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Anyone is welcome to register to attend Part 1, a livestream event announcing the UBI Global World Rankings of Business Incubators & Accelerators 2021-2022. Streaming live with imec and imec.istart
from Ghent, Belgium
Part 2 is an invitation only, in-person, 4-day event focused on networking, interactive learning, and featuring a gala evening, inspiring speakers, and much more! Hosted by imec and imec.istart in Ghent, Belgium
WIS Part 1 is free online and open to anyone interested in the global innovation ecosystem! WIS Part 2 is a physical event focused on business incubators and accelerators making outstanding contributions to the global innovation ecosystem
imec is a global organization with over 5,000 passionate colleagues from more than 90 nationalities working at its headquarters in Leuven (Belgium) and various sites worldwide. imec takes on the challenges of tomorrow and the day after, together!
Join the global innovation ecosystem as we convene in Ghent (Belgium) with our hosts, imec and imec.istart for the World Incubation Summit 2023 Part 1 (online) and Part 2 (in-person).
“Impact innovation emerges anywhere around the globe. By connecting to other relevant innovation ecosystems, we can keep up with the fast-paced innovation and support our startups and partners in keeping a global perspective. UBI Global is a pivotal player in building bridges to these global innovation ecosystems, and we are proud to bring these ecosystems together in Belgium at WIS23. Welcome to Ghent!”
-Sven De Cleyn
imec.istart Program Director
The activity of the UBI Global interactive learning community of business incubators and accelerators is even more critically important now for the sucess of the global innovation ecosystem. Creating #WIS23 is our way of combining an exciting opportunity for programs to engage with peers worldwide person and to forge important connections with corporate partners and government leaders.
Join these great global innovation stakeholders for the
World Incubation Summit 2023 Part 1 (livestream) and Part 2 (in-person):
Business Incubators and Accelerators that participated in the 2021-2022 World Benchmark Study attend the summit to share their knowledge as a program of excellence. The event gives them the opportunity to share what makes programs like theirs successful and to meet other top innovators to create global collaborations.
The summit is a uniquely focused event for business incubators and accelerators linked to universities, public, private, corporations, and other centers of excellence to network with and learn from their peers from around the world.
Corporate impact makers and chief innovation officers attend to meet top incubation centers, explore collaborative opportunities and connect with potential partners. The summit is the perfect way to discover the international innovation landscape and announce opportunities, and involve the UBI Global community.
Leaders from government innovation agencies and departments charged with developing business and impacting localentreneurship join us at the summit to better understand virtuous circle of startup, incubator or accelerator, and ecosystem and discover new ways to highlight and improve their own initiatives and relationships.
