On Thursday, 3rd March, during the CeBIT 2011, a 35 minutes Business Talk life broadcast on “European SMEs have to consider themselves as Innovation Drivers” took place at the CeBIT Studio Mittelstand, headed by Mr. Andreas Fischer. Participants were the European Investment Fund (link to EIF): Mr. Hubert Cottogni, Head of Regional Business Development and Mr. Nitan Pathak, Investment Manager in the Venture Capital team; Union Européenne des petites et moyennes Enterprises (Link to UEAPME): Mr. Andrea Benassi, Secretary General; and PROMIS@Service (link to), Luxemburg: Mrs. Caterina Berbenni-Rehm, Chief Executive Officer.
The dialogue among participants answered questions like:
- With special reference to increasing regulatory requirements: Why is it possible to make an active effort in corporate governance and the creation of space for all parties involved by means of future-oriented technologies?
- What possibilities are there providing simplified access to EU programs and activating the leverage on private investments taken into account the European Investment Fund?
- Speaking of „accumulated power“: What is the role of European innovation collaborations in terms of accelerating the research, development and the commercial launch of innovations?
- With special reference to SMEs: What are the main reasons leading to an obvious gap in quality and quantity of ICT application in the different regions and member states of the EU?
http://www.cebit-studio-mittelstand.de
From left: Dieter Gruber, Andrea Benassi, Hubert Cottogni, Andreas Fischer, Nitan Pathak, Caterina Berbenni-Rehm.
