European Innovation Council Summit

European Innovation Council Summit

Date: 24-25 November 2021, 13.30-17.30 CET
Venue: Online
Registration: Registration required until 12 November
Language: English

First Summit of the European Innovation Council

The new European Innovation Council (EIC), launched in March 2021, celebrates its first Summit. This event offers a unique opportunity for European start-ups and innovators, in particular small and medium-sized enterprises, researchers, corporates as well as potential investors and venture capitalists to connect and network.

Summit programme

The European Commissioner Mariya Gabriel will open this one-and-a-half day hybrid event filled with inspiring keynotes, workshops, pitching sessions, prestigious European Information Council prizes including the award of the outstanding women innovators and the official launch of the new EIC Forum.

The Summit will attract high-growth European start-ups and innovators, in particular SMEs, researchers, corporates as well as potential investors and venture capitalists. It will provide a unique platform for all the participants to network and make business contacts.  

The core programme of the event will focus on the EIC (Startup to Scaleup), ecosystem policy and emerging technologies. Finally, startups, innovative researchers and others can find out about future funding opportunities from the EIC.

For further details on the programme, please visit the EIC website here.