Partnership with the Startups is on every organization’s agenda today.

Startups are considered by large organizations the very source of innovations especially in the technology area but the impression of “garage” enterprises have hindered to create real partnerships with them or made it very challenging.

What is the role of hubs and clusters in the journey and collaboration with startups?

How is this trend changing the whole scenery of open innovation?

Without doubt this innovation practice is to stay but let’s take few steps back and discover what are the learnings and how to avoid the approach “one size/model fits everyone”.

Issues to be addressed:

Why should I be interested in Startups?

• Role of startups
• Startup ecosystems and models
• Startup models & mechanisms
• Clusters and roles

Startup A-B-C

• What is a startup
• Who are the people involved with startups
• How to interact with a startup (good to know and need to understand)
• What is a good startup and how to recognize one

Co-operation with Startups

• Projects
• In-house startups
• Hackathons
• Other emerging ways
• Questions of IP

Mr. Matti Santala, Entrepreneur & Researcher will chair the event.

(Dates and final programme will be available shortly)