Conference in Brussels, Belgium, on 13 January 2016, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

How to support Eco-Innovation?

A conference entitled ‘SHIFTing the Support of Entrepreneurship in Eco-Innovation – The Roles of Universities, Incubators, Business Development Organisations, Design Service Providers, Funders and Interagents’ will take place in Brussels, Belgium, on 13 January 2016, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

The conference is the final event for the ‘Support Systems for Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Transformation’ (SHIFT) project, a research project supported by the ECO-INNOVERA Network. The SHIFT project partners are the Borderstep Institute Germany, Aalto University, Finland, and Linköping University, Sweden.

The conference programme will include presentations on trends in sustainable innovation and support systems for green entrepreneurship, as well as interactive dialogue sessions with researchers and stakeholders, and policy outlooks on green SMEs and circular economy issues from the European Commission.

Please register now, the workshop is free of charge.

Venue: Stockholm Region EU Office; Avenue Marnix 28; 1000 Brussels, Belgium

 

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