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Partner call: EIC SMEs, engage in an innovation mission in Japan and enhance your global network

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Interested to join the Innovation Business Mission in Japan and exhibit for free at the Innovation Leaders Summit (“ILS”) 2024 in Toranomon Hills, Tokyo this December? The EU-Japan Centre is targeting cutting-edge technologies sectors for its very first Innovation mission to Japan. Keep reading to learn about this opportunity! 

Calling EIC innovators: Is your EIC business applying cutting-edge technologies in areas such as new materials, renewable energy, SDGs, electronics, space, digital health and so forth? Would you like to present your technologies and products to potential partners and clients from Japan and beyond? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you! 

 

This mission is organised on the fringes of the Innovation Leaders Summit (ILS) 2024 that takes place in Tokyo, Japan in December 2024. Selected participants will be able to exhibit in a joint booth under the EU-Japan Centre umbrella. 

The mission will give to 12 EU SMEs and clusters the opportunity to enter the Japanese market or further develop their ongoing activities in the country and establish technology or business partnerships and therefore increase their innovation capacity and make them more competitive on the global scale.  

 

Apply by 31 August 2024 and don’t miss this opportunity. 

 

Objectives 

  • Explore partnering opportunities with Japanese companies 

  • Meet and network with potential business partners in Japan 

  • Create new business opportunities and partnerships with Japanese companies 

  • Gain valuable insights and knowledge about the Japanese market to become more competitive on a global scale as an SME 

  • Prepare the ground for practical cluster cooperation with Japanese counterparts as a cluster

 

Relevant information 

  • Mission date: 2-5 December 2024  

  • Application deadline: 31 August 2024  

  • Venue: Tokyo, Japan 

  • Target sectors: 

    • New materials  
    • Energy  
    • Decarbonization  
    • SDGs  
    • Batteries  
    • Electronics  
    • Aviation  
    • Space 
    • Foodtech  
    • Manufacturing equipment  
    • Digital health  
    • SaaS solutions  
    • AI-powered tools  

 

Related costs 

The EU-Japan Centre will cover participation fees to the trade fair, and the booth operational costs. The participants' companies are expected to cover travel, accommodation and living expenses. 

For more information about the mission and to apply: https://www.eu-japan.eu/events/innovation-mission 

 

About the EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation 

Established in 1987 by the European Commission (DG GROW) and the Japanese Government (METI), the EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation promotes all forms of industrial, trade and investment cooperation between the EU and Japan and at improving EU and Japanese companies’ competitiveness and cooperation by facilitating exchanges of experience and know-how between EU and Japanese businesses. 

DISCLAIMER: This information is provided in the interest of knowledge sharing and should not be interpreted as the official view of the European Commission, or any other organisation.

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