ENABLING tALENT. TRANSFORMING TOMORROW.
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Established in 2021, the Forum is the premier event for upskilling and connecting professionals with companies in both tech and non-tech industries.
Organized in collaboration with College Link, the 3rd annual “Skill Up Forum” will take place on November 22 & 23 at the Athens Conservatory.
This two-day event offers a unique opportunity for companies to engage with cutting-edge trends and tools. Attendees will explore the latest advancements in fields such as Tech, AI, Data, Green Skills, People/Project Management, Entrepreneurship, and Soft Skills, with a focus on upskilling and reskilling for the future.
Empowering 400+ mid-level professionals through skills development and networking.
By leaders of the recruiting & startup industries
By College Link & Envolve
Skill Up Forum is co-organized by leaders of the recruiting and startup industries.
College Link is a multi-awarded Recruitment and Retention Solution Provider, acknowledged by HR Awards for three consecutive years and a trusted member of the startup ecosystem. College Link curates a data base of over 250,000 candidate profiles, partnership with 5,500 companies and hosted 75 educational and recruitment events.
Envolve Entrepreneurship is a leading startup support organization in Greece, working with dozens of thousands entrepreneurs and innovation agencies across Europe. The organization has upskilled over 650 people, through 85 seminars and has supported the creation of 2,000 jobs.
For companies that invest in the future
Become a Partner
The future of work is changing and we are looking for partners, who invest in the future of talent, creating a learning path for their employees and empower their teams for the growth of their business.
Our previous partners include multinationals in the tech, pharmaceutical, business, engineering, gaming, banking and HR industries.
Become a Partner. Explore our early bird packages, available until 13/09.
Showcase your learning path & train your employees
Be part of a community of 400+ mid-level professionals
training in Tech, AI, Data, Entrepreneurship, Digital & Green Skills, People - Project Management & Soft Skills.
Empower your employees through exclusive company training sessions
facilitated by industry experts and active professionals, with a dedicated day for focused learning.
transforming regions
Why HealthTech
Life-sciences is the dominant sector in the national Greek startup registry, Elevate Greece. Even though regulations have lifted allowing spin-offs and IP commercialization, the academic sector is struggling to find a link to “agora”, the market.
Following multiple crises and a recession which dominated the global headlines, patients see a great decline in public healthcare providers and innovative solutions. The healthtech industry is searching for test-beds and adoptions by clinics and practitioners.
Research communities drive regional growth, with major innovation hubs spanning across 6 different cities.
medagoraXL will serve as a nexus to accelerate entrepreneurial mindset and real-economy applications in the healthtech industry.
Our team
The Consortium
A diverse consortium with a strong presence in the European innovation ecosystem.
RInnoValleys partners are:
- Envolve Entrepreneurship – Greece
- ACCIÓ Agency for Business Competitiveness – Catalonia, Spain
- Hungarian Innovation Agency – Hungary
- Acceler8 Limited – Malta
- Community Enterprise Association Ireland CEAI – Ireland
- Startup Europe Regions Network – Belgium
Latest news
1st Peer Learning Event in Barcelona
– Innovation stakeholders from Greece, Catalonia-Spain, Malta, Hungary, Belgium and Ireland join forces to connect DeepTech startups with the European innovation ecosystem.
– In Barcelona the first peer learning event hosting 26 representatives of the EU innovation ecosystem.
tools & learning
Coming Soon
Stay tuned for tools, workshops and discussions.
Service Design Workshop
coming soon
Service Design
for the Tourism Industry Toolkit: Blueboost
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medagoraXL was designed and developed during the EIT Health DRIVE Program, a training program for innovation ecosystem development, targeting the HealthTech Sector. This program was organized by EIT Health Innostars, was powered by TU Delft and co-funded by the European Union, hosted online and in-person trainings and mentoring, visiting innovation centers in the Netherlands, Germany and Hungary.
6 startup support organizations from Greece, Lithuania, Italy, Slovenia, Latvia and Croatia were members of the 2023 EIT Health Drive program.
EIT Health is supported by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), a body of the European Union.
medagoraXL through EIT Health Drive's eyes
SInce its establishment in 2012, Envolve Entrepreneurship has funded and supported dozens HealthTech startups with global presence through its former annual award programs, Envolve Award Greece, its various acceleration programs for EU startups, as well as other founders support initiatives.
Envolve introduces medagoraXL, a targeted acceleration program for the sector, connecting industry experts and helping research-based startups reach market validation and investment opportunities.
With EIT Health DRIVE program, we had the opportunity to connect with robust and well advanced innovation ecosystems. We emphasize on the importance of addressing the challenges in the health sector envisioning to revolutionize healthcare connecting the dots in the ecosystem.
Learn more about our journey through the eyes of EIT Health DRIVE program.