The incubator from Poznań covers also the actions promoting entrepreneurship. In 2011, for the fifth time, ambitious people from all over Poland – with their own ideas for business – took part in “Letnia Szkoła Przedsiębiorczości” (“Summer School of Entrepreneurship”). In turn, the originators seeking substantive and financial support had an opportunity to take part in two editions of the free-of-charge training and advisory programme “Pierwszy krok we własny biznes” (“The First Step to Your Own Business”), in the final of which the best of them came face to face with the representatives of venture capital funds and Business Angels during the Investment Forum.

Together with the Science and Technology Park “Technopark Gliwice” Sp. z o.o., the incubator from Poznań introduced an innovative service for entrepreneurs at the market – “Audyt Innowacji” (“Audit of Innovation”), owing to which more than 300 companies from the entire country will examine the level of their creativity and innovations absorption, in order to more effectively ahead the competition and protect themselves against adverse market turmoil.

The plans provide launching a new service, owing to which the authors of innovative ideas will be able to obtain capital support up to PLN 600,000 (over EUR 130,000) and substantive support of experts.

However, the commissioning of new buildings – in the spring of 2012 – where the headquarters of the High Technology Incubators Team will be located, will be the biggest novelty. In total, there will be more than 4,500 square meters of laboratory space dedicated to research, pro-innovative and business environment companies, supporting their development. The first companies have already notified their willingness to join the new team of incubators. They include: Centrum Badań DNA – an innovative biotechnological company providing services in the field of genetic medical and microbiological diagnostics, based on modern molecular research technologies; FutureSynthesis – a technologically advanced biotechnology company specializing in the synthesis of fragments of DNA/RNA nucleic acids and Centuria – which provides comprehensive support for computerization of enterprises and Internet projects’ services.