Malta’s innovation ecosystem under the spotlight

Stakeholders from the fields of technology, science, industry, finance and education will gather for the first national event to be organised by the recently established EIT Community RIS Hub Malta. The Hub, established by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), a body of the European Union, aims to take innovation in Malta to the next level by providing a one-stop shop for those seeking to benefit from EIT Community opportunities in education, business creation and innovation.
This launch event will take place at the Hub’s premises at BUSINESSLABS Coworking Space in Birkirkara on 4 September 2024. It will examine the current state of the innovation ecosystem in Malta and how it can be strengthened, explore the real-life experiences of entrepreneurs in establishing innovation start-ups in Malta, and set out the policy and business culture changes that may be required to make Malta a regional hub for innovation. The conference will also provide an opportunity for attendees to network with representatives of the various Knowledge Innovation Communities (KICs) created by the EIT across Europe. These focus on Health, Food, Climate, Urban Mobility, Energy, Digital, Raw Materials, Manufacturing and Culture & Creativity.
Diana Miceli, EIT Community Officer for Malta, said, “The EIT Regional Innovation Scheme (EIT RIS) programme, supported with EU funding, is setting up hubs in those areas across the continent, including Malta, where the innovation ecosystem still needs further strengthening. Having begun operating earlier this year, the Malta hub has already made progress in fulfilling its mission to strengthen cooperation among leading business, education and research organisations. On 4 September I look forward to welcoming stakeholders ranging from Government entities, leading Malta based technology and innovation entrepreneurs, academics and colleagues from the EIT Community across the EU to our launch event, so together we can better understand the current situation in Malta and plot a better future. I invite anyone interested in this space to contact the hub for further details or register at https://shorturl.at/5Y3t0.”

For more information about the conference and EIT’s activities in Malta, contact: malta@eitcommunity.eu. More information is also available on the LinkedIn page: EIT Community RIS HUB Malta

About the EIT:
The EIT strengthens Europe’s ability to innovate by powering solutions to pressing global challenges and by nurturing entrepreneurial talent to create sustainable growth and skilled jobs in Europe. The EIT is an EU body and an integral part of Horizon Europe, the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation.
The Institute supports dynamic pan-European partnerships, EIT Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs), among leading companies, research labs and universities. These KICs are dedicated to driving systemic change in Europe and beyond, focusing on key areas such as climate change, energy, health, food, manufacturing, raw materials, digitalisation, urban mobility, and culture and creativity. Together with their leading partners, the EIT Community offers a wide range of innovation and entrepreneurship activities across Europe: entrepreneurial education courses, business creation and acceleration services and innovation driven research projects.
EIT FACTS & FIGURES
· Europe’s largest innovation network: 2 400+ partners from top business, research and education organisations across Europe in 70+ innovation hubs across Europe.
· Making innovation happen: our ecosystem has powered more than 9 900 start-ups and scale-ups, who have gone on to create more than 2450 new products and services and raise more than EUR 9.5 billion in external capital. More than 4000 students have graduated from EIT labelled master and doctoral programmes and over 350000 have participated in EIT Community entrepreneurial trainings.
More information: https://eit.europa.eu/

What is the EIT Regional Innovation Scheme (EIT RIS)?

The EIT Regional Innovation Scheme (EIT RIS) was launched in 2014 to enhance innovation performance in countries with ‘emerging’ or ‘modest’ innovation scores according to the European Innovation Scoreboard. The RIS is managed by the EIT and implemented through the KICs.

Learn more: https://eit-ris.eu