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The EIT is a body of the European Union
European Institute of Innovation and Technology
• Enhances Europe’s innovation capacity, competitiveness, quality oflife
• Innovation ecosystems to increase the co-operation and integrationbetween higher education, business and research
• Addresses societal challenges
• Unique features: pan-European, long-term (7-15 years), financialsustainability
Outcomes:student to
entrepreneuridea to product lab to customer
Outreach
Dissemination
GROWTH
INNOVATIONCAPABILITIES
JOBS
BusinessCreation and acceleration
activities
Higher education activities
Innovation-driven research
activities
RESEARCH
BUSINESS
EDUCATION
EIT Innovation Model
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Entrepreneurialtalent
Start-ups,Spin-offs
New products, services and business models
EIT Innovation Communities
EIT Community across Europe
EIT RIS Hubs
Offices
Innovation Hubs
Headquarters
Innovation Hubs
Newly selected InnovationCommunities
Headquarters
Offices
6
EIT Results
EIT InnoEnergy is supported by the EIT, a body of the European Union
Skeleton TechnologiesCountry
Description
Aim
EIT Connection
Team
Funding raised
Website
Estonia
Ultracapacitor power cells with curved graphene technology
Provide ground-breaking energy storage solutions
EIT InnoEnergy Innovation Projects
100
€ 46 million +
www.skeletontech.com
“EIT InnoEnergy business networks have led to successful business relationships with leading power and automation companies, railways service providers and transmission system operators.”
Taavi Madiberk, CEO, Skeleton Technologies
Lithuanian Innovation Ecosystem – some key facts
• European Innovation Scoreboard 2018 defines Lithuania
as a Moderate Innovator (ranked 20th out of 28 countries)
• Lithuania’s performance had improved by 20.1% from
2010 to 2017
• Lithuania spent 0.88 % of GDP on R&D in 2017 (EU av.
1.96%)
• Lithuania’s strongest innovation dimensions are
innovation-friendly environment and linkages
• Lithuania’s weakest innovation dimensions are research
systems and sales impacts
The EIT Community in Lithuania
• EIT Hubs (EIT RIS): 4
• KICs present through activities: 6
• EIT partner:
➢ Kaunas University of Technology
Some of our offers:
✓ EIT InnoEnergy’s Boostway
✓ EIT Health’s InnoStars Awards’
✓ EIT Climate-KIC’s EIT RIS Accelerator
✓ EIT Digital’s Venture Programme
✓ EIT Food’s RIS Fellowships
✓ EIT RawMaterial’s opportunities under EIT RIS
EIT Climate-KIC Hub in Vilniuseitris@climate-kic.org
EIT Food Hub: Kaunas Universityof Technology in Kaunasmarcin.kardas@eitfood.eu
EIT InnoEnergy Hub: VilniusTechpark in Vilniushublithuania@innoenergy.com
EIT Health Hub: LithuanianUniversity of Health Sciences inKaunasjudit.hegedus@eithealth.eu
EIT Regional Innovation Scheme (EIT RIS)
Objective
• Contribute to enhancing of the innovation capacityin moderate and modest innovators* MemberStates and Horizon 2020 Associated Countries.
Approach
• Share and transfer good practices of knowledge triangle integration to widen participation in EIT’s Innovation Communities activities.
• Allow for synergies in regions and countries that have been designing Smart SpecialisationStrategies.
• A two-way interaction scheme.
* European Innovation Scoreboard 2018
Women entrepreneurship
Objective
• Unleash untapped entrepreneurship andinnovation potential
Concrete results
• EIT Woman Award
• Women@EIT
• Women entrepreneurship and empowerment courses
• EIT Governing Board
* European Innovation Scoreboard 2018
Artificial Intelligence in the EIT
• The EIT is the only, up and running and
delivering, pan-European programme
approaching AI in a horizontal manner
(innovation projects, supporting start-ups,
addressing human capital gaps)
• Currently, the EIT finances about 50 AI
related activities
• 3 out of 5 EIT Awards winners in 2018
were linked to AI: Tellspec, Altoida and FibriCheck
eit.europa.eu @EITeu
Innovate with us!
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