Clusters and business networks - Bremen (15th October 2003) Services and support to start-up and spin-off - Wiener Neustadt (4th –5th December 2003) Science and industry relationship - Helsinki (6th – 7th May 2004) Services and support to start-up and spin-off and Clusters and business networks - Birmingham (9th – 11th June 2004) Science and industry relationship - Gothenburg (29th September – 1st October 2004) Science - Industry Relationship - Pisa (24th November 2004) Science - Industry Relationship - Caen (18th March 2005) Services and support to start-ups and spin-offs - Évora - Alentejo (11th – 12th July 2006) Industry Science Relations - Gent - Flanders (5th – 6th September 2006) Financing Innovation in European regions - Jönköping - Småland med öarna (6th – 7th November 2006) Cluster and Business Network TWG - Venice - Veneto (16th – 17th January 2007)

“Industry Science Relations” Gent - Flanders (5th – 6th September 2006) The second ERIK+ Study visit was held in Flanders (Belgium) on the 4th and 5th of September 2006 within the Thematic Working Groups Industry Science Relations. The ISR study visit in Flanders region was organised on by IWT (the Institute for the Promotion of Innovation by Science and Technology in Flanders) and by GOMOV (GOM Oost-Vlaanderen), in collaboration with Emilia-Romagna region and ASTER Science Technology Industry, as TWG co-ordinator. The event programme included the presentation of the Flanders RPIA, the presentation and discussion on Flanders 5 non-RPIA Good Practices included in the database (“Technological services projects- VIS-TD”, “Postdoctoral Fellowships”, “Interface services”, “TETRA- and HOBU-Fund”, “SBO project”), as well as the presentation of two good practices chosen as case studies for the final publication of this Thematic Working Groups: OPTOMED from Tuscany (Italy) and SIDEUM from Småland med öarna (Sweden). Visit the Erik database to see these good practices and others. The initiative also included a visit to Gent University and the presentation of a number of Food, Agriculture and Biotech Projects developed by the Biotech Engineering department and ended with a visit to ILVO -Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research and the presentation of several ISR related projects developed by the Institute. Tuesday, 5th September 2006 Welcome and Study Visit Presentation IWT Presentation of Flanders and IWT Annie Renders, IWT Presentation of ISR TWG Giorgia Valli, ASTER, Regione Emilia Romagna Presentation of Flanders RPIA Presentation of Flanders RPIA Flanders Region RPIA Gent Ardoyen Flanders Region Flanders ISR Good Practices: Presentation and Discussion Technological service projects; Postdoctoral Fellowships; Interface services Annie Renders, IWT Other ERIK partners ISR Good Practices: Presentations and Discussion Sideum Innovation AB Per Scholdberg, Process coordinator Sideum Innovation AB Optomed Roberto Pini, Florence Institute of Applied Physics Flanders ISR Good Practices: Presentation and Discussion TETRA-and HOBU-Fund; SBO project Annie Renders, IWT Technology Transfer Technology Transfer at ghent University Association Johan Bil, Head of the Depatment of Technology Transfer Wednesday, 6th September 2006 Visit and presentations: Food, Agriculture and Biotech Projects Life sciences in Flanders: Flanders BIO & VIB FlandersBIO Flanders' Food IWT

For further information please consult the following links IWT Vlaanderen The Institute for the Promotion of Innovation by Science and Technology in Flanders, financed by the Flemish government, is the only Flemish organisation which stimulates and supports innovation. IWT-Vlaanderen grants financial support to companies, research institutes as individual researchers and promotes innovation by offering services of information and support. Gent University After more than twenty years of uninterrupted growth, Gent University is now one of the most important institutions of higher education and research in the Low Countries. Gent University yearly attracts over 26,000 students, with a foreign student population of over 1,900 EU and non-EU citizens.Gent University offers a broad range of study programmes in all academic and scientific branches.With a view to cooperation in research and community service, numerous research groups, centres and institutes have been founded over the years.