ENRICH in the USA - On Demand Service

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ENRICH in the USA organized an on demand activity to support a delegation from South Moravia region, Czech Republic, to explore research commercialization activities in the Southern States, (specifically North Carolina and Texas) from 4th-7th September.

ENRICH in the USA introduced 17 participants from trade and innovation agencies to the different ecosystems. The programme encompassed visits and meetings with e.g. the North Carolina State, Duke University, University of Texas at Austin, Dell Technologies, South by Southwest Conference.

This service gave to selected companies the opportunity to explore:

  • Innovation ecosystem models from emerging regions in the United States which are relevant to the regional growth in the South Moravian Region.
  • Collaboration opportunities in the US
  • Lessons learned from growing ecosystems that could be brought back home to encourage collaboration and support local innovators and entrepreneurs who could explore the US for commercialization opportunities

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Participants’ Testimonial

David Ihlir, JIC’s Chief Strategy Officer

“The study tour was a great success – the programme was packed but highly inspirational, both for us at JIC, as well as for our partners in the local ecosystem”.

 

David Marek, JIC’s Regional Innovation Strategy Manager

“We were delighted with this deep dive into how the activities are organized in Raleigh, Durham and Austin. It was a great success – the program was packed but highly inspirational, both for us at @JIC, as well as for our partners in the local ecosystem (universities, high-tech companies, regional government). It has sparked off a new motivation and ideas on how to change things in Brnoregion”

 

Lukas Konecny, YSoft’s Financial Manager

“The highlight of the program was the experience of seeing different aspects of two different ecosystems”