First Innovation Convention

Submitted by Vince Smith on Wed, 27/07/2011 - 11:41

The European Commission is organising on 5-6 December 2011 its first Innovation Convention following the adoption of the Innovation Union Flagship initiative.

The Innovation Convention will take place at Square-Brussels Meeting Centre and will gather more than 1200 participants involved in the innovation chain, including high-level policy makers, leading CEOs, deans of universities and research centres, bankers, venture capitalists, top researchers and innovators.

A big exhibition will take place during this event. It will be a unique opportunity for your organisation to showcase the latest research and innovation results being developed in your research infrastructure(s).

The European Commission is launching today a call for exhibitors. The call will be open until 31 August.  We strongly invite you to submit a proposal as e-infrastructures are key for boosting innovation in Europe. Proposals should demonstrate concrete results (e.g. prototypes) that are visually attractive.  

To take part in the exhibition, please submit your proposal at http://ec.europa.eu/ic2011 before the deadline for submission 31 August 2011, 12:00 (Brussels time). Should you need further information, please consult the Innovation Convention webpage.

We would be grateful if you could keep us informed on your proposal submission. Please send a copy to or notify Sonia Spasova (e-mail: Sonia.SPASOVA@ec.europa.eu ).