Connecting you to Industry Carol Brady Project Manager Enterprise Europe Network Galway

Enterprise Europe Network Galway Chamber – local partner in the Enterprise Europe Network. 600 Member Organisations Represented in over 54 countries

Support the business and research community to take advantage of EU opportunities

Develop business in new markets Source or licence technologies and ideas Access EU funding

Background Launched in 2008 by the European Commission’s DG Enterprise and Industry More than experienced staff Co-funding by EU’s Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP).

Our Services Commercial and Research Partnering Technology Transfer Access to Finance Advice on EU law and standards Intellectual Property Rights Research Funding

Our Services Commercial and Research Partnering Technology Transfer Access to Finance Advice on EU law and standards Intellectual Property Rights Research Funding

Commercial and Research Partnering Trustworthy & Competent Partners 20,000 + Partner Requests Raise visibility at EU level Find the best partners

How to find partners?

Matchmaking Events Pre-arranged meeting programme International Events and Trade Fairs On site support Follow-up

Recent Matchmaking Events ATWARM  50 participants/ 70 Meetings EuroNanoForum  150 participants / 300 Meetings FP7 Energy – Partnering Day  214 participants / 464 meetings

Examples - National Centre for Biomedical Engineering Science (Ire) & Apeptico (Austria) Orthos (UK) & Biomedical Engineering Research Centre (Spain) Questor Research Institute (NI) & IWW & University of Duisburg – Essen (Germany) “Our objective is not exclusively scientific. It’s also about developing the researchers’ business and management skills.” Dr. Eisinger, University of Duisberg-Essen

Actions 1.Search the database 2.Sign Up for Alerts 3.Register your own Partner Profile

Carol Brady Galway Chamber of Commerce