MegaNexus Ltd
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- Published on Friday, 24 June 2011 08:41
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Founded in 2003 through an initiative at University College London, MegaNexus Ltd has become one of the leaders in providing partnership management systems to multi-sector organisations within the UK.
Designed to work across a huge range of projects and funding streams, using unique patented technology, the web-based management information systems allow multiple sector organisations to share information securely and efficiently.
The most useful information we need on a day to day basis is not in a machine or a database, but is inside people. By creating a super network of opportunities, MegaNexus connect individuals to the right opportunities at the right time in the right way.
Contribution to the Open Innovation Project
One of the activities that MegaNexus headed was the creation of the Open Innovation website; the central source for information on all of the Open Innovation activities, partners and events.
Preceding that, MegaNexus will produce a data sharing solution to enable selected data from partner systems to be shared collectively with the other partners.
The platform will dynamically connect to all the partner databases and enable data to be analysed and viewed securely.
With this core data sharing capability in place, the platform will be connected to networking sites such as LinkedIn or Facebook to provide collaboration facilities and additional information to supplement the existing partner data.
Meganexus is contributing to the following events:
- Open to Innovation: Data Sharing from Local to National to Transnational. London. 17 May 2013
Project Team
Daniel Brown – Head of Business Development
Nadia Kuftinoff - Project Support
For further information
Please contact Nadia Kuftinoff: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
KAHO Sint-Lieven / Catholic University of Gent
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- Published on Thursday, 23 June 2011 15:15
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KAHO Sint-Lieven, member of the KU.Leuven Association, is a university college with a broad range of higher education programmes that are offered to about 6.400 students. It fosters a student-centered culture, and has earned itself a reputation in personal student counselling and coaching. KAHO Sint-Lieven is also at the forefront of research and cooperates with business and industry through several research groups. These close contacts have resulted in the development of successful spin-offs.
KAHO Sint-Lieven will actively cooperate with all partners to realise the objectives of the Open Innovation Project. It will play an active role in all the themes of the Project.
Open innovation and the community
KAHO Sint-Lieven will participate in lemonade days, entrepreneur hot-houses, incubator schemes and open innovation showcases (A4) and challenges.
Open innovation for small and medium-sized businesses
KAHO Sint-Lieven will assist businesses and intermediaries in embedding open innovation to increase capacity by: participating in a masterclass to implement open innovation skills within small and medium-sized businesses; raising awareness of open innovation principles through breakfast sessions; searching for and delivering open innovation mentoring programme, and; providing input on mobile experience platforms.
Open innovation for universities
KAHO Sint-Lieven will organize training and incubation support in Open Innovation skills to the university research network, and connect them to existing business and development platforms.
Consortium members
- Hogeschool-Universiteit Brussel (University College Brussels)
- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Catholic University Leuven)
Kaho are contributing to the following events:
- BCI Food & Aroma: 13 May 2014
- Innovation in Sales 20 March 2014
- Avoid Pitfalls - Study day about failure: 13 June 2013
- Student Innovation Masterclasses: 19 February-5 March 2013
- Open Innovation in Domotics: 8 February 2013
- Bootcamp. Innovative Approaches for lighting photovoltaic applications: 20 December 2012
- Megabrainstorm: 4 October 2012
- Open Innovation & IP: 18 September 2012
- Innovation & Creativity in Flanders: 12 April 2012
- Intellectual Property: A Pragmatic Introduction: 23 March 2012
- Kaho Bootcamp on Electronics & ICT: 23 March 2012
- Lean Learning Academy: Ongoing
- NV Actief: 2011-12
- Visual Work of Art Competition: September 2011-January 2012
- Ondernemen in Vlaanderen (Entrepreneurship in Flanders) 2011.: 27 October 2011
- Geomatics Bootcamp: 17 October 2011
- KAHO Starter of the Year: 17 May 2011
For further information
Frédéric Leloup, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Catherine Verriet, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Geert De Lepeleer, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
City of Edinburgh Council
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- Published on Friday, 13 May 2011 18:19
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The City of Edinburgh Council is one of 32 local authorities in Scotland, responsible for the capital city and seat of the Scottish Parliament with a growing population of 477,000 (approx 10% of Scottish total) and the driving force of the Scottish economy. The project is managed by the Economic Development Unit of the Council’s City Development Department, as part of its remit to promote and sustain the economic prosperity of the city.
Contribution to the Open Innovation Project
As well as being lead partner for the transnational project, responsible for coordinating activities across nine partner regions in North West Europe to promote Open Innovation, the Council is also:
- Coordinating a local programme of initiatives aimed at companies, entrepreneurs, inventors, universities, academics and local communities.
- Complimenting the existing business support infrastructure with new Open Innovation tools, resources and training to build the competitiveness of SMEs.
- Exploring opportunities to engage with social enterprise in project activity.
- Promoting a collaborative approach to innovation within and across key growth sectors of the local economy.
- Building productive and sustainable collaboration with national and larger corporate stake-holders.
- Supporting an Edinburgh technology festival aiming to become Europe’s leading launchpad for Open Innovation technology.
- Supporting the creative and other innovative sectors to turn ideas into flourishing enterprises.
Events and activities
- Open Innovation Project Closing Showcase: March 2015
- Open Innovation Toolkit: September 2014
- Unlock New Markets and Drive New Growth : August-November 2014
- Co-Creation Evening: March 2014
- Edinburgh Apps Final: November 2013
- The Turing Festival 2013: August 2013
- Citrus Saturday Edinburgh: April 2013
- Summerhall Co-Creation Evening: February 2012
- The Turing Festival 2012: August 2012
- Citrus Saturday Edinburgh: April 2012
- The Open Innovation Imperative: January 2012
- The Turing Festival 2011: August 2011
For further information:
- Graeme Rigg: 44 (0) 131 529 3183, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Here are some examples of how businesses in Edinburgh are using open innovation to develop new services, products and markets.
ArxBio
Beckdales
i2Diagnostics Ltd
Krotos Ltd
Mallzee
Kassel University: Chair for Information Systems
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- Published on Friday, 10 June 2011 09:03
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The aim of the research at the Chair for Information Systems at the Kassel University is to develop theories, models and tools, which contribute to the design, implementation and management of IT-supported organizational structures and innovations. The emphasis is on the promotion of innovation, which is socially acceptable, technically stable and economically sustainable.
The actual research activities can be separated into four areas: IT Innovation and Management; Service Engineering and Management; Strategic IT Management, and; Collaboration Engineering.
Contribution to the Open Innovation Project
As leader of the higher education theme, we want to carry out four main activities:
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Putting Open Innovation Principles into practice
The objective of this activity is to develop open innovation practices for universities such as ideas competitions and ideas communities. An example of this activity is Co-Create Uni Kassel which was launched as a pilot in May 2012.
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Open Innovation (OI) skills/capacity building programme
In this context we want to lecture at least two courses for managers of SMEs and integrate concepts for OI related skills in existing courses.
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Virtual incubation support & development science
Considering this activity we want to set-up an internet- based incubator service for students & alumni to provide a better counseling for both of them.
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Open innovation challenge platform development activity
This activity deals with an extension of the networking functionalities of the previously mentioned incubator service to enable start-ups to connect to established firms and researchers.
The Chair is involved in these activities:
- Launch Event for Unikat Crowdfunding Platform: 20 February 2014
- Crowdfunding Panel Discussion: 2 December 2013
- Doctorial Workshop on IT, Service, Innovation and Collaboration 30 September-2 October 2013.
- "Machen"; Ideas Workshop: 1-22 August 2013
- Unikat Ideas Challenge 2013: July-October 2013
- 2nd International Doctorial Workshop on IT, Service, Innovation and Collaboration. March 4-6 2013.
- Open Innovation Meets SME: 5 September 2012
- Co-Create Uni Kassel: pilot launch: 21 May 2012
- Unikat '12 Business Plan Competition: May-October 2012
- Doctorial Workshop on IT, Service, Innovation and Collaboration: 13-14 March 2012
- Unikat'11 Idea Competition: July-October 2011,
Case studies
Project team
- Dr Ulrich Bretschneider
- Marco Hartmann
- Philipp Kipp
- Shkodran Zogaj
- Philipp Ebel
For further information
Prof. Dr Jan Marco Leimeister : This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Video introducing Kassel
Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce
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- Published on Friday, 13 May 2011 18:19
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Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce is a dynamic member-led organisation working to support the local business community and our 2,000 strong network of member businesses. Our job is to ensure the interests of local businesses are heard. We can help any size of company at any stage of development to grow and prosper. As well as being selected UK Chamber of the year, we are also the current holder of UK awards for international trade and skills development and delivery agents for Business Gateway.
Contribution to the Open Innovation Project
The Chamber has taken on the role of helping local companies to adopt Open Innovation techniques to become more competitive, develop new products and services, expand into new markets and access further innovation support from elsewhere. We are involved in the following activities:
- Piloting and developing an Open Innovation skills and capacity building programme targeted at local businesses.
- Providing one-to-one mentoring support for companies who demonstrate an interest in implementing Open Innovation principles and techniques within their own organisation.
- Contributing to the development of local incubation services in partnership with local universities to assist commercialisation of the knowledge-base.
- Drawing on our extensive business and investor links, resources and experience of transnational project working to otherwise support the Open Innovation project.
For further information
John Harkins: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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