Light Above the Finnish Horizon?
Column in Kauppalehti by Pekka Koponen 6.10.2014, B18
Insights
Spinverse success rate in EU-funded FP7 program is 100%
According to the recently published statistics of Finland’s participation in the EU’s 7th framework program, Spinverse is in third place as to the number of projects out of all Finnish SMEs, totaling to seven funded projects. The success rate for Spinverse for the application to funding ratio is 100%.
Five Finnish SME's to receive funding from EU SME Instrument
The European Commission has announced the first results of its new SME Instrument, launched under Horizon 2020 to help innovative small- or medium-sized companies get their ideas to the market. Aurelia Turbines Oy is one of the Finnish SME’s to receive funding from a highly competitive field of innovative European companies from which funding was granted for fewer than 6% of the applicants. Spinverse Oy assisted Aurelia Turbines in selecting the most suitable funding instrument and helped to prepare the application.
The CTO of the Year Europe award promotes the importance of technology and innovation in Europe
"All the other decision-makers or members of the executive teams of companies are getting awards --- but nobody awarded the CTO", says Pekka Koponen, CEO of Spinverse on a video interview, recorded at the Annual Conference of EIRMA.
Industrial Technologies 2014 covered by International Innovation
Spinverse co-organised the Industrial Technologies 2014 event in Athens, Greece on April 2014, which took place during the Greek Presidency of the European Council, and...
Industry discusses needs for R&D investments in nanotechnology
Over 60 experts from industry met the European Commission and research representatives to share experiences about nano-enabled innovations, future markets, framework and investment needs.
CTO Forum 2014 collects Finnish technology leaders to discuss current issues
The CTO Forum Finland event is again organised to enable Finnish technology leaders to meet each other and to hear the latest news within the Finnish technology scene in October 2014.
Spinverse Innovation Mill at Arctic15
Many large corporations in Europe are going through a time of transformation. Economic circumstances drive corporations to reduce non-core activities and to seek more dynamic R&D networks to meet the future market needs. This is an opportunity for entrepreneurs.
Social and Health Services Reform, an Engine for Innovation!
Column in Kauppalehti by Pekka Koponen, May, 2014
Industrial Technologies 2014: Smart Growth through Research and Innovation ‐ Towards Europe 2020
The Industrial Technologies conference was organised for the third time in April 2014. The event took place in Athens during the Greek Presidency of the European Council, and gave an outlook to European and global developments and latest innovations in the fields of nano and biotechnology, advanced materials, and new production technologies. It was a tremendous success with over 1,300 participants from more than 60 countries around the world. Spinverse had an important role as one of the main co-organisers of the event.