Events

November

In the framework of the 2nd Cycle of the eServices Europa support service (www.eservices-europa.eu) INNOVA Europe and Intrasoft International would like to invite you to participate in the upcoming eServices Europa annual conference, which takes place in Lisbon (Portugal), on 27 November 2009.

On the occasion of MEDICA 2009 fair, the global No.1 meeting point for the medical sector, ZENIT/NRW.

In the framework of the high-level roundtable discussion on the fundamental change that is afoot in the way the EU funds research and innovation, Science|Business Publishing, a media network for research, industry and policy invites organisations involved in research and innovation as participants to their roundtable discussion 'Research and innovation: what's next in Brussels?', which will take place in Brussels, Belgium, on 6 November 2009.

October

SCANPACK'09 - Welcomes you to the 16th edition of the leading Scandinavian fair for the entire Packaging industry since 1964! In 2006 the fair attracted over 50 international exhibitors to Gothenburg. SCANPACK'09 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

The ANUGA Matchmaking Event 2009, organized by ZENIT GmbH in cooperation with partners of the Enterprise Europe Network, gives you the opportunity to meet your future business, technology or research partner in bilateral meetings! The event will take place during the international trade fair ANUGA 2009 (10/10/2009 - 14/10/2009).

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.

September

Enterprise Europe Network – Bulgaria is organising a technology and business matchmaking event in the sphere of machine building, machinery, electrical engineering and electronics during the Autumn International Fair in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. The event will be held on 29 September 2009, at the International Fair Plovdiv fairground – palace 6, Hall 2. Th

Within the framework of SIMO Network 09, Enterprise Europe Network madri+d will organize, in collaboration with Universidad Rey Juan Carlos and Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, an international transfer technology day to exchange information between possible technological partners. Main objective of the event is to create a meeting forum for companies, research institutes, universities and other organizations that are actively engaged within the field of Information and Communication Technologies. Participa

Polagra 2009 - Brokerage Event / International Trade Fair for Food, Food Processing Technologies and Food Packaging

The Health and Technology 2009 congress will be held on the 8 & 9 September in Congrescentrum Papendal, Arnhem, The Netherlands. This congress is the place to be to exchange knowledge and form a network in Medical Technology. Innovati

I-KNOW '09 is a conference organized by the Know-Center, Austria's Competence Centre for Knowledge Management (http://www.know-center.at) focusing

June

Participants complete a company presentation form including areas of commercial and technical expertise and interest. The Organizers and partners contact the prime contractors and visitors, who complete a presentation form online. In May 2009, P

The European Science Foundation and US National Science Foundation partner to host the Women’s International Research Engineering Summit (WIRES) to be held in Barcelona, Spain, June 2-4, 2009.

May

The first European SME Week, taking place from 6 to 14 May 2009, is a campaign to promote entrepreneurship across Europe and to inform entrepreneurs about support available for them at European, national and local level. It allows SMEs to discover an array of information, advice, support and ideas to help them develop their activities. Th

April

Day 1: Monday, April 20, 2009

Following on from the success of the 2008 event, Aerolink Wales enters its sixth year looking forward to a host of new opportunities for our attendees. We are very excited about the high level of interest in Aerolink Wales 2009, and have moved to a larger venue to accomodate the increasing size requirements. In

March

BioWales is the annual signature conference and brokerage event for the Welsh bioscience sector. The event will be held on the 18-19 March 2009 at the Vale Resort and Spa near Cardiff UK. The event will run

IMPIVA from the Region of Valencia (Spain), part of the EEC Network, supported by the European Commission under the PRO-INNO Europe initiative is pleased to announce the New Material Forum taking place in Valencia, Spain on 5 and 6 March 2009. In this light we are pleased to invite you or your close colleagues to apply to present your project to the international audience at the Forum to gain expertise and visibility.

Enterprise Europe Network partner (Steinbeis-Europa-Zentrum) will organise the Brokerage Event at MEDTEC 2009 in Stuttgart on 4th March 2009. The MEDTEC Show itself takes place in Stuttgart from 3. - 5. March 2009 (http://www.medteceurope.com/).

Finding international cooperation partners and new solutions in information and communication technologies - this opportunity is provided by the 11th edition of the international partnering event Future Match at CeBIT 2009 in Hannover. From 3rd to 8th March 2009 Future Match again offers a platform for companies, academic organisations and research institutions from numerous countries to discuss possibilities for technical cooperation and joint research projects in face-to-face meetings. Future Match i

February

Owing to the big success of the former sessions, the International TechnologyTransfer Days BIOMATERIALS will already take place for the fifth time in February2009.The event will be organised by the Enterprise Europe Network, mainly by the partner organisation STIFT in collaboration with the Institute for Bioprocessing and Analytical Measurement Techniques Heiligenstadt.BIOMATERIALS 2009 will provide several platforms:? Scientific presentations ab

Regional Centre for Innovation and Technology Transfer, Westpomerania Chemical Cluster "Green Chemistry" and Szczecin International Fair invite to participate in 2nd edition of CHEMIKA - special event for chemical industry. Event will be held in Szczecin International Fair, 12-13th February 2009 in Szczecin, Poland.

As part of the forum robotic 2009 the European technology transfer network Enterprise Europe Network organises an international Brokerage Event that will be held on February 12, 2009. The event offers exhibitors and visitors the chance to precisely identify potential cooperation partners. It

Brussels and many other European cities will celebrate the third EU Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW) from Monday 9 to Friday 13 February 2009. The EUSEW is the key annual reference point for sustainable energy issues in Europe.

January

Steinbeis-Europa-Zentrum, Partner of the Enterprise Europe Network Baden-Württemberg, will organise a European Meetingpoint with the Enterprise Europe Network and further networks and stakeholders in Stuttgart on 29th and 30th January 2009.

This brokerage event will combine the strengths of two fairs, TerraTec and enertec, on environmental and energy technologies, respectively, taking place from January 27 to 29, 2009 in Leipzig, Germany. “CONTACT” will provide exhibitors, trade visitors and experts a platform to present their technologies, services, know-how and businesses as well as to meet companies, who seek for innovative technologies, business contacts and research partnerships. The TerraTec is one of the leading environ

The EU-funded PARADISO project is organising the conference "ICT for a global sustainable future", to be held in Brussels (Belgium), 22nd-23rd January 2009. The event will give participants an opportunity to thoroughly understand and discuss what is at stake and which research areas can be usefully explored in the short and longer terms so appropriate infrastructures, applications and services, based on Information and Communication Technologies, can be available tomorrow for the citizens of the world. Further inf

Implementation of Structural Funds 2007-2013 and organisation in Poland 2012 UEFA European Football Championship provides an excellent opportunity for all European companies from construction sector to expand its activities in Poland. In order to help Polish companies to establish direct contacts with European partners, Central Poland - Business Support Network is organising a brokerage event at BUDMA International Construction Fair - the event that belongs to the leading business meetings of the construction industry in this part of Europe. The Fair itself has a great

December

Tool making industries have a high value added potential. Special tooling, together with precision machining and micro tooling, holds a key position in the plastic and metal processing value chain. Th

The main objective of the event is to raise awareness of the participants, in particular SMEs, of the basic concepts and ideas to adequately integrate, manage and enforce their intellectual property rights. It will also be an occasion to learn about cooperation between National Patent Offices and business intermediaries in the field of intellectual property. R

As part of the leading europeans trade show for energy from waste and biomass "waste to energy" 2008, the Enterprise Europe Network Bremen and Lower Saxony organises a Brokerage Event that will be held on the 10th and 11th of December 2008 in Bremen.

Welcome to the Partnering Event of Enterprise Europe Network Finland within the BMNIT2008 event. The Event is made for all of you, who are willing to discover new business opportunities and contacts in the fields of Bio, Nano and Information Technologies across Europe. Bio Meets Nano and

November

An event completely dedicated to photonics in industrial applications, holding its first edition this 26 and 27 of November in Valencia, Spain. This event, held on the 3rd floor of Feria Valencia’s Convention and Exhibition Centre, combines two of the most important international industrial events in the last five years: The National Workshop for Processing Materials with Lasers and the International Machine Vision Forum.

On the occasion of MEDICA 2008, the global No.1 meeting point for the medical sector, the Medical Technology Thematic Group (MTTG) of the Enterprise Europe Network will organise an international Partnering Event, which aims at providing both the business and science sector with assistance to find partners in Europe for product development, manufacturing and licensing agreements, joint ventures or similar partnerships. Take th

Internationalization of Research and Graduate Studies and its Implications in the Transatlantic Context.

October

Eco-Tech Scandinavia - Sustainable Innovation is an international meeting place for eco-tech business. It will be one of the most important events within the environmental sector in Scandinavia in 2008, featuring innovations, new trends and technologies. Scandinavia

August

Companies, organisations and research institutes are invited to participate in the MatchMaking Event taking place during Nor-Fishing 2008 from 12 to 15 August. The MatchMaking Event will take place on 13 and 14 August 2008. Nor-Fishing is

July

The training seminar aims to transfer to Enterprise Europe Network partners the NEWTICKETT methodology & tools to produce technology & innovation plans for cluster members. The NEWTICKETT project is an INNOV7 project aiming at: Proposing an easy-to-handle methodology to clusters. Testing it & improvi

June

TransAl 2008 is an event on a truly international scale run in co-operation between Quebec, world capital of primary aluminium production, France and Spain, the cradles of the transformation industries. The conference proceedings will be held in Biarritz (France), at the Bellevue Casino, on the theme “aluminium and sustainable development”. TransAl 2008 will give

The 9th International Venture Capital Forum is organised by the Invest in Greece Agency, the New Economy Development Fund (TANEO) and the Innovation Relay Centre HELP-FORWARD. It will take place in Hotel Hilton, in Athens, on 19 and 20 June 2008. It is a unique two-day e

The 3nd Information and Partnering Forum for Safety and Security Systems in Europe will take place on 19 - 20 June 2008 in Potsdam. The Call for Papers is now open. Security-re

Building on the on-going success of the former sessions, the IRC South West France is co-organising the 7th Brokerage Event on Health and Food together with CRITT Agro-Alimentaire Poitou-Charentes. Health and Food Days are the major brokerage event in France in the agrofood sector, with more than 4000 bilateral meetings organised. Participants are provided w

In the framework of the METTTES (More Efficient Transna

The German/Norwegian Energy Forum organises the second German/Norwegian Conference on Renewable Energy Technology in Leipzig, Germany. Bioenergy is highly focused on in both countries, that`s why we chose it as our main topic in this year`s event. You will again get

ASTER-IRC IRENE organises the Brokerage Event Innovat&Match 2008, which will be carried out within the “Enterprise Europe Network” on 5 & 6 June 2008. The event will take place in the framework of R2B - Research to Business 2008, 4th edition of the international fair for industrial research promoted by Emilia-Romagna Region, BolognaFiere, the Italian Institute for Foreign Trade & ASTER, Science Technology Business. Innovat&Match is a uniqu

The competitiveness cluster DERBI for Renewable Energies organises the most important French show in Renewables Energies. Targeted companies operate in the following fields: Solar-thermal energy. Photovoltaics. Wind energy

On 4 & 5 June 2008 in Laval (France), the 1st Technological Trade Fair will run on “What is the Future for Factories in the Food Industry?” 4 topics: 1. Designing hygienic and safe, frugal and sustainable factories: Hygienic design of buildings and equipment, materials, controlling air quality, water treatment, etc. 2. Improving cleaning and decontamination techniques: New physical tec

ICT solutions for future challenges BUILD ICT 2008 represents the leading IT solution providers of the entire construction industry. The open expo gives a chance to expand business network with the experts and decision makers in the Finnish companies working for the industry. In the demos and workhop and new business

May

In the frame of the first BIOLOGICA Fair 2008, the new am

RFID is a promising and upcoming technology in various sectors for many different applications. Because today the RFID market is still volatile and rapidly changing, getting in touch with new customers and partners is important to extend your business. On

IRC Northern Germany cordially invites you to join their 3rd European Technology Days, the Brokerage Event to be hosted at the ILA Berlin Air Show 2008. This event is designed as a partnering platform offering a unique opportunity to meet potential partners for new business and for R&D projects. Representatives of c

The matchmaking event combines the strengths of two specialist fairs, World Bioenergy and Elmia Recycling, that take place from 27 to 29 May 2008. This event offers participants an exceptional chance to profile their know-how, technologies, products and business projects, and meet international technology providers, business contacts, project and research partners and those with licensing needs. It is extensively addressed to companies,

On the occasion of CONFSL, the second edition of the national Conference on Free Software, Trentino S

Brokerage and Partnering event “Technology Transfer and Innovation in benefit of Environment, Renewable Energy, Security and Defence”

The Chamber of Commerce of Valle d’Aosta organises, in cooperation with Attiva S.r.l.

For the 3rd time, IRC Bavaria is organising an European Partnering Event on Environmental Solutions taking place in the framework of IFAT (5-9 May 2008), International Trade fair for water, sewage, refuse and recycling. The event will be supported by the Thematic Group Environment of the IRC Network. IFAT - being or

Micro System Workshop (MSW) is a meeting place for all those interested in microsystems technology in Scandinavia. The conference has been held six times since it started in Uppsala, 1994. One of the

April

Vitagora is a technopole and cluster specialized in taste, nutrition and health based in Dijon and gathering industry, research and training organisations from Burgundy and Franche-Comté. The 2008 edition of its annual congress will include European business meetings with a focus on Taste. All in

All partners of the INNOV7 project HYTETRA (Torino Chamber of commerce, Foundation for the Development of New Hydrogen Technologies in Aragon, ZENIT GmbH, Coventry University Enterprises Ltd and IVF - Industrial Research and Development Corporation), with the IRC Renewable Energy Thematic Group and IRC Lower Saxony/Saxony-Anhalt will organise a brokerage event on 23-24 April 2008 within Hannover Messe Industry 2008 in Hannover (Germany). The event will facilitate the contacts between technology providers, companies, researchers, technical association and institution working in the hydrogen field, in order to generate real opportunities for business by means of aimed-to-agreement bilateral meetings. The IRC Ne

Hannover Messe remains the world's leading showcase for industrial technology. Better, faster, more effective: to survive and prosper in the face of global competition companies need to constantly maintain and improve their performance potential. Leading-edg

The Boost Biosystems Project stimulates collaboration of small and medium-sized companies and academia in the field of biosystems technologies. To add value to this cross-disciplinary field, transregional competences from the biotech and the microsystems sectors, both from academic and industrial players, need to be joined to reach a critical mass for creating innovations. Th

Are you a businesswoman or female scientist looking to: Improve your networking skills? Find new channels to market? Create more internationalisation opportunities? Start up or grow your business? License your technology? Women Innovators Connected is a networking event to help connect you to other women working in the science and technology areas in Scotland and over Europe. Developing networking skills is essential to business development and growing your business, and this event will address this issue. The WENETT project offers Women Innovators the opportunity to learn

Expomin is held biennially in Santiago, Chile. 50,000 square meters will welcome 900 exhibitors from 25 countries with an audience of 60,000 certified professionals. Here you wi

IRC Portugal in collaboration with CVR – Centro para a Valorização de Resíduos, are organising the Partnering Event Bioenergy 2008 - Challenges and Opportunities in the Bioenergy sector. The Brokerage Event will take place in the University of Minho - Guimarães, Portugal on 7 April 2008, in parallel with the International Conference and Exhibition “Bioenergy: Challenges and Opportunities”. The International Confer

Since 2000 HEGAN - the Basque Aerospace Cluster - has organised every two years the International Conference AEROTRENDS "New Manufacturing Trends for Aeronautical Industries". In 2006 HEGAN and BEC - Bilbao Exhibition Centre - developed this event with Aerospace Business Meetings - based on pre-arranged agendas - and did not limit the conferences to just manufacturing but also extended it to global Aerospace trends. On this basis AERO

March

IRC IRIDE and IRC Bulgaria, in collaboration with CIST and PoloICT, organise on 27-28 March 2008 in Sofia (Bulgaria) a Technology Transfer Event in the ICT field, with particular focus on “Telework: technologies and methodologies”. At the event SMEs, universities, research centres and public administrations involved in ICT activities will have the opportunity: To get informed and present technological opportunities in the ICT field at the “Presentation Session”. To exchange information and present te

Given the increase of the energy and raw materials prices and in the context of sustainable development concerns, renewable raw materials like crops could be the alternative to fossil resources use. In the agricultural region of Champagne-Ardenne and with the recent creation of a “non-food uses of crops” cluster, IRC Grand Est decided to organise a brokerage event on the topic. The European B

Veneto Innovazione (IRC IRENE), with the support of the TG Nano & Microtechnology, is organising a Brokerage Event on Nano and Microtechnology to take place in Venice on 14 March 2008. This event will be hosted in the framework of the international conference NanoTec 2008 (10-14 March) in a wonderful palace in the historic centre of Venice along Canal Grande. The obje

On 13 and 14 March 2008, in Rome, IRC CIRCE organise TECHA2008, 2 days dedicated to the presentation and exchange of new technologies applied to cultural heritage. The event is focused on the following topics in the Cultural Heritage field: ICT. Materials and interve

BioWales is the annual signature event for the Welsh bioscience sector. The event will be held on 12-13 March 2008 in the prestigious Vale Hotel, Golf and Spa resort, Hensol, near Cardiff, UK. Th

Companies, scientists and academic research organisations from all over Europe are invited to come to Tel Aviv to participate in this Medical Brokerage Event. The main purpose of this event is to create partnerships and business contacts between European and Israeli companies, technical institutes and research organisations, in order to encourage fruitful commercial and technical co-operation in the field of medical technologies, medical innovations, advanced medical instruments and equipment, and advanced medical projects.

Companies, scientists and academic research organisations from all over Europe are invited to come to Tel Aviv to participate in this Medical Brokerage Event. The main purpose of this event is to create partnerships and business contacts between European and Israeli companies, technical institutes and research organisations, in order to encourage fruitful commercial and technical co-operation in the field of medical technologies, medical innovations, advanced medical instruments and equipment, and advanced medical projects.

Nanotechnology is one of the key technologies of this century. This key technology will open the doors to improved materials and services, improve the quality of life and create jobs. Will thes

Microsystems applications (MST) in automobiles have become commonplace: they enable the introduction of a series of new functions and at the same time the replacement of existing technologies offering improved performance and better value for money. Since 1998 the AMAA conferences has covered the full spectrum of microsystems and their application in the automotive environment. Topics o

Innovation Into Action is a showcase and brokerage event. This event will be held on 10 and 11 March 2008 at the National Cricket Centre, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, UK. Th

For the first time, the International Trade Fair for Renewable Energy & Energy Efficient Building and Renovation will take place in Stuttgart at the New Stuttgart Trade Fair Centre, Germany, from 7 to 9 March 2008. The fair is a merger of two successful regional fairs “erneuerbare energien – Böblingen” and “Passiv-Haus” and the international fair “Clean Energy Power” in Berlin. On 10.000 m² exhibition space over 300

On 4-6 March 2008 Kielce Trade Fairs will host the 11th International Power Industry Fair ENEX, accompanied by the 6th Fair of Renewable Sources of Energy ENEX – New Energy. IRC South Poland (Regional Centre for Innovation & Technology Transfer in Kielce) will organise the Renewable Energy Sources Brokerage Event on 6 March. BE ENEX

The "Driving Innovation from Science to Business" conference will bring together knowledge and technology public providers (universities, public research organisations, technological institutes, etc.) on the topics related to the marketing of research in response to the industry and businesses’ needs and requirements. This con

The EU INNOV7 project Open TTT is supporting enterprises from four main sectors* in finding, applying and developing the right Open Source Software to fulfill their specific needs. By collaborating with Open TTT the IRC Brokerage Event Future Match 2008 has expanded its coverage to include the Open Source Software sector and thus offers a mediation platform for innovative Open Source Software offers and requests. Please invite cli

The International Seminar on Biodegradable Polymers and Sustainable Composites is without question the event of greater international relevance organized by AIMPLAS Instituto Tecnológico del Plástico. This seminar with triennial regularity has its permanent venue in the city of Valencia (Spain). Struc

February

IRC EGE is organising a Brokerage Event on technologies related to mechanical engineering and materials technology. WIN'08-Match Point-Part 2 will be held on 29 February 2008 in a reserved area of the TUYAP Convention&Congress Centre/Istanbul, Turkey, in the framework of World of Industry Fair Part 2 2008, the international fair for Automation, Electrotech and Hydraulic & Pneumatic sectors. Companies, resear

IRC madri+d organises an international technology transfer day on Energy, Climatisation and Environment, taking place in Madrid on 27 February 2008. The Official Meeting of the Thematic Group Renewable Energy (TGRE) will take place in Madrid on 26 February 2008. The TGRE

For the first time in 2002, the international partnership forum "CONTACT" took place during "Z" - European subcontracting fair for the automotive industry as well as far engineering and plant construction in Leipzig. In 2007, "intec" - the trade fair for manufacturing technique, tool and special-purpose machine construction - moved from Chemnitz to Leipzig to support the extension and internationalisation at the side of "Z" and "rohima". Th

Energy represents one of the most important and rapidly developing sectors. In the second half of last century the world came to appreciate the need to renew and expand its energy production sources in order to be able to meet a growing demand and simultaneously address environmental concerns.

Technology Transfer Event on utilisation of renewable energy sources and environment protection – METTTES event

Companies and research organisations from Europe are invited to come to Szczecin to participate in the Transnational Brokerage Event. The main goal of the event is to create contacts between Polish and European SMEs, universities and research institutes in order to foster technical co-operation in the sector of chemistry for applications in the fields of life science, surface treatment, materials, water pollution treatment, etc.

The exhibiton E-World of Energy & Water will prese

A comprehensive one-day event on “Effective Management of Demanding Waste Streams via New Technologies“ will take place in Athens on 14 February 2008, organised by IRC HELP-FORWARD with the support of its partners representing the industrial world in Greece i.e. Hellenic Fe

The transnational Brokerage Event “Sensor Technology“ is an initiative of the Federal Economic Chamber of Upper Austria, the Chamber of Commerce & Industry of Lower Bavaria & the Mechatronics Cluster Upper Austria. It will provide an overview of the most important trends in the fields of sensor systems (lectures from RTD-experts) & the possibility for one-to-one meetings between experts & companies with the need of or interest in innovative sensor technologies. Target

The Security Industry is constantly evolving driven by the need for new and better technologies to combat the threat from both terrorism and fraud. This event will examine novel technologies in security and threat assessment, sensory recognition, biometrics and cyber security. Our exper

IRC Catalonia will organise on 11, 12, 13 and 14 February 2008 a Brokerage Event within the Mobile World Congress 2008 trade fair. This event will facilitate agreements between technology providers, companies, researchers, technical associations and institutions, in such a way that the participants will generate real opportunities for business by means of aimed-to-agreement bilateral interviews. This br

IRC EGE is organising a Brokerage Event on technologies related to mechanical engineering and materials technology. WIN'08-Match Point - Part 1 will be held on 9 February 2008 in a reserved area of the TUYAP Fair Convention & Congress Centre/Istanbul, Turkey, in the framework of World of Industry Fair Part 1 2008, the international fair for Machinery, Welding, Surface Treatment & Materials Handling. Companies, resear

TECHINNOV European Meetings are intended to initiate scientific, industrial and technical cooperation between European innovation actors. B2B meetings will be organised, based on a catalogue of technology offers and requests or co-development partners search. This event will

The 16th European Biomass Conference & Exhibition - "From Research to Industry and Markets" will take place from 02-06 June 2008 in Spain in the Convention and Exhibition Centre of Feria Valencia. Over 1,500 participants from more than 80 countries are expected to attend and learn about the latest breakthroughs in the field.

The first CERAMICA INNOVA technology–business brokerage event will be held during the CEVISAMA 2008 trade fair (5–9 February) i

January

Day Workshop and Networking Event exploring innovative remediation techniques for contaminated land and groundwater. Speakers include representatives from Shell Global Solutions, Arup, Biogenie, Olympic Delivery Authority, University of Greenwich, Skanska, University of Oxford, University College London, BP and Arup.

Ecoplus International Ltd. and the Innovation Relay Centre Austria are organising an matchmaking event with the topic "Healthy Living - Healthy Business" on 30 January 2008 in Vienna. This ev

International Partnering Meeting aiming to foster transnational R&D collaboration between the Old (EU15) and New (EU12) Member States in the 2nd Call for Proposals in the thematic priority Nanotechnology, Materials and New Production Technologies of FP7. Find partners, mainly from new EU states to your collaborative project. Become a partner in presented

The general aim of this international partnering meeting is to facilitate transnational collaboration between industry, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) and research organisations active in the field of manufacturing, and furthermore to set up Framework Programme 7 (FP7) projects. Targeted Audience European and Swiss representatives from the manufacturing industry and related academia; coordinators of FP7 projects; representatives from IMS, ManuFuture, and other R&D networks/platforms. 17 January 2008 focuses on: P

December

RIST 07 - Innovation, Sport and Technologies Meetings is a cross-border event jointly organized by IRC South West France and IRC Basque Country. It comprises two parts: Morning: technical conferences. Afternoon: bilateral meetings between

IRC-EGE is organizing a Brokerage Event titled “Inno-Venture 2007” between 13 - and 14 December 2007 in Izmir, Turkey. We have organized 4 Brokerage Events since 2002, and 50 projects have been matched and commercialized out of 500 projects presented in these events. We

Improving innovation processes remains one of Europe’s biggest challenges if the goals set out in the Lisbon strategy are to be anywhere near reached. It is noticeable that innovation comes not only from creative ideas, but that these ideas have to be turned into products. Th

ITER - the foremost international scientific co-operation project aims at validating the possibility of producing electricity from the energy of fusion. It is the challenge that gathers together more than half of the world population as represented by the seven project partners: China, the United States, Russian Federation, India, Japan, the Republic of Korea and the European Union. Th

AgroFood Technologies Promotion – Organic Fete 7 December 2007, Thessaloniki, Greece IRC Help-Forward is organising and testing a new platform for the promotion of AgroFood technologies especially suitable for “organic” businesses. In the context of a big information event on organic products, organised in Thessaloniki on 7 December 2007, IRC Help-Forward has reserved a special area for poster presentation of Technology Offers coming from the entire IRC Network. The event is organised by the Organic Products Cluster and is focu

IRC MedIN will organise a company mission in the framework of the 10th Technical and Scientific NanoMeeting of ARCSIS that gathers over hundred European professionals. This event is a part of the B2B Nano Action that has been launched by ARCSIS and supported by the French PACA Region. Th

This one-day conference will discuss: What technologies are being used to improve interoperability of services and devices? Which technological problems need to be solved to create a seamless convergence of applications? Can ambient technologies enable the next killer applications? What are the latest advancements in sensors for security and medical applications. Speakers include: Philips Research Labs, Orange France Telecom, O2 Group, Virgin Media, IBM.

Companies, research institutes and universities operating in the biotechnology field who are interested in transnational co-operation are invited to participate in the "BioDiscovery Days" and make contact with potential partners to discuss business partnerships. Those two days are planned on 12 and 13 March 2007.

IRC Catalonia will organise on 12th, 13th, 14th and 15th February 2007 a brokerage event within the 3GSM World Congress 2007 trade fair. This event will facilitate agreements between technology providers, companies, researchers, technical associations and institutions, in such a way that the participants will generate real opportunities for business by means of aimed-to-agreement bilateral interviews.

November

AIDO, the Technological Institute of Optics Colour and Imaging with the support of REDIT and IRC CENEMES organises in Valencia on 29 November the second edition of the Machine Vision Technology Forum. Machine Vision is one of the most highly implemented technologies within manufacturing companies, especially as a tool for production quality control. But Machine Vision

In the framework of EC FP6 project METTTES, the Latvian Technological Centre and Innovation Centre of Lithuania, in cooperation with the Waste Management Association of Latvia, is organising a waste management technology transfer event. The event is organised on 23 November, during the international exhibition “Environment and Energy 2007” in Kipsala, and is supported by the exhibition organiser BT1. Th

We are pleased to welcome you to BE2, ICT Conference on Research and Development, in Aalborg on 22 and 23 November 2007. The main objective of the conference is to develop and support communication between ICT companies in order to encourage the catalysing of new EU RTD projects by drawing on existing regional networks. Th

In cooperation with Picardy Regional Council, CVG, IAR Cluster, IRC North-Nord Manche is hosting to a two-day brokerage event on 22 and 23 November 2007. This event offers participants a platform to profile their expertise, technologies and products and to meet international scientific, technical and economic decision makers concerned by uses and applications plant-based resources in: Biomaterials as fibres, composites materials, biopolymers in construction, papermaking, textiles plastics, automotive, packaging, etc. Biomolecules i

Under Europe’s largest Nano Event “nanotech+material week Frankfurt” IRC Hessen/Rheinland-Pfalz organises with the support of the TG Nano & Microtechnology the international Brokerage Event “NanoMatch” in the field of nanotechnology on 22 November 2007. “nanotech+material week Frankfurt” (20-23 November 2007, Frankfurt am Main) as a central platform for future technologies in Europe combines 4 events. The Br

IRC Czech Republic and IRC Netherlands organise in collaboration with the Dutch Embassy in Prague the Czech-Dutch mission on Technical Textiles. The event will be held on 21-22 November 2007 in Prague, Czech Republic.

IRC Central Poland in cooperation with Envitech-Net Scientific Network and Polish Platform on Environmental Technologies would like to invite you to participate in EcoInnoTech Brokerage Event and conference along with Metttes Matching Event, which will take place during the International Ecological Fair POLEKO 2007 in Poznan, POLAND on 21-22 November 2007. POLEKO, being the largest environmental protection trade show in Central Eastern Europe, is a perfect meeting place for experts from the sector of environmental protection and municipal technology from Poland and abroad. It is als

IRC Stuttgart-Erfurt-Zurich (Euresearch) organises an International Brokerage Event in the field of Human-Centric ICT on the occasion of the Swiss ICT Summit, an International Partnering Meeting for R&D and Innovation. Participation is free of charge.

The Basque and South West France IRC have organised with the Basque Transport and Logistics Cluster, TIL-ITS (Intelligence Transport Systems) of the Basque County, a brokerage event in Logistics, which will take place in Biarritz on 15 and 16 November 2007. This event takes place within the framework 2007 Atlantic Logistic Forum (ALF), trans-border Forum of commerce, transports and logistics of the Atlantic Arc, a space of debate, exchange of interests, realisation of agreements, operations and businesses, organised by the Logistic Platform Aquitaine - Euskadi.

On the occasion of MEDICA 2007, the global No.1 meeting point for the medical sector, the Medical Technology Thematic Group (MTTG) of the IRC Network will organise a international Partnering Event, which aims at providing companies, universities, research institutes and the public sector with assistance to find partners in Europe for product development, manufacturing and licensing agreements, joint ventures or similar partnerships.

The partners of the B2E for central Italy (IRC CIRCE and EIC IT 389) are organising the brokerage event in the Renewable Energy sector: RER 2007: METTTES Matching event – IRC Technology Transfer Day. The Brokerage Event takes place in Rome on 15 November 2007 in the framework of the “20th World Energy Congress”. The ev

The German-Danish Company Mission “Meet Nano-Berlin 2007” will take place at the Royal Danish Embassy in Berlin on 8 and 9 November 2007. This event is organised by IRC Northern Germany, IRC Denmark and the Royal Danish Embassy. Innova

The transnational Brokerage Event “Innovative Packaging“ is an initiative of the Federal Economic Chamber of Upper Austria and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Lower Bavaria in co-operation with the Food Cluster Upper Austria. The event will provide an overview of the most important trends in the fields of packaging (lectures from RTD-experts) as well as the possibility for one-to-one meetings between packaging experts and companies with the need of or interest in innovative packaging solutions.

“Virtuality” is a premiere international eve

Research on “Inflammation and Autoimmunity”: academi

ICT SOLUTIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY The European Mobility Forum is an initiative promoted by the Torino Chamber of Commerce and the Torino Wireless Foundation, which for years have been investing in organising a specific event targeted at the players of this specific sector, and in promoting the Piedmont area as technological centre of excellence, enhancing Piedmont’s resources in an international context together with IDC, the premier global provider of market intelligence, advisory services, and events for the information technology, telecommunications, and consumer technology markets. A two-day event including conferences and an exhibition area is organised to take stock of the situation concerning the use of electronic, IT and telecommunications technologies in the transport and mobility sector.

IRC Bulgaria in collaboration with the Bulgarian Association of Information Technologies, the State Agency for Information Technology and Communications, the Bulgarian Association of Software Companies and the Bulgarreklama Agency are organising Technology Brokerage event in the field of ICT on 01-02 November, 2007, in Sofia during the BAIT EXPO 2007 exhibition. The

October

The “Enterpreneur- Investor Summit” organised by Middle East Technical University Technopolis (METUTECH) with help of IRC Anatolia will take place in Istanbul on 31 October – 2 November 2007. The summit will cover 3 activities, all of which will be held in The Ritz Carlton, Istanbul, and one training.

WATEC 2007 – The 4th International W

The Murcia Food Brokerage Event, which is already in its third edition, provides an international, technological scenario for companies interested in finding out about the latest European creations in food technology and in holding bilateral meetings aimed at reaching cooperative agreements on technology transfer. The Murcia Food Brokerage Event will be held in conjunction with the International Symposium on Food Technology.

The 11th International Izmir Textile & Apparel Symposium being the first and unique textile and apparel symposium of Turkey, organised periodically since 1976 by Ege University Textile Engineering Department and Ege University Textile & Apparel Research Centre, will be held between 26 and 29 October 2007 in Altinyunus Hotel, which is a first-class holiday resort. The symposium, which is held traditionally once every three years, will start with the opening ceremony on 26 October in the evening. On 27 Oct

In order to increase collaboration between the Turkish and European Fishery industries, IRC EGE in collaboration with the Fish Thematic Group will organise the “Future Fish Eurasia Brokerage Event - 2007” on 26 October 2007 during the Future Fish Eurasia 2007 fair. The most important activity in Future Fish Eurasia 2007 will be the "Aquaculture Europe 2007 Conferance" that will be organised in parallel to the fair, and which is the biggest aquaculture event of 2007. The confe

This one-day conference will examine the latest innoviations from UK and Europe. Topics include: FP7, New Technologies in Diagnostics and Surgery, Emerging fields in Drug Discovery, Emerging Treatments and Prevention Technologies. Sp

IRC Central Poland will organise on 24 October 2007 an international Brokerage Event in the frame of the Industrial Technology, Science and Innovation Fair Technicon Innovation in Gdansk. Technicon Innovation is the important innovation fair and exhibition held annually in the beautiful city of Gdansk. A wide ra

The ABIM 2007 event, with conference, exhibitors & posters is organised by the International Biocontrol Man

The Italian Innovation Relay Centre IRIDE is organising a Brokerage Event focusing on: - Ports security and maritime safety (passengers, goods, military activities, maintenance activities). - Environment risks management for ports and coasts.

IRC Northern Germany organises in collaboration with the French Embassy in Berlin a French-German Workshop on Technical Textiles.The event will be held on 22 October 2007 in the French Embassy in Berlin.

IRC EGE is hosting an IRC Brokerage Event at the MEDIST 2007 exhibition, which will take place on 19 October 2007 at CNR EXPO in Istanbul, Turkey. MEDIST 2007 is Turkey’s premier networking event for the medical devices and healthcare technologies market.

Ambiental 2007 is the most important environmental trade fair held every two years in Santiago, Chile. There the main industry associates and companies meet with international delegations from Europe and Latin America among other visitors and exhibitors that will be present.

We wish to invite institutions and companies to participate - free of charge - in the 6th Swietokrzyskie Cooperative Exchange of New Technologies – Renewable Energy Sources. This edition of the Cooperative Exchange has been planned for 18 October 2007, invariably at the Kielce University of Technology, Main Library Building – the seat of the RCITT.

In the framework of a German-Norwegian Conference on Renewable Energy Technology in Düsseldorf on 18 October 2007 a matchmaking event will be organised by the IRC Network, the Norwegian Research Council, Teknologisk Moteplass and Senter for fornybar energi. The objective is to bring together potential business and co-operation partners and to give them the opportunity to discuss bilaterally projects, offer and demand. Target

REDIT on behalf of AIDO, one of its associated members, invites you to the 4th edition of the Laser Materials Processing Workshop that will be held in Valencia next 18 October. AIDO, the Technological Instit

Development and strengthening of cooperation between innovative companies and university scientists in the fields of life sciences will be the focus of the 4th international Partnering Day for Biomedical Research. This event is jointly organized by the Medical University of Graz, the Cluster Human.tec

EURO-TRANS Days is a matchmaking event aiming at encouraging, facilitating and enhancing cooperation between SMEs and the major European R&D players and Industrial Stakeholders of Surface Transport (road, rail, waterborne and intermodality). EURO-TRANS Days will focus on: Partnering meetings Individual coaching appointments Announcement of topics/research areas of the 2nd Surface Transport call First call results including SME participation Tips and recommendations for SMEs participation in Surface Transport of FP 7 Project preparing issues Project management and coordination issues During the conference you can : Present your project idea for collaborative and transnational cooperation Present your successful project Offer your technology for industry Express your technology need Search for partners Promote your organization (e.g. using posters) Meet project coordinators and experts Target audience : SMEs, large companies, research institutes

The European Technologies Exchange is organised by the Innovation Relay Centre France Grand Est, during the VITeff fair, the international biennial of sparkling wine and champagne making techniques. It aims to bring together industries (SMEs andlarge companies), research institutes and technical centres from Europe, looking for or offering innovative technologies or know-how in the wine or sparkling beverages field and associated technologies.

The 2nd international Exhibition “FETEC-Factory Equipment” is going to take place from 12 to 15 October 2007 in the exhibition centre of MEC, in Peania, Attica. The impressive success of the 1st FETEC exhibition, which has proven how much it was needed both by suppliers of industrial equipment for the promotion of their products, and by industry heads, small industries and large trading chains for their informing, foretells another follow-up. The 2n

IRC Anatolia will organise the Energy Efficiency 2007 ‘Energy Efficiency & Practical Solutions for SMEs’ Conference & Brokerage Event in the Middle East Technical University Technopolis Ikizler Building in Ankara, Turkey. This event will focus on SMEs (especially from the steel & iron, plastic injection & welding sectors) to refresh or upgrade their knowledge on the effective usage of energy like heat & electricity, giving practical solutions for their daily production systems, informing about European & Turkish energy laws & new technologies that can be used to save energy in their systems. After tha

BioMeetingpoint at the Biotechnica Fair 2007 The Biotechnology Thematic Group (BioTG) of the IRC Network together with other European partners are organising again the BioMeetingpoint for companies, R&D organisations and stakeholders to hold bilateral meetings at BIOTECHNICA HANNOVER, Europe's leading biotechnology trade fair, which will take place in Hannover, Germany 9 - 11 October 2007. Since 1985 BIOTECHNICA HANNOVER has been the most important trade show in Europe for biotechnology.

Interest in industrial automation in Scandinavia has never been greater & the Scandinavian industrial companies are among the most automation-oriented in the world. They are extremely aware of the importance of streamlining production in order to keep up to speed & survive in the face of ever increasing global competition.

As part of the EPISTEP project, which connects SME’s to the European Technology Platforms under the European Union’s 7th Framework Programme, this event provides technology developers, research institutes and other parts of the value chain the opportunity to meet and develop business opportunities with key players from across Europe. This one-day event will inform participants of the challenges of changing user requirements, highlighting areas as diverse yet interlinked as: Enhanced network services. Securing conve

Technology transfer from the FP6 integrated project ExtreMat - New Materials for Extreme Environments. ExtreMat is currently the most important European research project in the field of materials for extreme environments. A number

The HiTech Innovators Partenariat (company mission) will take place in Thessaloniki on 5 and 6 October 2007. This event is being organised by HEPO (Hellenic Foreign Trade Board) with the collaboration of IRC Hellenic. Th

ALPI 365 represents an innovative trade and technology fair concept supported by the newborn Euroregion Alps-Mediterranean created in July 2006 by the regions of Piedmont, Aosta Valley, Liguria and the French regions Rhone Alpes and PACA. The event, planned from 4 to 7 October 2007, is aimed at highlighting the valuable richness of the mountain, its people, its culture, its products from a collaborative approach. Integrati

INFOSYSTEM invites you to the EXPO-PARTENARIAT event, which represents a modern and efficient service for organizing pre-determined business meetings. This year the EXPO-PARTENARIAT is being organised by IRC HELP-FORWARD (Diktyo PRAXI), which is a member of the Innovation Relay Centre Network of the European Commission with the aim to promote technological and business collaboration between Greek and European companies.

During the Research Fair & INVENTIKA International Fair there is an array of Romanians universities, R&D units, companies interested in technologies & meeting with potential European companies with whom they could exchange information on state-of-the-art technologies & solutions available nowadays on European and world markets, and seek companies for future cooperation. The Brokerage Event functions as an "interface between research & the private sector" allowing new technologies, processes, patents & licenses to be offered and experience in financing, production, marketing & distribution to be requested, thus bringing compatible partners together. The B

On behalf of the organising committee it is a great pleasure for us to welcome you to the 1st International Conference on Biodegradable Polymers and Sustainable Composites (BIOPOL-2007) to be held in Alicante (Spain) during 3-5 October 2007. The conference has the aim to provide a forum for researchers and engineers from all over the world to exchange up-to-date ideas and opinions on current research and new applications of biodegradable polymers and biocomposites.

September

IRC Bavaria is organising a renewable energy brokerage event focussed on the topics of biomass/biofuels, solar energy (PV and solar thermal) and energy-efficient buildings. The event is supported by the Thematic Group Renewable Energy of the IRC Network.

TROFOtech - FOODtech 2007, the International Exhibition of Machninery Equipment for the food industry and food technology will take place for the third time running in Athens (at the Athens Exhibition Centre, Old West Airport) from 27 till 30 September 2007. The exhibitors include companies manufacturing food ingredients, machinery and equipment for the food industry, antioxidants, yeasts, flavours, emulsifiers, fat or oils, fruit and vegetable preparations, preservative liquids, companies producing packaging and labelling, bottling, canning, fermentation, stainless steel, weighting, equipment, tools and supplies for the food industry, hygiene of industrial spaces, industrial floorings, worker security materials, etc.

Running alongside the Bioforum 2007 expo-conference, I

As part of the leading international wind industry fair HusumWind 2007 the technology tra

"We are what we eat. Every molecule that our brain and muscles were built from had to come through our mouth".

IRC/Enterprise Ireland will host a one-day event to focus on Greening Technologies associated with improved Solid Waste Management. There will be a seminar to present new approaches to dealing with solid waste, including presentations from "Best Practice" installations, which effectively deal with the increasing volumes of waste, transforming them into valuable resources. This will

This two-day seminar is produced by the European Patent Office in partnership with leading business school SDA Bocconi in Milan, with the support of the University of St.Gallen and BGW St.Gallen - Wien.

On the occasion of "naro.tec - Exhibition and Congresses on Renewable Ressources" IRC Stuttgart-Erfurt-Zürich (THÜRINGEN innovativ) will organise a brokerage event on 7 Septmber 2007 in Erfurt (Germany).

Within the TRIPLE-I conference, the Innovation Relay Centre Austria and the NCP for ICT are organising an International Brokerage Event. The TRIPLE-I is a joint venture of the conferences I-KNOW, I-MEDIA and I-SEMANTICS with over 700 participants last year and will take place from 5 to 7 September in Graz/Austria. TRIPL

August

In the framework of the Congress & Exhibition “High-brightness LEDs, products

July

Vinitech is the most important wine making industry trade fair held every two years in Santiago, Chile. There the main industry associates and companies meet with 14.

BioDundee, representing one of Europe's leading life sciences clusters, will hold its seventh international conference and associated events in Dundee, Scotland between 7 and 8 June 2007. In previous years, over 200 representatives from local, national and international Life Sciences Industry/Academia took part in this event, and registrations continue to increase year on year.

The 8th International Venture Capital Forum is organised by the Hellenic Centre for Investment (ELKE), the New Economy Development Fund (TANEO), the Innovation Relay Centre HELP-FORWARD and the Hellenic Venture Capital Association for the 8th consequetive year. It will take place in Hotel Grande Bretagne, in Athens, on 3 and 4 July 2007.

June

The brokerage event in Bialystok (Poland) on recycling and waste management technologies will take place on 28 June 2007. Bialystok lies in the Podlasie region.

patenTMarkt 2007 is a new

The technology forum of the world's premier aerospace event Why? - A unique opportunity to arrange technology meetings with specific companies and interested parties. - The technology catalogue provides exclusive, detailed data on all companies present (only available to technology forum participants).

IRC Finland together with Tekes will organise a partnering event in Oulu Finland on 18 - 19 June, in connection with the 16th European Microelectronics and Packaging Conference and Exhibition, EMPC2007. EMPC2007 is organised by IMAPS, the International Microelectronics And Packaging Society, a non-profit global organisation.

The Low Carbon Innovation Exchange is a networking event designed to stimulate the deployment of technologies to reduce carbon emissions & drive forward innovation & best practice in the transition to a low-carbon economy. The event allows delegates to map out their own networking programme of roundtable discussion groups, tabletop presentations & pre-arranged meetings in order to capture best practice, develop their network of professional contacts and fast-track technology transfer.

For the 7th time the Innovation Relay Centre West Poland is organising a brokerage event - Transnational Technology Transfer Day 2007. The event will take place in Poznan on 13 June 2007 within the Innovations Technologies Machines Poland fair.

The London Innovation Relay Centre is hosting an IRC Brokerage Event at the Medical Innovation Forum in London on 13 June 2007. The Medical Innovation Forum is the UK’s premier networking event for the medical devices and healthcare technologies market.

What is BeLCAR? BeLCAR is one of the Europe INNOVA initiatives with the aim of establishing and running a European platform improving product, process and organisational innovation in and across regional automotive clusters. The initiative consists of 8 partners: Stuttgart Region (D), East of England (UK), Upper Austria (A), Lombardy (I), Catalonia (E), West-Transdanubia (HU), Cranfield University (UK), Logotech SA (GR).

On the occasion of Techtextil Frankfurt, the leading international trade fair for technical textiles and nonwovens, IRC Hessen/Rheinland-Pfalz, IRC Northern Germany and IRC Hellenic with the support of the TG Textiles and the Messe Frankfurt will organise the Brokerage Event “Techtextil”. Techtextil takes place from

The Chamber of Commerce of Valle d’Aosta organises, in cooperation with Attiva S.r.

IRC Grand Est and the local Competitiveness Cluster is organising a forum and brokerage event on Taste, Nutrition and Health: Life technologies for quality food on 7-8 June 2007 in Dijon. We propose to gather agro-food, agricultural, and pharmaceutical industries, technical centres and research labs on the following topics: - Sensory, psychological and technical aspects of taste, nutrition and health.

BIOMED ISRAEL 2007, which will take place on 5-7 June 2007 in Tel Aviv, is the most focused effort to bring together the Israeli Life Sciences industries, providers, and the global players for the benefit of joint business development. This event is an opportunity to view first-hand the latest advances in Life Sciences and Medical technologies, exploring the potential for cooperation with Israel’s most competent players in this field.

5 June 2007: Aim of the seminar is to focus on topics related to technologies, materials and solutions for production of Fuel Cells stack components; an overview of the current technologies/solutions together with the ongoing research activities about these issues will be given by institutional experts. Very interesting contributions will be given by FC manufacturers that will focus attention on cost reduction and industrialisation paths, and will meet potential providers as SMEs of the very well-rooted regional industrial systems.

The METTTES methodology includes

May

The Competitiveness Cluster DERBI for Renewable Energies in Industries and Building Trades makes a round of conferences on 31 May and 1 & 2 June about: - Renewable energy and public policy. - Renewable energy: a challenge for the planet.

The political, economical and technological changes due to globalisation causes a series of positive new developments and impulses, but also new risks and threats. Especially since 11/9 the question of security against terrorism and crime and the safety of infrastructures and (public) utilities is at the top of the agenda in Europe.

Much is the olympic heritage after the last Winter Games in Torino. Nevertheless, the most significant outcoming remark is the discovery of the town and the whole Piedmont as a “Region of Excellence for Technology and Science applied to Sport”.

The event is being organised in co-operation with Volkswagen Slovakia as an accompanying event to the 14th International engineering trade fair taking place in Nitra, Slovakia 22-25/05/2007. The brokerage event is targeted to companies that are offering or looking for technologies, tools and solutions in their products, services, development and manufacturing processes or commercial activities in the field of automotive industry.

The All-Energy exhibition and conference is the UK’s largest event devoted to renewable energy. The seventh in the annual series will be held in Aberdeen 23 and 24 May 2007.

The German-British Workshop “Microsystems for Biotechnology – 2007” will take place on 21 May in the DTI (Department of Trade & Industry) Conference Centre in London from 9:00 to 17:00. This event is organised from VDI/VDE-Innovation + Technik GmbH and the UK Trade and Investment (UKTI).

Functional Foods @ RiminiWellness is a technology session & partnership event on the themes of nutraceutics & functional foods that will be hosted by the international fair on wellness RiminiWellness. The fair is in Rimini - Italy from 17 to 20 May 2007.

The German European Presidency conference organised from 13 - 15 May 2007 by MWK & SEZ under the auspices of the Federal Government (BMBF) and the European Commission will facilitate continuation of the debate on an integrated strategy for human resources, in particular the creation of an open & transparent labour market for researchers within the context of the renewed Lisbon strategy. The conference continues work initiated by a series of Presidency conferences organised in the Netherlands (2004), the United Kingdom (2005) & Austria (2006), & also complements initiatives led by the European Universities Association (EUA) & the European Industrial Research Management Association (EIRMA), which focus on fostering cooperation between academia & industry.

IRC Open Source 2007 The brokerage event The partnering event IRC Open Source 2007 at CONFSL – Conference on Free Software will add one more opportunity for exchange and transfer of know-how, experience and technology between companies, technology providers, researchers, technical associations and public bodies, enabling participants to generate real opportunities for cooperation as well as for business. IRC Open Source will take place on Friday 11 May 2007 at the University of Calabria (Rende, Italy). The following activities are

Microsystems applications (MST) in automobiles have become commonplace: they enable the introduction of a series of new functions and at the same time the replacement of existing technologies, offering improved performance and better value for money. With the introduction of microsystems a series of challenges arise regarding complexity, systems design, reliability, serviceability, etc.

The production of energy from all kinds of residues will be the main theme of the international fair and conference "waste to energy" 2007. The e

MIRTEC SA & CERECO SA, partners of IRC Hellenic are very pleased to announce a Greek-Balkan Countries matchmaking event in the field of steel construction & pre-fabrication technologies during the trade show KATASKEVES 2007 (Constructions), which will take place on 5-6 May 2005 in Athens, at the exhibition centre Helexpo Palace-Marousi. The main goal of the matchmaking event during “KATASKEVES 2007” is to encourage meetings between technology developers & technology users from Greece & Balkan Countries in order to foster technical co-operation in the field of steel construction & pre-fabrication.

Aster/IRC IRENE will organise on 3 and 4 May 2007 the IRC Brokerage Event Innovat&Match. The event will take place in the framework of R2B - Research To Business 2007 (May 3-4, 2007), the third edition of the international fair for industrial research promoted by Emilia-Romagna Regional Government, BolognaFiere SpA, ICE (the Italian Institute for Foreign Trade) & ASTER - Science, Technology & Business Consortium. R2B will witness th

April

With keynote speakers covering the following streams: - Personal and Health Care. - Electronics Materials.

Innovation Relay Centre (IRC) Scotland, in partnership with Scottish Development International (SDI), will hold a Partner Brokerage Event on 25 and 26 April 2007 as part of the European SEAFOOD Expositions (ESE) 2007. The two-day Partner Brokerage Event will be hosted by SDI on the Scottish Pavilion for the second year running, and the IRC Network is grateful for their ongoing support.

This 1-day event is organised by the NEMO Network (Network Management East) ProSenQU. The IRC Northern Germany (VDI/VDE-IT) co-organises the Partnering Event.

In Celje, Slovenia, the 7th International Fair Plastics, Rubber and Chemistry - PLAGKEM is being organised fr

The event: history, dates & location NDT 07 is a TT brokerage & partnership event, within the Conference "Emerging Technologies in Non-Destructive Testing". It is the third event in a series, following Athens (1999) and Thessaloniki (2003).

March

Membrane Technology is already state-of-the-art in many fields, such as municipal water, industrial waste or drinking water treatment. In addition membrane technology has new fields of application in many industrial processes, e.

Stem Cells & Rengerative Medicine - One Day Networking Event - 28 March 2007 Assessing the latest developments in the applications for stem cells and their processing and storage. - Attend this event - Evaluate the latest advances in the derivation of somatic and embroynic stem cells - Explore the future within the diverse range of viable applications of stem cells - Address the latest challenges faced in manufacturing using stem cells Highlight the available opportunities for collaborative research partnerships between industry and academia In addition to the conference, time has been set aside during the day for delegates to partner with one another.

Within the framework of the German EU Council Presidency 2007 the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) in cooperation with the European Commission invites to the second European Conference on Security Research (SRC '07), which will take place in Berlin on 26.-27.

INTEROPERABILITY PARTNERING EVENT at I-ESA 2007 ( Interoperability for Enterprise Software and Applications)

On the occasion of CeBIT 2007, the world's leading fair for information and communication technologies, IRC Lower Saxony/Saxony-Anhalt with the support of IRC Northern Germany and the ICT TG of the IRC Network will again organise the brokerage event IRC FUTURE MATCH. The aim is to help exhibitors and visitors of the fair to find partners in Europe for technology-oriented partnerships.

BioWales is the annual signature event for the Welsh bioscience sector. The event will be held on 15-16 March 2007 in the prestigious St David's Hotel and Spa, Cardiff Bay, UK.

International conference on rye 2007 Rye is typically grown in North-Eastern Europe and also worldwide, where soils are poor and climate conditions unfavourable for wheat and maize production e.g.

ENERGYMED 2007 - Transnational Technology Transfer Day on Energy Efficiency and Renewable Sources of Energy

IRC HELP FORWARD in collaboration with the Greek Organic Products Cluster is organising an international business delegation of companies active in the sectors of Organic Products and Functional Food. The delegation will take place during the 19th DETROP FAIR on 9 March 2007.

IRC EGE and IRC ANATOLIA are organising a brokerage event on technologies related to mechanical engineering and materials technology. “WIN'07-Match Point-P.

On the occasion of the EnergyMed 2007 Exhibition, IRC IRIDE and ENEA Portici Research Centre organise a Tutorial on PV-Concentrators Technology. The Photovoltaic Concentrators Technology (PV-C Technology) is considered an attractive and promising application in Mediterranean locations because of its major potential, in comparison with the PVflat, in terms of cost reduction and related economic, social and environmental benefits.

In the framework of the EnergyMed 2007 Exhibition-Conference, IRC IRIDE, COINOR and the Division of Science and Technology of the University of Naples Federico II organise the workshop devoted to the promotion of University-Companies partnerships. During the workshop seven technology proposals will be shown, six of which by Division of Science and Technology Departments, and one by the Department of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Biotechnological Sciences School.

IRC madri+d organises an international technology transfer day on Energy, Climatisation and Environment, taking place in Madrid on 1st March 2007. This event will provide a unique opportunity to meet other experts, discuss novel technologies in these areas, and visit the Energy and Environment International Fair (GENERA 2007) and the International Air Conditioning, Heating, Ventilation & Refrigeration Exhibition (CLIMATIZATION 2007).

February

The MEDIA Innovation Relay Centre of Sicily and IRC MedIN (French Mediterranean)Marseilles have arranged a company mission at Rousset (France). A delegation of Etna Valley (Catania) SMES and Research Centres in the fields of Microlectronics has planned a visit in ARCSIS, which is a French association of players of the regional microelectronics industry.

IRC Stuttgart-Erfurt-Zürich (Steinbeis-Europa-Zentrum) will organise the 3rd consecutive IRC Brokerage Event at MEDTEC 2007 in Stuttgart on 28 Feb - 1 Mar 2007. The MEDTEC Show itself takes place in Stuttgart from 26 Feb - 1 Mar 2007 (www.medtecshow.com).

With ever increasing evidence of climate change comes the need to understand its impact, and the business need to be able to anticipate its long-term effect. This event will look at the latest developments in climate modelling technology and reporting.

IRC EGE and IRC ANATOLIA are organising a brokerage event on technologies related to mechanical engineering and materials technology. “WIN'07-Match Point - P.

In the framework of the METTTES (More Efficient Transnational Technology Transfer in the Environmental Sector) project supported under FP6 (INNOV-7), BME OMIKK (co-ordinator of IRC Hungary) together with the Northern Hungarian Environmental and Water Directorate and an expert form the academic field carried out a survey to examine legislation-driven technology demands in the Region of Northern Hungary related to water and wastewater treatment. As a second step of the project, offers responding the demands are being searched within the IRC Network.

CTAE (The Technology Centre for the Aeronautical and Space industry) and IRC Catalonia are organising Professional Business Meetings devoted to promote the development of satellite navigation applications in Catalonia. The event will take place on 21 February, during the upcoming GlobalGeo and the 7th Geomatic Week to take place from 20 to 23 February 2007 at the Palacio de Congresos de Fira de Barcelona.

On 12-14 February 2007, Kielce Trade Fairs will host the 10th International Power Industry Fair ENEX, accompanied by the 5th Fair of Renewable Sources of Energy ENEX – NEW ENERGY. IRC South Poland (Regional Centre for Innovation & Technology Transfer in Kielce) will organise the Renewable Energy Sources Brokerage Event on 14th February.

The Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) and the Innovation Relay Centre Austria (IRCA)in cooperation with the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber and the Food Research Institute are organising the International Food Expert Day! Finding Partners in Research and Technology Cooperation will be the theme for this one day event taking place in Vienna, Austria on 14 February 2007. This event will be a platform to exchange ideas and create contacts for potential research projects and technology transfer.

The cooperation forum ‘MedTech - Pharma - Biotech 2005’, where 160 participants from 10 countries had more than 700 meetings, will be followed up this year by a cooperation event in Munich. As partner of the international one-on-one cooperation event Medtech - Pharma - Biotech we cordially invite you to participate in the well-established event, which will take place on 13 February 2007 in the Convention Centre in Garching, Germany (near Munich).

The exhibiton E-World of Energy & Water will present itself in 2007, as a comprehensive and, above all, qualitatively sophisticated communication platform "on the topic of energy & water", in Essen, Germany: http://www.e-world-2007.com In

The International Symposium on Stimulating Innovation 2007 will discuss the adoption of best practice in incubation and technology-based business growth, particularly but not exclusively in the areas of ICT and Biomedical technologies. It will result in a strengthened approach to collaborative service design and the advantages of both virtual and physical incubator networks across Europe.

January

On the occasion of the Innovawood Annual Conference IRC Stuttgart-Erfurt-Zurich (Euresearch) will organise in collaboration with the network Woodism a brokerage event in the field of forest-based and related industries. The aim is to facilitate transnational collaboration between Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs), R&D Institutions and Universities to build up technology-oriented partnerships.

IRC IRIDE, the Wales IRC, IRC MEDIA and the British Consulate in Napoli organise an Environmental Technology Mission in Southern Italy, to be held on 30-31 January 2007. The event represent an opportunity to meet potential new business partners in pre-arranged meetings to discuss collaboration and potential new business initiatives, such as licensing, transfer of know-how, R&D projects,commercial contracts with technical assistance, manufacturing and joint venture agreements.

Much is the Olympic heritage after the last Winter Games in Torino. Nevertheless, the most significant remark is the discovery of the town and the whole Piedmont as a “Region of Excellence for Technology & Science applied to Sport”.

GreenVillageTechs 2007 - brokerage event on bioconstructions, renewable energies, technologies for the monitoring of the territory

IRC Northern Germany organises in collaboration with the Technical University of Berlin, the Centre for Innovative Health Technology and the host organisation VDI/VDE Innovation + Technik GmbH the first European Symposium on Technical Aids for Rehabilitation - TAR 2007. Main topics of the conference will be among others Mechatronics and Robotics, extracorporeal and intracorporeal sensors, Human-Computer-Interface and Sensors-Actor-Systems for rehabilitation of handicapped people.

Veneto Innovazione is the regional agency for innovation and technology transfer with the aim of promoting applied research and innovation in the Veneto Region. Member of IRC IRENE since 2000, it has developed several specific competences in promoting and managing networking and clustering at different stages: from networks of distance workers that have to cooperate in a virtual environment to wide networks of firms in the same sector or in the same value chain, to the analysis of the structure and governance of the Regional industrial districts.