1. The Project is co-financed within the 7 th Framework Programme CITT PROJECT VIENNA IT ENTERPRISES - VITE

2. The Project is co-financed within the 7 th Framework Programme CITT PROJECT VITE: Who we are Leading partner: Vienna Business Agency EU Project (Objective 2 Vienna) Start: 1/2004 End of Project: 2010 (cont. planned) Budget 2008-2010: 1.2 Mio € including personal costs

3. The Project is co-financed within the 7 th Framework Programme CITT PROJECT VITE: Potential Members/ target group IT companies R&D institutions Relevant service suppliers

4. The Project is co-financed within the 7 th Framework Programme CITT PROJECT VITE characteristics Dedicated and active members Unbureaucratic and up-to- date independent management (no commercial interests) 45% of partners make add. turnover through VITE

5. The Project is co-financed within the 7 th Framework Programme CITT PROJECT VITE in 2009: Number of initiated technology projects: 20 Workshops and events organized by VITE: 30 Consulting (public funding, business location): 60 meetings Plus 30 presentations of VITE ist companies at IT relevant events 50 lobbying and strategic meetings with public institutions Newsletters, publications etc

6. The Project is co-financed within the 7 th Framework Programme CITT PROJECT Our services: Sales support VITE „Business Base“(„Calls & Tenders“ Database) Project Angel Experts pool Events and workshops Factbook (capital market Austria)

7. The Project is co-financed within the 7 th Framework Programme CITT PROJECT VITE Sales Service One-Stop-Shop for costumers of VITE members professional sales „department“ VITE as umbrella brand VITE presented as comepetence center of 170 IT companies and their services and products www.govite.at

8. CITT PROJECT The Project is co-financed within the 7 th Framework Programme Centrope ICT Technology Transfer Project 7 th Framework Programme Regions of Knowledge Coordination and support action

9. The Project is co-financed within the 7 th Framework Programme CITT PROJECT Project CITT: initiated by VITE in 2006/7 „Centrope ICT Technology Transfer “ Duration: 1/2008 – 03/2010 Budget: ca. 825.000 € EU co-financing: 100% Regions of Knowledge (FP7) 6 project partners from AT, HU, CZ and SK

10. The Project is co-financed within the 7 th Framework Programme CITT PROJECT CITT - Where do we come from ? Where do we go to? Heterogeneity of the Centrope region Barriers in the interaction between business and academia/R&D Limited awareness and actions of the policy makers Restricted technology transfer Strategy for functional network and its sustainable enlargement Improved B2B/B-R&D co- operation Increased support of knowledge exploitation and technology transfer Achieve broader public and policy makers` attention CITTCITT

11. The Project is co-financed within the 7 th Framework Programme CITT PROJECT Centrope ICT Technology Transfer Project partners: Vienna Business Agency – Platform Vienna IT Enterprises/VITE – www.vite.at (co-ordinator)www.vite.at Ceconsult – www.ceconsult.atwww.ceconsult.at ISL – www.isl-group.atwww.isl-group.at BITERAP – www.biterap.skwww.biterap.sk VIP park.cz - First Innovation Park - www.park.czwww.park.cz Pannon Business Network – www.pbn.huwww.pbn.hu

12. The Project is co-financed within the 7 th Framework Programme CITT PROJECT CITT: Workpackages Mapping of the ICT CENTROPE sector  PBN Buildung up a virtual ICT community  FIP, http://noweurope.com/http://noweurope.com/ Technology Transfer Channel: C-Tubes  BITERAP CENTROPE ICT cluster action plan  BITERAP Dissemination, Business support measures  CE Consult

13. CITT PROJECT The Project is co-financed within the 7 th Framework Programme Thank you for your attention! Christoph Henrichs, VIENNA IT ENTERPRISES (VITE) henrichs@vite.athenrichs@vite.at, www.vite.at / www.vba.atwww.vite.atwww.vba.at