World Incubation Summit 2023

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4 days

May 14 - 17
2023

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20+

Speakers

200+

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Build Bridges with business incubator and accelerator managers, government innovation delegates, and corporate innovation experts from around the world.
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Best Practices

Learn from top-performing incubators and accelerators from the UBI Global World Benchmark Study 21/22 about their best practices and insights.
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Who Will Be #1?

Celebrate as we announce which incubators and accelerators were ranked #1 as the result of the World Benchmark Study 21/22 during this year's Gala and UBI Awards!
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Ghent is full of charming places to explore, delicious food, unforgettable people, and innovation.

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JOIN US IN BELGIUM FOR WIS23

imec and imec.istart partner with UBI Global and Global Inovation Studios to announce the World Ranking of Business Incubators and Accelerators 2021-2022

“Impact innovation emerges anywhere around the globe. By connecting to other relevant innovation ecosystems, we can keep up with the fast-paced innovation and support our startups and partners in keeping a global perspective. UBI Global is a pivotal player in building bridges to these global innovation ecosystems, and we are proud to bring these ecosystems together in Belgium at WIS23. Welcome to Ghent!”

-Sven De Cleyn
imec.istart Program Director

The activity of the UBI Global interactive learning community of business incubators and accelerators is even more critically important now for the sucess of the global innovation ecosystem. Creating #WIS23 is our way of combining an exciting opportunity for programs to engage with peers worldwide person and to forge important connections with corporate partners and government leaders.

Ali Amin
CEO and Co-Founder, UBI Global
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Building Bridges Toward Excellence

Join these great global innovation stakeholders at the World Incubation Summit:

WORLD BENCHMARK STUDY PARTICIPANTS

Business Incubators and Accelerators that participated in the 2021-2022 World Benchmark Study attend the summit to share their knowledge as a program of excellence. The event gives them the opportunity to share what makes programs like theirs successful and to meet other top innovators to create global collaborations.

BUSINESS INCUBATION PROGRAM MANAGERS

The summit is a uniquely focused event for business incubators and accelerators linked to universities, public, private, corporations, and other centers of excellence to network with and learn from their peers from around the world.

CORPORATE INNOVATION EXPERTS

Corporate impact makers and chief innovation officers attend to meet top incubation centers, explore collaborative opportunities and connect with potential partners. The summit is the perfect way to discover the international innovation landscape and announce opportunities, and involve the UBI Global community.

GOVERNMENT INNOVATION AGENCIES

Leaders from government innovation agencies and departments charged with developing business and impacting localentreneurship join us at the summit to better understand virtuous circle of startup, incubator or accelerator, and ecosystem and discover new ways to highlight and improve their own initiatives and relationships.

Had a great World Incubation Summit! Thanks to UBI Global for organizing and bringing ecosystem builders together in Doha!

Participant of the World Incubation Summit 2019
Doha, Qatar

Amazing and inspiring space to exchange experiences on innovation.

Participant of the World Incubation Summit 2018
Toronto, Canada

A great opportunity to meet university incubators from all over the world.

Participant of the World Incubation Summit 2018
Toronto, Canada

We don't get to meet our peers often. Especially the best of the best.

Participant of the World Incubation Summit 2018
Toronto, Canada

The best place to find the right people from the incubation world

Participant of the World Incubation Summit 2018
Toronto, Canada

Had a great World Incubation Summit! Thanks to UBI Global for organizing and bringing ecosystem builders together in Doha!

Participant of the World Incubation Summit 2019
Doha, Qatar

World Incubation Summit 2019 in Qatar is bringing together incubation and acceleration people from around the world!

Participant of the World Incubation Summit 2019
Doha, Qatar

The event was great. As an entity, it helped us a lot to look at the new challenges that we face as an incubator. Qatar was a great host country. The place was perfect.

Participant of the World Incubation Summit 2019
Doha, Qatar

I was really impressed by the diversity of the crowd and how truly amazing UBI's community is. Moreover, all the dinners, parties and trips were organized very well and I honestly enjoyed every second of them.

Participant of the World Incubation Summit 2019
Doha, Qatar

This is THE event for incubation program managers to develop deep relationships and gain personal and professional growth. I've made some important contacts here in Doha, and can't wait for the next WIS so I can bring a few colleagues with me!

Participant of the World Incubation Summit 2019
Doha, Qatar

World Benchmark Study

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The World Benchmark Study 2021-2022 analyzes the impact and performance of business incubators and accelerators. Participating programs are studied according to four distinct groups: university, public, private, and corporate.

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