On the 15^th June 2018, the first Business and Innovation workshop in the frame of the UTILE project will be held in Sofia, Bulgaria. The workshop will be focused on IP and IP management, access to finance and licensing and commercialization of innovative products. The training will be led by acknowledged experts specialized in IPR, funding opportunities and licensing. The workshop will attract promising health and life science projects funded under FP7 and Horizon 2020. More information on the agenda, speakers and topics you can find in the attached program (PDF file).

All projects are also given the opportunity to take part on 14^th June 2018, at The Innovative Enterprise Week Sofia 2018 https://www.innoweeksofia2018.eu/, in close partnership with the European Commission. The event will present new EU instruments and polices for further improvement of the financial instrument and the overarching goal of the conference is to enhance access to finance for research and innovation. Carlos Moedas, European Commissioner for Science, Research and Innovation, have confirmed his participation, together with Jean-Eric Paquet, Director General, Research and Innovation, Jean-David Malo, Director, Open Innovation and Open Science and Roger Havenith, deputy CEO of the European Investment Fund.