Past events

EEN partner ACCIÓ is organizing a brokerage event within the frame of the 3rd edition of the Internet of Things World Congress (http://www.iotsworldcongress.com).  The IoT Revolution is challenging companies from all industries to connect their machines, processes, people and products to gain efficiencies, decrease costs, improve operations, increase customer satisfaction and improve work conditions. The event will give participants the opportunity to find international business and technology partners.Sector: ICTRegistration deadline: 15 September 2017Event date: 3-4 October 2017Registration at:https://www.b2match.eu/iot2017

The Enterprise Europe Network partner Wroclaw Centre for Technology Transfer organizes the 1st edition of the international matchmaking event which will be held on the 27th of September 2017 at the International Trade Fair CosmeticBusiness in Warsaw.The matchmaking event is addressed to small and medium enterprises and other entities representing cosmetics sector interested in developing and initiating cross border cooperation. Thanks to the participation in B2B meetings participants will get access to new business markets and will be able to select meetings in advance by creating an online profile to find the partner they are looking for.Registration deadline:15 september 2017registration website: https://www.b2match.eu/cosmeticbusiness2017

Germany and Japan are announcing a Call for Proposals for joint R&D projects, focusing on developing innovative products and applications in all technological and application areas.Applicants are expected to develop ready-to-market solutions for products, technology-based services or methods which have strong market potential.The New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) will provide access to public funding for joint projects provided by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) Co-funding Program and by the BMWi’s ZIM (Central Innovation Programme for SMEs).NEDO and BMWi (Coordinator: AiF Projekt GmbH) will provide all necessary assistance to project partners during project proposal, evaluation and monitoring phase.NEDO and AiF Projekt GmbH will evaluate the submitted proposals and communicate the results within about 3 months after the call deadline.Daedline for submission: 17 August 2017See the attached pdf for more details.Application forms and procedures details in below links:NEDO: http://www.nedo.go.jp/koubo/AT091_100108.htmlBMWi: http://www.zim-bmwi.de/internationale-fue-kooperationen/ausschreibungen

Unioncamere Piemonte, a partner of the Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) is organizing the second edition of the Torino FashionMatch 2017, a matchmaking event for the fashion and textile industry.It will be held in Italy (Turin) onthe 29th and the 30rd of June 2017.The event is realized within the Torino Fashion Week 2017 (27th June – 03 July 2017).The matchmaking event wishes to put in contact companies, fashion designers, agents, retailers & buyers, producers, distributors, brands and e-commerce agencies active in fashion and textile to facilitate the creation of potential business and technological partnerships.Participation to the b2b, to the workshops and to the catwalks show during the Torino Fashion Week, are free of charge.Registration is mandatory at https://www.b2match.eu/to2-fashionmatch2017 before the 23 of June.

The EEN partner, the Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce, is organizing a matchmaking event “b2fair @ ICT Spring Europe 2017” on 9th & 10th May 2017.In 2016, 376 meetings were organised for 93 companies from 15 countries during this event.ICT Spring Europe (www.ictspring.com) is one of Europe’s largest and most international information-communication-technology conferences hosting an array of international participants. The event is dedicated to exhibiting & demonstrating the latest relevant trends & innovations and discuss their impact on society and the working world. The 2017’s edition will feature 4 main topics:FINTECH: Blockchain / Banking Stars/ Innotribe / VCs InsightsDIGITAL: Storytellers/ Future of Movies/ Digital Realities/ New Digital FrontiersSPACE: Space Application: Technology, Financing, competitiveness, entrepreneurship / Space Exploration: conquest of space, space mining, earth observation, space resourceINDUSTRY: Industry 4.0 / Future of Automation / Talent Race / Circular Economyb2fair @ ICT Spring will offer companies:two days of business meetingsan opportunity to build strong relationships and partnerships in the ICT sectoran excellent networking opportunity for digital leaders, innovation managers, researchers, start-ups etc.a possibility to find your right business party in one single meeting place.Participation Conditions:The first company representative: 100.00 €Additional participant(s): 75.00 € per person.Registrations:http://www.een-matchmaking.com/ictspring2017

The EEN partner the Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce is organizing a B2fair matching event during the Hannover Messe trade fair. The 13th edition of the international brokerage event will take place from 24th to 28th April 2017. Almost 23,000 business meetings amongst 3,000 companies have been organised in the framework of this brokerage event since 2005. The brokerage event of 2017 at a glance:Five days of business meetingsIndividual intensive business meetings in an exclusive atmosphereA matchmaking lounge located in the centre of the trade fairThe matchmaking event will cover all sectors of Hannover Messe 2016.Participation conditions:Participation fees for the matchmaking event is free of charge for companies that register via the EEN network until 24 February 2017. Please note that a fine of EUR 150 will be invoiced in order to maintain the quality of the event in case companies do not present themselves during the business meetings. After 29th February, the participation fees will be as follows.Exhibitors: EUR 95.00Visitors EUR 119.00 (special price for for companies of the Enterprise Europe Network)An additional EUR 75 will be charged for every additional participant per company.

EEN partner Leibniz Universität Hannover is organizing the Future Match brokerage event at the world´s largest information and communication technology (ICT) fair CeBIT 2017 on the 20-24 March 2017. Partner country at CeBIT 2017 will be Japan. Therefore, Future Match will actively support European-Japanese partnerships.Since 1999, Future Match has enabled enterprises and research organizations to find partners for international cooperation such as sales and license agreements, joint ventures, subcontracting, technology transfer or research & development projects.Main topics at CeBIT: Big Data & Cloud, Business Electronics & Equipment, Commerce & Banking, Communication & Networks, ECM, Input/Output Solutions, ERP & HR Solutions, Internet of Things, Marketing and Sales Solutions, Research & Innovation, Security, Unmanned Systems & Solutions.Registration at below website untill the 13 March 2017.

Within the frame of the Mobile World Congress (https://www.mobileworldcongress.com) the world’s largest gathering for the mobile industry, EEN partner ACCIÓ is organising a brokerage event. The event will be an opportunity to identify potential international partners for future copperation projects. The participation cost is €310 with only one participant allowed per organization.Date: 27 February to 1 March 2017Sectors: mobile, telecommunication, ICTRegistration deadline: 10 Februaryhttps://www.b2match.eu/mwc2017

Rev3 days is the first international event offering opportunities to grow business, discover new technologies, find investment opportunities and develop partnerships in the field of 4 thematics: circular economy, energy, smart cities and additive manufacturing, allowing the transition to a low carbon and digital economy at a regional scale.For more details please see the enclosed pdf and visit the event website.To register to this brokerage event, interested Japanese companies must take contact with EEN Japan at first here.

EEN partner the Chamber of Commerce of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg is organizing a brokerage event during MIDEST in Paris, France from 6-9 December 2016.The MIDEST trade fair is known to be one of the world’s most important key platforms for industrial subcontractors at international scale. The matchmaking event this year will be extended to the “Convergence for the Industry of the Future”, the major industry event under the patronage of Francois Hollande, President of the French Republic, that will take place in the framework of MIDEST 2016. The event will bring together the organisations and companies that are driving forward the major changes currently experienced by the industry community.Participation conditions:For exhibitors:95.00 EUR (net price), second participant 50.00 EUR    For visitors: (Special price reserved for EEN partners):125.00 EUR (net price), second participant 75.00 EUROnline registration at: www.een-matchmaking.com/midest2016

The Energy Networking4Innovation brokerage event is organised by BIC Bratislava as an accompanying event to the "SET Plan 2016 – Central European Energy Conference X" (http://ceec.sk) in Bratislava in the frame of the Slovak EU presidency.This Networking event will target a wide spectrum of companies, universities and researchers in the field of energy from all over Europe and beyond interested in sharing new project ideas and finding collaboration within the upcoming calls in Horizon 2020, finding new business partners, consult project ideas with the experts.Sector: smart, renewable energyRegistration deadline: 20 November 2016http://www.b2match.eu/networking2016

Within the frame of the Re-Industrialisation of the EU 2016 conference a brokerage event is organized by BIC Bratislava.Excellent science, research and innovation are essential for a sustainable development of the European economy. That is why hundreds of representatives from European and international research, innovation communities, and the business sector will meet to discuss this topic during a prestigious event in the field of nanotechnologies, advanced materials, manufacturing and production technologies, biotechnology - the International Conference REinEU2016.Registration deadline: 22 October 2016https://www.b2match.eu/reineu2016

Held between the 26-27 October, the 3rd edition of Meet In Italy for Life Sciences brokerage event will provide start-ups, companies, public and private research centers and investors, innovation centres from throughout Europe and beyond with the chance to find potential partners for collaborations, business development, licensing agreements, joint ventures, research projects, in a full immersion networking atmosphere fostering cross-fertilization, exchange of experiences and partnership opportunities.The event is focused on all the life sciences sectors: biotechnology, pharmaceutics, medical devices, human health, IT applications for health, nutraceutics, related activities.Registration deadline: 10 October 2016https://www.b2match.eu/mit4ls2016

In the framework of Enterprise Europe Network, the South-West Oltenia Regional Development Agency is organizing a company mission on 24th to 31th October 2016 to Tokyo, Japan, for Romanian companies representing different sectors.The mission will give EU companies the opportunity to enter to the Japanese market and establish business partnerships and therefore increase their innovation capacity and make them more competitive on the global scale.The objective of this company mission is to explore cooperation possibilities between Romanian and Japanese companies. To this end, the participants will be able to discuss about cooperation opportunities, find new partners, establish new business relationships, reach new international markets.The targeted sectors are:- Tourism- HoReCa (Hotel and Catering Industry)- Business consulting- Advertising- Environmental sectorBusiness profiles of the participating companies can be found in the links below:- A Romanian company with activities in natural sciences and engineering is looking for manufacturing partners or distributor- A Romanian company, specialized in restaurants and hotel activities and spa services is looking for partners to developing a Japanese restaurant and wellbeing retreat focused on meditation, relaxation, detox and wellbeing within a services areement-Romanian management and human resources consulting business seeks partnerships for new projects in tourism and Horeca-A Romanian training company is seeking services agreements-Romanian advertising agency offers subcontracting services to foreign companies-A Romanian travel agency specialized in outgoing and incoming activities is looking for business partners within a services agreement-Romanian company specialized in designing and manufacturing unisex and minimalist clothing is looking for distributors and commercial agents worldwide 

Organized by EEN partner NRW.International GmbH, the "Meet@K 2016“ Brokerage Event is a unique platform to share innovative technologies, initiate cross border co-operations and to find new business partners.The event is organized in the frame of the trade fair K 2016, the world’s no. 1 trade fair for plastics and rubber with over 2000 exhibitors and 200,000 visitors.Target groups:Plastic product manufacturingChemical industryRubber manufacturing / processingMachinery constructionMedical technologyEnergy technologyLeisure, Universities and research institutionsPackaging / distributionVehicle construction / aerospaceElectronics, ConstructionICT, AgricultureServices, etc.Registration fee: €80Registration deadline: 13 October 2016The earlier you register the more time you have to be seen on the website of the Brokerage Event and to select potential meeting partners

The Japan Science and Technology Agency and the Swedish equivalent Vinnova launched a bilateral call for proposal: Japan - Sweden Academia-Industry International Collaboration Program on Innovative Solutions, Community Design and Services for Elderly People.Building on earlier long-standing fruitful co-operation in promoting and funding Japanese-Swedish research collaboration, JST and Vinnova have decided to work together to promote innovationoriented collaboration involving research organizations and industry in both countries.In this call for proposals, JST and Vinnova invite Japanese and Swedish research and innovation teams to submit joint proposals for Japan-Sweden academia-industry cooperative research projects. The aim is to establish and strengthen research and innovation partnerships between Swedish and Japanese stakeholders. Successful projects are expected to build strong, sustained, Japanese-Swedish cooperation frameworks. The goal for projects is to assess the feasibility of the joint envisioned solution addressing the challenges of an aging society. The most successful projects after the first funding period may be invited to a second phase funding, in which theusefulness of the solution is to be tested and demonstrated. A description of the two-phase funding scheme is found in the Annex to this text.The call closes on 11th October 2016, 17:00 Japanese time, 14:00 Swedish timeMore details in the attached document and below link:http://www.jst.go.jp/sicp/announce_sw_Vinnova1st.html

The Enterprise Europe Network Berlin-Brandenburg is organizing a brokerage event at micro photonics.From 11-13 October 2016, micro photonics is taking off with a new concept in Berlin. Focusing on micro-, nano- and biophotonics, teh conference is an unique platform for the development, production and application of miniaturized optical components worldwide.Users, developers and researchers will profit from ideal conditions for intelligent networking during the free of charge brokerage event.Target groups:Manufacturers of micro-optical componentsManufacturers of laser systems and optoelectronic componentsSuppliers of optical components for medical technologyProviders of measurement technology, components and services for research and development in bio/micro/nano-photonicsResearcher (laser medicine, biophotonics, Si-photonics, MEMS, photonic IC, measurement technology)F&E medical device manufacturersF&E photonic components for IT, sensors and microsystem technologyCEOs, CTOs and development from the photonic industryActive physicians from the laser medicine and biophotonic divisionsDeadline for registration: 30  September 2016http://www.b2match.eu/microphotonics2016 

RegMed Forum 2016 provides the opportunity to discuss the latest trends and innovative technologies in Regenerative Medicine with stakeholders from academia and industry. It is organized by the cluster HealthCapital Berlin-Brandenburg and the Berlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies on 6-7th October 2016 in Berlin. In addition to a comprehensive scientific program with presentations from local research groups and international guests from academia and industry, there will be and industry exhibition as well as a partnering event, organized by the Enterprise Europe Network Berlin-Brandenburg.For registration: https://www.b2match.eu/regmedforum2016/