Programme

Tuesday, 12^th October 2021

09:30 – 09:45

Opening session

• Ulla Engelmann (Acting Director, Head of Unit) DG GROW
• Ingrid Schwaiger  (Deputy Head of Unit, Head of economic section European Commission) DG Neighbourhood and Enlargement – NEAR, Unit NEAR.B2– Regional Programmes Neighbourhood South
• Annalisa Gamba, Ceipiemonte - Foreign Markets and Fundraising Manager
• General Moderator: Emmanuel Noutary, General Delegate of ANIMA

09:45– 10:15

Parallel panels

Panel 1 - Global Digital Marketing, social media and digital promotion

Andrea Boscaro, Founder The Vortex:
"Technology and Psychology combined: how E-  commerce success is affected by these two dimensions"

Maged Farrag, 5dVR Creative and Managing Director: “The Metaverse is coming”

Moderator: Annalisa Gamba, Ceipiemonte

Panel 2 - Eco-sustainability: advantages and implications in the Next Society’s target sectors

Nicola Giuggioli, Chairman of Eco-Age

Ingrid Milcent, International Business Development, Tenerrdis, France (Coordinator of AEWEN project, Energy-Water nexus)

Moderator: Tahmina Shafique, ECCP, Ecorys

10:15 – 10:30

BREAK

10:30 – 12:10

Parallel B2B Sessions: a specific B2B session restricted to Clusters and BNOs and a specific B2B session restricted to SMEs

12:10 – 12:20

Debriefing session

12:20 – 12:30

Q&A and Closure

Wednesday, 13^th October 2021

09:00 – 09:05

Opening Session

• The Next Society: Raphaële Cohen – Innovation Project Manager/ANIMA Investment Network
• Future projects and cooperation opportunities: Virginie Cossoul / Policy Officer at DG NEAR Regional Programmes Neighbourhood South  
• General Moderator:  Pierre Hausemer Managing Director VVA -  ECCP, European Cluster Collaboration Platform
  

09:05 – 11:05

Mixed B2B & C2C

11:05 – 11:20

BREAK

11:20 – 11:30

Online site visit – South MED cluster

Qoot Cluster in Lebanon (Agrifood)

Stone & Marble Cluster, Palestine

Le Pôle de Compétitivité de Bizerte, Tunisia

11:30 -  12:00

Debriefing Session-testimonials

Brief introduction on the EEN Thematic Group on Clusters and debriefing session on the Matchmaking sessions

Moderators:

• Susanne Baden Jørgensen - Chair of the Thematic Group Clusters, Senior International Manager - Food & Bio Cluster Denmark
• Daniel Cosnita – President of the Romanian Cluster Association, Co-chairs of EEN Thematic Group on Clusters

12:00 – 12:10

Online site visit - EU cluster

• Paolo Dondo, Technical Manager, MESAP (Italian Innovation Hub)
• Silvana Sanfeliu Giaimo – Project manager and internationalisation expert TORINO WIRELESS (ICT Italian Innovation Hub)

12:10 – 12:20

Q&A, Wrap up & Collective Picture

Closing remarks

• Christophe Guichard – DG GROW – European Commission
• Virginie Cossoul – Policy Officer at DG NEAR Regional Programmes Neighbourhood South