Berytech participated in a joint Korea Development Institute/World Bank Learning Event entitled "Rapid Innovation Action Learning", on July 5-6, 2010.
 

On Wednesday June 30, 2010 Berytech organized a Breakfast Discussion on Innovation &Investment in Technology, with the collaboration of Lebanon Creative Cluster, featuring top tier technology executives Messrs. Edgard Masri and Ra’ed ElMurib.

The session, attended by dozens of community members and as well as guests from various creative and technology related sectors, started with a welcome word by Chairman Maroun Chammas.

Edgar Masri’s discussion focused on technological innovations, with an emphasis on the gyroscope and the new iPhone, and how sensors in phones will allow many new applications to have better picture quality for image taking and how to improve the gaming experience as well as the way to enhance navigation capability.

On the other hand, Ra'ed ElMurib spoke about company growth in an ever increasing R&D cost the corporate dilemma and how Lebanon can capitalize on technological opportunities, mainly through human capital development.

After a substantial Q&A session, the participants had one-to-one interactions with the speakers exchanging business cards and promises for maintaining future contacts.

Berytech participated in the 1st Euro-Mediterranean Congress of Young Entrepreneurs entitled the “Multi-country seminar on SME framework” in Barcelona, on June 17-18, 2010.

On Tuesday June 22, 2010, the Swiss Ambassador accompanied by the “commercial attaché”, visited the technological pole, aiming at learning more about Berytech entrepreneurial environment as well as meeting startup companies and SMEs.