PATRAS INNOVATION QUEST – PatrasIQ: is a research know-how transfer event, which has been organized for 4th time in 2017. PATRAS IQ, was honored by the European Enterprise Promotion Awards - EEPA 2017, in the Promotion of Entrepreneurship category and was selected to represent Greece in the 2nd phase of the competition for the European Prize.
During the event researchers present to the productive sector, speeches are made by policy makers, financial actors and innovation & start-up ecosystem representatives. Workshops are held for academic students, and problems that the productive sector is facing are presented in order for researchers to offer feasible solutions. In Patras Innovation Quest, high-interest exhibits are subjected to several thematic units, as Primary Sector/ Food, Energy Saving / Renewable Energy Sources, Ground – Sea, Climate, and many others. The target audience, for the next year will be: 
- Greek and international investors
- Scientists: study new researches and technologies
- Young entrepreneurs, in order to learn or study good practices
- Students from different level of education, so as to have the chance for a first looking at anything innovating
- Agriculturists, farmers that through agricultural researches seeking for more eco-friendly and environmentally innovative methods.
Aroma Innovation HUB, constitutes a partnership of Patras Science Park, companies and researchers of University of Patras and the Technological Institute of Western Greece. It aspires to bring a fresh, literally youthful approach to youth entrepreneurship, which is often limited by old-fashioned practices. It aims to:
- Study new research,
- Support access to expertise,
- Research infrastructure and funding opportunities, as well as to promote youth entrepreneurship in the field of aromatic plants and establish strong and well-structured links between laboratories and industry.
Aroma Innovation HUB was first presented to the public at the large exhibition stand of Patras Science Park during the Patras IQ. The Patras IQ organizers had provided all necessary facilities and had achieved great publicity through their marketing campaign. During those days, Aroma HUB, came into contact with stakeholders, farmers and owners of companies in the cultivation and processing of aromatic and medicinal plants, who presented with the aims of the Hub and got to understand the specific problems and needs they have. This networking helped to organize a successful information event on Investment tools and Branding Strategies two months later, at the Patras city center.
AromaHub will offer a series of targeted educational and informative actions on key issues such as regulatory framework, copyright management, good cultivation practices and cosmetic products as well as the strategy of marketing products.
For further information on PatrisIQ please visit:
Website: www.patrasiq.gr
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/patrasiq/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl_gH-bNvYo
Videos via Facebook: www.facebook.com/pg/patrasiq/videos/;
