Target: Corporate and Cluster
An immersive program in Silicon Valley addressed to companies of the Mentor Board, the shadowing and tutoring service offered to the startups supported by ART ER within the “Serre di ART-ER” Bologna accelerator and to the representatives of the regional Clust-ERs, i.e. the associations set up to foster innovation in Emilia-Romagna strategic production chains.
The program enabled participants to learn and analyse Silicon Valley’s best practices on Open Innovation and Corporate Innovation, i.e. the way companies introduce innovation processes through the cooperation with startups, accelerators and universities. The program organized meetings with the heads of the Open Innovation Departments of Accenture Ventures, Silicon Foundry, Airbus Ventures, Lenovo Innovations, UC Berkeley, Stanford University to transfer methods and processes to strengthen strategies.
Results and figures:
- 1 edition in 2019
- 5 corporate and 4 Clust-ERs