R&D partnerships in Agtech with Canada and Switzerland: moving forward!

The Science and Technology Liaison Offices of Wallonia-Brussels International in Switzerland and Canada, in close collaboration with the SPW-Recherche, EEN Wallonia, Innosuisse, the National Research Council Canada and with the support of the Wagralim (BE) and CleantechAlps (CH) clusters, had the pleasure to organise an international R-D matchmaking event on Agritech & bio-solutions on 25 April 2023.

Related to the EUREKA | EUROSTARS funding programs, this virtual activity focused on:

• Providing key information on the Eureka / Eurostars funding programs as essential tools to support Research & Innovation collaborations between Walloon companies, universities as well as research centres and their counterparts in Switzerland and Canada ;
• 9 high-quality pitches from Academia & industrial partners ;
• 20 B2B meetings.

In total, this event gathered 50 participants from Wallonia-Brussels, Canada, and Switzerland.
 
Presentations are available on the virtual platform.
 
Eureka and Eurostars in a nutshell and funding rules:

• Eric Holdrinet -National Research Council Canada
• Colette John - Innosuisse
• Fabrice Quertain - SPW Recherche

R&D collaboration opportunities (pitch proposals)

• Philippe Jacques & Jean-Yves Parfait - Université de Liège & Multitel (BE)
• Evgeny Bogdanov - Gamaya (CH)
• Guillaume Wegria - Fyteko (BE)
• Hélène Iven - Digit Soil AG (CH)
• Matthias Gosselin - Haute Ecole Condorcet (BE)
• Guillaume Deleixhe - Kitozyme (BE)
• Nicolas Weber - Voltiris (CH)
• Paulo Refinetti - REM Analytics (CH)
• Jennifer Moriconi - Yulcom (BE)

Additional information
 
For any additional information, feel free to reach:

• Vassil Kolarov, Science Counsellor for Switzerland: v.kolarov@wbi.be
• Adrien Sellez, Science Counsellor for Canada: a.sellez@wbi.be
• • David Ramos, Project Manager, Research & Innovation Department: d.ramos@wbi.be