EAI: The grassroots innovation paradigm
The European Alliance for Innovation (EAI) is a grassroots community which was created with public, private and government organizations to address the global challenges of Europe’s future competitiveness through innovation. EAI focuses on emerging areas of society that provide the greatest potential for ICT enabled growth.
EAI’s distinctive integrated approach of web-based collaborative tools provide EAI Community participants with exclusive opportunities for professional development, while contributing their ideas into the innovation process. Through unparalleled exposure to hundreds of thousands of individuals and organisations, EAI contributors are rewarded through recognition and reward opportunities.
The EAI’s Strategic Forum of participating organisations form a powerful body of strategic thinking and innovation policy setting through the empowerment of EAIs globally reaching community.
The grassroots nature of EAI guarantees its sustainable growth, impartial representation of cross-sector interests, and democratic representation of ideas and contributions.
Strategic Forum
The Strategic Forum consists of an alliance of member organisations that compose the EAI Senate, the main decisional body of the EAI, entrusted with defining and maintaining the EAI Strategic Innovation Agenda (SIA).
Leverage
European Policy through a network of key stakeholders
Influence
The development of innovation in all society sectors
The Community
The EAI Community is the ensemble of the EAI individual supporters composed of professionals that through the collective expertise can truly contribute towards speeding-up the European innovation process.
Network
With a broad community of innovation experts and leading professionals
Access
Shared Knowledge Platforms to Gain the Inside-Track on New Technologies
News
Results of Infoday on Research PPPs are avaialble
The summary results of the Infoday on Research PPPs that took place in the Charlemagne Building in Brussels last 9 July have been posted online. The Infoday focused specifically on Factories of the Future, Energy-efficient Buildings, Green Cars.
To access the presentations and the videos of the event click here.
European Forum for Innovation (EFI) 2010: Photos & Videos
The press area of the EAI website is now updated with pictures taken during the three days of EFI, video interviews to EFI speakers published on EAI Youtube channel and press releases summarising the event. Visit the press area here: http://www.eai.eu/press-area/
KIC Launch Conference
28 May 2010 – KIC
The conference will not only present EIT stakeholders with their first opportunity to meet the three designated KICs but also allow them to engage in an open dialogue with them during the breakout sessions. (more…)





