Successful R&I in Europe 2018
9th European Networking Event
- 15. Mar 2018 - 16. Mar 2018
- Van der Valk Airporthotel
- English
The conference, which was staged for the ninth time in 2018 and has been a great success with over 2600 participants since 2009, invited researchers and entrepreneurs from North Rhine-Westphalia and regions in Europe to find new European research and innovation (R&I) partners for Horizon 2020 projects and/or to present their research results from EU-funded projects that are ready for commercialisation.
In 2018, the special partner regions were Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Israel, the Netherlands and Poland. However, the event was of course open to participants from all over the world!
There was also an exhibition entitled “Innovations for Europe based in North Rhine-Westphalia”.
The networking event was structured in parallel workshops focussing on six topics:
- Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
- Nanotechnology, Materials and Manufacturing (NMM)
- Energy
- Sustainable Economy
- Life Sciences
- Transport
The event addressed especially universities and research institutes as well as small and medium-sized enterprises. Participants were invited to become involved in established and new technology networks between researchers, entrepreneurs and multipliers related to Horizon 2020. Giving a short presentation (ideas and/or results) or finding a partner by talking to decision-makers opened doors for new research and innovation projects in Europe with a focus on Horizon 2020.
Conference fee: € 120 (€ 95 one day) per person including VAT. Free participation for speakers in sessions 1 to 5.
Invoices will be despatched after the event. You can settle it in cash at our reception desk during the conference as well. We will issue a receipt.
Please note that the event organizer does NOT cover any travel expenses, costs for hotels etc.! We suggest, however, that you check whether such expenses count as eligible costs within your Horizon 2020 project.
The conference fee includes dinner on 15.03., lunch on 16.03., tea/coffee/cold drinks during the breaks, the “Düsseldorf by Night” tour and the airport-venue shuttle (solely as provided by the organizers).
In order to follow up the event, we would appreciate some feedback from you, particularly about whether you have established any worthwhile contacts related to preparing proposals for Horizon 2020.
Contact persons
Dr. Bernd Janson
Telephone: 0049 208 30004-22
Email: bj(at)zenit.de
Heike Hoffzimmer
Telephone: 0049 208 30004-35
Email: hz(at)zenit.de
Melanie May
HGC GesundheitsConsult GmbH
The event‘s format is very interesting with lots of pitch presentations and great opportunities to discuss international innovation projects both with potential partners as well as competent consultants.
Prof. Dr. Michael Bongards
Faculty for Computer Science and Engineering Science Automation – Energy and Environment
I and my team use the platform to find new international contacts or deepen existing ones. It‘s an excellent starting point for technology partnerships and funding proposals, especially for Horizon 2020.
Agenda
Thursday, 15 March 2018 (Day 1)
including exhibition: Innovations for Europe based in NRW
| 13.00 | Welcome |
| 13.05 | Opening Session Dr. Beate Wieland, Deputy Minister for Innovation, Science and Research, North Rhine-Westphalia |
| 13.15 | Keynote Speech Dr. Erich Unterwurzacher, Director, Directorate General for Regional and Urban Policy, European Commission |
| 13.35 | Success Stories in Europe based in NRW NMM: SYMPLEXITY, Sebastian Hähnel, Fraunhofer IPT, Aachen Energy: HELIS, Dr. Marian Stan, University Münster, Münster |
| 13.55 | Introduction of Partner Regions and Services for proposals and projects Dr. Bernd Janson, ZENIT GmbH |
| 14.00 | Coffee/Start parallel sessions |
| 14.15 | Session 1 Workshops “European projects seeking partners” Nanotechnology, Materials and Manufacturing (NMM) Materials|Chemistry Dr. Thomas Fischer, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany Presentation Implementation of Safe-by-Design thinking into manufacturing of products containing nanomaterials Dr. Heli Kangas, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd, Espoo, Finland Presentation Standardisation as Part of Successful Research and Innovation Projects Stefanie Müller, DIN e. V., Berlin, Germany Presentation Advanced structured materials by emerging 3D printing technologies for process industries Dr. Vesna Middelkoop, VITO, Mol, Belgium Presentation A mobile H2-solid-state tank based on highly porous nanomaterials for explosion proof storage of large amounts of hydrogen at high density, moderate pressure and room temperature Prof. Dr. Niels Marquardt, Ruhr University Bochum & COMET NanoTec GmbH, Bochum, Germany Presentation High Resolution Laser Based Additive Manufacturing, or in other words: Printing and Sintering with LIGHT Dr. Gari Arutinov, Holst Centre/TNO, Eindhoven, Netherlands Particle Process Technology: From the Synthesis of Highly Specific Nanomaterials on the Pilot Plant Scale to the Characterization of partilces. Tim Hülser, IUTA e.V., Duisburg, Germany Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) KOKONinfo – an online platform with reliable and easy to grasp information about complimentary and alternative medicine for people with cancer Annika Jäckels, TAKEPART Media + Science GmbH, Köln, Germany Presentation Standardisation as Part of Successful Research and Innovation Projects Katharina Sehnert, DIN e. V., Berlin, Germany Presentation Call for The network of European Centres of Excellence in #Legaltech Dr. Martynas Mockus, The Law Institute of Lithuania, Vilnius, Lithuania Presentation Instytut Technologii Elektronowej : Research Activities and Opportunities for Collaboration Dr. Tomasz Bieniek, Instytut Technologii Elektronowej, Piaseczno, Poland Presentation CryptPad – Zero Knowledge cloud productivity technology Caleb James DeLisle, XWiki SAS, Paris, France Presentation Inventorum – An Open Innovation Platform Connecting Business and Academia Dr. Jarosław Protasiewicz, National Information Processing Institute, Warszawa, Poland Presentation BigSem – Big Semantic Data and Advanced Analytics for the Process Industry Ralf Klinkenberg, RapidMiner GmbH, Dortmund, Germany MFDS – Multifunctional Detection System for Safer Road Traffic Dennis Dorn, Wilhelm Schröder GmbH, Herscheid, Germany Presentation Sustainable Economy Innovative recycling technologies as part of circular economy on the reseach site :metabolon Prof. Dr. Michael Bongards, TH Köln – University of Applied Sciences, Gummersbach, Germany Presentation Upgrading of manure: reduction of ammonia emissions and production of organic fertilizer Dr. Horst Meyrahn, Agrihumin GmbH, Brühl, Germany Presentation Urban transformations of the post-industrial era Dr. Kaisa Schmidt-Thomé, Demos Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland Presentation Engaging consumers for a sustainable economy Nora Brüggemann, Collaborating Centre on Sustainable Production and Consumption (CSCP), Wuppertal, Germany Presentation COLOSSAL. SC5-07-2019: Raw materials innovation for the circular economy: sustainable processing, reuse, recycling and recovery schemes Sreenivaasa Pamidi, Exergy NETHERLANDS, Delft, Netherlands Presentation Energy “FlexPad” – conical Sliding bearing for Wind Turbine Main Bearing application Amadeus Rolink, RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany Presentation Research on Catalysis for Storing Renewable Electricity Dr. Hans Fredriksson, Syngaschem BV, Eindhoven, Netherlands Isobaric expansion engines: New opportunities for power generation, pumping and compression Dr. Alexander Kronberg, Encontech B.V., Enschede, Netherlands Presentation “CAPRI”: Cavitational Assisted Paraxylene Reactor Industrialization manufacture of polyesters and PET (poly-ethylene-terephtalate). Dr. Paola Castrillo, Vertech-Group, Nice, France Presentation Symbiosis between industry and water utilities H2020 call SC5-04-2019 (Innovation Action) Vicky Leloup, Province of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium Presentation An Introduction to TWI and the Materials Group Damien Kirkpatrick, TWI Ltd, Cambridge, United Kingdom Presentation High-performance Rotors Peter Szilagyi, Breuckmann GmbH & Co. KG, Heiligenhaus, Germany Presentation EC H2020 CHESS-SETUP Combined Heat Supply System by using Solar Energy and Heat Pumps Renee Wansdronk, Wansdronk Architektuur, Amsterdam, Netherlands Presentation Fuel Cell – EHS hybrid module development Dr.- Ing. George Bandlamudi, EnerALL – Electro Chemical Systems GmbH, Willich, Germany |
| 16.15 | Session 2 Workshops “European projects seeking partners” Nanotechnology, Materials and Manufacturing (NMM) Nanocomposite Powders for Laser Additive Manufacturing Dr. Tobias Teckentrup, University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Germany Presentation Interactive Digital Twin for Interdisciplinary Collaboration and Problem Solving in Industrial Production and Maintenance Dr. Sven-Volker Rehm, WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management, Vallendar, Germany Presentation Development of the Fe based and Cu based alloys for Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing Dr. Wojciech Burian, Institute of Non-Ferrous Metals, Gliwice, Poland Presentation Development and industrial application of the biodegradable magnesium alloys. Anna Seraya, Boris Golman-Nazarbaev university, Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhastan Presentation Open Pilot Line Philosophy at COATEMA Dr. Nico Meyer, Coatema Coating Machinery GmbH, Dormagen, Germany Presentation Solutions for Advanced manufacturing & processing & Structural Dynamics Christophe Loffet, V2i, Liège, Belgium Presentation Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Nearshoring in ICT projects – the possibility or necessity – Successful Mobile Communication Solutions cooperation on H2020 Przemek Mikus, Liki Mobile Solutions, Lodz, Poland Presentation Controlar, Innovating Industry Dr. Carla Pereira, Controlar, Lda, Alfena, Portugal Presentation Open World Wide Laboratory Infrastructure for student created experiments Dr. Mirosław Brzozowy, Warsaw University of Technology, Warszawa, Poland Presentation 3D multi-domain simulation as universal means for integrating virtual technologies into research projects Frank Heinze, RIF Institute for Research and Transfer eV, Dortmund, Germany Presentation Defense from Covert Channel Cyber-attack over video stream payload. Exploiting compressed video domain redundancy for cyber protection Yoram Segal, Ben Gurion University, Hofit, Israel Presentation Data Science integration without black boxes David Arnu, RapidMiner GmbH, Dortmund, Germany Presentation Gamification and applied gaming across various domains Jens Piesk, Nuromedia GmbH / Nurogames GmbH, Köln, Germany Presentation Life Sciences Needle free vaccination and other smart patches Dr. Sebastian Braun, tesa Labtec GmbH, Langenfeld, Germany Convergence programme towards mastering of Personalized Medicine solutions. Dr. Miroslaw Kwasniewski, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland RNA technology platforms in regenerative medicine Dr. Kai Gräber, Cluster for Individualized ImmuneIntervention (Ci3) e.V., Mainz, Germany Bridge between Medical Biology and Clinical Medicine Dr. Dorota Makarewicz, Mossakowski Medical Research Centre, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland Presentation Energy Fuel Cell Systems using Ammonia as Renewable Energy Carrier for Future Hydrogen Societies Michael Steffen, Zentrum für BrennstoffzellenTechnik GmbH, Duisburg, Germany Presentation Metals R&D at Ghent University Dr. Karen Hemelsoet, Ghent University, Zwijnaarde, Belgium Presentation Maximizing the impact of your energy R&I projects through adequate dissemination, exploitation and communication of your results Marie Prouteau, Euronovia, Paris, France Presentation CalorAir best air/water heat pumps -refrigerant reduction in the heat pumps -noise level reduction in the heat pumps -increasing COP in the heat pumps Pawel Matusiak, fast development, Sosnowiec, Poland Presentation Metal Fuel Energy Applications Dr. Martin Timmer, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, Netherlands Presentation Business cases for industrial waste heat/cold recovery. SC3-EE-06-2018 Jesus Serrano, Sustainable Innovations Europe, Madrid, Spain Presentation 3D Inverse Design Methodology for Turbomachinery Components Dr. Maria Vera-Morales, Advanced Design Technology Ltd., London, United Kingdom Presentation Operation of local TRIGENERATION power system Jacek Glowinkowski, Wroclawski Park Technologiczny SA (Wroclaw Technology Park), WROCLAW, Poland Presentation Remote Smart Meters Errors Monitoring Methods Research and Implementation Prof. Dr. Žilvinas Nakutis, Kaunas university of technology, Kaunas, Lithuania Presentation |
| 18.15 | Session 3 Workshops “Services for proposals and projects” – Presentations by National Contact Points (NCPs), Enterprise Europe Network / ZENIT Workshop: Innovation and Financing Support for SMEs Horizon 2020: SME Instrument and Fast Track to Innovation Dr. Michael Wessel, National Contact Point for materials Presentation Access to Finance Verena Würsig, NRW.BANK Presentation Timon Gottschalk, NRW.BANK Presentation IraSME & ZIM-International Georg Nagel, AiF Projekt GmbH Presentation Other European funding programmes/ Scale-up NRW Benno Weißner/Juan Carmona-Schneider, ZENIT GmbH / NRW.Europa Presentation Workshop: Exploitation of R&I Results – Entering the Marketplace Horizon 2020: TETRAMAX – Technology Transfer Experiments and Digital Innovation Hub Dr. Bernd Janson, ZENIT GmbH Presentation Digitalisation in NRW Oliver Weimann, ruhr:HUB Digitalisation in Europe – Climate-KIC Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Rams, Provadis School of International Management and Technology Enterprise Europe Network Services Sabrina Wodrich, Dr. Uwe Birk, ZENIT GmbH / NRW.Europa Presentation Workshop: Innovation Procurement in Horizon 2020 Introduction Anne Müngersdorff, ZENIT GmbH / NRW.Europa Presentation PCP Contractors wanted Florian Berberich, Supercomputing Centre Institute for Advanced Simulation Presentation Best Practice report from a company: Strategic Planning and Business Development Fabrizio Magugliani, E4 Computer Engineering SpA Presentation KOINNO EU Contact Point: Innovative Procurement in Germany Doris Scheffler, ZENIT GmbH / NRW.Europa Presentation |
| 19.15 | Dinner |
| 20.30 | “Düsseldorf by night” bus tour/city sightseeing |
Friday, 16 March 2018 (Day 1)
including exhibition: Innovations for Europe based in NRW
| 9.30 | Welcome |
| 9.35 | Services for Proposals and Projects Jan Skriwanek, National Contact Point Life Sciences, Project Management Agency – part of the German Aerospace Center, PT DLR |
| 9.45 | Success Stories in Europe based in NRW Life Science: PoC-ID, Dr. Albert Schnieders, CNM Technologies GmbH, Bielefeld Presentation Life Science: ASSESS CT, Julian Sass, Hochschule Niederrhein, Krefeld Presentation |
| 10.05 | Coffee/Start parallel sessions |
| 10.15 | Session 4 Workshops “European projects seeking partners” Nanotechnology, Materials and Manufacturing (NMM) Advanced Microforming processes and Nanomaterials. Prof. Dr. Christoph Hartl, Technische Hochschule Köln, Köln, Germany Presentation New Electrostatic Spraying Technology Dr. Rene Massard, Kemica Coatings, Mignieres, France Presentation Computational Material Modelling for Fast-Paced European Industrial Productions Prof. Dr. Amir Horr, Austrian Institute of Technology, Vienna, Austria Presentation Namur Nanosafety Center / Synthesis, Irradiation & Analysis of Materials. Your partner for characterisation/evaluation of NMs Dr. Jorge Mejia, University of Namur, Namur, Belgium Presentation Foam Glass Insulation Blocks Manufacturing for Construction Industry Gary Raskin, LfG, Dusseldorf, Germany Presentation Bio-inspired Tools for Nanofabrication Prof. Dr. Amir Fahmi, Rhein-Waal University of Applied Sciences, Kleve, Germany R&D and prototyping of applied AI-driven Intelligent Sustainable Systems supporting Smart management, governance, operations and condition monitoring Dr. Serguei Golovanov, GOLEM Integrated Microelectronics Solutions GMBH, Vienna, Austria Presentation Corrosion Performance & Advanced Materials Characterisation Capabilities at TWI Dr. David Griffiths, TWI, Cambridge, United Kingdom Presentation Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Handelsblatt Research Institute Dr. Jan Kleibrink, Handelsblatt Research Institute, Düsseldorf, Germany Presentation Looking for partners in eHealth and Industry4.0 solutions Dr. Jon Arambarri, Virtualware, Basauri, Spain Presentation Semantic Relationship Orchestration of decentralized digital Identities using distributed Identity Management Systems. Thorsten Niebuhr, WedaCon GmbH, Muenster, Germany Presentation Partners sought for emerging innovations in Blockchain, Fin-Tech, Health-tech and oncological healthcare. Ad Popper, Xilion webservices, Heiloo, Netherlands Presentation Beyond 5G : The networkless network and a new dawn Dr. Rajarshi Sanyal, BICS, Brussels, Belgium Presentation Research interests and Collaboration Areas Prof. Dr. Hamid Bouchachia, Bournemouth University, Poole, United Kingdom Life Sciences PINTra – Platform for Intelligent Transparency Daniel Ziegelmayer, COREVAS GmbH & Co. KG, Grevenbroich, Germany ReceptIVFity – Fertility Microbiome Profiling for IVF/ICSI Dr. Jonathan de Jonge, ARTPred, Hoofddorp, Netherlands Presentation Individual manufacture of medical Ti-implants using microplasma processing Prof. Dr. Darya Alontseva, East Kazakhstan state technical university, Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan Presentation CasZyme – Pioneers of CRISPR Cas technology Dr. Monika Kavaliauske, CasZyme, Vilnius, Lithuania Presentation Controlling of protein disorder and protein aggregation in health and disease Dr. Stefan Rüdiger, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands Presentation Flexible microfluidic Lab-on-Chip systems for IVD applications Dr. Jan Hesse, Joanneum Research, Graz, Austria Presentation Transport At the interface between Logistics and IT. New horizon of Stopguard project. Evgeny Novikov, GPC Doerfer International GmbH, Aachen, Germany Presentation CargoRider – A new mobility service for cargo ships Frank Michelberger, University of Applied Sciences St. Poelten, St.Pölten, Austria Presentation Integrated multi-modal measures of user experience Dr. Andrew Spink, Noldus Information Technology BV, Wageningen, Netherlands Presentation Disrupting Emission Testing and Monitoring Aleksandra Karimaa, Gasera Ltd, Turku, Finland Presentation Remote Management of Mobile Devices used in European Transport. Mariusz Walczak, Liki Mobile Solutions, Łódź, Poland Presentation VaVeL: Variety, Veracity, VaLue: Handling the Multiplicity of Urban Sensors Dr. Thomas Liebig, Technische Universität Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany Presentation |
| 12.00 | Session 5 Workshops “European projects seeking partners” Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) ROADART – Research On Alternative Diversity Aspects foR Trucks Matthias Schneider, IMST GmbH, Kamp-Lintfort, Germany Presentation Medical diagnostic photonic sensor development and other biosensing technologies for point-of-care testing in health applications Dr. Rainer Hainberger, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Wien, Austria Presentation Looking for partners in Energy & Industry 4.0. Presenting ideas for future projects, early products and research results in AI, Computer Vision and HPC. Marcin Rojek, byteLAKE, Wroclaw, Poland Presentation Geometrical Structures – declueted from Point Clouds Dr. Hanns-F. Schuster, GEOhaus GbR, Haus der Geoinformation, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany Presentation Technology transfer via multinational application experiments in customized and low-energy computing Eva Haas, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany Presentation Life Sciences AIT biomarker discovery, bioinformatics, and biosensor development for upcoming H2020 projects Dr. Stephan Pabinger, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Wien, Austria Presentation A Life Sciences Interdisciplinary Approach to Sustainable Intensification in Africa (SFS-35-2019 call) Aykut Sancakli, Dimov Rosen, Serdengeçtiler Agricultural Production Partnership, Mersin, Turkey Presentation Innovative solutions for diagnostics Balazs Czibok, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary Presentation bloom – Boosting European Citizens’ Knowledge and Awareness of Bioeconomy Research and Innovation Norbert Steinhaus, Wissenschaftsladen Bonn – Bonn Science Shop, Bonn, Germany Presentation CDISC Presents the Importance of clinical research data standards and their fit with wider research standards landscape in a connected data framework Paul Houston, CDISC Europe Foundation, Cenon, France Presentation Looking for 15 Early Stage Researchers in Biomedical Research and Biostatistics for the International Interdisciplinary PhD studies at the Medical University of Bialystok Dr. Miroslaw Kwasniewski, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland Presentation |
| 13.00 | Interactive lunch/Find a partner |
Van der Valk Airporthotel
Am Hülserhof 5740472, Düsseldorf
Airport-Venue shuttle
The shuttle with e-cars will run from the airport to the venue (and back) on 15 or 16 March 2018.
About one week prior to the event, we will inform all participants who have indicated that they require an airport-venue shuttle where and when the shuttle service will run!
The meeting point at the airport where the shuttle leaves will be signposted.
The service is operated free of charge as a courtesy to our participants and on a “first-come, first served” basis. Please note that it is not possible to book the shuttle in
Prior to the conference each year we announce a Call for Presentations.
Delegates are invited to submit suggestions for the presentation either of an idea for a joint Horizon 2020 proposal or of results from an EU-funded project ready for commercialisation. The presentations are held in the framework of workshops on specific themes, which are announced together with the conference programme.
The aim of the Call for Presentations is to facilitate communication between the participants.
Speakers profit threefold:
- They have the opportunity to present their ideas for joint Horizon 2020 proposals/EU-funded research results to the audience in a thematically related workshop.
- During the breaks there are special booths for further discussions between presenter and audience.
- The conference participation fee is waived for speakers! (One per presentation.)
Once the Call for Presentations has closed, all submissions are reviewed against specific criteria as follows:
- Was the required information provided (and within the deadline)?
- Is there evidence of sufficient experience in EU R&D&I programmes?
- Is there clear potential for joint projects within Horizon 2020, e.g. are concrete calls mentioned, or do the R&D&I results have real potential for commercialisation?
- Does the proposed topic fit in with the overall concept of the foreseen workshop and complement (and not duplicate/is not similar to) the other presentations?
The selected speakers are notified and allocated a 6-minute time slot in one of the thematic workshops. They are then asked to submit a draft of their presentation so that the workshops can be prepared. Presenters are welcome to bring a final version to the event and upload it before the start of their session.
All presentations are uploaded on the conference website after the event.
Exhibition
Exhibition “Innovations for Europe based in NRW” on 15 March 2018
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| University of Applied Sciences Hochschule Niederrhein |  |
Once again in 2018, the importance of the “Successful R&I in Europe” conference series for Europe’s research and innovation calendar was substantiated by the number of participants. Around 300 delegates from 28 countries attended the European Networking Event in Düsseldorf on 15-16 March: 42 % were entrepreneurs and over 50 % were representatives of universities or research institutes. The fact that about half the participants came from abroad confirms that the event answers a demand for networking platforms at international level.
The conference, which was organised by ZENIT GmbH on behalf of the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, was opened by Dr. Beate Wieland, Director of the Ministry’s Research Division. Keynote speaker was Dr. Erich Unterwurzacher, Director, Directorate General for Regional and Urban Policy, European Commission, Brussels.
The event was structured in thematic workshops and open networking sessions. Researchers previously selected within a call for proposals had the opportunity to present not only new ideas for future projects but also research results ready for commercialisation: Some 90 pitches over the two-day event! Delegates profited from the opportunity for an exchange of experience as well as to meet new potential partners and – most importantly – initiate joint EU projects.
Topics were:
- Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
- Nanotechnology, Materials and Manufacturing (NMM)
- Energy
- Sustainable Economy
- Life Sciences
- Transport
In the framework of a parallel exhibition entitled “Innovations for Europe based in NRW”, a number of selected projects and initiatives were presented.
The event benefited from extensive promotional activities undertaken by the Enterprise Europe Network, the largest business, technology and innovation support network in the world (over 600 organisations in over 60 countries), of which ZENIT is a partner in a consortium with NRW.BANK and NRW.International. Further assistance was provided by the National Contact Points in Germany and a large number of organisations in this year’s partner regions of Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Israel, the Netherlands and Poland.
Delegates had at their disposal an eCar shuttle service between Düsseldorf Airport and the impressive venue of Van der Valk Airporthotel.
Next year will see the 10th anniversary of this major R&I networking event – watch this space!