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Financing innovation through cross-border collaboration
26th June 2008 Venue: NESTA, 1 Plough Place, London EC4A 1DE Welcome and opening remarks David Hunter, Executive Director, Investments, National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA) Anthony Clarke, Managing Director, GLE Growth Capital, UK and President, European Business Angels Network (EBAN) The EU policy framework to stimulate cross border investments in early stage businesses Key note speaker: Per-Ove Engelbrecht, Head of unit Financing Innovation and SMEs, DG Enterprise and Industry, European Commission  Per-Ove Engelbrecht
Session I: Creating the cross-border policy framework
Chairman: David Hunter, Executive Director, Investments, National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA) Results and recommendations from the Slovenia EASY Summit: addressing fiscal and regulatory framework - connecting the international early stage market Prof Gordon Murray, School of Business and Economics, University of Exeter, UK Gordon MurrayCross-border collaboration across the innovation value chain Prof Jorma Routti, Chairman, CIM Creative Industries Management Ltd, Finland Jorma Routti
Session II: Panel discussion: Creating the cross-border investment environment
Moderator: Jonathan Kestenbaum, Chief Executive, National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA) Early stage private equity in Europe Georges Noël, Director Venture Platform, EVCA Supporting early stage VC in Europe: The EIF perspective Richard Pelly, CEO, European Investment Fund (EIF) From cross-state to cross-border investing: The USA experience John May, Chairman, Angel Capital Association, USA Challenges for connecting the angel and early stage market place across Europe and experience from the EASY Project Anthony Clarke, Managing Director, GLE Growth Capital, UK and President, European Business Angels Network (EBAN)
Session III: Creating a global marketplace for cross-border innovation partnership
Chairman: Richard Halkett, Executive Director, Policy and Research Unit, National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA) Carsten RudolphHelping start-ups g(r)o(w)ing global: Microsoft’s Startup Accelerator Program Dr Carsten Rudolph, Emerging Business Team Lead MICROSOFT Germany Case Studies of Cross–border Investments
Valerio Caracciolo Dusan Stojanovic
Summing up: The EASY way forward
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