PROSPECTIVE MISSION: GERMAN INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM (04-06-2024 / 06-06-2024)
Introducction: Enterprise Eurolodging (E²) is an initiative of Association of Sciencie and Technology Parks of Spain (APTE) with the support of International Association of Science Parks and Areas of Innovation (IASP).
The aim of Enterprise Eurolodging is to promote the first internationalisation activities of entrepreneurs and startups by providing them with valuable information about the possibility of carrying out softlanding in 37 science and technology parks in 9 countries.
APTE visits Hamburg and Berlin to meet Startup Labs (Physics and Biophysics), Deutsches Elektronensynchrotron Desy, Zal (centre for applied aviation), Hamburg Investment, Campus Berlin Buch (Biotech Campus), Technology Park Adlershof – Wista and Spanish Embassy and to get to know first-hand the German innovation ecosystem. Thanks to IASP, International Association of Technology Parks and Innovation Areas; Denny Droßmann, CEO of Start-up Labs Bahrenfeld; Rawad Chammas, Head of Technology Centres in Germany and Incubators at the Adlershof Technology Park; and all the science and technology parks listed below for making this mission possible:
– Euskadi Technology Park (Basque Country)
– Cartuja Science and Technology Park (Andalusia)
– PARCBIT (Balearic Islands)
– Carlos III University Science Park Leganés Tecnológico (Madrid)
– Espaitec. Parc Cientific i Tecnológic de la Universidad Jaume I de Castellón (C. Valenciana)
– Science Park of the Miguel Hernández University of Elche (C.Valencia)
– Tecnocampus Technology Park (Catalonia)
OBJECTIVES:
1. To get to know the German innovation ecosystem and its main agents.
2. To introduce these German innovation agents to the Spanish science and technology parks as entities to develop collaborations and locate German companies interested in expanding internationally.
3. To fulfil the objective set out in the APTE’s Annual Management Plan to organise a foresight mission in 2024.
During the mission to Germany, several opportunities for collaboration between Spanish science and technology parks and German entities were identified. These included the organisation of B2B meetings and webinars between startups and companies from both countries, as well as startup exchange programmes to promote mutual knowledge and internationalisation.
In addition, it was proposed to develop collaborative research projects with DESY, benefiting from specific programmes for inventions and technological developments. These initiatives seek to foster synergies and effective collaborations between the innovation ecosystems of Spain and Germany.
Click on the following link for an in-depth look at our experience discovering the German innovation ecosystem: