In support of the Small Business Act strategy implementation, the Commission Services have organised the workshop “SMEs in Health Research - Maximising outcomes of EU funded research projects - Tools for success” in Brussels on 26 February 2009, tageted to research-intensive SMEs participating to Health related EU funded projects.
The main objective of this event is to provide information on existing support structures which are available to assist SMEs in the future exploitation of funded projects outcome and in the development of their company. More specifically, participants should:
• Obtain information on European Union support mechanisms available for SMEs,
• Obtain information on Innovation in Health and Biotechnology,
• Identify possible sources of financial support for successful EU funded research,
• Identify key success factors for valorisation of EU funded projects results,
• Identify how to improve partnering and commercialization strategies,
• Explore through a survey and related debate what are the key performance factors for a future successful commercialization.
On-line enrollment is performed through the Kappa Health web-site (http://www.kappa-Health.org).