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Welcome to
Subcontractor Connect 2016
face to face meetings - the way to successful business!
The match-making event at Subcontractor Connect brings together companies (buyers as well
as suppliers) from a large number of European countries.
This is a unique opportunity to generate new business contacts and contracts.
The model is time - and cost efficient and result in business! Meetings will take place in a
dedicated area and will be arranged in advance by means of this website.
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Visit the HOW IT WORKS page to learn how to participate.
Remember that meetings are essential for doing business!
For whom?
Why participate?
 Metal working & automotive
industry
 Manufacturing methods
 Products and components
 Material, raw-material and semifinished products
 Design & development
 Tools & fixtures - custom-made
 Organisations & services
 As purchaser - you have the possibility to find
qualified European suppliers during effective
one-to one meetings
 As market/sales manager - you have the
possibility to find new European customers and
create network of mutual interest in for
example system supplies.
 As product developer - you have the possibility
to find partners to discuss new technology and
innovative solutions.
 Market - your company on an international
market
 Measure - the competitiveness of your own
company
Matchmaking – How does it work?
is an ideal opportunity to initiate promising
contacts in pre-arranged meetings
1. Register & publish your collaboration
wishes
2. Browse the participant list and book
meetings with delegates of your interest
3. One week before the event you receive
your meeting schedule
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Welcome to EuroNanoForum 2015 Brokerage Event
The EuroNanoForum 2015 Brokerage offers business contacts to industry, science
and nanotechnology professionals who are looking for potential partners in Latvia
and other countries to ensure sustainable business development and growth.
Boost your business with innovative materials and material technologies - Gain new
opportunities and competitive advantages through co-operations in R&D. Attending this B2B
event will give you easy access to scientists and enterprises in the field of nano and material
technologies. Read more ….
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Latest trends in materials and material technologies
Short, sharp 20 minute meetings to foster effective networking
Get to know key R&D players offering services to companies
See an exhibition of successful examples of B2R&D co-operations
Bilateral Meetings
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an ideal opportunity to
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about their needs
International keynotes will
provide an outlook on latest
trends & technologies
Bilateral Meetings
an ideal opportunity to initiate promising contacts in pre-arranged meetings
How does it work?
1. Register and publish your collaboration wishes
2. Browse the participant list and book meetings
with companies you are interested in
3. One week before the event you receive your
meeting schedule
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Showcase your most favourable projects & products
Initiate cross-border contacts and co-operations
Find new business partners
get latest information on XX research findings
present, discuss and develop new projects
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 Collaborations become more and more important due to fast developments cycles and
time to market requests. Sustainable networking between R&D players and industry is a
proven strategy to raise innovation potentials, create new products, processes and
services. For these reasons, we kindly invite you to take part in the Wood Meetings 2013
Brokerage Event.
 EuroNanoForum 2013 is focusing on the commercialization of nanotechnologies,
exploiting its potential for new applications and taking them further from enabling
technologies to end products. It will also introduce the industry to new innovations for
growth opportunities.
 This event focuses on the collaboration between textile producers, chemical industry and
research service provider. As a result the mutual understanding will be enhanced and real
innovations and low-pollutant textiles of tomorrow can be developed.
 Are you looking for new customers, partners or financiers for your company?
 Are you looking for new potential partners to develop your business and research
objectives?
 Or maybe you just want to boost your innovativeness?
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The B2B Networking provides companies, corporations, researchers and investors the right
contacts to seize the opportunities and build collaboration across the borders. You can
identify innovative technologies and find new solutions for existing problems. By
participating B2B Networking you will get access to extensive technology expertise and new
business channels and select your face2face meetings in advance by creating an online
profile.
 Latest trends in materials and material technologies
 Short, sharp 20 minute meetings to foster effective networking
 Get to know key R&D players offering services to companies
 Get your problem solved - Matching organizations offering or seeking solutions
 See an exhibition of successful examples of B2R&D co-operations
 Present, discuss and develop new project ideas at international level
 Build quality partnerships in view of the upcoming Horizon2020 calls
 Facilitate the setup of Horizon 2020 projects consortia
 Acquire new cross-border contacts and initiate collaborations
 Get the latest information from the European Commission
 Build quality partnerships for participating in the new ??? calls
 Discuss and develop new project ideas on ??? at international level
 Promote your research results, technologies and know-how
 Establishing technology and commercial partnerships
 Expanding your business abroad
 Building quality partnerships for Horizon 2020 projects
 Learning about new technologies and solutions
 Showcase your most favourable projects, products or know-how
 Present, discuss and develop new projects
 Examine business and investment opportunities
 Targeting potential business partners in pre-scheduled one-on-one meetings
 Initiate cross-border contacts and co-operations
 Reaching the ??Austrian?? market and its key players
 Examining business and investment opportunities in ??Austria??
 Establishing cross-border contacts with ??Austrian?? companies
 Find new commercial and/or technological partners
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Find out about market trends and innovations
Get latest information on ??IT/Energy?? related research findings
Meet and share views with researchers and experts from your business
Get first-hand investment opportunities
Encounter the most active project developers and investors
Showcase your most favorable projects, plants and products
Attend workshops about market-related topics
Obtain unique market outlooks
5 reasons to network:
 Shared innovations, new ideas and opportunities for business
 Present your technologies, research results, products or services online to a wide
audience
 Get online access to extensive technology expertise and new business channels
 Select your face2face pre-scheduled meetings online in advance
 Meet numerous companies, research organisation, investors and policy makers from
Europe, Finland and Russia and take advantages of their core competences
Through the pre-arranged networking, delegates can look forward to:
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request and receive pre-arranged business matchmaking appointments
manage beforehand up to 15 high class B2B meetings (a 20 min) of your choice at fixed
reserved tables
 high profile visibility via matchmaking website (over 10 000 views of previous event)
 initiate valuable cross-border contacts and co-operations
What makes this
event unique?
XXXX is the only event offering a unique chance to engage at strategic level with major
organizations
 The first event of real scale bringing together the whole supply chain
 The only major conference devoted to XXXXX
 The only event focused on the future of XXXXX
 The only impartial event with all round industry backing
 The industry’s only high level event designed around networking and learning
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Brokerage Event
Brokerage Event is an ideal opportunity to find international partners for technology
transfer, business co-operation and collaborative research, in pre-arranged 20 minute
meetings in one location. You simply need to Register, present yourself, your company, your
technology online and select partners of interest to you in advance of the event. For further
details go to “How it Works”.
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Testimonials
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Saturday, 1. October 2016
Time
Programme
09:00 - 13:00
Bilateral Meetings | Morning Session
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15:00 - 18:40
Bilateral Meetings | Afternoon Session
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Agenda
Saturday, 1. October 2016
Time
Programme
OPENING:
Moderation: Derk Marseille Tothem Head of Media
WELCOME:
 Heinz Schmidt
Präsident der IHK Mittlerer Niederrhein
 Twan Beurskens
Regionalminister für Wirtschaft und Innovation der Provinz Limburg
 Dr. Günther Horzetzky
Staatssekretär im Ministerium für Wirtschaft, Energie, Industrie, Mittelstand und Handwerk NRW
 Hans van den Heuvel
Konsul des Königreichs der Niederlande
 Jaap Docter
Direktor Kamer van Koophandel Nederland
09:00 - 10:15
PLENARY SESSION 1:
 Introduction to Societal Challenge 5 "Climate Action, Environment, Resource Efficiency and Raw
Materials"
 Writing and submitting a proposal - Best practices
10:45 - 11:30
PLENARY SESSION 2:
 Open data
 Risk management
11:45 - 15:00
PARALLEL SESSIONS: Policy introductions & presentations of topics:
 Nature-based solutions & Cultural heritage for sustainable growth
 Climate services & decarbonisation, The Arctic dimension & earth observation
 Raw Materials
 Circular economy
15:00 - 17:30
Brokerage Event
pre-arranged bilateral meetings | manage up to 5 B2B meetings á 30 min
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Facts and Figures 2013
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120 participants from 9 countries
344 highly targeted meetings (199 transnational)
99 % satisfied with general organisation
92 % satisfied with management of one-to-one meetings
Comments from our participants
«The format is convincing. I can hold more than 10 sales talks a day with top-class investors»
Firstname Lastname, Sales Manager, Global Wind Power
«For a forward looking investor with a tight budget, the New Energy Partnering Congress, provides the best bang
for the buck.»
Firstname Lastname, Head of Production Portfolio Energy, ewb
.... some more comments:
 I met 7 potential project partners from 5 countries in ONE afternoon.
Visiting these organizations on their sites would take 2 weeks.
 I was very happy of the meetings and the open collaboration possibilities.
 I liked the methodology of being able to analyze the CV and expertise
of the different researchers in order to prepare meetings before the event.
 The event was well planned and organized. I cannot find any other way to improve face-to-face meetings to
create new contacts.
 much better than similar events I participated. It may be worth considering leaving it unchanged