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13 November 2026, Chisinau — ODA, as a partner, invites the entrepreneurial community to InnoDays 2026, an event platform organised by Technovator on 16-20 November 2026, which brings together researchers, entrepreneurs, investors, start-up teams and representatives of public authorities. Over five days, participants will explore how to turn Moldovan research results into technologies used by companies, competitive products and sustainable partnerships.

We draw particular attention to the central day on Thursday 19 November at the Digital Park, dedicated to academia-business collaboration. Around 400 representatives from academia, business, public institutions and the start-up ecosystem will discuss, together with international experts, the conditions under which research results can reach the market.

Entrepreneurs can find business development opportunities through research and innovation here: technologies and scientific expertise, contacts with researchers and institutes, information on funding for research-derived companies and on intellectual property protection, as well as the opportunities offered by Horizon Europe and the regional experience of European Digital Innovation Hubs. In the Science to Business Pitch session, researchers present their results directly to companies and investors, and parallel sessions and facilitated networking make dialogue the first steps towards concrete collaborations.

For entrepreneurs, access to the central day is free of charge: the ticket, which usually costs RON 300 and gives access to the main scene and parallel sessions, becomes free of charge through registration linkwhich automatically applies the 100 % reduction. Registration shall be made for each day separately, according to the area of interest, the conditions of access and availability.

The full programme and information about participation are available on innodays.technovator.world. 

16 November | research and public policy. Moldova Entrepreneurship & SME Policy Conference 2026 at the GLIA on factors limiting the application of research results and on public policies that can strengthen collaboration between science and the economy. The day is organised by the Ministry of Economic Development and Digitalisation, with the National Institute of Economic Research as scientific partner.

17 November | science Café and GreenTech. Third Science Café on what research institutions can offer to business and what support they need. Later in the day, the session at the GreenTech Hub of the Technical University of Moldova, in a functional lab, dedicated to the green transition, circular economy and green construction.

18 November | HealthTech: from lab to patient. A day dedicated to medical research and its valorisation in practice, organised by the State University of Medicine and Pharmacy ‘Nicolae Testemițanu’ together with Technovator.

19 November | central Day: research encounters business. In Digital Park, with Science to Business Pitch, parallel sessions and networking.

20 November | pre-launch of Agrotek Park. At Agrotek Park, Moldova’s first science and technology park for smart agriculture, developed by Moldova’s Technical University. Participants will get to know the incubator’s top 16 residents and visit the premises under construction.

InnoDays targets universities and research institutes, companies interested in technologies and scientific expertise, innovative teams, including in DeepTech, and institutions that develop and implement research and innovation policies.

InnoDays 2026 is organised by the Technovator, under the patronage of the Ministry of Economic Development and Digitalisation (MDED) and the Ministry of Education and Research (MEC), with the support of EU4Innovation East, a regional project funded by the European Union, co-financed by the French Government and implemented by Expertise France; of the German International Cooperation Agency (GIZ), through the project ‘Digital Transformation of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in Eastern Partnership Countries’ (DT4SME), funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ); al Ukraine-Moldova American Enterprise Fund (UMAEF); the Innovate Moldova Programme, funded by Sweden and the United Kingdom; and the Central European Initiative (CEI), through the CEI know-how Exchange Programme 2025, funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Italian Republic. InnoDays is organised in partnership with Moldova HiTech Park, the National Agency for Research and Development, Agrotek Park, Impact Hub Bucharest, Green Tech Hub, Moldova Innovation Technology Park (MITP), Moldova Technical University (UTM) and Nicolae Testemitanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy (USMF). 

The Entrepreneurship Development Organisation is the public institution founded by the Ministry of Economic Development and Digitalisation. ODA implements programmes and instruments to support the development of entrepreneurship and facilitates access to finance for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises.

For more information on entrepreneurial support programmes, visit the official website www.oda.md or contact the ODA Consulting Centre at the following telephone number: 022 22 57 99.