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The Watify Campaign will organise 40 matchmaking events across Europe, covering different thematic areas – strengthening the message that ‘Watify is coming to you’.

What is it? A series of cross-regional matchmaking events that

bring together public and private stakeholders from

different European regions and industries to explore

how they can cooperate on joint initiatives or pilot

projects in the area of Key Enabling Technologies

(KETs) or digital technologies.

With whom? Local and regional authorities (LRAs), Regional De-

velopment Agencies (RDAs), Research & Technology

Organisations (RTOs), Small and Medium Enterpris-

es (SMEs), large companies, business intermediators

(Chambers of Commerce, trade or industry associ-

ations) and sector-specifi c or tech-specifi c clusters.

How? B2MATCH web platform enables interested partic-

ipants to register, create a profi le and schedule bi-

lateral meetings with other registered participants,

facilitated and powered by the Watify team.

EventMatchmaking Watify – an awareness-raising

campaign, funded by the European Commission, on digital/technological transformation

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Watify Matchmaking Phases

EXPLORE & CONNECT

DEMONSTRATION

LAUNCH

» Knowledge exchange

» Exploring opportunities

» Identifi cation of synergies

and complementarities

» Pitching ideas /

presentations

» Launch of potential joint initiatives / pilot projects

» Attract new regions / participants

» Demonstration of the

results, outcomes and

opportunities

» Showcase business

applications, cases

Examples of thematic areasNanotechnology

New and advanced materials

Industrial biotechnologies

Advanced manufacturing technologies

Photonics

Mechatronics

Micro and nanoelectronics

Machine learning / Artifi cial intelligence

Digitisation of the tourism sector

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Virtual and augmented reality

High-performance cloud computing

Internet of Things

3D printing

Wearable technologies

Smart / precision agriculture

Smart packaging

Smart textiles

Digitisation of the fashion industry

Big data and data analytics

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