“EU-China Business & Technology Cooperation Fair”, Conference and Matchmaking Event, October 24th - 31st 2017, Beijing, China

ERICENA - European Research and Innovation Centre of Excellence in China is organizing on October 24^th - 31^st 2017 "EU-China Business & Technology Cooperation Fair", Conference and Matchmaking Event, in Beijing, China.

ERICENA aims to promote European Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) interests and to reinforce the leadership of European countries in STI in China by connecting and supporting European researchers and entrepreneurs.

ERICENA is a project funded under the European Union's H2020 research and innovation programme and will be officially launched and setup in Beijing in October 2017. With its headquarters in Beijing, ERICENA involves a consortium of 13 organisations from 8 countries (Portugal, Belgium, Austria, Germany, Norway, Greece, Switzerland and China) and is supported by a network of 128 stakeholders that act as Regional Innovation Centres (RIC) and the Regional Contact Hubs (RCH).

The Fair will take place in Chengdu and Qindao and it will gather 1500 participants from companies, state/regional governments, clusters, business associations, universities, R&D institutions from China and Europe.

Participants:

• Enterprises, business networks and clusters
• Universities and Universities Associations, Research Institutes and Research Networks
• Science Parks, Incubators, Accelerators, Funding Agencies

Feature:

• Matchmaking with hundreds of Chinese technology based companies and research institutes
• Visits to leading Chinese innovators
• Meetings for business and research opportunities in 2 Chinese cities (Chengdu and Qingdao)
• First hand information on Chinese Science, Technology and Information (STI) landscape and innovative activities in China

Deadline for application: August 11^th, 2017

To register please access the following link: http://web.spi.pt/forms/ericena-matchmaking-tour-china