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About ESINET
Growing economies need innovation. Many of the best industrial innovations are developed into new products by small companies. These companies keep industry development going and boost economic growth by providing new jobs and technology. Therefore this development should be nurtured and made as effective as possible.
In Europe, the potential to create new business opportunities thanks to space technologies and infrastructures is impressive: every year billions of Euro are spent by industries, research organisations and academic institutions for Research and Development activities. Just concerning the space sector, Europe has invested to date more than 150 Billions of Euro.
ESINET is the European network of space incubators. Its primary mission is to support its members in stimulating entrepreneurship through a direct access to space technologies and infrastructures. ESINET currently links more than 30 members from 15 European Countries.
What are the ESINET objectives?
- Promote the use of Space technology and services as a source of innovation for the creation of new enterprises
- Facilitate technology transfer between the Space and non-Space sectors
- Establish strategic transnational partnerships and networks among incubators and SMEs such as joint participation in EU research projects
- Help start-up enterprises to have access to finance, advice them on IPR and legal matters, on networking and marketing opportunities
- Form a critical mass in order to gain visibility in order, for example, to attract the interest of private investors or associations of private investors
- Improve the dialog of entrepreneurs with the European Commission and the European Space Agency as well as with national and regional bodies
What services are provided to ESINET incubators?
- The ESINET website on http://esinet.atecmedia.com is widely visited and provides great visibility to all ESINET members. Users can easily have access to the description and contact details of the members, plus direct links to their homepages.
- Members can also access the intranet part of the web-site for minutes of recent meetings, updates on project proposals, application information for new proposals etc.
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- Visit the ESINET on-line library to access success stories from ESINET partners - covering topics from technology transfer and business start-up to sourcing innovation financing in space or space-related sectors. Add your own success story by e-mailing it to info@esinet.com.
- Share your experience and learn from the experience of similar organizations by attending the ESINET workshop and networking events which are organized on a regular basis. Calls for papers and case studies will be advertised in advance on the ESINET website.
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- ESINET is all about networking - bringing together the experts and innovators in the field of space technology. In addition to the network of ESINET full members and the businesses which they represent, ESINET brings together diverse interest groups from ESA to EC institutions, from national and regional space research institutes to technology transfer specialists and many more.
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- ESINET organizes 2 practical workshops per year to promote networking opportunities and the exchange of best practice between members.
- ESINET also plan to organize a high-profile annual networking event, attracting influential keynote speakers and experts in all areas related to space incubation.
- For details of upcoming events visit the ESINET website.
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What ESINET does for start-up and developing SMEs?
- The ESINET members provide SME and incubatees with the opportunity to gain a wide visibility at International level to attract the interest of private investors or associations of private investors. Moreover, SMEs have the possibility to exit their regional environment, thus creating contacts and partnerships with other SME of different European Countries.
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- SMEs and start-up Companies are able to rely on the ten-year experience of the Technology Transfer Network: the European consortium active in Technology Transfer on behalf of ESA relies on the ESINET as a gateway to access SME, in order to propose to them innovative technological solutions developed in the Space research sector.
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- The ESINET members offer to Start-up and SMEs the unique opportunity to rely on all technical facilities of the ESTEC laboratories. Within a co-incubation period, incubatees of the ESINET members are able to transfer to ESTEC possible research activities which need particular skills and technical knowledge.
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- SMEs and Start-up Companies can rely on the critical mass represented by ESINET. Thanks to the network, the dialog of entrepreneurs with the European Commission and the European Space Agency as well as with national and regional bodies is strongly strongly favoured.
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