Conference and Matchmaking under the Blue Growth Programme. 21 - 22 May 2019 - Ålesund, Norway. Initiative under the Fund for Bilateral Relations

Conference and Matchmaking under the Blue Growth Programme. 21 - 22 May 2019 - Ålesund, Norway. Initiative under the Fund for Bilateral Relations

Innovation Norway, in partnership with the Directorate-General for Maritime Policy, is organizing a Conference and a Matchmaking in the area of Business Development, Innovation and SMEs, which will take place on 21-22 May 2019, in Ålesund, Norway with the aim to establishing bilateral partnerships and identify business opportunities for Norwegian, Icelandic and Portuguese companies operating in the Blue Economy sector under the Blue Growth Programme.

Participating companies should already have a concrete project idea linked to "Development of technology / solution / innovative product" or "application of innovative technologies / solutions / product" in the following areas of the Blue Economy sectors:

  • Technologies and solutions for fisheries/aquaculture (development of innovative products and technologies in fisheries/fish farming sector)
  • Ocean renewable energy sector
  • Maritime industry, including maritime transports technologies
  • Off-shore infrastructures
  • Robotics related to marine and maritime technologies
  • Technologies for deep sea resources and mapping
  • Shipbuilding and shipping (development of innovative products and technologies)
  • Blue biotechnology and environmental monitoring and surveillance activities
  • Innovative products and technologies which are already available in the market, or to develop new ones, that use marine litter as raw material
  • Where applicable, solutions and technologies are not limited to the oceans, but also relate to inland waters

The matchmaking registration is mandatory on the following platformhttps://blue-growth-matchmaking.b2match.io/ 

Deadline for submission of applications: 13rd of May 2019 at 11.59 pm

Application documents