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On Thursday 14th June, 2018 at 4:30 PM #DEMODAY final public contest of 7 ICT startups - moderated in English, will take place in Kulturní centrum Vratislavice 101010. Various startups, not only from the Czech Republic and Slovakia but also from Malaysia came to Liberec in order to take an active participation in DEXIC 4-weeks Acceleration programme. Determined 7 start-ups showed up with a view to improve their business project ideas based on the constructive feedback from more than 25 mentors from all around the world, will present their 4-minutes PITCH from the field of information and communication technologies (ICT).

On Monday, May 21st, 2018 international acceleration programme for ICT startups - DEXIC Accelerator, has been launched in Liberec.

DEXIC Accelerator in its 4-weeks duration brought together to Liberec 7 promising startups, not only from the Czech Republic in order to strengthen, improve and accelerate their business projects as a result of professional mentoring provided by internationally recognized mentors. Intense Accelerator programme, organized by private innovation centre from Liberec - DEX Innovation Centre, will culminate with the final public event - #DEMODAY, which will take place on Thursday, June 14th, 2018 in Kulturní centrum Vratislavice 101010. During the final event, all   7 startups will present their pitches and will compete for the best one. Moreover, the startups will have a unique opportunity to attract the investors and get promotion for their business projects.

A meeting of home care experts was held on Wednesday 18th April 2018 in European House in Prague to support the emergence of innovations in the home care in the Czech Republic. The meeting was organized in the framework of the project HoCare by DEX Innovation Centre from Liberec which is a project realization in the Czech Republic. Participants of the event from a different organization, as universities – Czech Technical University in Prague, hospitals – University Hospital in Plzeň, ministeries, technological companies – High Tech Park, and innovation centres as well as social organizations discussed the possibility of formation of the technological platform and realization of the pilot project.  

We are very glad to announce that PPI2Innovate tools for SMART HEALTH, SMART ICT, SMART ENERGY have been successfully customized into all (6 countries) national frameworks.

Together 18 nationally fully customized PPI2Innovate SMART tools represent a far-reaching asset for Central-European region and its public procurers for an active and strategically guided usage focused on development of innovation-friendly local and national ecosystems.

"The experience of world accelerators shows, that the most successful programmes focus primarily on building the skills in SALES, MARKETING, PRODUCT and BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT. We believe that this approach is efficient, so we used our experience from abroad and prepared a unique program," says Jan Kubalík, director of the DEX Innovation Center.

On Monday, March 5, 2018, a meeting of the New Generation Skills and Innovation Laboratories Group took place at the Cultural Center Vratislavice 101010. Innovation Laboratory concept and the services that could be offered were discussed during the afternoon.

PPI: A SMART way to address societal challenges: Public Procurement of Innovative Solutions (PPI) is a procurement where contracting authorities act as launch customers of innovative goods or services which are near to the market or already available on small-scale commercial basis, including solutions based on existing technologies used in an innovative way.

5. 3. 2018, in the Cultural Centre Vratislavice 101010, startups from all over the Czech Republic competed for the best pitch with the participation of Martin Půta, Governor of Liberec Region. Whalebone, a company from Brno which filters the dangers on the Internet, was the best of them.

DEX Innovation Centre together with project partners from Hungary and Romania took part in the peer review visit in Budapest - Újbuda district, on February 26th - 27th 2018. Purpose of the study visit was not only cross-fertilization on the example of good practice but also an introduction of the Local Action Plan introduced by the Lead Partner from Hungary, in order to support and develop the entrepreneurship culture within youth.

Two days before, in scope of the DEXIC Boot Camp, 6 ICT startups are going to work on their projects under the guidance of experienced business mentors. The results will be presented during their final pitch at the Grand Final of DEXIC Boot Camp. It takes place on Monday, 5th March 2018 from 16:00 in the Cultural Center Vratislavice 101010.

On March 3 and 4, six startups specializing in information and communication technologies will improve their business strategy and pitching, 4-minute presentation for potential investors. Mentors and business professionals will work with them in group workshops but mainly during individual sessions.

The DEX Innovation Centre’s initiative InnoSchool (Strengthening social innovation and entrepreneurial spirit of secondary schools´ students by using highly innovative Learning System) was invited to the 5th International Stakeholder Conference of the EUSDR PA9 with the subtitle 'The Future of Work: A World of New and Changing Skills' which took place in Moldava, autumn 2017. Representative of DEX Innovation Centre, Jan Kubalík, succefully presented InnoSchool Learning System.  The conference was organized by the Danube Region Strategy, which addresses 12 strategic areas for the development of the Danube Region. 

On Thursday, 1 February 2018, Universidad Politéctica de Madrid, Spain, hosted an international conference titled „ICT technologies empowering people with mild dementia and their carers.“ The conference brought together project consortium, which consists of 9 institutions and health centres from all over Europe, as well as ICT and healthcare experts. All together discussed mild dementia and possibilities of its treatment by using different ICT tools.

For the third time, Liberec next to Prague and Brno will awake Czech start-ups’ scene by holding Start-up Europe Week 2018. It is the biggest event for start-ups in Europe. This year will be held in more than 280 European towns. This event was brought to Liberec by Jan Kubalík, an international mentor and Chairman of the Board of DEX Innovation Centre, which is a co-organiser of the event in Liberec.

1st February, 8.00 – 14.00
ETSI Telecomunicación, Universidad Politéctica de Madrid
Av. Complutense, 30, 28040, Madrid

It is estimated that around 9 million people are living with dementia in Europe.  Dementia symptoms tend to get worse over time and gradually begins to damage the brain. A project SMART4MD developed a computer tablet-based application that focuses especially on the needs of people with mild dementia. At the conference, project consortium and experts with technological and healthcare background will discuss approaches to the treatment of mild dementia and how SMART4MD application and other ICT technologies can improve the effort for a better life of patients, their caregivers, as well as healthcare and ICT professionals.

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On Tuesday 12.12.2017 representatives of local companies, a banking sector and universities met in the Regional Scientific Library in Liberec to gain relevant information about Industry 4.0 in the Liberec region. The workshop Journey to Industry 4.0 brought theoretical knowledge and also practical experience of local companies. At the end of the event, the examples of the best practices from Poland and Hungary were presented by the virtual connection.    

How to encourage the emergence of new innovations in home care? Experts from the Czech Republic were answering this question at the HoCare project meeting. 

The DEX Innovation Centre is holding already the 3rd annual event of the Liberec start up community. This European initiative is held regularly within one week in more than 280 cities in 40 European countries. Startup Europe Week helps to create a better place to start and grow the business and unites European markets.