Sofia Municipality Bulgaria

Mrs Mariana Georgieva
Chief expert 

Sofia Municipality Bulgaria

Mrs Dragoslava Lundzhova
Chief expert 

SPES s.c.p.a. Italy

SPES is a research&design company based in Italy specialised in electronic devices design. Operative in multiple markets and focused on innovation, SPES is gaining competencies in the Assistive Technologies especially regarding Connectivity, Portable and Wearable Devices, Environmental sensors and cross compatibility between multiple buses and protocols. SPES workforce (90) is mainly composed by engineers and software and hardware developers.

Dr Davide Mancini
LinkedIn logo Chief Innovation Officer 

SVIM - Sviluppo Marche Italy

SVIM (RDA 100% share owned by the Region) represents Marche Region’s centre of competence to transform programs for local development into EU and international projects.

It has a staff structure with about 30 consultants covering all phases of project cycle.

SVIM, since the beginning of its activities in 1999, has worked in UE Programmes with particular attention for the local development: social, economic and cultural development. It has worked since 2001 with about 400 EU, CBC and international Partners and it has managed more than 40 millions of Euros of budget implementing projects.

The mission undertaken by SVIM results from the role it was assigned by the Regional system. SVIM provides a crucial link between the needs of territory and Government policies in a bottom up approach. As such, a major responsibility for the Agency is to support to create an environment in which welfare in the region can flourish through offering business support, encouraging new start-ups, matching skills provision to social needs and bringing business investment into the region, improving infrastructure system and cultural/tourism offers. SVIM is also working to improve the local environment through land regeneration, creating quality public spaces and amenities that local communities and visitors can enjoy, complementing ongoing regeneration activity and projecting a positive image for potential investors.

SVIM has a key role in working in partnership with local public and private stakeholders, Universities and CITTs and in concertation with the regional Administration, to deliver the strategic goals outlined in plans, programs and guidelines; in executive planning of initiatives for the improvement and support of the regional productive structure; in assisting the progressive internationalization process as undergone by the regional productive structure; in planning and support for the implementation of relevant initiatives under EC competences.

Given these roles, SVIM core strategy is focused on European and International projects: SVIM implements the development of the regional economy, supporting Regional planning and the activities of the regional Authority, working in synergy with the local economic actors operating within the territory, enterprises and universities through the elaboration of local, European and international projects, in compliance with regional guidelines for the improvement and support of the regional productive structure.

In order to sustain the regional strategy and deliver regional goals, SVIM approached several topics: infrastructure and logistics, providing technical support within the entire Region for logistic planning in compliance with EC programs; territory and environmentally sustainable development, supporting actions designed for the environmental remediation and development of cluster territories in order to ensure a fully integrated and cohesive socio-economic systems and to guarantee a high level of protection to the environment and to health; technology and innovation, providing the Marche Region with support for innovative economic development, by encouraging businesses in their implementation; territory and rural agricultural development, assisting Marche Region and other public regional entities in their activities planning.

Website:
www.svimspa.it
Mrs Adele Berionni
EU Project Manager 
Mrs Francesca Orazi
EU project Manager 
Mrs Ilaria Balloriani
EU project Manager 

Synocus Finland

Mr Henrik Hultin
Senior Consultant 

Tampere University of Applied Sciences Finland

Mrs Tarja Heinonen
Development Manager 

TEUCO Italy

Wellness field: bathtubs, showers, spas...Untiring creativity, a propensity for new ideas, painstaking design, ergonomic appeal and choice materials: these are the inspiring principles of Teuco. A brand that has continuously anticipated trends and techniques, a story of innovation filled with a host of major international acknowledgements. Teuco's many patents make whirlpool history and, in just a few years, the brand becomes one of the world leaders of well-being.

Our focus is on developing ethernet systems to allow communication to a network of people and servicies; new functions for body treatments and therapy; sensors to detect the user conditions; system to save water and energy.

Website:
www.teuco.it
Mrs Francesca Pavani
Mrs Francesca Pavani
Engineer 

The Baltic Institute of Finland Finland

Ms Jenny Uusikartano
Project Assistant 
Esa Kokkonen
Director 

The Life Quality Cluster „Podkarpacie Country” Poland

Mr Rafał Darecki
Coordinator of Cluster  

THL, National Institute for Health and Welfare Finland

Website:
www.thl.fi
Dr Anne Lounamaa
Development manager