To order the A.C.E. Forum Proceedings - 2002

complement of ACE Forum sessions hand-out :

Update of guest speakers presentations
(presentations given during the forum,
not included in the sessions' hand-outs)

• Funding Entrepeneurship in Europe (pdf : 167k)
  Rudy Aernoudt
• The key to building succeful connections with VC (pdf : 45k)
  ETF Group
• The key to building succeful connections with VC (pdf : 51k)
  AIFI
• Growing entrepreneurship in universities and research lab
  (pdf : 88k)
  Oxford
• Dynamiques et valeurs des réseaux européens de centres d'entreprise (pdf :42k)
  EBN
• Tips and tricks for awareness buiding and marketing (pdf : 379k)
  B2L
• Growing start-up, creating new jobs : assessing business incubation impact (pdf : 195k)
  NBIA
• Growing start-up, creating new jobs : assessing business incubation impact (pdf : 831k)
  Barcelona Activa
  

Fostering entrepreneurship is the "raison d'être" of business incubators throughout the world, their challenge is to support effectively young entrepreneurs, and enable them to grow successfully.
In Europe there are hundreds of them : Business Innovation Centers (BIC), Innovation Relay Centers (IRC), "hatchery", "pépinières", scientific parks, technopoles, university-based incubators. Each of them in it's own way is striving to reach the same objective : to be the catalyst of start-ups' sustained growth.

In march 2002, will be held the first European Forum to provide leading edge insights on how business incubators can succeed at Accelerating, Connecting and Enabling young entrepreneurs businesses. Speakers will include leading venture capitalists, business angels, seed fund managers, investment bankers, government officials and senior managers of business incubators who will share with attendees critical informations on best practices.

This two days highly focused conference will involve plenary sessions, as well as investors and business incubators workshops. Networking events will enable participants to meet speakers, guests and other attendees. An impressive mix of Europe's most innovative actors of investment banking and finance, entrepreneurship and business incubation in Europe.

Direct access to critical informations, and influential decision makers will allow participants to gain efficiency by staying abreast of market trends, and expand their network of financial and strategic partners.

All sessions will be held English -