InterInnov is a consulting company specialised in international innovation. It has been founded in 2009 by Jacques Magen, an expert in European and international research & innovation partnerships. Based upon years of experience in the field of international partnership in research & innovation, more particularly in the area of Information and Communication Technologies, InterInnov is offering its expertise to support industrial companies, universities and research institutes, as well as public institutions, willing to: 

· Build up and develop international research and innovation partnerships;

· Develop international business relations with peer partners to improve and complement an existing product or service offer;

· Participate in European and international collaborative research programmes such as FP7 or EUREKA or other national R&D programmes;

· Make their ideas, vision, project or organization more visible at European and international level;

· Strengthen their relationships with European and national public institutions.

InterInnov values respect, fairness, honesty, and courtesy.

Our Experience

Interinnov has a lot of experience in European (FP7, EUREKA) and national R&D programmes and a large network of contacts in European, national, and local public institutions and innovation agencies. InterInnov is currently involved in several FP7 projects. InterInnov is also involved in the EUREKA Celtic-Plus European R&D programme towards a "Smart Connected World" (in partnership with Eurescom), and advised the Israeli EUREKA chairmanship in 2010-2011, mainly on industrial aspects. InterInnov has direct contacts with public authorities at EU (EC and EUREKA), national and regional level, as well as with all major industrial players in the area of ICT.  It is also involved in the FIRESTATION coordination action in partnership with DIMES. All our references are available here.

Our Team 

Jacques Magen is the founder and chairman of InterInnov. He has 25 years of experience in international R&D and innovation all over Europe and beyond, most specifically in the field of IT and telecommunications. This includes more than 10 years in research and innovation collaborative programmes, both in industry and in national and regional funding public agencies. Jacques is a member of the Steering Board of the Net!Works (formerly eMobility) European Technology Platform; he was also an advisor to the EUREKA Israeli Chairmanship in 2010-2011, more specifically on industry-related matters. He is periodically working as an expert for the European Commission, and for Eurostars; he was also involved as an evaluator with the EIT (European Institute of Innovation and Technology). Jacques was the first Chairman of Celtic (and is still working with the Celtic Management Team), and is a former member of the ITEA Board.

Erik Rodenbach is a senior consultant for InterInnov. He has a bachelor’s degree in electronics engineering and was further educated in software engineering and business administration. His previous affiliations include posts as Hardware & Software Engineer at Philips and Project leader and Quality manager at Schlumberger Retail Petroleum Systems. He has many years of experience in setting up and managing international cooperative R&D projects. Since 2000 he is active as programme coordinator for the ITEA 2 EUREKA cluster and responsible for the program management. 

Sarah Aubertin is a consultant at InterInnov. Sarah studied international relations for two years in University of La Sorbonne in Paris, validated by a Master’s Degree in European Relations and International Affairs, after having obtained a degree in History and another one in English. Before joining InterInnov, Sarah spent 15 months at the French Ministry of Defence, analysing the relationships between the French Army and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) in Afghanistan. This study has been released as a public document at the end of 2010.