SIB (Science, Innovation and Business) Communities bring together key players interested in ICT innovation around a thematic focus, allowing Community members to apply their diverse expertise and experience to collaborate more effectively in a particular area.

SIBs Communities bridge the gap between research and market by favouring the cross-fertilisation of ideas between participants from different backgrounds and fostering innovation activities.

Members of a SIB Community engage and participate “physically” through conferences, summits, workshops and dedicated events and, “virtually”, on-line through a dedicated SIB portal where they can collaborate, exchange ideas and knowledge, upload prototypes, propose actitivies with their fellow SIB members. Portals allow members to develop partnerships, disseminate publications, organise events, and access required services.

Each of the five SIBs communities is organized according to thematic tracks:

- Education and Professional Enhancement

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Find the right talent for your company, foster education and training initiatives, support student competitions, share your innovative training program: this track is aimed to facilitate SIBs members towards informative exchange about education and professional enhancement so to implement  innovative approaches to college and university educationand make sure the academic environment is able to match the expectations of the business one

-Dissemination and Personal Recognition

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Share insight and your wisdom with the most qualified audience from the innovation environment: this track enables SIBs members to maximize the impact of their  ideas, business, products, services by making the world aware about them. Whether through a keynote speech or a dedicated publication, their impact on innovation will find its way to the right audience.

- Research & Technology Transfer

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Matchmaking is crucial to any business. Whether it is aimed to skills, knowledge, technologies, methods of manufacturing, samples of manufacturing or facilities; whether among governments or universities and other institutions, or among private organizations, to ensure that scientific and technological developments are accessible to a wider range of users who can then further develop and exploit the technology into new products, processes, applications, materials or services is this track’s main objective.

SMEs competition

- Funding & Business Development

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The shape of funding is changing. SIBs community abilitate to investigate any opportunity, present projects, upload prototypes, get recognition and feedback from the grassroots community so to maximize any information about funding and investment and help members to access the counterparts they need to further develop their businesses.

Pitch competition

-Policy and Regulation

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Like no other environment, SIBs community abilitate their members to play an active and effective role into the definition of standards, regulations and policies.  No one better than the innovators themselves know what work for them and how crucial the right policy may be. This track is for any member who wish to propose, share and evalutate current and future innovation policy, and is ready to play a leading role into transforming it.

Position papers

-Market Trends & Society Impact

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Men who have changed the world. Companies that perform outstandingly. Case history to get inspired from. Unique chances to be in touch with the most reknown innovators. This is what the “Market Trends and Society Impact” track is for.

SIBs members who are eager to understand the world they live in, to identify the innovation trends that will make it a better place, to discover how their commitment could influence not only further technological developments but also engaging ICT in a positive way for societal changes, find here what they need.

CEO keynote speeches, case studies, ICT market trends...One-to-one meeting

As a member of a SIB, you will also be invited to attend EAI Summits, where you will have the opportunity to engage in person with other members in your field.