Cafeneaua de Inovare (Innovation Cafe) is an initiative of the Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding (UEFISCDI) which aims to encourage the development of public-private partnership and the co-creation of funding instruments in Romania.

The event is dedicated to researchers, innovative entrepreneurs, investors, venture capital and other actors supporting the innovative business environment in Romania.

This seventh edition, organized inside Bucharest Technology Week, is dedicated to the Innovoucher pilot launch pre-announcement. Innovoucher project is funded under H2020 and its objective is to develop a new model of innovation voucher mechanism to support the transnational exchange of innovation services across Europe. This pilot project will test the model in the regions involved in the project and will launch a call of innovation vouchers with foreign providers.

Tentative Agenda

15:30 - 16:00 Registration & Welcome Coffee

16:00 – 16:15 Welcome Speech by Adrian Curaj, General Director, UEFISCDI

16:15 – 17:15 How Innovation Gets Funded across EU?

Panel discussion regarding the innovation voucher mechanisms experience involving 5 European regions from Belgium, Italy, Romania, Poland and Spain.

17:15 – 17:30 Coffee break

17:30 – 18:00 Innovation Vouchers in Romania (case study)

18:00 – 18:30 Pilot Project Launch Pre-Announcement

18:30 - 19:00 Networking Cocktail

Curious for more? Visit www.cafeneauadeinovare.ro or send us an e-mail at crew@cafeneauadeinovare.ro.