SPI present at the EBN Annual Congress

17 June 2013

SPI was present at the EBN Annual Congress, held 29-31 May in Derry/Londonderry, UK. This year the Congress was dedicated to the theme "Digital, Cultural and Social Innovation" and was attended by various experts, speakers and organizations who shared their views on this topic. The Congress had the presence of several members of the European Business & Innovation Centre Network - EBN, including SPI.

SPI also participated in several workshops, three of them dedicated to Innovation Cultural & Creative Industries, Digital Innovation as Driving Force that enables the exploration of Economies of Scale and Differentiation for Value Creation, Economic and Social Innovation.

During the Congress SPI also presented the project MyNeighbourhood (http://my-neighbourhood.eu), coordinated by ALFAMICRO which aims to strengthen the community bonds through the use of new digital technologies and methodologies such as Living Labs. In this context, SPI is responsible for the coordination of the project, the development of several tasks and supporting the development of the project as a whole. This is a project co-funded by the European Union, through the CIP program.