Category Archives: Innovation

The Unconvention 2013 Rocked!

Posted on June 12, 2013 by

Written by Jana Vecerkova, Project Manager, EYIF The 2nd Annual EYIF Young Innovators Unconvention Unconvention 2013 audience witnessed fruitful and inspiring discussions on the state of innovation and entrepreneurship in Europe on the 6th and 7th of June in Brussels at … Continue reading →

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Haiyan Zhang to join the Unconvention

Posted on May 18, 2013 by

Unconvention 2013 will be happy to welcome Haiyan Zhang – an interaction designer, technologist and maker of things based in London. She is the co-founder and designer of OpenIDEO.com – an open innovation platform. She is an interaction designer at … Continue reading →

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Smart cities as innovation ecosystems for future entrepreneurs

Posted on May 13, 2013 by

The concept of the ‘smart city’ has been introduced as a strategic device to encompass modern urban production factors in a common framework and to highlight the growing importance of Information and Communication Technologies, social and environmental capital in profiling … Continue reading →

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Meet Jack Lang at the Unconvention 2013!

Posted on April 28, 2013 by

Jack Lang, is the Founding Trustee of the Raspberry Pi Foundation and the Foundation’s Chair. His career hasn’t just been fascinating; it’s positively surreal. He’s been an award-winning restaurateur, a developer for the BBC Micro in its very early days, … Continue reading →

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Meet Harri Koponen – Chief Operations Officer at Rovio Entertainment Ltd. and speaker at Unconvention 2013

Posted on April 22, 2013 by

We are happy to announce that Harri Koponen will address the young innovators at the Unconvention! He believes that the Europeans should remove the “we can’t” from their mentality and replace it with “we can do this as a team”! Harri Koponen is … Continue reading →

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Are you ready to join previous winners and become the 
EUROPEAN YOUNG INNOVATOR OF THE YEAR?

Posted on April 21, 2013 by

Hosted centre-stage at the Young Innovators Unconvention on the 6th and 7th June 2013 in Brussels, InnoPitch 2013 is your chance to bypass the queuing system, the application process, the unanswered tweets, emails and phone calls and get your ideas straight to the top competing to be the … Continue reading →

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Innovation Union Scoreboard 2013

Posted on April 8, 2013 by

The Innovation Union Scoreboard 2013 provides a comparative assessment of the innovation performance of the EU27 Member States and the relative strengths and weaknesses of their research and innovation systems. Based on their average innovation performance, countries are divided into four … Continue reading →

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Advisory Board Announcement: Karen E Wilson

Posted on January 27, 2013 by

EYIF is proud to introduce Karen E. Wilson as a member of our Advisory Board.  She established herself as a successful venture capitalist in Index Ventures and also as key member of the World Economic Forum senior management team. Currently … Continue reading →

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Advisory Board Member: Carlos Eduardo Espinal

Posted on January 18, 2013 by

We love Carlos Eduardo Espinal – a young, ambitious and creative investor who is part of the EYIF Advisory Board. He started his career as a network consultant and is now partner at Seedcamp. Full biography (from Seedcamp): As Partner, … Continue reading →

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Advisory Board Announcement: Harry van Dorenmalen

Posted on January 11, 2013 by

Harry van Dorenmalen, Chairman of IBM Europe is another energetic leader and member of the EYIF Advisory Board. Starting his career as a programmer in 1982 defined his sense for ICT and business. Currently he represents IBM to the EU … Continue reading →

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