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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)

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