The ccompanying programme at the INNOVATION AREA      (Hall 6, booth H30/550)


The special appeal for exhibitors and visitors as well are :discussion panels staffed with experts dealing with topics like: financing and investment and tecnology and the Innovation Area Award.

The Innovation Area Award is meant to give credit for the development of innovative technologies and concepts. The objective of the award is to evaluate an excellent performance and to highlight future trends.The partner network of the IT-Adventure AG is using the award to make particularly interesting innovations known in the market so to support and to quicken the pace of their international market penetration. more...


IT Adventure is cordially inviting you to the following panels, which will take place at the Forum in hall 6, booth H 18 next to the Innovation Area :

                       LINUX - Unix - Windows

                       Innovation - Growth– Financing
                          following Innovation Area Award

Panel and the Innovation Area Award
Tuesday March, 15, 2005                  4:15 p.m – 6:00 p.m                   Forum, Booth H 18

Innovation - Growth – Financing

The IT- industry is showing positiv growth signs again – Bitkom 2005: +3,4% growth.
Will that development open the gates for new ways of financing for technology companies?
How can new approaches look like for founding new businesses or internationalisation?
What are the possibilities to stabilise business development through cooperations and mergings ?


Klaus C. Plönzke, CEO, Pluralis AG
Gerhard Müller, Partner, Ernst&Young
Dr. Bernd Heinrichs, Director Business Development, Member of the Board, Cisco Systems
Muschka Domdey-Utpadel, Member of the Board of Directors, IT-Adventure AG
Andreas Hedler, Head Business Unit IT, Hannover Mobilien Leasing
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Following (around 5 p.m) Verleihung des Innovation Area Award für

                       the fastest marekt entry
                       the biggest international success
                       the most exciting innovation

Three experts at a time are forming the board which will judge the business ideas presented. The best of them will be rewarded with the Innovation Area Award at the Innovation Area

We thank the board for their time and efforts :

Andreas Dohmen, Managing Director and Vice President EMEA, Cisco Systems
Eitel Dignatz, Managing Director, Dignatz Consulting
Andreas Hedler, Head Business Unit IT, Hannover Mobilien Leasing
Andreas Itzrodt, Manager TCE Europe Ernst&Young AG
Werner Knoblich, Director Northern EMEA Sales, Red Hat
Dr. Lars Lippert, Senior Business Development Manager, Developer Platform & Strategy Group, Microsoft
Dr. Martina Maier, Managing Director, eXXcellent solutions
Klaus C. Plönzke, CEO, Pluralis AG
Wilfried Reiners, Managing Partner, PRW Rechtsanwälte
Tom Schwaller, Linux IT Architect & Linux Evangelist Europe, IBM
Prof. Dr. Heinz Thielmann, Fraunhofer Institut IST
Eric Voss, Market Development Manager EMEA Public Sector, Sun Microsystems, ...

Moderation: Sven Kielgas, Chairman of the Board of Directors Tineon AG

Following ComeToGether "Best Experience meets Entrepreneurs" (by invitation only):
Traditional meeting point of the business at the Innovation Area with guests from the international industry and friends and partner of the IT Adventure AG.

link to the Award...

Business needs Innovation…

The Innovation Area is an event of the network of the IT-Adventure AG.
We thank all our sponsors for supporting the Innovation Area and our Events :

Mainsponsor:

Sponsors: Unilog Systems Integration, Hannover Mobilien Leasing, Fraunhofer PST, TCMO-Technology in Motion, Computerwoche

Innovation Area Concept
The Visitors

Innovation Area Award
Why You Should Partcipate
Registration and Prices