Eurostars Match – ICT solutions for smart cities, 5th April 2016, Helsinki, Finland

This one day event is aimed at SMEs and organisations active in the area of smart cities who wish to engage in transnational R&D&I projects or innovative offerings. The event’s natural focus is in Scandinavian countries but participants from all Eurostars countries (including Ireland) are welcome to attend. The event is aimed towards SMEs and companies interested in the broad smart city sector. Eurostars is a funding programme for joint innovation projects where SMEs are leading and the topics come bottom-up from the SMEs themselves. Funding for Eurostars comes from state agencies and from the European Commission. To complement this, ITEA3 will also be presented. This is the EUREKA Cluster programme which supports innovative, industry-driven, pre-competitive R&D projects in the area of Software-intensive Systems and Services (SiSS). It is the cluster which allows bigger companies to influence the innovation landscape and form useful transnational projects with SMEs and others.

Breakout sessions

The event will divide itself into breakout sessions to allow for the discussion of visions for transport services and for the building process and products, along with the challenges and opportunities that lie within these areas. See here for a full agenda.

Matchmaking
Matchmaking will form an integral part of this event and participants will be encouraged to attend pre-arranged 1:1 meetings for discussing projects and potential collaborations.

Registration
The Eurostars Match – ICT solutions for smart cities event is free of charge but pre-registration via the registration page is essential.

Brokerage event at Hannover Messe, 25th-29th April 2016, Hannover, Germany

The 12^th edition of the international brokerage event at Hannover Meese, the world’s leading industrial trade-show will take place from 25^th to 29^th of April 2016. Almost 21,500 business meetings from 2,800 companies have been organised in the framework of this brokerage event since its inception in 2005. The brokerage event is being organised by the Enterprise Europe Network (EEN).

The brokerage event at a glance:

• Individual 1:1 meetings
• A matchmaking lounge located in the centre of the trade fair
• A broad international partner network assisting companies prior to the event
• Professional assistance guaranteed and on-the-spot both before and after the event

The event will target the following areas:

• 3D printing
• Industrial manufacture
• Machine tools
• Machining
• Surface treatment
• Building materials
• Composite materials
• Cleaning technology
• Hydropower
• Photovoltaics
• Wind energy
• Integrated waste-energy processes
• Energy management
• Thermal insulation
• Metering and monitoring
• Heat recovery
• Industrial automation
• Energy Management

Registration for the matchmaking event is free of charge for companies that register via the EEN before 16^th March 2016. After 16^th March, participation fees will be €95 for exhibitors and €119 for visitors.

For further information about EEN brokerage events, contact Eimear.