It is no longer a whim or a passing fad, but a new strategy for companies

• "The main goal of acceleration programs is to implement technologies in the economy. At the same time, acceleration is a space where ideas and sales needs are confronted with what the world of science is bringing. Even if implementations don't occur in this process, participants exchange experiences that may pay off in the future," emphasized Marcin Seniuk, Director of the Startup Development Department at the Polish Agency for Enterprise Development, during the session "DemoDay - from pilot to scaling - how industry can implement startup innovations faster," organized as part of the New Industry Forum in Katowice .
• During DemoDay, start-ups that participated in the six-month acceleration program organized by Industry Lab presented their work.
• - Participating in acceleration programs has become a strategic move for many companies, not just a passing trend or fad - noted the PARP representative.

Polish startups continue to struggle with the challenges of translating their technologies into market and business-level solutions. To support early-stage companies, various acceleration programs are being developed, aiming to connect innovative technologies with business needs. During DemoDay , held at the New Industry Forum in Katowice , startups participating in the six-month acceleration program organized by Industry Lab presented their work.

Only societies open to innovation have a chance to build competitive advantages

- This year's Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded to three outstanding economists, Joel Mokyr, Philippe Agion, Peter Howitt, for their groundbreaking contribution to understanding how innovations drive economic growth through the mechanism of "creative destruction" - innovations destroy old technologies, creating new sectors - emphasized the moderator of the session "DemoDay - from pilot to scaling - how industry can implement startup innovations faster" Grzegorz Maciaszek, acceleration expert, startup supervisor at the Industry Lab Accelerator, DGA SA .

Marcin Seniuk, director of the Startup Development Department at the Polish Agency for Enterprise Development , also commented on the work of the awarded researchers and noted that, in addition to the economic dimension, the social aspect of innovation is equally important.

- Communities that focus on science, openness and have an appropriate culture of absorbing new things, opening up to innovation, can actually build competitive advantages, and this is something we would like to stimulate through acceleration programs - emphasized the PARP representative.

Marcin Seniuk further emphasized that the primary goal of acceleration programs is, of course, the implementation of technologies in the economy. At the same time, acceleration is a space where ideas and sales needs collide with what the world of science is bringing. Even if implementations don't occur in the process, participants exchange experiences that may pay off in the future.

Large corporations and industries see an increasing need to invest in new technologies

Large companies and industry once treated various acceleration programs as a sort of whim. State-owned companies felt obligated to participate in these government programs. However, now, seven years later, and with the scale-up program already in its third round, the approach is completely different," emphasized the PARP director.

Participating in acceleration programs has become a strategic move for many companies, not just a passing trend or fad, emphasized Marcin Seniuk.