Post by Cristina Andrés Urarte

The next real opportunity for technology parks may not sit within their own boundaries. 👇 It lies in how effectively they connect their companies with the right ecosystems across Europe. That is the thinking behind Connecting European Tech Parks, an initiative bringing together five innovation ecosystems across four countries with a very practical ambition: to turn international proximity into meaningful business conversations. Five anchor companies, one strategic challenge each, and focused round of cross-border B2B meetings. 🤝 At Basque Country Technology Park, we had the opportunity to coordinate this first edition, alongside Linköping Science Park, Technologiepark Adlershof, NOI Techpark and Málaga TechPark | Parque Tecnológico de Andalucía, through the IASP - International Association of Science Parks and Areas of Innovation international Tech Park community. 💡 I have shared a longer reflection on why this project is an important step for European technology parks, and what it suggests about the future of cross-border innovation collaboration. 📝 You can read the full article here. #InnovationEcosystems #TechParks #Euskadi #EuropeanCompetitiveness #Kbusiness #connectingeuropeantechparks Euskadiko Parke Teknologikoa - Parque Tecnológico de Euskadi Rawad Chammas Daniel Rosón Eichelmann Fredrik Larsson Luisa MarangonSonia Palomo The Association of Science and Technology Parks of Spain (APTE) Alicia Shelley