View this email in your browser (https://mailchi.mp/5603ddc0832b/insme_newsletter_january_2020?e=2d8317fc53) ** ------------------------------------------------------------ ** ------------------------------------------------------------ ** ------------------------------------------------------------ ** January 2020, Issue n. 182 ------------------------------------------------------------ News from INSME Save the date for the 16th INSME Annual Meeting (http://www.insme.org/?p=7298&preview=true) Almost everything is set for the INSME Annual Meeting: block your agenda on the 31st of March and 1st of April and flight to Paris for the 2020 must-attend event. A warm welcome to two new Members from Azerbaijan and Nigeria (http://www.insme.org/?p=7300&preview=true) The Ayzer Centre for Entrepreneurship and the Small and Medium Business Development Agency recently joined INSME. INSME organizes a co-creation workshop on green public procurement in the United Kingdom (http://www.insme.org/?p=7303&preview=true) On the 28th of February the St. John’s Innovation Centre of Cambridge will host a co-creation workshop INSME organises in the framework of the XPRESS project. A new innovation best practice from PROPAIS (http://www.insme.org/?p=7308&preview=true) An initiative focused on the development of a micro-franchising model in Colombia in order to generate sustainable income for low-income populations. EBSOMED: an interview on the Peer Learning Programme! (http://www.insme.org/?p=7311&preview=true) Within the framework of the EBSOMED project, last November INSME delivered a peer learning programme to support two managers from UCASTI. Updates and contributions from INSME Members How equity-based financial instruments spur regional economic growth (http://www.insme.org/?p=7315&preview=true) A contribution by Luigi Amati, President at META Group, on the importance of public-private co-investment fund to support start-ups and high-risk companies. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQRZeo9695U A webinar on “Software Industry in China and South East Asia” by Elio De Tullio (http://www.insme.org/?p=7317&preview=true) Last December Elio De Tullio held a webinar about IPR Protection for the Software Industry. INSME Vice President Mouza Al Nasri at the Sharjah Entrepreneurship Festival (http://www.insme.org/?p=7319&preview=true) Mouza Al Nasri from Khalifa Fund for Enterprise Development gave a speech about entrepreneurship and innovation as key drivers for human development. Calls and other opportunities Fast Track to Innovation: new cut-off date on the 12th of February (https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opport...) Blockchers: an opportunity for Distributed Ledge Technologies (DLT) across SMEs in Europe | Deadline 13th of March (https://blockchers.eu/faqs/) The European Entrepreneurial Region Award 2021 | Deadline 31st of March (https://cor.europa.eu/en/engage/Pages/european-entrepreneurial-region.aspx) INNOWWIDE 2nd Call for applications for the VAPs – Viability Assessment Projects | Deadline 31st of March (https://innowwide.eu/news/2nd-vap-call-is-open/) ============================================================ Readings of the month ** EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard (http://www.insme.org/?p=7321&preview=true) ** Taking the Pulse of the New Economy: Chief Economists' Outlook (http://www.insme.org/?p=7323&preview=true) Upcoming events 3 - 5 of February | Brussels, Belgium ** 11th European Innovation Summit "Implementing Horizon Europe: From Policy to Impact (https://www.knowledge4innovation.eu/events/11th-european-innovation-summit/) ** " (https://www.knowledge4innovation.eu/events/11th-european-innovation-summit/) 17 – 18 of February | Istanbul, Turkey ** The Angel Investors Summit – WBAF 2020 (https://www.wbaf2020.istanbul/) 1 – 4 of March | Bangkok, Thailand ** ISPIM Connects Bangkok 2020: Partnering for an Innovative Community (https://www.ispim-connects-bangkok.com/) 5 of March 2020 | Brussels, Belgium ** The European AI Policy Conference (https://www.datainnovation.org/2020/03/european-ai-policy-conference/) 30 of March | Rome, Italy ** EU-African SME Summit (https://euafricansmesummit.eu/) 31 of March - 1 of April | Paris, France ** 16th INSME Annual Meeting (mailto:secretariat@insme.org) 25 - 29 of April | Singapore ** 142th Annual Meeting of the International Trademark Association (https://www.inta.org/2020Annual/Pages/Home.aspx) 27 - 29 of May | Lisbon, Portugal ** ASTP Annual Conference (https://www.astp4kt.eu/annual-conference-2020-lisbon-portugal/annual-confere...) 9 - 11 of June | Budapest, Hungary ** University-Industry Interaction Conference (https://www.university-industry.com/) 10 - 12 of June | Cork, Ireland ** 21st Annual Congress of the European Business Angel Network (https://www.ebancork2020.com/) 15 - 17 of June | Tampere, Finland ** 18th International Triple Helix Conference (https://events.tuni.fi/thc2020/) 24 - 25 of June | Brussels, Belgium ** EBN Congress 2020 "Regional Ecosystems Shaping European Innovation" (http://congress2019.ebn.be/) 6 - 9 of October | Seville, Spain ** IASP's 37th World Conference "The human factor: People, communities and their innovation ecosystems" (https://www.iasp.ws/activities/events/events-overview---old/37th-iasp-world-...) ** Website (http://www.insme.org) ** Twitter (https://twitter.com/INSME_) ** Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/INSME-The-International-Network-for-Small-and-Mediu...) ** LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/insme---the-international-network-for-small...) 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