Regional Business Development by Cluster Eco-System

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Regional Business Development by Cluster Eco-System English language training program andValue creation in Central Trans-Danubian Region English & Hungarian language parallel workshops Szekesfehervar is on the V4 regions’ Innovation Map How can a business partnership strengthen the international innovation cooperation of the region The INNOSKART ICT Cluster organizes an international innovation workshop on Thursday, 3rd of March in Székesfehérvár, involving their partners from Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, and last but not least from Hungary. The key objectives of the event is that the participants, by getting to know each other's successes, are able to provide effective response via forming new regional innovation oriented cooperation to the economic challenges of the Visegrad regions. According to the innovation ranking of EU countries the Visegrad countries are under-performing compared to the EU average, and the share of regional innovative businesses in H2020's cooperation is also lower than it is in the other EU regions. INNOSKART ICT Cluster’s V4mula program would like to decrease this gap and the key objective is the networking among stakeholders and innovation actors. The international event give the opportunity to meet the representatives of the largest private university from Poland, to learn about a Czech innovation agency, who already has a number of partners in our city and a Slovakian non-governmental organization whose mission is to promote IT as a science among young girls. The English-language program during the morning session explains the economic potential and opportunities of networking. This training session is led by INNOSKART and its experts and partners. The afternoon session will be opened by Secretary General of the European Regions Association. The short keynote presentation will be followed by panel discussion, where the participants examine the impact of the civil and business sectors cooperation to the regional competitiveness and improvements. Parallel, the other afternoon program is already in Hungarian, and focusing on development of innovative partnerships between companies from the manufacturing and IT sectors. The importance of this matchmaking event is the fact that the rate of the mechanical engineering sector in the overall GDP is approx. 35% and the exports is 57%, and the production is the highest in our Central Trans-danubian region in Hungary; in the same time, further innovation oriented developments, ICT supported manufacturing processes may present further opportunities for both sectors related to the digital transformation. The invited guest is the Secretary General of the Hungarian Association of Mechanical Engineering and Energy, Mr. Gábor Vadnai; the host of the meeting is Mr. Gabor Berkovich, the President of the INNOSKART Cluster and also the representatives of the invited IT companies. The topic to be discussed is about how to improve the competitiveness of mechanical engineering and manufacturing by R & D collaborations and ICT supports. Contact: Zsuzsanna Pintér managing director INNOSKART Nonprofit Ltd. Tel.: +36 20 380-9989 E-mail: pinter [at] innoskart.hu Address: 8000 Székesfehérvár, Móricz Zs. u. 14. Web: innoskart.eu Additional information: 1. The first event is supported by the Visegrad Fund in the context of the V4mula contracted project. 2. The detailed program attached 3. The INNOSKART cluster’s ESCP international cooperation project related to energy efficiency was launched in January/2016 (NATUREEF)