Our NGI Enrichers Online Summit held on January 18th has been a great success with 100+ participants and speakers!
NGI Enrichers organized its Online Summit on January 18th and gathered all type of NGI Enrichers stakeholders such as US and Canadian hosts, potential fellows from all over Europe, evaluators, consortium members, ambassadors, advisory board members as well as previous hosts and fellows who shared their experiences.
The Summit was a success as it gathered more than a hundred people. It allowed all type of stakeholder to have a better understanding of the role they can play in NGI Enrichers.
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Please find the agenda below:
• Welcome from EU – Dr Fabrizio Sestini, Senior Expert, Digital Social Innovation, Unit “Next-Generation Internet”, European Commission (10 mins)
• Welcome from USA by Stefano Lami, COO of SMQS (10 mins)
• Welcome from Canada by Bernard Duval, MITACS (10 mins)
15:00 – 15:25 NGI Enrichers and open calls overview • NGI Enrichers overview by Dr Svetlana Klessova, NGI Enrichers Program Coordinator, G.A.C. Group (France) (15 mins)
• Open Calls overview by Mattia Ceracchi, APRE (10 mins)
15:25 – 15:55 Session 1 – Feedback from the hosts – Moderated by SPI • Short intro related to the hosts by Francisco Rocha, SPI (10 mins)
o Houbing Song, Associated Professor at Maryland University, former and current host (5 mins)
o Gil Zussman, Professor at University of Columbia, former host (5 mins)
• Interactive Q & A, suggestions (10 mins)
15:55 – 16:25 Session 2 – Feedback from alumni – fellows – Moderated by APRE • Short intro related to the past program by Svetlana Klessova, GAC (5 mins)
o Igor Kotsiuba, Co-founder at iSolutions Labs, former fellow (7 min)
o Refael Shamir, Founder at Letos, former fellow (7 min)
• Interactive Q & A, suggestions (10 mins)
16:25 – 16:55 Session 3 – NGI for Ukraine – Moderated by iSolutions and AIE • Introduction and overview of main NGI challenges for Ukraine by Igor Kotsiuba, iSolutions Labs (5 mins)
• Experience of promoting Ukrainian startups on the US market by Pavlo Kartashov, Director of Innovation Development Fund (5 mins)
• NGI opportunities for Ukraine in Industry 4.0. by Alexandre Yurchak, APPAU (5 mins)
• NGI topics for Healthcare by Anna Fadieieva, iSolutions Labs (5 mins)
• NGI opportunities for innovation community Ukrainian University, Nazar Podolchak, Scientific Park Lviv Polytechnic National University (5 mins)
• Interactive Q & A and suggestions (5 mins)
16:55 – 17:20 Session 4 – Enrichers Bootcamps and training in Rome, Italy – Moderated by Enrich Global • Short intro to bootcamps, needs of future fellows and trainings by Fahima Sadaoui-Ramos (5 mins)
• Plans presented by Bootcamp trainers
o Blandine Chantepie-Kari, Temple University (5 mins)
o Rhannon McMillan, Focus4 Communications (5 mins)
o Andrea Degen, EUREL (5 mins)
• Interactive Q & A and suggestions (5 mins)
17:20 – 17:30 Closing and next steps – by G.A.C. 17:30 – 18:15 Breakout Rooms – sharing ideas, Q&A 1. Fellows, bootcamps and training, hosted by APRE and ENRICH GLOBAL
2. US and Canadian Host, hosted by SPI and MITACS
3. Ambassadors and Evaluators, hosted by G.A.C.
