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15.02.2012 Semi-Final of New Europe Venture Contest in Swissôtel Tallinn

Warsaw Stock Exchange and New Europe Events invite entrepreneurs from Estonia interested in raising capital to participate in New Europe Venture Contest Semi-Final on February 15, 2012 in Tallinn, Estonia.

09.01.2012 Estonian start-up scene praised in The Economist

Renowned weekly magazine The Economist commends entrepreneurial climate in Estonia and brings two active start-up companies in Tartu Science Park, Click&Grow and Sportlyzer, as good examples.

03.01.2012 BENCH project newsletters - China co-operation

BENCH project has been successfully ongoing for almost two years. Read from the newsletters, what we have been up to.

23.12.2011 Merry Christmas!

Dear friends home and abroad! We wish you a relaxing holiday season and all the best for the year 2012!

16.12.2011 15 best cluster practices e-book now available

Pooling4Clusters project introduces the “15 Good Practices e-booklet”, which is now available for downloading on the project’s website. Project aims at developing a platform of best practices with focus on the links between development agencies and cluster initiatives in Europe.

21.10.2011 Step into the future leading smart technologies for biological applications

Tartu Biotechnology Park participates COWIN project reinforcing its activities in the field of smart technologies for diagnostic and medical applications. This project, supported by the European Commission has been launched for 3 years and is dedicated to facilitate access to advanced technologies developed in the course of FP6 and FP7 European research projects.

11.10.2011 Baltic-China Annual Business Conference in Tartu, Estonia

Baltic-China Annual Business Conference (BCABC), held in Tartu 11.10.11, is a leading EU-China (non governmental, non-profit) business event in the Baltic States. It is the best platform for gaining practical knowledge and expanding business networks for doing business with/in China.

This year, BCABC is expecting 150 participants from governments, enterprises, universities and other organizations. The conference is free of charge.

19.09.2011 Science Park delegation at ScanBalt Forum 2011

Tartu Science Park will participate at the matchmaking event organised in Usedom, Germany during the ScanBalt Forum 2011. The delegation consists of two Estonian Biotech companies and Tallinn Technical University. The Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) Match-Making Event will be held during the Forum on September 23rd, 2011 from 9:00 -12:00.

08.09.2011 16th Baltic Dynamics gathered innovation experts from all over Europe

On September 5-6th „Baltic Dynamics 2011“, an international conference on innovation, took place in Tallinn, Estonia. Conference theme was "Cross-Regional Initiatives for Business Innovation". More than 200 participants from 33 countries were attending, including many leaders and experts from internationally acknowledged organizations giving a presentation about hot topics inside creative industries, internationalization, incubation and venture capital.

30.08.2011 Linking Health Technology across Europe conference and matchmaking approaching

A pan-European health technology conference and matchmaking will take place on October 6th in Linz, Austria. During the matchmaking, all participants have the opportunity to meet with I4W subprojects developing different innovative health applications and to discuss possibilities for cooperation or commercialization. Conference is co-organized by Interreg IVC project Innovation for Welfare.

28.08.2011 Autumn round of business idea competition „Tiger 2011“ starts now!

Right time to start developing your business ideas has arrived. Autumn round of business idea competition „Tiger 2011“ starts on August 28th and awaits promising, smart, inspiring and technological ideas with market potential until end of September.

26.08.2011 Tartu Science Park delegation studied Finnish start-up landscape

Delegation from Tartu Science Park took part of a study visit to three cities in Finland: Turku, Helsinki and Hämeenlinna. Aim of the visit was to get to know situation in finnish start-up landscape and meet key players in that field. During the visit meetings were held with different universities, science parks, incubators, business accelerators and other business development organizations.

17.08.2011 Garage48 is almost here! 26 - 28. August in Tartu

The main idea of the Garage48 is to build startup community in Estonia, Baltics and Nordics, find new friends and meet people, build something cool in 48 hours. Garage48 in Tartu has a mobile focus and has already some supportes from major names in business such as Nokia, Estonian Air and Elion.

18.07.2011 Registrate to Baltic Dynamics 2011!

Tallinn Science Park Tehnopol in cooperation with Business Support and Credit Management Foundation and IASP proudly present Baltic Dynamics 2011 conference in Tallinn, Estonia on September 4-6, 2011. Registration to the conference is still opened.
Don't miss out on opportunity to listen great speakers and catch the latest news in Baltic innovation and start-up scene.

15.07.2011 BENCH - first year review

The BENCH project, cooperation between seven partners in three countries, has now been running for a little more than a year. In this year, many interesting meetings have taken place, contacts have been established and ideas for new networks and business relations are forming.

01.07.2011 IASP World Conference 2012 will be held in Tallinn

Next years world conference of International Association of Science and Technology Parks will be organized in Tallinn, Estonia from 17th to 20th of June.

29.06.2011 Baltic Innovation Policy Seminar

Tartu Science Park and Tartu City Government representatives were present at the Baltic Innovation Policy Seminar in Brussels 16 June 2011 to be part of the discussion on the current challenges and the future of innovation policy in the Baltic Sea region.
In the event, the Baltic Innovation Policy Memorandum was introduced.

17.06.2011 Field tests to implement good cluster services will start in autumn

Tartu Science Park is preparing for field tests starting in autumn to implement well developed cluster services from Europe in Estonia. Services have been identified in the framework of Interreg IVC project Pooling4Clusters and will focus on strengthening cooperation between universities/research centres and companies and training cluster managers/members.

14.06.2011 The Travelling Salesman visited Tartu

On Sunday, 12th of June, The Travelling Salesman visited Tartu. About the visit and thoughts regarding to the meeting, you can read on their blog.

31.05.2011 SIB Net IDEA CONTEST: Grand finale and award ceremony at Ventspils University College

Since February of this year, Tartu Science Park in co-operation with Stockholm School of Economics in Riga, Riga Planning Region, Ventspils University College, Ventspils High Technology Park and the Institute for Baltic Studies (Tartu) have organized a cross border CONTEST OF INNOVATIVE BUSINESS IDEAS. The contest was organized within the EU-supported project 'Small Innovative Business support network' (SIBnet). Almost 100 innovators, scientists, and technology experts as well as other generators of business ideas participated in the contest and many interesting ideas were entered.

06.05.2011 Innovation for Welfare at the World of Health IT Conference & Exhibition

I4W is a project in which six European regions share, exchange and implement good practices in the field of welfare. Partners from Catalonia (Spain) and Tartu (Estonia) with ROBO MD and FITREHAB subproject participants will demonstrate different solutions to health innovation issues, including video of the developed home care robot prototype. World of Health IT Conference & Exhibition 2011 takes place in Budapest, Hungary on May 10-12th.

22.03.2011 Sportlyzer is now open to everyone as a public beta

Sportlyzer launched a virtual trainer that focuses on training advice – a required supplement to numerous exercise tracking applications and devices. Sportlyzer is providing a virtual trainer that uses complex algorithms to compose and modify workout plans and give training advice based on a user’s previous workouts and current training schedule. Just as well as a real trainer. This major step is the result of months of hard work and development – yet it is just the beginning of the next generation virtual trainer.

16.02.2011 Tartu Science park will open Demo Centre for mobile solutions

Next year Tartu Science park will open a Demo Centre for mobile solutions where entrepreneurs, developers and everyone else can see and touch clever mobile services, tools made in Estonia.

14.02.2011 Happy Valentine's Day!

Dear friends and partners! Happy Valentine's Day!

25.01.2011 Registration is open! Garage48 for Public services, 25 - 27. February 2011

Garage48 is a boot-camp style initiative to build new services in just 48 hours. Garage48 started in Estonia and is now expanding to European and African countries.

Garage48 starts on 5pm Friday evening with presenting ideas, includes a hard-working weekend to build the products and peaks with product demonstration at 6pm Sunday evening. Less talk, more action!

21.01.2011 Business idea competition "Tiger 2011" launched!

Our beloved Tiger has returned! Last year’s popular business idea competition "Tiger 2010“ returns this year with a sequel „Tiger 2011“. Campaign seeking this year’s entrepreneurial tigers starts on January 21st and awaits new inspiring business ideas containing clever & creative technological solutions until end of February.

13.01.2011 Cluster conference in Tallinn

On March 30-31, 2011 an inspiring cluster conference will take place in Tallinn, Estonia. TCI European regional conference will focus on how to improve the cluster policies both on European, national and regional level and how to achieve excellence in cluster management.

04.01.2011 Wibbit wants to make prices and shopping carts comparable

Wibbit, a start-up operating in Tartu Science Park with origins in Playtech, is getting ready to come to market with a multifunctional food and staple goods price comparison and shopping website.

03.01.2011 Sportlyzer invites sports aficionados to participate in a study showing how smart Mike Lyzer is

Sportlyzer, a startup that unites virtual sports trainer software and social networking, plans to conduct a study starting in January 2011 involving dozens of amateur endurance athletes.

03.01.2011 News section now open!

For our English-spoken friends from now on news will be available on Tartu Science Park's English webpage. You are welcome!