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We have opened a technological one-stop-shop for rapid prototyping in the centre of Liberec on the 19th of February.DEXIC µFabLab is a modern one-stop-shop for young people interested in 3D print, PCB, IoT or robotization. 

Do you work on impactful digital innovation startup? Do you have at least a minimum viable product? Do you want to accelerate your growth? 

Then come and visit us at the roadshow meetup in Prague or Brno, where we will tell you more how you can join the international acceleration startup programme for free.

In DEX Innovation Centre, we would like to invite to Regional Research Library in Liberec all fans of modern technology to our DEXIC µFabLab kick-off event! DEXIC µFabLab is a one-stop-shop for rapid prototyping in the centre of Liberec and its purpose is to support the realization of new, innovative technology projects that have the potential to help our region and society.

Interreg CENTRAL EUROPE approved in total 44 new projects from the third call for proposals. About €77 million will be distributed from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and will support transnational project partnerships. DEX Innovation Centre is the author of two - CE-Connector and HoCare2.0! 

On Friday, 11th of January 2019, DEX Innovation Centre has been presenting created SMART PPI Tools in Technology Centre of the CAS in Prague. Over 40 visitors from public institutions attended the presentation and following panel discussion. We have successfully raised awareness about the project PPI2Innovate, differences between PPI and PcP, examples of good practice and benefits of PPI for representatives of public authorities. We also announced that DEX Innovation Centre will be a Competence Centre for PPI in the Czech Republic.

We are very proud and honoured to announce to be joining the EIT Health consortium as the RIS Hub in the Czech Republic! Among other responsibilities to contribute to the EIT Health mission, we will be helping to find the best talents, entrepreneurs and startups from our country.

ICT 2018 took place in Vienna on 4th - 6th December 2018. Research and innovation event focused on the European Union’s priorities in the digital transformation of society and industry.

On Tuesday, November 27th, 2018, DEX Innovation Centre has proudly participated at the workshop related to the 4th - Capitalization call of the Interreg Central Europe programme and 3rd call of the Interreg Danube organized in Prague, the Czech Republic by the Ministry of the Regional Development of the Czech Republic.

In the NGS project, we will implement a program that aims to develop students ' entrepreneurial and digital skills. The program that will be attended mainly by secondary schools' students from Liberec and the Technical University of Liberec is almost complete and will be able to start its implementation in the next year.

The three-day Alzheimer Europe Conference, held from 29^th October to 31^st October in Barcelona seized the opportunity to present the prototype of the SMART4MD app for tablets aiming to improve quality of life of people with mild dementia.

At this time, we are finishing the mapping of school educational frameworks and social need in all 9 European regions involved in the InnoSchool project. Precise mapping is crucial for the following development of a serious game, one out of four key parts of the unique InnoSchool Learning System (ILS) that will improve the entrepreneurial skills of secondary schools students.

Procurement of innovative solutions and examples of good practices were the main topics discussed during the 2^nd PPI2Innovate Days held on the 9th of October 2018 in Zagreb, Croatia. The event was organized by the Croatian Agency for SME's, Innovations and Investments (HAMAG-BICRO). 

Public event of the InnoSchool project took place in Liberec, Czech Republic, following the internal meeting with our partners. More than 40 people gathered in KultiVAR, co-working place for artists and freelancers. We introduced InnoSchool to the public and our four guest speakers were discussing the topic of motivating the secondary school students for social entrepreneurship as well as the current educational system and the use of digital technologies.

Joint PPI and PcP event was held on Tuesday, September 18th, 2018 in the premises of ELI Beamlines – European laser research institute in Dolní Brežany, Czech Republic.

On Thursday 6th September, Seedstars event took place in Prague. 10 best seed-stage start-ups competed to present the country at the Seedstars Summit and opportunity to win up to USD 1 million in equity investments and other prizes.

As the initiator and lead partner of the international project InnoSchool, we invite all high schools, their directors and teachers, educational institutions, regional and national public institutions that work with secondary schools, high school students, non-profit organizations or associations working with social needs, social entrepreneurs, innovative projects and initiatives in this area, and the media for the opening event of the InnoSchool project. See you on Thursday, September 27th, in Liberec, for the topic "How to motivate for social entrepreneurship already in secondary schools?"

Come to find out about the international project InnoSchool, to discuss, for example, with the National Institute for Education, EDUin or NNTB, meet with us (DEX Innovation Centre) and the Liberec Region as Czech project partners, to find other similar innovative projects at national or international level and meet up with about 50 participants. We are looking forward to seeing you!

Already in September 6th, up to 12 of Czech´s best seed-stage startups will compete to represent the country at the Seedstars Summit and win up to USD 1 million in equity investments and other prizes.

DEX Innovation Centre is proud, that Whalebone, winning team of the 1st batch of DEXIC Accelerator Programme is one of them.

As author and Lead partner of InnoSchool project, we are proud to announce that the project has recently been approved for funding by the Danube Transnational Programme. InnoSchool project connects 11 Partners and 6 Associated Strategic Partners, representing 9 different countries from the Danube territory. Nearly 2 million euro is dedicated to strengthen social innovation and entrepreneurial spirit of secondary schools’ students by development and introduction of highly innovative Learning System.

The Kick-off event of Social Life Science platform  - Innovation of home care services took place in Central Bohemian Innovation Centre (SIC) on 19th of June 2018. DEX Innovation Centre, as the implementer of HoCare project, was present here too.

SIC's Innovative platform's goal is to strengthen the mutual collaboration of institutions, subjects and individuals acting in the field of integrated care. In this innovative platform, many experts will be involved - universities, research centres, towns or interest associations. Thanks to the involvement of top professionals will be the Social Life Sciences platform able to promote its visions, needs and at the same time to provide sufficient information about the latest topics in the field of integrated care.

During #DEMODAY of DEXIC Accelerator the jury was facing a difficult decision to take - to choose the best startup from the field of ICT. After hard and careful evaluation of all 7 presenting startups and their 4-minutes pitches, the first place was awarded to the startup of which the main ambition is to protect the networks from the harmful malware and access to infected websites, Whalebone.  In order to do so, Whalebone uses their global security intelligence grid which enables the network protection even without any software installation or various configuration changes. #DEMODAY winner is at the same time also a winner of previous DEXIC BootCamp mentoring event held also in Liberec in March of this year, 2018.