REGION OF THESSALY REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUND

1. REGION OF THESSALYREGIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUND RIS+ THESSALY NOVEMBER 2001 UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY

2. PLANNING - AIM • PARTICIPATIONTO RIS+ PILOT OF ALL MAJOR PLAYERS OF REGIONAL INNOVATION SYSTEM • UTILIZATIONOF SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCES • STRESSINGREGIONALSPECIFICITIESANDNEEDS • UTILIZATIONOFANDMOBILIZATIONOF EXISTING HUMAN RESOURCES • TARGET: CREATION OF RESULTS THAT WILL BE USEFULL FOR THE ENTIRE REGION

3. RIS+: PILOT PROJECTS Ι • CREATION OF INNOVATIVE CONSCIOUSNESS / STRENGTHENING OF LINKS BETWEEN ACADEMIC COMMUNITY AND ENTREPRENEURS UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY:DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT & DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

4. RIS+: PILOT PROJECT ΙΙ • PROTOCOL OF INTEGRATIONAL PRODUCTION & DISTRIBUTION ΑΝ.ΚΑ.: DEVELOPMENT COMPANIES OF THESSALY UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY: DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS: DEPARTMENTOF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY & DEVELOPMETN • IMPLEMENTATION & PROMOTION OF HACCP SYSTEM ΑΝ.Ε.Μ.:DEVELOPMENT COMPANIES OF THESSALY

5. RIS+: PILOT PROJECT ΙΙΙ • SELF – ASSESMENT & PARTICIPATION OF BUSINESSESIN RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES CHAMBERCE OF COMMERCE LARISSA / VOLOS INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATIONS LARISSA / VOLOS • ACREDITATION OF LABORATORIES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE LARISSA / BIC LARISSA / MIRTEC S.A.

6. RIS+: PILOT PROJECTIV • SEMINARS & BUSINESS MISSION CHAMBER OF COMMERCE LARISSA / BIC LARISSA • INNOVATION WEEK UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY:DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT & DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE LARISSA

7. INNOVATION WEEK • MILESTONE OF INITIATIVES: RIS+ & INNOREGIO • MAJOR POLITICAL & BUSINESS EVENT • LINK BETWEEN ACADEMIC COMMUNTITY AND ENTREPRENEURS • OPENING TO LOCAL SOCIETY

8. INNOVATION WEEK – PROGRAM RIS+ THESSALY DATE PLACE EVENT 1 Sunday 22/04/2001 KARDITSA Event concerning Financing Innovative Entrepreneur Actions 2 Friday 04/05/2001 Saturday 05/05/2001 VOLOS Meeting of Experts of RIS/ RITTS Networks 3 Friday 11/05/2001 LARISSA Opening of Exposition of Innovative Businesses and Intermediate Bodies by Minister of Development Professor Nicos Christodoulakis 4 Event with Subject: ‘Perspectives & Opportunities for Development through 3rd Community Support Framework. – Programme of Competitiveness’. Official Guest: Minister of Development Professor Nicos Christodoulakis 5 Innovation Awards given to Businesses by Minister of Development Professor Nicos Christodoulakis

9. 6 Saturday 12/05/2001 LARISSA 7 8 Saturday 12/05/2001 LARISSA Opening of Thessalian Technology Center by Minister of Development Professor Nicos Christodoulakis 9 Brokerage Event of Mirtec S.A. (Metal Sector) 10 Event concerning Energy Policy with the Minister of Development Professor Nicos Christodoulakis, the General Secretary of Energy, and the companies involved in matters of Natural Gas, Renewable Energy Sources etc. 11 Sunday 13/05/2001 VOLOS 12 Exposition of Innovative Businesses and Intermediate Bodies • Presentation of General Secretariat of Energy & Technology and the companies acting under its supervision (Food & Textiles Sectors, Spiritual Rights, Patents, etc.) Saturday 12/05/2001 LARISSA 1st Annual Meeting between University - Industry

10. INNOVATION & ENTREPRENEURSHIP CONTEST • Competition amongst thessalian businesses • Promotion of successful examples • Development of a mechanism creating, evaluating & benchmarking cooperation

11. INNOVATION AWARDS CATEGORIES • EXCELLENT INNOVATIVE PRODUCTS(30) • SYSTEMATIC INNOVATIVE EFFORTS(11) • INNOVATIVE ENTREPRENEURSHIP & STRATEGIC EXCELLENCE(6) • ENVIRONMENTAL & SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY(5) • INNOVATIVE PROCESS(3) • DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES(7) • QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS(2)

12. ΒΡΑΒΕΙΑ ΔΙΑΚΡΙΣΗΣ ΤΩΝ ΕΠΙΧΕΙΡΗΣΕΩΝ • Category 1: EXCELLENT INNOVATIVE PRODUCTS • SPII S.A. • SPITIKA TROFIMA • SOUKOS ROBOTS • SIN HELLAS • Category 2: SYSTEMATIC INNOVATIVE EFFORTS • HYDROELECTRIC • MONOTHERM • BIMAL S.A. • BIOTEXTILS.A. • Category 3: INNOVATIVE PROCESS • ALFA WOOD • OMNICOM • Category 4: INNOVATIVE ENTREPRENEURSHIP & STRATEGIC EXCELLENCE • KARKANIAS S.A. • ALBIO-DATA S.A. • VATSIOS ACHILEAS – WAX CO. • Category 5: ENVIRONMENTAL & SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY • PROTEINS OF CENTRAL GREECE S.A. • Category 6: QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS • EXALCO S.A. • BIOKARPET S.A. • Category 7: HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT • INTRAMET S.A.

13. RESULTS • INNOVATION WEEK ESTABLISHMENT • REVISION OF REGIONAL INNOVATION SYSTEM • PLANNING & IMPLENENTATION OF FUTURE INNOVATIVE ACTIONS IN THESSALY (INVENT) • REGION OF THESSALY: 3rdDEVELOPMENT POLE

14. Technology e-Business Applications Technology Clinics On-line IMTs Innovation Culture In-house R & D departments Inter-scientific Cooperation Regional Cooperation Regional Innovative Actions New Products Development Knowledge Management Documentation & Support Intra - Businesses Inter - Businesses Regional Creation – Birth of a Critical Mass of Ideas in Certain Research Fields Acceleration of Cash - Flows to Innovative Businesses Establishment of a Synergetic Dialogue between the different Bodies Supporting Innovation Availability Improvement of on-line innovation Sources Thessaly: Innovation Strategy 3rd Development Pole Transformation In Innovative Actions Particularization Of Innovation Strategy Target Area