Brokerage Events Joint Summit Official Language: English Date: 28th October Download Information Memo Brokerage Events' Private Zone [Project Ideas Submission and Meetings Booking]

Introduction:

Following the success of the previous biennial editions, initiated in 1998, Marinha Grande —Portugal— will be once again, in October 2008, the innovation theatre for a joint initiative of Brokerage Events dedicated to the Tooling Industry and to Nano-Materials and Micro-Technologies.

The Brokerage Events 2008 Joint Summit will be a catalytic forum gathering the Industry’s Stakeholders, Companies, Technology Suppliers, Technological Centres, Researchers and Universities, towards the establishment of European Scale partnerships for R&D, Networking, Technology Transfer and Business development.

Integrated in the Moulds Event 2008 and developed in straight articulation with the Symposium for Micro- Manufacturing and Nano Materials, the Brokerage Events 2008 Joint Summit will centrally support, within its official agenda, the development of bi-lateral meetings for the discussion of project proposals for R&D, for the development of innovative applications for emergent technologies and for the furthering of Innovation and Business collaboration opportunities.

Foreseeing the launch of calls related with the Tooling sector, Industrial Technologies and Nano Materials and Micro-Technologies, within National, Regional and European programmes, the Brokerage Events 2008 Joint Summit will be instrumental in the establishment of international consortia towards the launch of RTD and Innovation projects and other initiatives.

The Brokerage Events 2008 Joint Summit is a CENTIMFE (Technological Centre for the Mouldmaking, Special Tooling and Plastic Industries) and CE-Micro network organization, being developed in close co-operation with the Portuguese Ministry for Science, Technology and Higher Education, the Agência de Inovação S.A. (Innovation Agency), the EUREKA initiative, the PRO-Factory Umbrella of the EUREKA International Program, the IRC Network (Innovation Relay Centres Network) and several industrial associations, research institutes universities and companies.

Objectives:

• To support the establishment of international innovation networks involving Companies, Suppliers, R&D organizations and Customers;
• To promote the development of adding value Business partnerships, market-oriented R&D and Innovation European Projects;
• To sustain the generation, transfer and take-up of technological solutions and innovative systems, supporting the launch of new products and knowledge-based services.

In last analysis, the Brokerage Events’ Joint Summit, will establish an environment prone to innovation by:

• Gathering the European key-players in the comprised fields and therefore sustaining the broad development of partnerships for R&D project development and Business Networking;
• The promotion of an increased integration of R&D activities and innovation-based networking at an European scale, by the exploitation of complementarities and avoiding duplication of research efforts, in compliancy with the European Research Area objectives; Page 3/5

Methodology:

In order to promote its proficient development and the maximization of synergies and results, the Brokerage Events’ Joint Summit will encompass in its agenda:

• Official Ceremonies

In Official Ceremonies, invited institutional speakers will provide their insights, perspective and official outlook concerning the Science and R&D environment at a National and European scale.

 

• Plenary Sessions

Sustained by the framework of Innovation, Technological Development and Networking, in plenary sessions, invited experts will develop key-note presentations on the main thematics of the event, setting the tone for the discussion of specific topics and proposals for R&D, Innovation and Technology Transfer.

 

• Bilateral meetings

Previous to the event, the participants will have access to information and receive documentation related to the Brokerage Events, including other participants’ profile and their proposals for cooperative R&D and for technology transfer. This will allow a proficient arrangement of bilateral meetings with potential partners. These meetings will facilitate networking and a more direct and efficient discussion on specific proposals for future projects and collaboration. The Brokerage Events’ organization will provide rooms and will assist participants in booking these bilateral meetings that will be developed within the Official Agenda of the event.

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