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Asier Rufino, CEO of TECNALIA Ventures, at the EBN Congress

5 July 2023
EBN Congres Ventures

“Best practices to create acceleration programmes for impactful deep-tech business opportunities were presented at the meeting”

Asier Rufino, CEO of TECNALIA Ventures, speaks at the European Business and Innovation Centre Network Congress 2023

Asier Rufino, CEO of TECNALIA Ventures, TECNALIA's deep tech Venture Builder, was a speaker at the EBN 2023 conference, the largest European meeting of incubators, accelerators, science parks, innovation centres and innovation promoters.

Asier was part of the panel called “What are the key success factors for an impactful deep tech support programme?” together with Irene Fialka, CEO of INiTS; Juergen Jaehnert, CEO of bwcom GmbH; and Panayiotis Philimis, Founder of CyRIC and Gravity Ventures Incubator.

Best practice: how to create business opportunity acceleration programmes

The panel presented best practice to create accelerator programmes for impactful deep-tech business opportunities. They also discussed the strategies to help academia make an impact on the economy, how to match products to market needs, and how to find clients and industrial partners.

Full details of the event can be found on the official EBN 2023 website.