City of Zaragoza
The city of Zaragoza, capital of the Aragon region in Northeast Spain, is in the midst of a transformation that includes demographic, urban and economic growth. This stimulating transformation will manifest itself at the World’s Fair Expo Zaragoza 2008, “Water and Sustainable Development.”
Connected to Madrid and Barcelona through a new high-speed train, Zaragoza is an important hub in Southern Europe—blending privileged location with international manufacturing and a prestigious University that specializes in computing, telecommunication and the sciences.
More than two thousand years of history, a high quality of life, and innovative city projects blend to make Zaragoza a dynamic city for work, pleasure and investment.
CNET Networks UK
Builder UK is the only UK website responding to the complex needs of today’s enterprise development community. It is where UK-based developers find the information they need to get their job done. No other site has the news, tutorials, features and downloads to help developers write better software, faster.
silicon.com is the leading UK website for business decision makers serious about harnessing technology to enhance their businesses. silicon delivers high quality, up-to-the-minute news, strategic analysis, and expert commentary, containing over 20 channels tailored to what’s important in the areas of hardware, software, networks and management.
ZDNet is the UK’s first stop for IT professionals who want authoritative, analytical and insightful coverage of the latest developments in the technology industry. Its clear focus on technology helps ZDNet UK cater to IT professionals who want to know everything there is to know about the applications and technologies available to them, the key drivers in different areas, and the main players in the tech industry.
DEMO
DEMO is a two-day executive conference focused exclusively on the most innovative new products and technologies. The conference features live, on-stage demos, in-depth product reviews, and thought-provoking analysis from the insiders shaping the technology industry. Conference producer, Chris Shipley combs through hundreds of companies, seeking the most compelling products, concepts and ideas and introduces them to the market at DEMO. More info at www.demo.com.
European Business Angel Network
Headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, the European Business Angel Network (EBAN) was established by the European Association of Development Agencies (EURADA) with the support of the European Commission in 1999. EBAN is an independent body, financed by its members with a secretariat for the day-to-day and project management.
With 45 members across 22 European and non-European countries, EBAN is the voice of business angel networks near the European public authorities.
For more information, contact Claire Munck, or visit www.eban.org.
Forsyth Group
Forsyth Group established in 1981, with offices in London and California, specializes in senior management executive search within the IT sector. The company focuses on delivering search excellence to software, Internet, mobile, telecoms and fuel cell companies. The company's key strength is its ability to understand the dynamics of early stage high growth emerging technology organizations. The company has a referable client base and an established network gained through 24 years of industry experience. With partners in Europe and Asia Pacific, the Forsyth Group offers its services on a global basis.
Industry Standard
The Industry Standard chronicles the companies and the people who drive change in the Internet business, and reports the trends that new leaders in this dynamic market need to understand to stay ahead of the curve. From VOIP to peer-to-peer, Google to Yahoo, startup launches to federal regulation, The Industry Standard is there with the events that matter day in and day out. Coverage includes daily news, blogs, metrics and analysis, job listings and industry events.
Sign up for the daily newsletter or subscribe to a range of targeted RSS feeds at http://www.thestandard.com/
Informatica El Corte Ingles
Informática El Corte Inglés, S.A., that belongs to El Corte Inglés Group, the leading distributor group in Spain, was founded in march 1988. Its main activity has envolved, ranging from distributor, reseller, manufacturer to consulting and systems integration in Public Administration and large and medium sized companies in the Finance, Insurance, manufacturing and retail sectors. This activity is based on both, its own products and solutions as well as integrating third party products and solutions.
It is the leading Spanish private capital company in IT and Communications in Spain.
Informática El Corte Inglés owns in Madrid a Computer Factory which brand is called INVES where it is assembled more than 70,000 computers per year.
Its presence in all of the country’s major cities and regions means that Informática El Corte Inglés covers the whole of the national territory with 18 branches.
Responding to current market demand, Informática El Corte Inglés has divided its organisation into two large divisions with the aim of offering its clients the best service with guaranteed quality. One of these divisions is Technology Infraestructures whose business lines are oriented to providing hardware, software and wide band services. The other division is called Consulting and Services. This division provides projects and services related to Expert Documental Technology Centres, CRM, Call Centre, ERP, Human Resources and Internet.
Mar-Tech & Finance
Mar-Tech & Finance, founded in 1998, is an international business-to-business marketing agency that provides content and value-added services to innovative organizations.
Mar-tech & Finance’s customer-centric approach encourages active client involvement in projects, enabling clients to take advantage of access to key players and decision makers in the IT industry. Mar-Tech & Finance develops a variety of marketing programs to enhance client ROI, with particular expertise in the IT and Finance markets.
For more information, contact Thierry Chevalier.
Microsoft
At Microsoft, we create software that helps people and organisations realise their potential.
Microsoft Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) is a division of Microsoft Corporation that encompasses over 60 local offices and delivers products and services in 139 countries across the region. Led by CEO Jean-Philippe Courtois, Microsoft EMEA sets the direction of the company in this vast and varied region, oversees subsidiary operations, and is respon-sible for a range of business functions including research, product development and dis-tribution, and partner support. An industry leader, Microsoft also emphasises corporate responsibility and community participation. The company engages with all levels of government and academia and supports numerous programmes for social and economic development.
Microsoft's commitment to the region is further reflected in the more than 12,000 Microsoft employees in EMEA, 200,000 resellers, 25,000 independent software vendors (ISVs), and the millions of small and medium-size enterprises whose goals for growth and greater business efficiency Microsoft makes possible with its technology.
Regional investments in research and development include Microsoft's largest software development centre outside of the US, located in Vedbaek, Denmark; Microsoft Research Cambridge in the UK; and the European Microsoft Innovation Centre (EMIC) in Aachen, Germany. The European Product Development Centre (EPDC) in Dublin, Ireland, localises over 100 products into 35 languages, and 20 local-language MSN(r) sites serve EMEA's culturally and linguistically diverse population.
Moore Clayton & Co
Moore Clayton & Co., Inc. is a global private equity services firm specializing in strategic and financial advisory and investment for high-growth emerging and established companies. Organized in July 1999, the Company is based in Los Angeles, California and London, England with additional offices/personnel in San Francisco, California; Salt Lake City, Utah; New York City, New York; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; and Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany in addition to numerous International partnerships. MCC focuses on traditional industries where intersecting technologies enhance overall valuation and growth of the industry.
MCC offers services which “de-risk” deals to enhance and accelerate the likelihood of exits. The Company closely account manages every portfolio company and validates the business model/plan by leveraging its global executive level relationships into working strategic partnerships for the clients.
As proof that this model works, MCC’s first two clients accelerated from idea to public listing in less than nine months, and they are both continuing to generate revenue and meet growth targets!
The Founders, from strategic advisory and investment banking backgrounds, met at New Energy Ventures where their combined efforts help build an energy-related start-up into a viable company with a revenue run rate approaching $1B in its first 18 months! In the first year of deregulation in California, this company became the largest deregulated energy services company in the US--surpassing all of the largest utilities with deregulated subsidiary companies. NewEnergy (as it became known) sold to AES for in excess of $100M, whereupon the Founders decided to start MCC. The differentiator in the marketplace for the new Company was/is the combination of a strategic and operating background (Sharon Clayton) leading to a strategic advisory offering with an investment banking and operating background (Tony Moore) leading to a financial advisory and investment offering. Venture Capitalists were not performing the critically necessary advisory and account management functions; they were only investing and sitting on boards. This is the niche that MCC continues to fill—doing what VC’s should be doing or should have done!
MultimediaIT
Multimedia IT is the first pan-European business magazine to concentrate on the intersection where consumer I.T. runs into consumer electronics.
Polish Chamber of Information Technology and Telecommunications
The Polish Chamber of Information Technology and Telecommunications
(PIIT) was founded in January 1993 on the basis of the Economic Chambers Act of May 30th, 1989.
In accordance with this Act, the Chamber is eligible to deliver opinions and evaluate implementation and operation of legal regulations dealing with economic activities and respective governmental institutions. The Chamber assembles companies operating within the IT and telecommunications sector. At present PIIT has over 180 members.
Porter Novelli
With its global reach and deep expertise in key specialty areas, Porter Novelli makes technology relevant in people's lives at work or play for companies around the world. Porter Novelli separates itself from other firms by offering clients truly holistic communication services that challenge conventions and achieve remarkable results for today's market leaders and tomorrow's technology innovators.
For more information, please visit www.porternovelli.com
Serbian Chamber of Commerce
The mission of the Serbian Chamber of Commerce and the Association for Information Technologies is to enable the enterprises engaged in these activities to directly affect the economic environment. Goals include fostering more successful operations, creating the technical and technological conditions required for the application of information and communication technologies (ICT), and building a framework for economic and social development.
Six Apart
Six Apart Ltd., based in San Francisco, Calif., is the company behind the Movable Type publishing platform, the TypePad personal weblogging service and LiveJournal, an online community organized around personal journals. Six Apart was founded by husband and wife team Ben Trott and Mena G. Trott in 2002, and joined by LiveJournal founder Brad Fitzpatrick early this year. The company is funded by Neoteny Co., Ltd. and August Capital. Six Apart’s sole focus is to create simple, yet powerful communication tools that enable millions of individuals, institutions and corporations to express, share and connect in ways never before possible. For more information, visit the Six Apart corporate weblog at http://www.sixapart.com/.
Socialtext
Socialtext is the leading provider of enterprise social software, a simple group productivity solution that fosters open innovation. Over 100 organizations and 20 Global 1000 Enterprises use Socialtext to accelerate project cycles and help groups communicate more effectively than with email, while fostering trust, transparency and group memory.
Using lightweight web-based tools such as wikis and weblogs, Socialtext is the simplest way to get your team on the same page. Try your team on Socialtext at http://www.socialtext.com.
Technology Review Germany
Launched in August 2003, the German edition of the renowned MIT technology magazine with its editorial concept of linking science and technology has a selling proposition that is unique in the German magazine market. Technology Review bridges the gap between business and science titles, providing knowledge and background on current technology trends every month. Visit http://www.technologyreview.de for more information.
VNU
VNU has a leading position in the information technology media industry in Europe via its publications and its network of VNU.net sites that reach over 6 millions unique users per month. VNU Net is VNU's one-stop shop to gather information and news about trends, products and software in the IT world, including solid analysis from VNU's leading print brands such as Computing, Computable and ComputerActive.
Zaragoza City of Knowledge Foundation
The City of Zaragoza and Telefónica, Siemens, Endesa, Ibercaja and Caja Inmaculada have united to create the “Zaragoza City of Knowledge Foundation.” The Foundation—whose motto is innovation, science, technology— supports the development of the Information Society in Zaragoza. Actively promoting the scientific and technological culture among the underprivileged, the Foundation will organize and promote related national and international events. The Mayor of Zaragoza chairs the Foundation and the Board includes Spanish luminaries such as Luis Oro, one of the brightest scientists in Spain, and Mateo Valero, who’s responsible for Spain’s supercomputing project.
ZDNet Germany
ZDNet is one of the leading media resources for IT and Business Decision Makers in Germany. ZDNet informs decision makers as they move from business need to vendor solution with a wide array of information, tools, and services. ZDNet provides worldwide breaking technology news, trend analysis, product and technology features, exclusive interviews with industry leaders, and over 100,000 downloadable software programs, case studies, and white papers.
Sponsorship Opportunities
Innovate!Europe offers unique sponsorship opportunities for companies wise enough to want to be recognized as leaders in the European and global technology markets. Sponsors gain powerful branding exposure to the live attendees and also to thousands of other technology industry insiders and enthusiasts who will participate in the programs leading up to Innovate!Europe.
Depending on their level of support, Event Sponsors will enjoy a number of benefits:
- Opportunity to collaborate with the Innovate!Europe Program Committee
- Complimentary invitations for key clients or prospects
- Branding on pre-event marketing, at the conference, in the conference proceedings and on the conference Web site.
- An invitation to attend the exclusive Producer’s dinner with key sponsors, speakers and members of the media
- Opportunity to distribute promotional materials to attendees or to showcase products outside the general sessions
- Opportunity to distribute conference proceedings to customers and prospects
For more information about Innovate!Europe sponsorships, please contact Mike Sigal in the US or Frank Kelcz in Europe.