Kick-start your 2016 with EEN's webinars and brokerage events

The Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) has over 600 branches across the EU and beyond. All EEN branches organise a variety of events, many of which are free, where you can meet potential business partners and learn about expanding your business overseas. In the past three years alone, the Network has held more than 19,000 local events for small businesses, with more than 742,000 participants. View the calendar here for a list of all upcoming EEN events.

Participate in free webinars from the comfort of your own desk!

Webinar: About Japan Tax and Public Procurement Helpdesk

Date: 19 January 2016
Time: 9.30 am to 10.30 am GMT
Registration Deadline: 18 January 2016
Host: EU Japan Centre
To Book: Click here

Description:

The Japan Tax and Public Procurement Helpdesk will hold a FREE webinar that is targeted at EU companies seeking to provide products and services to Japanese governmental organisations and who wish to participate in tender procedures. The webinar will take place on 19 January 2016 from 09.30 am to 10.30 am GMT.

Why participate?
Japanese governmental organisations require their suppliers to qualify before participating in public procurement tender procedures. The government uses the qualification system to assess their prospective suppliers’ financial strength and delivery capabilities. With the qualification system, companies are classified according to size and capabilities. This classification system is used to reserve specific tenders for suppliers. The seminar will provide a further insight into the procedures that currently exist in Japan and what kind of documents are necessary to obtain a qualification as a government supplier.

Learning outcomes:

Participants can discover how to:

• Understand the Unified Supplier Qualification (USQ) system operated by Japan’s national government
• Obtain the qualification from a practical viewpoint
• Understand the Supplier Qualification System (SQS) for public works construction and design
• Obtain the qualification for public works construction and design from a practical viewpoint
• Grasp how the supplier qualification system works at a local level

Programme:

• Introduction
• Presentation by Lyckle Griek, project manager at the Japan Tax and Public Procurement Helpdesk 
• Q&A session
• Conclusion

To register your place on this webinar or for further information, click here.

Webinar: Presentation of the Services of the European Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Helpdesk

Date: 20 January 2016
Time: 9.30 am to 10.15 am GMT
Host: European IPR Helpdesk
To book: Click here

This free webinar aims to present the European IPR Helpdesk’s services, with a particular focus on the services available to assist participants in Horizon 2020. The webinar will comprise of a 30 minute presentation and of a 15 minute Q&A session. The European IPR Helpdesk offers free-of-charge, first-line support on IP and IPR matters to beneficiaries of EU-funded research projects and EU SMEs involved in transnational partnership agreements, especially within the Enterprise Europe Network (EEN). To register your free place on this webinar, please click here.

Webinar Guide: For further information on how to join the IPR Helpdesk’s webinar sessions, please have a look at our quick guide available for download here. For our web-based training sessions we use WebEX Conferencing Technology. Please note that you will be asked by WebEx to install a browser application (i.e. the WebEx event centre) on your computer when you use WebEx for the first time. This will only take a few minutes, but you should take this step into account when joining the session, and possibly inform your system administrator.

Assistance: For any technical issues or questions, please contact the training team at here. 

Kick-start your 2016 with some healthy networking at the Enterprise Europe Network’s events!

International Conference on Ocean Energy  

Date: 23-25 February 2016

Where: Edinburgh

A brokerage event will take place at the International Conference on Ocean Energy (ICOE), a global marine energy event focused on the industrial development of the sector. Collaboration across the entire supply chain is critical to commercial success, so Renewable UK and the Enterprise Europe Network have teamed up to offer business partnering to all Edinburgh 2016 delegates, enabling you to meet specific business contacts during the event. This is an ideal opportunity to target marine energy research, development, testing, device developers, investment and commercialisation partners for short one-to-one meetings to explore business development and collaboration options.

Once registered, participants can browse the online catalogue and request meetings, receive a personal meeting schedule, and have short 20-minute pre-scheduled meetings at the event. To register your interest in this event contact Eimear.

Low Carbon Heat & Water International Showcase & Conference 2016

Date: 23 February 2016
Where: Glasgow
To book: Click here
Registration deadline: 19 February

The International 2016 Low Carbon Heat and Water Conference and Showcase is an opportunity for customers to see and hear from companies with the latest solutions for low carbon heating and cooling and water and wastewater. Representatives will be there from the UK, Europe and further afield to make new connections in low carbon heat and water.

This free one-day event will enable more than 500 delegates to connect and explore opportunities, discuss challenges and learn about innovative solutions, all within an international context.

The event will cover:

• Inspirational headlining speakers
• Breakout sessions on:
  • World leading innovations in water & low-carbon heat
  • Saving money through low-carbon solutions and emerging opportunities
  • Efficient use of water and heat
  • Support available to companies to innovate and grow
  • Developing financing and delivering projects
  • Working with water utilities in the UK
  • Doing business internationally
  • EEN B2B matchmaking
  • Exhibition of Scottish-based solutions providers
  • Company presentations
  • Drinks reception

Who should attend?

• Water and energy utility companies
• Companies supplying into the water and/or heat sectors
• Companies with solutions in the generation, distribution and monitoring of heat and water
• Large industrial water users and heat generators
• Facilities managers in local authorities, housing associations, universities, NHS and other large public or private estates
• Project developers, investors, planners, consultants, government agency enablers, researchers

Ecobuild and Resource matching 2016

Date: 9 March 2016
Where: London
To book: click here

Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) is organising a B2B matchmaking event during Ecobuild, one of the biggest events in the world for sustainable construction and resources and a major event for the circular economy.

The free matchmaking event will afford attendees the opportunity to meet potential business and technology partners during pre-arranged 30 minute meetings and create real opportunities between companies, active in the construction sector and energy efficiency.

• Focus of the matchmaking event:
• Sustainable design
• Innovative and efficient eco-technologies
• New building materials and technologies
• Systems and equipment using energy from alternative sources
• Waste management
• Renewable energy
• Bioenergy
• Recycling

For further information about EEN’s B2B event at Ecobuild 2016, click here.