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PORA Regional Development Agency of Podravina and Prigorje participates in the implementation of I3 (Informatics, Innovation, incubation)
CT Crossborder Clustering project financed under the IPA CBC Programme Hungary-Croatia 2007-2013.
Aim of the project is to increase the joint research, development and innovation capacity of stakeholders in the bordering area and
particularly to encourage cooperation and synergies between the organizations responsible for the development of the economy based on
knowledge, faculty development institutions, technology centers, clusters and small and medium enterprises in the field of information
communication technologies (ICT).
The Lead Beneficiary in the project is the Center for Innovative Technology Medjimurje, and the project partners are Medjimurje IT
Cluster, Međimurje Polytechnic in Čakovec, PORA Regional Development Agency of Podravina and Prigorje, the University of Pannonia -
Campus in Nagykanizsa and Pannon Novum from Hungary.
As part of the project I3CT Crossborder Clustering PORA Regional Development Agency of Podravina and Prigorje invites entrepreneurs on
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B2B – business meetings of entrepreneurs
which will be held on November 30th 2012 at 10.00 am
in the premises of PORA Regional Development Agency of Podravina and Prigorje,
Florijanski trg 4, 48000 Koprivnica
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Business meetings of entrepreneurs are organized in order to connect entrepreneurs from Hungarian and Croatian sides of the border as well as
to promote innovative entrepreneurship and to establish business relationship from both sides of the border. Business meetings of
entrepreneurs have been designed with aim of easily and efficiently achieve direct contact between potential partners through the prearranged
individual meetings and also is an excellent opportunity for the realization of new business relations.
Business meetings will be attended by entrepreneurs from the Međimurje County and Hungary with the aim of improving the opportunities for
business cooperation in the bordering area.
We would like to ask all of you as partners in I3CT project to invite your SME's to participate at the event, and also, don't limit your
selves only at SME's from ICT sector, please spread this information to all potential SME's in your region,maybe some of them besides ICT
sector would like to cooperate with SME's from other sector in the region
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| 9,45 - 10,00 |
Registration
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| 10,00 - 10,10 |
Welcome speech
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| 10,10 - 10,25 |
Presentation of the project I3CT Crossborder Clustering
- Mr. Igor Kovačić, Center for Innovative Technology Medjimurje
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| 10,25 - 10,40 |
Presentation of Međimurje ICT Cluster
- Mr. Anđelko Vukoja, Međimurje ICT Cluster
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| 10,40 - 10,50 |
Presentation of the companies present in the B2B event
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| 10,50 - 12,30 |
Business meetings of entrepreneurs – B2B
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| 12,30 |
Lunch
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The official languages of the event are Croatian and Hungarian. For the participation in business meetings please fill out the enclosed
registration form and send it till November 28th 2012 at the e-mail address: info@pora.com.hr. For more information please
contact PORA Regional Development Agency of Podravina and Prigorje, Florijanski trg 4, 48000 Koprivnica.
>>> Registraion Form <<<
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More than thirty regional ICT companies have participated in
Information and communications technologies day
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Information and communication technologies day held in the premises of
Technology Innovation Centre Međimurje in Čakovec on 25th April 2012 was an
opportunity for the representatives of more than thirty ICT companies and entrepreneurship support institutions from
Croatia and Hungary to get acquainted with the initiatives focused on fostering the development of ICT sector in the region.
The formal part of the event was used to present the projects and other activities implemented by
Technology Innovation Centre Međimurje, Regional Development Agency Međimurje REDEA and Međimurje IT Cluster.
The I3CT Crossborder Clustering and Innoinvest projects financed under the Hungary-Croatia
IPA Cross-border Co-operation Programme were presented. Projects are focused at strengthening cooperation between innovative
companies and their linking with academic and innovation institutions in the bordering area.
The European Satellite Navigation Competition – ESNC 2012, which is in coordinated by Technology Innovation
Centre Međimurje was also presented. The successful company Infinum Ltd.from Karlovac presented its development
path and business philosophy. Although the average employee’s age is only 24 the company exports more than 50 %
of their services to demanding markets, such as USA.
The central part of the event were the B2B meetings during which the companies had a chance to get to know each
other, exchange the ideas and create the opportunities for future cooperation. Companies had a chance to present
their products and services, and all participants got acquainted with the hi-tech equipment and new ICT classroom
in Technology Innovation Centre Međimurje. The equipment and classroom can be used by the incubatees and other
companies for product development and trainings.
The event was met with considerable response from the target audience which proves that there is a need for
cooperation between companies in the IT sector. Technology Innovation Center in cooperation with REDEA and
Međimurje IT cluster is working intensively on creating preconditions favorable for the development of ICT
sector in the region. The projects such as I3CT Crossborder Clustering and Innoinvest are excellent for
funding such activities.
The presentations from ICT day are available for download at I3CT Crossborder Clustering project’s
website: www.i3ct.net/documents.aspx
For any further information on the I3CT Crossborder Clustering project please contact the project manager
Mr. Ivan Plačko at phone number +385 (0)40 395 542 or by e-mail ivan.placko@ticm.hr.
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| B2B event: ICT day - Invitation |
Technology Innovation Centre Međimurje Ltd
Regional Development Agency Međimurje – REDEA Ltd., Međimurje IT Cluster and partners
kindly invite you to participate at the
Information and communications technologies day – ICT day
which will be held on Wednesday 25th April 2012 beginning at 10.00 hrs
In the multimedia hall of Technology Innovation Centre Međimurje,
Bana Josipa Jelačića 22b, Čakovec, Croatia
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Innovation, information and communication technologies are among the most frequently mentioned terms when talking
about overcoming the economic crisis. Long-term development of economy and society is inconceivable without one of
these two components. Therefore, ICT day is organized to encourage the development of innovative enterprises in the
sector of information and communication technologies, to facilitate the cooperation of IT companies in the region
and to enable them a common market access.
The event is part of the Innoinvest and I3CT Crossborder Clustering projects which are financed
under the Hungary-Croatia IPA Cross-border co-operation programme. Projects are focused at strengthening of cooperation between
innovative companies and their linking with academic and innovation institutions in the bordering area.
At the event, apart from the projects, highly successful company Infinum Ltd. from Karlovac will be presented, which
is focused on the development of mobile applications. The company will present its business model and development path
and provide a number of useful practical advices for other IT companies that are thinking about developing mobile applications.
A key part of the event will be business meetings of IT companies (called B2B meetings) which will
give the opportunity to all companies to meet colleagues (or perhaps competitors) from the sector. To interested IT companies a presentation
of their products / services will be ensured as well the premises for individual meetings. Our goal is to gather as many
IT companies and to encourage them, in informal gathering, to introduce and present themselves, share ideas and create
conditions for future cooperation.
Gathering will be also used to present a newly equipped computer classroom of Technology Innovation Centre Međimurje
for which the funds were provided under the eBusiness Project - E-business Competitiveness Improvement Programme
conducted by the Croatian Ministry of Entrepreneurship and Crafts. Classroom will be used for organizing education,
training and seminars in the field of ICT.
Official languages of events are Croatian and English with no translation provided. Participation at the event is
free of charge, and a number of participants is limited. In order to register please fill in the application form
(at bottom of the page) and send it no later than 23rd April 2012 to the following e-mail address: andjelko.vukoja@mit-cluster.hr.
All further information can be obtained at the telephone: +385 (98) 939 2179.
Below you can find the detailed program of the event and additional information about the B2B meetings.
We look forward to seeing you at ICT day and we hope for good bussiness partnership.
Yours sincerely,
mr.sc. Franjo Cimerman
Vice president, MIT Cluster |
Ivan Plačko
Director, Technology Innovation
Centre Međimurje Ltd. |
Sandra Polanec Marinović
Director, REDEA Ltd. |
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| 9,30 - 10,00 |
Registration
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| 10,00 - 10,20 |
Opening speeches
Ivan Prehoč, Međimurje County Prefect
Stjepan Koraj, assistant minister at Ministry of Entrepreneurship and Crafts
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| 10,20 - 10,35 |
Presentation of the I3CT Crossborder Clustering and Innoinvest projects
Ivan Plačko, Technology Innovation Centre Međimurje Ltd.,
project manager of I3CT Crossborder Clustering project
Jako Horvat, REDEA d.o.o., project manager of Innoinvest project
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| 10,35 - 10,40 |
Presentation of the European Satellite Navigation Competition (ESNC) 2012
dr. sc. Bojan Pečnik, Technology Innovation Centre Međimurje Ltd.
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| 10,40 - 11,20 |
Presentation – “Success story of Infinum Ltd.“
Tomislav Car, CEO at Infinum Ltd.
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| 11,20 - 11,30 |
Presentation of the Međimurje IT Cluster
Ratko Pesek, Međimurje IT Cluster
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| 11,30 - 13,00 |
B2B meetings
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| 13,00 - 14,00 |
Lunch break for all participants, informal meetings
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| Additional information about B2B meetings |
The companies that will attend B2B meetings can get a small table for the presentation of their advertising materials,
business cards, or to set up a laptop computer with a demo presentations etc.. In that case, please contact Mr. Anđelko
Vukoja at the e-mail: andjelko.vukoja@mit-cluster.hr or by phone by calling: +385 (98) 939 2179 to arrange the details of
the presentation.
Companies that have already confirmed their attendance at B2B meeting:
| · Alias d.o.o. |
Web design, programming |
www.alias.hr |
| · C Lab d.o.o. |
IT engineering |
www.clab.hr |
| · CE grupa |
Softver development, accounting software |
www.cegrupa.com |
| · Cimerman Software |
ERP systems, production and accounting systems |
www.cimermansoftware.hr |
| · Entitas d.o.o. |
Integration of business systems, IT consulting |
www.entitas.hr |
| · KG Media d.o.o. |
Online marketing and advertising |
www.kg-media.hr |
| · Qmini d.o.o. |
web design, graphic desing, internet marketing |
www.qmini.hr |
| · RIP d.o.o. |
programming, accounting, retail selling and computer equipment service |
www.rip.hr |
· S.Soft software
development |
information system development, creating custom software solutions |
www.s-soft.hr |
| · Softwise d.o.o. |
information system development, IT development activities
based on internet technologies |
www.softwise.hr |
| · Infinum d.o.o. |
digital agency for mobile and web app development |
www.infinum.hr |
About Infinum Ltd:
Infinum Ltd is company engaged in software development founded in year 2005 which operates in Croatia (Zagreb and Karlovac) and
Slovenia (Ljubljana). Company is specialized in the development of mobile and Ruby on Rails web applications. Their team consists of 15
mobile application developers, web developers and graphic designers, and all employees are highly educated and highly specialized for
an individual area of concern. Company has received many awards for their work so far among which are the first place and a prize of $
100,000 at Samsung Mobile Developer Challenge contest.
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Participation at the event is free of charge, and a number of participants is limited. In order to register please fill in
the application form and send it no later than 23rd April 2012 to the following e-mail address: andjelko.vukoja@mit-cluster.hr.
>>> Application form <<<
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