Futurallia Rhone Alpes Briefing Session, Monday, 7th April, Council Chamber, Cork County Hall

An information briefing session for Futurallia Rhone-Alpes will take place on Monday, 7th April at 11:30 am in the Council Chamber, Cork County Hall. The briefing session will outline the following:

• Futurallia Concept
• Who attends
• Why Futurallia Rhone-Alpes 2014
• Past Forums
• Rhone-Alpes Region
• Business sectors represented
• The Event 
• Overview of 3 day schedule
• What must you do in order to participate at the event
• Package for Cork Delegates

Cork is participating in Futurallia Rhone-Alpes 2014, an International Business Forum which takes place from 4th - 6th June 2014 in Lyon, France. More than 700 companies representing 30 different countries will participate at the forum, where they can gain access to a rich network of contacts and international business experts. This forum allows companies to participate in up to 16 pre-schedules and personalized business meetings over two days. This is a multi-sectored event with health, well-being/living, chemical/materials, ICT/creative industries, energy, transportation and green vehicles amongst the sectors represented.

If you are interested in attending Futurallia Rhone-Alpes, as part of the Cork delegation, please come along to the information briefing session. For further information, please contact Eimear@corkchamber.ie.

Seafood Global Expo

Seafood Global Expo, formerly known as European Seafood Expo, is the world’s largest seafood trade event and takes place in Brussels on 6th-7th May. It is expected that more than 25,000 buyers, suppliers, media, and other seafood professionals from over 145 countries will be in attendance at this expo. Attendees come to meet with existing suppliers, source new products, and network with other industry professionals.

The expo will feature more than 1,690 exhibiting companies from across 75 countries; with exhibitors supplying a wide variety of fish, seafood, and seafood-related products or services. The event will focus on the following industry areas:

• Frozen fish and seafood
• Value added seafood
• Processing fish and seafood
• Processing and packaging equipment
• Freight forwarders and logistics services
• Seafood-industry service providers

To register for this event, please click here.

Partnership Opportunities

• A UK manufacturer of advanced conveying and mechanical handling systems seeks reciprocal distribution or joint venture partners. The company is long established and successful and cooperation with this company would allow access to the company’s established base of blue-chip, multinational customers.  For further information, please contact Eimear@corkchamber.ie and quote Ref. 20120726042 BR.
• A Spanish company, which uses cutting-edge biotechnology to develop vaccines for the prevention of infectious diseases caused by drug-resistant microorganisms, is currently performing preclinical proof-of-concept studies and wishes to progress to the clinical development phase. The company is currently seeking to contract a clinical research organisation that can provide comprehensive preclinical testing of clinical grade material. For further information, please contact Eimear@corchamber.ie and quote 20121220015.