Cooperation

Ecosystems and Associated Partners

All Risen Partners are strongly embedded in their regions and work actively with regional ecosystems. Ecosystems include partners from industry, research organisations, educational institutions and authorities having altogether hundreds of members. Five of the RISEN Partners are also partners of either EIT InnoEnergy or EIT Raw Materials through EIT HEI Initiative, which offers large networking possibilities.

The selected Associated Partners will help the RISEN Alliance in shaping activities and connecting with industry in an agile and sustainable way. Our Associated Partners will also act as a source of expertise. They strengthen our impact and cooperation with society, in entrepreneurship and innovations connected to our challenging themes and ecosystems.

The Alliance cooperates in many ways among the network.

Our associated members of our Alliance are:

European Association for Practitioner Research on Improving Learning (EAPRIL)
University, Industry, Innavation Network (UIIN), the Netherlands
Crazy Town Oy, Finland
Stad Antwerpen, Belgium
Stadt Esslingen am Neckar, International Office, Germany
Industrie- und Handelskammer Region Stuttgart, Germany

Present Cooperation projects

SME Upscaling Academy

The project proposes to establish a new cross-European Scale Up Network, working across six EU member states, which will support 140 SMEs to move to the next stage of growth over two years. The profile of participants to be engaged will be senior managers of SMEs that have been established for at least three years, who have a clear ambition to internationalise and grow their company to the next level. See the Factsheet.

UIIN Conference

The largest global event dedicated to university-industry interaction, entrepreneurial & engaged universities and the future of higher education. The 2022 UIIN Conference provides the chance to discover and share the latest insights, practices and achievements in the field through three days of inspiring sessions, sharing knowledge and interacting with peers.