Other activities
University Venture Arena
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The “University Venture Arena” has become a traditional part of the PODIM conference. It will feature successful Slovenian companies that are already cooperating or would like to cooperate with universities, institutes, young researchers, young inventors and innovators, future entrepreneurs, and others. Participating companies will have the opportunity to present their activities and achievements to all PODIM Conference participants (students, professors, young researchers, entrepreneurs etc.). We are inviting also banks, venture capital funds and business angels to participate at the Arena, and by that to get to know better other participants as their existing as well as their future partners. |
Microsoft Entrepreneurship Forum
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On the first day of the conference the Microsoft Entrepreneurship forum will take place. In the frame of forum Microsoft Corporation and its partners will present programs, products and services for stimulating and supporting innovativeness and entrepreneurship among young people. One of such programs is Microsoft Imagine Cup competition which every year activates thousands of students from all over the world. For successful commercialization of their innovative ideas, the best teams then participate in the business accelerator program, organised by Microsoft Innovation center. In the forum successful young entrepreneurs form CEE region will present there cases of high-tech innovative start-up companies. |
Workshop for managers and entrepreneurs
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Special workshop for successful new products development will be held on second day of the 29th PODIM conference.
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Start:up Slovenia 09 Entrepreneurial Contest
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Start:up Slovenia is Slovenian competition of start-up companies designed to recognize the best Slovenian new established innovative companies and there founders and to award them. With competition we are trying to boost Slovenian entrepreneurial activity and raise the positive awareness of entrepreneurship in Slovenian society. In the frame of evening gala event »Start-up of the year 2009« will be announced and awarded with 10.000 EUR money prize.
"Slovenian competition of start-up companies is an upgrade of regional competitions organized by different technology parks, incubators and regional centers. We are trying to spark the inter-regional competitiveness among the support organisations, which are helping developing high-tech start-up companies in their region and prove there mean of existence. In coming year Tovarna podjemov together with our partners is planning to lunch the competition in the countries of south and eastern Europe." |