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Press Release
Guidewire Group Announces Innovate!Europe 2007
Outstanding technology entrepreneurs, VCs, and
European policymakers create ‘Silicon Valley’ in Zaragoza, Spain
San Francisco, Calif., USA. 18 October, 2006 – Guidewire Group, the global market intelligence company, today announced that the third annual Innovate!Europe conference (www.innovate-events.com/2007) will take place from May 8-10, 2007 in Zaragoza, Spain.
“We have seen the entire entrepreneurial ecosystem in Europe flourish dramatically since 2005, when we held our first Innovate!Europe event,” commented Chris Shipley, co-founder of Guidewire Group and head of global research at the firm. “The reality of a truly pan-European technology market is here and we see it growing swiftly compared with the USA. We see a rapidly growing number of disruptive technologies being born out of Europe and Innovate!Europe ’07 will bring together technology innovators and investors to ensure that the next wave of great ideas turn into commercial reality.”
Shipley and her team of analysts will be meeting with more than four hundred early-stage companies during the coming months, screening and selecting the very best in innovation to participate in the prestigious Innovate!Europe Showcase. To apply to meet with a Guidewire Group analyst, visit www.guidewiregroup.com/site/services/requestForm.html
Innovate!Europe is an executive event designed for the technology innovation ecosystem, and attended by venture investors, innovative companies, media, technology company executives, public administrators, and government officials, who engage in insightful debate, network with peers, customers and partners, and see hands-on technology product demonstrations in an intimate environment.
Innovate!Europe 2007 is sponsored, in part, by Informática El Corte Inglés, Ayuntamiento de Zaragoza, Fundación Zaragoza, and the Gobierno de Aragon.
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About Guidewire Group
Guidewire Group is a global market intelligence company focusing exclusively on early-stage technology companies, developing market sectors, and the global entrepreneurial ecosystem that surrounds them.
Guidewire’s research, online media, and executive events help investors, technology buyers, professional services firms, and entrepreneurs to reduce risk, make smart investment decisions, create competitive advantage, and build value more quickly. Guidewire identifies the products and trends that will matter most – now and in the future.
Each year, the Group meets with hundreds of innovative companies – from early-stage start-ups to established technology leaders – to understand the impact they will have on the markets they serve. This broad view of the technology landscape, combined with years of experience and a deep respect for entrepreneurs and early adopters, informs Guidewire Group’s insights.
Guidewire Group complements its insightful and unique research into technology innovation and thought leadership by creating specialist executive events such as Innovate!Europe, the Fall Leadership Forum, and also by producing the DEMO conference with Network World.
For more information about Guidewire Group or to schedule a meeting with Chris Shipley or a member of our analyst team, please visit www.guidewiregroup.com.
To listen to our latest podcast interviews with emerging technology company executives, Venture Capitalists, and other industry gurus, please visit www.guidewireconnection.com.
For further information or to attend the event, please contact:
Julie Learmond-Criqui
Guidewire Group
+44 (0)20 7870 3256
Email: Julie@guidewiregroup.com