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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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