software International, Spain)

The HiGroSME Challenge:
An Example from Policy Practice – the Canadian NRC-IRAP Programme
Tony Rahilly (Director NRC-IRAP, National Research Council Canada)

Second Session

HiGroSME’s: Who Are They? How Do They Grow?
Erkko Autio (Imperial College, London/Chairman of the Europe INNOVA Gazelles Panel)

Support Needs of HiGroSME’s:
Lessons from the HiGroSME Project
Christopher J. Hull (European Affairs Service, Luxembourg)

17th November 2006 - Examples from Policy Practice

Third Session

Mobilising agency resources to support HiGroSME‘s:
Enterprise Ireland: a multi-resource approach
Tekes et al.: a multi-agency approach
Tom Kelly (Enterprise Ireland)
Petri Peltonen (Tekes, Finland)

Leveraging public procurement: the French SME Pact
Eric Jourdain (Comité Richelieu, France)

The Dutch High Growth Programme
Mieke Bakkenes (High Growth Programme Manager, Ministry of Economic Affairs, The Netherlands)

The German FUTOUR Programme
Bjoern Wolf (Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research, Germany)

A Regional Example: The Midlands HiGro Academy
Mark Frost (PERA, UK)

EUROSTARS: The Pan European Initiative in favour of High Growth SME’s
Luuk Borg (EUROSTARS Programme Manager, EUREKA Secretariat, Belgium)