ERIK NETWORK WORKSHOP - Support for Start Ups and and Spin-Offs

	Clusters and business networks - Bologna (30 June - 1 July 2003)
	Regional innovation benchmarking and foresight - Larissa (12 - 13 February 2003)
	Services and support to start-up and spin-off - Coventry and Birmingham (9 - 11 June 2004)
	Industry – Science Relations (17th – 18th March 2005 - Caen – Basse Normandie – France)
	Industry – Science Relations (10th May 2007 - Brussels; Belgium)
	Support for Start Ups and Spin-Offs (10th May 2007 - Brussels; Belgium)
	Clusters and Business Networks (10th May 2007 - Brussels; Belgium)
	Innovation Finance (10th May 2007 - Brussels; Belgium)

Support for Start Ups and Spin-Offs - Brussels (10 May 2007)

Thursday May 10
Hotel Bristol Stephanie, Brussels, Belgium

Rapporteur: Hans Christian Jäger – IDEUM, Lower Austria

Welcome and introduction: theme and the Erik Network
Irma Priedl, Amt der NÖ Landesregierung / Hans Christian Jäger (TWG coordinators)

Importance of regional start-up policy in the Knowledge Based Economy: illustrated by the Austrian AplusB Program
Wolfgang Tüchler, accent Gründerservice GmbH, Lower Austria

COMECAR - Entrepreneurship Support Offices
Ana Luisa Brejo, ADRAL, Alentejo

Pre Seed Acceleration of Technology-Based Firms
Doris Agneter, Tecnet capital, Technologiemanagement Gmbh, Lower Austria

Start-up Experiences - a Lower Austria case
Rouvene Haas, Blue Elph Research & Marketing corp, Lower Austria

IDEEN/GRÜNDERFONDS
Helmut Thamer, TuTech Innovation, Hamburg

Vinof
Muriel Uytterhaegenr, PMV-kmo, Flanders

Policy recommendations and Lessons Learned
Irma Priedl