Innovation Centers in Poland - Portal Innowacji
Innovation Centers in Poland - Portal Innowacji
Innovation Centers in Poland - Portal Innowacji
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International <strong>Innovation</strong> Centre of East (IICoE)<br />
– Innovative Eastern <strong>Poland</strong> Association<br />
address:<br />
ul. Antoniukowska 7, 15-740 Białystok<br />
tel./fax: +48 (85) 675 00 95<br />
e-mail/website:<br />
ipw@ipw.org.pl/www.ipw.org.pl<br />
created: 2006<br />
area: 33 m 2<br />
chief executive:<br />
Wacław Julian Białkowski<br />
contact: Marlena Suchcicka, tel./fax +48 (85) 675 00 95,<br />
mob. 728 958 050, e-mail: m.suchcicka@mwci.eu<br />
The Center organizes periodic <strong>in</strong>ternational ITMED forums as well<br />
as events like “Forum Science and Technology Days <strong>Poland</strong>-East ,”<br />
which have resulted <strong>in</strong> over 400 concrete cooperation proposals <strong>in</strong><br />
new projects <strong>in</strong> jo<strong>in</strong>t bus<strong>in</strong>ess ventures. In June 2011, MWCI received<br />
the “Podlasie Innovator 2011” statuette <strong>in</strong> the Institution Support<strong>in</strong>g<br />
<strong>Innovation</strong> category.<br />
The Innovative Eastern <strong>Poland</strong> Association coord<strong>in</strong>ates the activities of the International<br />
<strong>Innovation</strong> Centre of East (IICoE) and the Medical Cluster of Eastern <strong>Poland</strong>, operat<strong>in</strong>g<br />
<strong>in</strong> the fields of biomedical eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g, medical technologies, biotechnology, healthcare<br />
and ICT.<br />
The Center’s mission consists of improv<strong>in</strong>g the competitive edge of the region’s<br />
bus<strong>in</strong>esses by develop<strong>in</strong>g an <strong>in</strong>novation system that facilitates the <strong>in</strong>ternational<br />
transfer of technology and <strong>in</strong>novation. Its strategic goal is to become a leader <strong>in</strong> the<br />
field of organiz<strong>in</strong>g and coord<strong>in</strong>at<strong>in</strong>g jo<strong>in</strong>t economic ventures <strong>in</strong> the area of advanced<br />
technologies <strong>in</strong> Podlasie and other regions of Eastern <strong>Poland</strong>. This <strong>in</strong>cludes partner<strong>in</strong>g<br />
with the North-Eastern macroregion which extends to Russia, the Baltic States, Belarus<br />
and Ukra<strong>in</strong>e. MWCI offers opportunities to f<strong>in</strong>d partners for cooperation <strong>in</strong> the field of<br />
research and development, organizes meet<strong>in</strong>gs of professionals who are design<strong>in</strong>g<br />
and implement<strong>in</strong>g state-of-the-art technologies, particularly <strong>in</strong> Eastern Europe, helps<br />
f<strong>in</strong>d recipients for advanced technologies and <strong>in</strong>novative solutions and facilitates<br />
the process of br<strong>in</strong>g<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>novations to production. The center is designed for various<br />
organizations, bus<strong>in</strong>esses, <strong>in</strong>stitutions, and research centers <strong>in</strong>terested <strong>in</strong> cooperation<br />
and commercialization of <strong>in</strong>novative technology solutions.<br />
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