Hannover Messe 2016 the world's leading trade fair for Industrial Technology was held in Hannover, Germany from 25-29 April 2016. Hannover Messe - a place to meet SME innovation leaders. PROMATECH is among the 38 SMEs that have been selected in 2014 round of Horizon2020 SME Instrument Phase 2. Company is proud to be a H2020 SME Phase2 Champion. PROMATECH was invited to participate at the trade fair by H2020 SME Instrument team, to showcast projects and look for new opportunities. Together with the Enterprise Europe Network, the SME Instrument team has hosted several events at Hannover Messe:

-Meeting European Commissioner for Research and Innovation Carlos Moedas with the SME Instrument Champions on 25 April 2016. During the meeting Commissioner Moedas briefly explained about innovative technology, success on the market and feedback on being a “champion” at European level.

-Pitching session "Meet the European SME Instrument Champions" on 28 April 2016. Enterprise Europe Network in cooperation with the European Executive Agency for SMEs (EASME) organized a dedicated pitching event for the most innovative SMEs coming from the EU Programme for Research and Innovation-Horizon 2020, PROMATECH was one of the lucky companies who was selected to pitch their CLOUD-VAS project (H2020).

The Transport Research Arena Conference 2016 (TRA 2016) — the most important Transport research event in Europe, gathering every 2 years the stakeholders:  researchers, experts, operators, industry and policy-makers — was held in Warsaw, Poland, 18-21 April 2016. TRA2016 Conference contribute to Innovation in sustainable mobility for Europe, by bringing together all the stakeholders of the transport system to discuss how to make transport more efficient, ecological and safe. PROMATECH presented EU-funded project CLOUD-VAS during Outreach sessions at European Commission's exhibition stand on 18 April 2016. Within the framework of the TRA conference the project ETNA 2020 supported by Enterprise Europe Network organized a networking and brokerage event focusing on topic areas for 2017 calls covered by the Transport Work Programme WP 2016-2017 of H2020. PROMATECH had opportunity to make company’s presentation for Mobility for Growth calls and looked for partners and investors.

PROMATECH will be participating at European Maritime Day (EMD 2016) on 18-19 May in Turku, Finland. High-level sessions and stakeholder workshops attract delegates & experts from across Europe and beyond. We are pleased to welcome you to visit our booth (The Networking village, Stand: 35)!

On behalf of the European Commission and the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs PROMATECH was invited to speak at 3rd Black Sea Stakeholder high-level conference dedicated to the Back Sea stakeholder community active in the maritime domain which will be held on 14 June 2016 in Odessa, Ukraine. Mr Ahmet Bilici, CEO of PROMATECH, will speak at Panel 3 addressing the oppurtunities for investment in marine business and how the EU funding programmes, such as the Horizon Sme Instrument, could support blur growth and partneships in the maritime and maritime domain.

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