The Venture Day (VD) conference starts today at Olivia Business Centre (OBC). This unique project has been implementing the concept of combining many diverse environments for four years, supporting the Polish innovation ecosystem and integrating the world of science with the world of business. The event takes place as part of Global Entrepreneurship Week.
For the first time, representatives of venture capital funds, private equity, small and medium-sized enterprises and large corporations, start-ups, scientists, practitioners and business theoreticians will meet in Olivia Business Centre – the largest and most modern business center in northern Poland.
“We couldn’t have chosen any other place. Olivia Business Centre fits perfectly into the assumptions of our project, identical to those of Olivia, such as exchange of knowledge, inspiration and cooperation. This year we are meeting in o4, Olivia Business Centre co-working space dedicated, of course, to innovations – said Izabela Disterheft, President of the Management Board of the Pomeranian ICT-Interizon Cluster, co-organizer and co-author of the Venture Day.
Venture Day is intended to help establish relationships and cooperation between representatives of various business environments. The programme of this year’s event, held at Olivia Business Centre in Gdańsk, includes: m.in. lectures on issues related to the commercialization of innovative solutions, transfer of technology to business or support for the development of innovation in enterprises. Important elements of the Venture Day are networking sessions and individual meetings of originators with potential collaborators/investors (capital funds, corporations) organized in the speed dating formula. They will take place throughout the whole day of the conference, in three rooms of the OBC.
In Venture Day, the speakers will be m.in. representatives of Gdynia Maritime University, Medical University of Gdansk, National Centre for Research and Development, Polish Agency for Enterprise Development, Energa SA, Lotos, Orange, Intel, IBM, KPMG and representatives of Blac Pearls VC, Experior Venture Fund, Inovo VC, Innovation Nest and Kondracki Celej.
Venture Day, Olivia Business Centre, 17-18 November 2016
