THE MISSION – WHO SHOULD PARTICIPATE AND WHY?

Denmark and Sweden are two of Europe’s most wealthy export markets.  Both countries have strong economies, relatively low inflation and high economic growth, combined with their widespread use of English, Denmark and Sweden make ideal export markets for N. Ireland businesses.

DENMARK

Denmark is an important global investment centre and entry point to the dynamic Nordic and Baltic economies.  It has one of the best performing economies in the EU and is widely regarded as an open trading market. The UK is currently Denmark’s third largest supplier, exporting £3.6 billion worth of goods and services in 2007.  Denmark is the UK’s 18^th most important export market exporting £2 billion worth of goods and services in 2007.

As foreign trade accounts for most of its GDP, Denmark has a strong interest in the free exchange of goods and services with other countries.  It is an excellent market for N. Ireland companies because of its strong purchasing power, ease of access and widespread use of English.  Denmark is an ideal starter market for small to medium sized companies with no previous exporting experience.

Denmark will be of particular interest to N. Ireland businesses working in the areas of:

• Life Sciences (Biotechnology, Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare)
• Aid Funded Business (specifically United Nations Agency)
• Cleantech & Renewables
• Financial & Legal Services
• ICT
• Digital Media
• Education and Skills
• Food & Drink

SWEDEN

Sweden is by far the largest market in the Nordic region. It is also the largest recipient of foreign direct investments and imports from the UK. The UK is the 2nd biggest foreign employer in Sweden (after the US) with over 80,000 people employed by UK owned companies (2007).

Sweden's history as a trading nation goes back a long way.  During the first half of 2008, exports to the UK amounted to 7.6% of total Swedish exports.  Imports from the UK during the same period amounted to 6.6% of Sweden's imports, placing the UK in fourth place after Germany, Denmark and Norway. 

The north of Sweden is home to the mining, forestry and hydropower sectors. Western Sweden is the centre for the automotive industry, chemical and petrochemical industry, and clothing and textiles sectors.  Life Science and ICT are rapidly growing and innovative industries in and around Stockholm and Gothenburg.  Although Stockholm is the political, financial and cultural capital of Sweden, over 40% of Sweden's industry and 2.3 million of its population are located within a 300 km radius of Gothenburg.  (Total population is 9 million).   Malmö forms an economic region with Copenhagen, and that region alone accounts for some 25% of the GDP in Denmark and Sweden together.

Sweden will be of particular interest to N. Ireland businesses working in the areas of:

• Life Sciences (Biotechnology, Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare, Medical Equipment )
• ICT, Telecommunications, Digital Media, eHealth
• Infrastructure, Railway, Engineering, Construction
• Cleantech, Environmental Technologies, Energy
• Financial Services
• Education and Skills
• Security
• Food & Drink

EXPORT ADVICE AND GUIDANCE

In addition to the export advice and guidance provided by Invest NI’s Trade Team, this Mission will draw on the advice and support offered by the UK Trade & Investment Commercial Officers based in Copenhagen and Stockholm. 

Mission participants will be offered the opportunity to access the support offered through UK Trade and Investment’s Overseas Market Introduction Service (OMIS).  The Service provides tailored assistance through research and advice for companies looking to make those initial approaches into new overseas markets.  The cost for this service will be £750 per market/per company.

BENEFITS OF PARTICIPATION

• Opportunity to access two dynamic markets in Europe
• Advice and support on Doing Business in Denmark and Sweden by country experts
• In-market support through the British Embassy in Copenhagen and Stockholm
• Direct insights into local market opportunities and conditions
• Up to 50% contribution towards an economy airfare*
• Up to £75 per night towards accommodation – maximum 5 nights*

*(Contribution towards airfares and accommodation are for one participant per company only)

Companies book 30-minute meetings in advance of the brokerage event through an online catalogue and booking system. This speed-dating type approach gives enough time to scope out potential opportunities and see if they would like to take things further. The event has been structured to enable companies to make the most of their time and potential opportunities. It’s an ideal platform for delegates to find new partners to license technology in or out, new R&D, business services or products to offer and/ or source to do business together.

This event comes on the back of a hugely successful Life Sciences Partnering event in Edinburgh in February, where 58 companies (including those from Israel, Switzerland, Iceland and Belgium) took part with over 170 meetings taking place and around 80% of the delegates saying their meeting will lead to collaboration in the future. We hope that we get similarly good or even better results at All Energy and would appreciate all your support in flagging up this excellent opportunity to relevant companies and stakeholders at home and abroad.

The website for further details and registrations is now live and can be accessed here: http://www.connect121.biz/.

Slovenia and Hungary are both beneficiaries of EU Structural Funding. Over the period 2007-2013 both will be undertaking significant infrastructure and regeneration projects to meet the demands of EU membership. Given the focus by both on regeneration, Slovenia and Hungary offer excellent opportunities to NI companies willing to expand into Central and South Eastern Europe.

EXPORT ADVICE AND GUIDANCE

In addition to the export advice and guidance provided by Invest NI's Trade Team, this Mission will draw support offered by the UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) in Ljubljana and Budapest. You will be offered support through UKTI's Overseas Market Introduction Service (OMIS). The Service provides tailored assistance through research and advice for companies looking to make those initial approaches into new overseas markets. The cost for this service will be 750 pounds per market/per company.

BENEFITS OF PARTICIPATION

- Opportunity to access two flourishing new markets in Europe
- Advice and support on Doing Business in Slovenia and Hungary by in-country experts.
- In-market support through the British Embassy in Ljubljana and Budapest
- Direct insights into local market opportunities and conditions
- Up to 50% contribution towards an economy airfare*
- Up to 75 pounds per night towards accommodation - maximum 5 nights*

*(Contribution towards airfares and accommodation are for one participant per company only and will be capped)

• Is my company ready to export beyond the British Isles?
• What are the first steps I need to take?
• Which countries offer us the most market potential?
• What kind of time and effort is needed – and is it worth it?

The workshops will be led by two experienced consultants – see below for more details.

• identify export opportunities,
• assess their export capability, and prepare for export growth
• identify and overcome barriers to export growth
• develop and implement focussed and sustainable export plans.

• Increase and support the take-up of knowledge generated in Nanotechnology for all industrial sectors.
• Generate new Materials knowledge to enable new industrial products and processes to be made, exploiting the potential of interdisciplinary approaches in materials research.
• Create continuously innovating Production capabilities to achieve leadership in industrial products and processes in the global market place.
• Promote deployment and integration of new industrial applications that accelerates the rate of industrial transformation and enhances European technological competitiveness.

Conference, Exhibition and Biopartnering Event
17th and 18th March 2010, The Vale Hotel, Golf & Spa Resort, Hensol near Cardiff, UK
BioWales 2010 sessions will feature:
• Translational Research – what is it?
• Stem Cells – industrialisation for drug development and therapy.
• Point of care diagnostics.
• Cancer Genetics.
• Futurewatch – an introduction to what’s hot and new in
bioscience today.
Biopartnering Event at BioWales 2010
Run by Enterprise Europe Network Wales and linked to the EU
Enterprise Europe Network, the Biopartnering event provides a
catalogue of high quality technology profiles and a base allowing
one to one meetings to discuss partnering opportunities.

Programme
10:00
Welcome
10:05
Opening Session
Prof. Dr. Andreas Pinkwart, Minister of Innovation, Science, Research and Technology, North Rhine-Westphalia
10:20
Dr. Walter Mönig, Federal Ministry of Education and Research
10:35
Herbert Reul, MdEP, Chairman, Committee on Industry, Research and Energy of the European Parliament
10:50
Introduction of the Partner Regions
Representatives of the Partner Regions from North Rhine-Westphalia, Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Poland and Russia
11:20
Session 1: "European Success Stories based in NRW"
12:35
Session 2: Parallel Workshops: “Services for proposals and projects”
13:35
Lunch
14:35
Session 3: Parallel Workshops: “European projects seeking partners in NRW”
15:50
Coffee and Find a Partner
16:35
Session 4: Parallel Workshops: “NRW projects seeking partners in Europe”
17:50
Coffee and Find a Partner
18:30
Buffet Reception
Dinner Speech
Call for Presentations now open:
Please send us via email (bj[at]zenit.de) a short summary of your project idea plus (if possible) a history of international research projects you have been involved in the past. The call ends on 19 th February 2010.

Conference fee:
35 € per person incl. VAT. Free participation for all speakers.

Hotel accommodation:
For only 40 € (single room per night, incl. breakfast) rooms can be booked at the ****Mercure Hotel Düsseldorf Airport. Rooms are limited; the codeword is "network". Rooms are available for the 3rd and 4th of March 2010. A shuttle services operates between the hotel and conference venue from 5 am to 11 pm for 6 EUR per fare and per person. Contact details are: Tel. +49 (0) 2102 / 187-102 or Fax. +49 (0) 2102 / 18-418

For questions please contact the event management:
Dr. Bernd Janson
+49 208/30004-22
Mail: bj[at]zenit.de
ZENIT GmbH
NRW.Europa – An Enterprise Europe Network Partner
 

Online registration is recommended for this event.
 

The Energiesparmesse/ expoEnergy, existing for meanwhile 25 years, is Europe's largest exhibition for energy saving. From 03 March - 07 March 2010 some 900 exhibitors - about 18 % of them coming from abroad - present a wide range of products and technologies to an energy-efficiency-minded audience.

During the exhibition CATT Innovation Management and the Europa Info Center of the Chamber of Commerce Upper Austria organize a Cooperation Event on Friday, 05th March 2010.

Following topics will be covered:

solar thermal heating geothermal energy/heat pumps photovoltaic systems biomass and biogas

energy store air-conditioning, ventilation sustainable construction energy consulting

Additional we offer a company visit to the passive house "ChristopherusHaus" http://www.miva.at/de/04Haus.shtml on Thursday the 4th of March (afternoon).

Event language:     English
Participation fee:  The event is free of charge

Deadlines	Tasks
5. Feb.	Registration and profile submission
6. - 12. Feb.	Online selection of bilateral meetings
4. March	14:00 - 17:00 Company visits
5. March   2010	08:30 - 13:00 Cooperation event (Bilateral meetings)

Agenda

08.00           Registration and Coffee

08.30           Welcome and Introduction

08.45           FP7 Awareness - Steve Bradley

                   Invest NI Support - Robert Bunn

09:25           Developing Project Ideas - Stephen Alexander

Following the morning seminar, companies will have the opportunity to meet with the UK Trade & Investment experts in 1:1 consultations for 20 minutes. Meetings will be allocated on a first come first serve basis.

This event is in advance of the forthcoming Invest NI Trade Missions:

10 - 14 May  Slovenia and Hungary
7 - 11 June Denmark and Sweden

Attendance at this event is limited to one person per company. The closing date for registrations is Friday 12 February 2010.

Enterprise Europe  are hosting a brokerage event which will be free of charge and will be held from Monday 15th to Thursday 18th Feb 2010 alongside the main fair, with the aim to help European companies finding technological partners.

Last year figures:

In 2009 more than 500 entities were registered, with almost 700 technology profiles introduced and more than 1200 meetings held.

Assistance:

No cost, a free visitor ticket for the main fair allowing visiting all the stands (saving 600€ approximately) will be given to each company (except those who are already exhibitors)

Location:

Partner meetings will take place in the same enclosure as the fair. Catalan Pavilion.

Meeting days (brokerage):

15, 16, 17 and 18th February 2010

Deadline for submitting company profiles (catalogue publishment): 11th January 2010

Deadline for requesting meetings: 22th January 2009

If your enterprise or institution is interested in participate in this brokerage event, please follow the instructions offered on the website below in order to complete the Registration Form and your Technological Profile.

To register; www.een.cat/mobile-brokerage

Med2europe, the Enterprise Europe Network for the French Mediterranean area, is organizing a Brokerage events focused on Vegetable and Fruit industry.
This euro mediterranean meeting is destinated to companies, laboratories, research centers involved in the field of agrofood industry. The event will gather participants from the European area and also from Mediterranean countries (Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco).

The meeting will be built around B to B meeting and conferences and will be held in Avignon from december 7th to december 8th. It will be the opportunity from stakeholders to create and expand technology and commercial agreements.

Pollutec Horizons will attract in Paris the key decision makers of Environment and Green Business. This matchmaking event is the unique opportunity to meet them and to create the first contact for a successful technological or commercial cooperation.

Where and When?
Hall#5 (Rooms 520 A&B) at Paris Nord Villepinte Expo, France
December 3rd 2009

Focus on 4 sectors
- Recycling and exploiting materials
- Buildings of the future
- Water treatment
- Environmental monitoring

Registration cost
- Exhibitors: free of charge, optional
networking dinner 50 €*
- Visitors: 100€*, incl. 1-day entrance and parking place & networking dinner

How to participate?
- Register and submit your cooperation profile online at www.pollutec.b2bmatchmaking.com by October 20th 2009.
- Profiles are published in a constantly updated online catalogue.
- Select interesting profiles and request meetings by November 12th 2009.
- Individual meeting times will be sent out to participants one week before the event starts.

Thanks to collaboration with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, participants will get access to optional meetings with companies from Africa and South America on December 2nd 2009.

Enterprise Europe Network B2Europe West Poland is organising a brokerage event - Transnational Technology Transfer Day POLEKO 2009. The event will take place in Poznan on 25 November 2009 within the International Ecological Fair POLEKO.

POLEKO is the largest show of environmental protection and municipal services in the New Europe. As a leader in the region, POLEKO is a unique platform for meetings of contractors coming from Eastern and Western Europe. The fair is very popular among foreign companies.

Last year's POLEKO, held under the auspices of the Minister of the Environment, was larger than its previous very successful edition and attracted almost 1,000 exhibitors and represented companies from 21 countries - Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, the Netherlands, Japan, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United States. The exposition is annualy divided into the following sections:

- WATER and WASTE WATER
- waste, RECYCLING, Cleaning and MAINTENANCE
- ENERGY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
- AIR, NOISE AND VIBRATIONS
- Measurement and control equipment
- ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION

Rich international offers presented by the exhibitors attract crowds of visitors from almost all over the world. The show was visited by over 23,000 people from 32 countries.

http://www.aussenwirtschaftstag.de/ 

Description:

On the occasion of MEDICA 2009 fair, the global No.1 meeting point for the medical sector, ZENIT/NRW.Europa will organise in cooperation with the Healthcare Sector Group (HSG) of the Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) an international Brokerage Event, which aims at providing both the business and science sector with assistance to find partners in the countries of the Enterprise Europe Network for product development, manufacturing and licensing agreements, research co-operation, joint ventures or similar partnerships.

Take this chance to:
· Use the event for international business opportunities.
· Meet providers of new technologies from all over Europe in one location.
· Get in contact with potential partners for future collaboration.
· Establish cross-border contacts for long-lasting business relationships.

The venue for the Brokerage Event is hall 6, gallery.

Deadline for registration and submission of profiles is the 30 September 2009.
Deadline for selection of dialog partners is the 15 October 2009.
Deadline for the rejection for meeting requests is the 31 October 2009.

Participation fee and payment conditions:
- A participation fee of 200 EUR + VAT (up to 5 profiles) will be charged to each participating organisation submitting profiles. For each profile beyond the first 5 a fee of 40 EUR + VAT will be charged.

Start-ups (beginning 1.1.2007) will be granted a rebate of 50%; a copy of the certificate of registration or similar to be sent to the main organiser not later than 30 September 2009, mailto:jc@zenit.de.

The fee does not include the MEDICA entrance ticket.

The fee will be invoiced upon registration and has to be paid immediately after receipt of invoice. In case of more than five profiles inserted, a second invoice will be issued.

HERVEX has become a forum for manufacturers, users and scientists to present and discuss future developments, application and product innovations and also to share expertise and experience.
Valcea Chamber of Commerce and Industry, together with both the Institute for Hydraulics & Pneumatics Research Bucharest and Politehnica University Bucharest, organises this event since 1992.

HERVEX has established a reputation for being the industry meeting place where engineers invest in their future. This learning event incorporates a series of in-depth fluid power panel-sessions with a trade fair environment. Exhibitors showcase their products and services to engineering decision-makers, as well as present a panel-session to those who are looking for solutions to today's engineering challenges. The event gives a broad overview of the state of the art in fluid power both in terms of technology and practical applications.

Attendees are engineers, designers, managers involved in the design, installation, maintenance or repair of machinery & equipment powered by fluid power systems, both hydraulic &pneumatic, from a wide range of markets such as construction, agriculture, manufacturing, mining, lumber, other types of heavy equipment, food processing and packaging industries, as well as maintenance, repair and plant operations.

We cordially invite you to the 16th edition, to be a part of HERVEX that will showcase solution sessions on a variety of topics, and networking events!

At the event there will be dedicated international networking events, pre-arranged one-to-one meetings, expert advice and information on doing business internationally in order to maximise new business opportunities.

RO 4 Europe is organizing a technology brokerage and Partnering event in the following fields: environment, energy, efficient energy, renewable energy sources, equipments and software in the field of environment monitoring, energy, security and defence.

The event will take place in parallel with the Research Fair ( Internet website address: http:// www.mct.ro) , INVENTIKA (http://www.expoinventika.ro) and TIB International Fair (http://www.tib.ro/)

Innovation in the field of environmental, security and defence domains is a challenge and a business opportunity. Facing the climate change is the most significant challenge of the 21st century, waste avoidance and reuse, saving of ressources and CO2 - reductions are major tasks all over Europe.

Dissemination of the latest results and further development of technologies by transnational co-operation and know-how transfer are crucial factors.
The brokerage event has the support of the Romanian Agency for Scientific Research, the Chamber of Commerce of Romania, and ARoTT, the Romanian Association for Technology Transfer and Innovation.

Main topics of the Workshop are:

- Environment
- Renewable Energy
- Security and Defence

There are 3 collaboration opportunities:

- brokerage event for which the EEN partners (co-organizers) are kindly ask to provide a minimum of 5 TO/TR (profiles of technology offers/request);

- partnering event for witch the EEN partners (co-organizers) are kindly ask to provide a minimum 5 project proposals that are looking for new partner in the framework of EU programs;

- economic partnering mission for witch the EEN partners (co-organizers) are kindly ask to identify, present and support the companies that are looking for partnership in Romania and clearly specify the type of collaboration they are looking for.

• health and safety
• employment law
• VAT
• National Insurance
• Self Assessment for the self-employed
• research and development tax credits
• setting up a company
• online business IT
• online marketing techniques
• importing
• exporting

The events are free to attend and visitors may attend the main exhibition at any time but must book seminar places in advance. Book a place on any of the Business Advice Open Day seminars.

• health and safety
• employment law
• VAT
• National Insurance
• Self Assessment for the self-employed
• research and development tax credits
• setting up a company
• online business IT
• online marketing techniques
• importing
• exporting

The events are free to attend and visitors may attend the main exhibition at any time but must book seminar places in advance. Book a place on any of the Business Advice Open Day seminars.

Enterprise Europe Network France Rhône-Alpes Auvergne in collaboration with its patner Supercritical Fluids Innovation Association (IFS) will organise a Conference and a Brokerage Event on Membranes and Supercritical Fluids in Valence (near Lyon).

IFS is dedicated to Supercritical Fluids and works as a cluster bridging research and industry. IFS is constituted by following members : Research centres : CEA (Centre of Atomic Energy), CNRS, University of Montpellier, University of Aix Marseille, National chemistry school of Montpellier, Ecole des Mines de Paris...
Industries : CREE St Gobain, Laboratories Pierre Fabre, Air liquid, Messer, Separex, Unitech, A3I...
http://wikini.supercriticalfluid.org/english/wakka.php?wiki=PagePrincipale


28/10 will be dedicated to Conferences on SCF and Membranes :
- State of the art of each technology and exemples of applications for natural products
- Demonstration of SCF lab plant

29/10 Brokerage event : prevalidated bilateral meetings based on profiles of Technology Offer (TO) Technology Request (TR) and Partner Search for 7 European Framework Program

Scanpack 2009 - Welcomes you to the 16th edition of the leading Scandinavian fair for the entire Packaging industry since 1964!

Scanpack Matchmaking is an international brokerage event organised by Enterprise Europe Network to help companies to initiate transnational technology partnerships in the packaging areas of Systems, Machinery, Equipments, Materials and Methods.

The product group include:

• Packaging machinery and equipment
• Packaging materials
• Systems (machinery and materials)
• Raw materials
• Regulating & control equipment
• Digital printing presses
• Contract packaging
• Transport/Consumer packs
• RFID
• Biopack
• Computer controlled equipment
• Dosing equipment

Scanpack attracts buyers, production managers, departmental managers, designers, IT specialists, marketing managers and salesmen from the entire packaging sector from more than 50 different countries. Companies, entrepreneurs and research organisations can use the matchmaking opportunity to establish new cross-border contacts for future collaboration.

Scanpack Matchmaking is open for:

- Small and medium-sized enterprises
- Scientists/research institutes
- Start-up companies and entrepreneurs
- Investors

The Slovenia Times, in association with key Government ministries, is therefore organising a networking event for companies and selected decision makers in the field of logistics.

The event will provide access to the leading decision makers in Slovenian logistics including the Ministry for Transport, Aerodrom Ljubljana, Luko Koper and Slovenian Railways.

In the run up to the conference the participants will be able to schedule meetings with top level executives and government decision makers to discuss the projects presented and explore the cooperation potential.

The conference will consist of four parts:

• Introductory evening reception (Day 0)
• Plenary sessions (Days 1 and 2)
• Main evening event (Day 1)
• One to one meetings (Day 2)

Further info can be found at the following link:

www.investment-conference.si

Torino Chamber of Commerce, Lingotto Fiere/Group GL events Italia and Wireless, with the scientific support of Torino Wireless Foundation, are partners in the organization of ITN, Infrastructure, Telematics and Navigation Expo.

The event will merge Telemobility Forum, the largest and most important telematics and navigation event in Europe since 2002, with Infrastructura the former Biennial International Show of Infrastructures.

ITN, Infrastructure, Telematics and Navigation Expo will take place on October 15-16 at Lingotto Fiere in Torino, Italy.

ITN, Infrastructure, Telematics and Navigation Expo is meant to be the first event in Europe offering a complete overview on Intelligent Transport Systems, from ITS to intelligent infrastructures.

On the 16th of October a brokerage event aimed at enhancing meetings among companies, research centres and universities, will take place.

It is the biggest renewable energy conference ever to be held in Northern Ireland.  So whether you are already involved in these markets or just keen to find out how you can tap into new business opportunities in this sector, this conference is highly relevant to your business.  And it’s FREE!

Along side the event, Enterprise Europe bring you the opportunity to meet partners for technological collaboration. One to one meetings will be arranged at he event, and in addition further searches will be made beyond the event.

If you would like to avail of this opportunity, fill out the form below.

In the framework of the FIST EXpo fair (www.fistexpo.com), Entreprise Europe Network partners (CRCI Alsace and Chamber of Commerce of Strasbourg) with their German partners will organise during the French-German Forum of Industry - 1st of October 2009 - a commercial and technological brokerage event.

The French-German Journey promises to be active with an attractive programme rich in innovations, and always provide new technological and business opportunities in the field of Energies which is a strong sector for green growth.

The focus of this event is technologies in the area of Renewable Energies and Energetic Efficiency for Industry.
You will have the opportunity to meet potential French or German cooperation partners during pre-arranged appointments on a whole day, that aim to pave the way for future co-operations. The partnering event is a platform that enables initial contact between potential partners.

Topics covered :

- Energy storage and transport
- Energy production , transmission and conversion
- Renewable sources of energy
- Rational use of energy

Application :
Industry

Deadlines
- Registration and profile submissions: 20th September 2009.
- Request meetings: 25th September 2009

The event is expected to bring together more than 1,200 representatives from research, industry, European institutions, public authorities and other stake-holders with interests for the security of Europe’s Citizens. For Europe’s researchers, innovators, engineers, policy and business decision-makers in the field of security research this is the event of the year if you’re going to influence the shaping of policies and research options for the future of Europe.

• European funding opportunities available to local businesses
• New support measures put in place by the European Commission to assist businesses
• Upcoming European legislation affecting enterprise.

Official Brokerage Event website: http://space.b2bmatchmaking.com

For the first time this year, a brokerage event will be held on the occasion of the SPACE exhibition in Rennes, France from the 16th to the 17th of September.

With over 1 200 exhibitors and 113 580 visitors in 2008 the SPACE exhibition is the essential international show for livestock professionals in every sector: cattle (dairy and beef), pigs, poultry, rabbits, sheep and goats.

SECTORS MOST REPRESENTED BY EXHIBITORS:
> Animal feed
> Livestock buildings
> Livestock equipment
> Breeding, artificialinsemination, hatcheries
> Handling, loading and transport on the farm
> Treating farm effluent
> Animal health
> Agri-energy
> Milking equipment
> Water treatment
> Seeds

If you are looking for innovative products, equipment and services
for your livestock enterprise, you will find what you need with the
INNOV’SPACE award winners (the industry's latest technological innovations selected by a panel of experts.

More information available on the fair's website : www.space.fr

Enterprise Europe Network in Kalisz (Poland) is organizing matchmaking event in the frame of International Trade Fair for Food, Food Processing Technologies and Food Packaging - Polagra 2009. This matchmaking event is addressed to all interested in the field of the food sector.

Polagra held in Poznan (Poland) is the largest trade show of food products, machines and devices, food processing technologies and food packaging solutions in the countries of the New Europe and the most important branch meeting in this part of Europe which gathered a great number exhibitors from many countries.

This event is perfectly recognized in the sector and traditionally identified as the place of presentation of market novelties and trends for the future.

The trade fair exposition is divided into several thematic exhibitions:
- Polagra Food
- Polagra-Tech
- PakFood

Each exhibition has a rich programme of events, culinary shows, competitions and conferences.

Main topics:

- food and drinks,
- parapharmaceuticals and diet supplements,
- franchising,
- wine and spirits,
- store equipment, shop designing and advertising,
- machines and devices for food and meat industry,
- refrigerating, air-conditioning, heating devices,
- ingredients and materials for food industry,
- machines and devices for food packaging,
- packaging materials,
- warehousing and storage system.

For the event a catalogue of company profiles will be available electronically and will allow participating companies to organize their individual meetings in advance.

Benefits for companies:

Finding partners to build a solid base from which to approach new markets, making international contacts to promote technologies, products and services or find innovation ideas, sharing experience, taking part in special panel discussions, gaining the EU funds, cooperating with large supermarket chains.

If you would like to take part please complete the form below.

Tim Jones, from Innovaro, has worked with businesses on a global scale providing an insight into new market opportunities. He will share his expertise in looking at areas of future growth potential and innovation for the development of your business.

Innovaro is a leading European innovation consulting and insight firm providing leading-edge insight in five main fields:

• Market insight: Making sense of the market place and clarifying the emerging opportunities.

• Consumer insight: Getting under the skin of the consumer to reveal the key influences on the decisions.

• Society insight: Providing in-depth understanding of how the world we live in is changing.

• Technology insight: Highlighting the sources of the emerging technologies that will change our lives.

• Organisation insight: Understanding how, why and where leading innovators deliver their innovation potential.

This event is provided free by Belfast City Council and the European Regional Development Fund in conjunction with the University of Ulster Alumni association.

Products made of natural materials are very popular these days. Many industries are now using materials made from renewable resources. There is a corresponding large range of tailored recipes available, which are created of bio-based polymers, reinforcing fibres of natural origin and adapted additives etc. The 7th International Symposium “Materials made of Renewable Resources“, held on the 9th and 10th September 2009 at Messezentrum Erfurt(Germany), will present new developements and opportunities in this field. Here, industry and science find the ideal communication platform for sharing new ideas and to initiate cross-border cooperation. The symposium will be focusing on new developments, applications and markets in the fields of fibre composite materials, biopolymer materials as well as the use of bio-based adhesives and products made of wood fibre materials. You too can present your developments, materials and products within this very implementation-oriented event, because you will be meeting decision-makers and developers from industry and research, producers and technicians and also dealers and users of renewable resources.

Complementary to the Symposium the Enterprise Europe Network Thueringen will organise a brokerage event. Visitors and exhibitors are welcome to register online until

August 21st 2009!

with a short profile and select potential cooperation partners for bilateral meetings from the participant's catalogue. Based on the meeting requests individual meeting schedules are generated for each participant. The meetings (30 minutes each) will take place on Wednesday (Sep.09th) in the afternoon and Thursday (Sep.10th) morning. The participation in the brokerage event is free of charge (conference fee not included).

For more information about the symposium see here: http://www.narotech.de/uk/index.html

For its 22nd edition, the annual conference of the European Society for Biomaterials - ESB2009, will be held in Lausanne on September 7-11, 2009. ESB2009 will be the venue to present and discuss basic, applied and clinical research. This event will connect research scientists, clinicians and companies dealing with biomaterials in a multi-disciplinary approach.

ESB is the 2nd largest Biomaterials Congress. Around 1000 participants are expected, as well as 300 oral presentations and more than 400 posters. Four themes of the day are proposed : « Industrial Day » (Sept.8), Spine (Sept.9), Infection (Sept.10), Cardiovascular intervention (Sept.11).

Topics covered: artificial organs, bioactive agents, biodegradables, protein/cell/tissue-material interactions, biomechanics, cardiovascular tissue, ceramics, composites, drug/gene delivery, infection, injectables, material properties/characterisation, metals, musculoskeletal tissue regeneration, nano/micro technology, nervous tissue regeneration, polymers, scaffolds, soft tissue, surface science, tissue engineering/regenerative medicine, tissue remodelling, applied clinical research.

Enterprise Europe Network in Switzerland will organise a Partnering Event during the Industrial Day (Sept.8). This day will include 12 invited lectures is in preparation and the participants will have the opportunity to meet during pre-organised one-to-one meetings.

Daily registration is possible to participate in the Industrial Day and in the Partnering Event. "One day" fee is 200 Euros (before June 30) and 230 Euros after. Deadline to insert a profile: August 14.

Partnering Event and Industrial Day: registration and on-line catalog: http://www.alpsbiocluster.eu/esb-2009-1

ESB2009 Congress program and registration: www.esb2009.org

The Industrial Day and the Partnering Event are organised in collaboration with the Alps Bio Cluster and are supported by the Canton of Vaud.

The automotive industry continues to play a vital role at the heart of the European economy. Its impacts filter down across a wide range of other sectors, directly employing two million people and is responsible for over twelve million jobs across the continent. With the deepening global financial crisis, the world has witnessed increased instability and pressure on three co-dependent issues – economic growth, environmental protection and social well-being. In order to achieve this increasingly important sustainability, Europe, together with the Member States, must act accordingly and provide measures which are consistent, efficient and harmonised. An integrated approach, which encompasses all three sectors, is critical to solve the difficult challenges faced during this important time.

This one-day conference, hosted by the Centre for Parliamentary Studies and AWBriefing, will provide an opportunity for local practitioners, businesses, consultancies and EU officials to analyse the challenges and consider the solutions needed to facilitate the sustainable development of Europe’s automotive sector. The conference will highlight the latest developments and policy initiatives at different levels of government and will conclude with important recommendations for future actions. Delegates will have the opportunity to consider whether the recent EU initiatives reflect the needs of the private sector, as well as engage in direct contact with key policy makers in Brussels and the automotive industry.

Through a series of presentations from leading figures in automotive and public policy sectors in Brussels, participants will have the opportunity to consider some key issues including:

• Creating an Action Plan for Better Integration with EU Framework
• Government Policy Response, Framework Conditions and CARS 21 Progress
• Safeguarding Skills, Employment and Social Costs
• Long Term Global Outlook for Economic Recovery Plan

For more details, please view the event programme.

AECIM as part of the Consortium Enterprise Europe Madrimasd, in collaboration with the Enterprise Europe Network – Portugal, is organizing a company mission event in Madrid on the 8th and 9th of July 2009.

The objective of the event is to develop technological and commercial relations between Portuguese and Spanish companies in ICT & Audiovisual sector.

The program of this two-day event will include the presentation of each company, a matchmaking event and two company visits.

Enterprise Europe Network Rhône-Alpes Auvergne (CRCI Rhône-Alpes and CCI Drome) in collaboration with local partner ORGANICS CLUSTER IN RHÔNE-ALPES is organising a partnering event in Bio Preservation in Food, Cosmetics and Packaging sectors.

This partnering event will take place in Valence (near Lyon) in a special building "INEED" dedicated to sustainable development.

- 22/04 will be dedicated to conferences and company visit
- 23/04 will be dedicated to the brokerage event (bilateral meetings)

Coorganisers :
- EEN Help Forward, Mr Constantine Vaitsas and GREEK CLUSTER ORGANICS
- EEN Denmark Agro Business Park, Mr Simon Poulsen and Danish Innovation Centre for Food Industry, VIFU

This partnering event is open to all EEN with local Organics Cluster or with specific interest in this field.

Tuesday April 7th 2009, 10.30am-3.30pm
Science Gallery, TCD, Pearse St, Dublin 2
The Technicalities - overview of the IAPP Scheme
- Available Support - financial, mobility, proposal preparation
- Steps to Success - advice from successful applicants of the 2008 call
- Brokerage and Networking - opportunity to present project ideas and look for project partners

Places are limited
 

InvestNI is taking a group of clients to EnergieSpar Messe which  is Europe's largest  exhibition and trade fair for green energy exhibition and energy efficiency.

Together with our EEN colleagues at CATT   we will be running a partnering event. If you can provide us with a short profile of your ideas, plans or requirements, our colleagues at CATT will identify possible partnering opportunities with some of their clients.  CATT will provide a room where the 30 minute  meetings will be held.