Invitation to Seminar for Companies Aiming to Enter the Japanese Market

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We are excited to invite you to an important seminar tailored for companies with the goal of entering the dynamic Japanese market. If you belong to the business sector that is eager to explore the opportunities presented by Japan, then this seminar is tailored for you.

The Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI), as a member of the Enterprise Europe Network Cyprus, in collaboration with the EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation, will organize an online educational seminar on October 25th, 2023.

Participation in the seminar is free of charge.

During this seminar, we will delve into the key aspects of entering the Japanese market. We will examine challenges, prospects, and best practices for businesses aiming to achieve successful presence in Japan.

This is a unique opportunity to gain deeper insights into the Japanese market and develop strategies that will aid in achieving your goals.

You may register HERE or contact us via email at eency@ccci.org.cy

We are looking forward to welcoming you to the seminar and contributing to the success of your presence in the Japanese market.

Presentations of the Export Helpdesk and the Trade Centers of Cyprus abroad to inform Cypriot Businesses

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We would like to inform you that, in the context of informing Cypriot businesses about foreign markets, during the months of September – December 2023, presentations to inform Cypriot businesses will be organized by the Export Helpdesk of the Ministry of Energy, Commerce, and Industry and the Trade Centers of Cyprus.

Through these presentations, businesses will have the opportunity to get to know the Commercial and Assistant Commercial Counsellors of Cyprus abroad, to be informed in general about the economy of the countries in which the Trade Centers are based, about the business environment, about the peculiarities and business culture of these markets, etc.

The presentations are addressed to Cypriot businesses that wish to export Cypriot products and services to countries covered by the Trade Centers of the Ministry of Energy, Commerce, and Industry and aim to inform all businesses about these markets before applying to the Export Helpdesk for 2024.

The presentations follow the presentations made on a pilot basis to the applicants of 2023 and are expected to be made in the future during the same period on an annual basis. In the future, they may also cover other countries covered by the Trade Centers of the Ministry of Energy, Commerce, and Industry and/or for specific sectors. Applications through the Export Helpdesk to find importers in countries covered by the Trade Centers for 2024 will be sent at the end of 2023 or the beginning of 2024 to the businesses that will have completed the form.

We kindly ask that businesses interested in attending the presentations respond by 8/9/2023, which is the closing date for expressing interest in attending the presentations.

Reflect Festival 2023

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  • Are you seeking new technological solutions?
  • Do you wish to innovate, pioneer, and develop your business?
  • Would you like to showcase the innovative technology you have developed?

Participate in the networking event organized by the Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry during Reflect Festival 2023.

As a member of the Enterprise Europe Network Cyprus, the CCCI will host a networking event (B2B meetings) on September 20-21, 2023, dedicated to exploring and informing about new advanced technologies and developing partnerships.

The event is mainly aimed at:

  • Businesses facing problems/difficulties related to product and service quality, customer service, business data security, profitability, productivity and business competitiveness and looking for innovative technological solutions.
  • And to companies from Cyprus and abroad that offer ready-made innovative technologies or have the ability to develop/design customized technological solutions.

Therefore, EEN Cyprus networking event is a unique opportunity to bring together potential buyers, technology suppliers/creators and researchers from a large number of European countries.

Participation procedure

  • Interested parties must register via a dedicated platform and submit their business profile. Click HERE.
  • Profiles will be evaluated by the EEN Cyprus for validation of the data and correlation/connection with the event objectives.
  • Subsequently, the profiles will be published in an online directory and will form the basis for seeking potential partners to arrange meetings with.
  • Each participant will receive their personal meeting schedule prior to the event.

Event Details:

  • Location: Carob Mill, Limassol, Cyprus
  • Date: 20-21 September 2023 | 09:00 AM to 05:00 PM
  • Registration deadline: 12 September 2023

Topics addressed?

 

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computer Technology / Graphics, Meta Computing
  • Data Processing
  • Cloud Technologies
  • Visualisation, Virtual reality
  • Materials Technology
  • and many more…

Cost:

Participation in the EEN networking event is FREE.
Applicants who are evaluated and approved by EEN will receive a FREE entry pass to Reflect Festival for 2 days.

Accommodation discounts (in pre-selected hotels) will be provided upon registration.

For more information about Reflect Festival and EEN Matchmaking Event you may contact Ms Stalo Demosthenous on 22889752 and Ms Soti Christou on 22889769 or via email at eency@ccci.org.cy

 

Electronic Newsletter “International Networking and Cooperation Opportunities” – August 2023

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We would like to inform you that the electronic newsletter “International Networking and Cooperation Opportunities” with selected partnering proposals from abroad has been published. To see the Edition of August 2023, please click HERE

Reflect Festival 2023

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Reflect Festival is the largest technology & innovation event in Cyprus and one of the fastest growing in the Mediterranean area.

In its 6th edition this year, the festival will bring together over 8.000 entrepreneurs, investors, and tech enthusiasts, creating the must-attend place for building networks across Southern Europe, Middle East & North Africa. The festival has a direct impact on the growth of the startup ecosystem on the island and in partnering countries, fostering synergies between cultures and economies. It annually showcases Cyprus’ rapid progress in innovation and business opportunities while connecting local entrepreneurs to global prospects and vice versa.

The Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry, member of the Enterprise Europe Network Cyprus, within the framework of the Reflect festival, will organize an on-site matchmaking event on the 20th – 21st of September 2023.

The EEN Cyprus match-making event aims to bring together buyers, suppliers/providers and researchers from a large number of European countries. This is a unique opportunity to generate new business contacts and contracts. The meetings will take place in a dedicated area and will be scheduled in advance HERE.

For this matchmaking event the Organizers are interested in attracting established companies, startups & investors, from countries active in the technology sector. The aim of the event is to showcase start-ups but also to facilitate partnerships of already established SMEs looking for new technological solutions.

Event Details:

  • Location: Carob Mill, Limassol, Cyprus
  • Date: 20-21 September 2023 | 09:00 AM to 05:00 PM
  • Registration deadline: 12 September 2023

Topics addressed?

 

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computer Technology / Graphics, Meta Computing
  • Data Processing
  • Cloud Technologies
  • Visualisation, Virtual reality
  • Materials Technology
  • and many more…

Cost:

Tickets are available in the official Reflect website.

The first 50 approved applicants will be eligible to receive a FREE entrance pass for 2 days.

Accommodation discounts (in pre-selected hotels) will be provided upon registration.

For more information about Reflect Festival and EEN Matchmaking Event you may contact Ms Stalo Demosthenous on 22889752 and Ms Soti Christou on 22889769 or via email at eency@ccci.org.cy

Anuga 2023 – Greek Matchmaking Event

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Anuga is the largest and most important food and beverage exhibition in the world. More than 160,000 trade visitors from 192 countries travel to Cologne to attend the five-day fair.

We woul dlike to inform you that Enterprise Europe Network Hellas in cooperation with Enterprise Greece are organizing a networking event, ANUGA 2023 – Greek Matchmaking event, in the framework of the International Exhibition “ANUGA 2023” and invite potential buyers, active in the food and beverage sector, to participate.

Therefore, If you are planning to visit ANUGA Exhibition in Cologne to establish valuable cross-border contacts and collaborations with key players in the Greek food and beverage industry, you can now register by clicking on the following link: Anuga 2023 Greek Matchmaking event.

Event Details:

  • Location: Cologne, Germany (Europasaal Hall 10/11, Stand No 018G)
  • Date: 8th-10th October | 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
  • Registration deadline: 7th October 2023

Who can participate?

  • International buyers: Importers, distributors, food and beverage wholesalers (including wine and alcoholic beverages), representatives of food chains, supermarkets, procurement agents for hotels and restaurants, specialty food and wine stores, e-commerce buyers, and others.

Cost:

The business meetings at the “ANUGA 2023 – Greek Matchmaking Event” will be free of charge and will take place on-site at the exhibition. However, registration at the ANUGA 2023 fair is mandatory and a prerequisite for participating in the business meetings.

For more information about ANUGA 2023 and registration, click HERE.

Funding Schemes for private participation of businesses in exhibitions in Cyprus and abroad in 2023

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The Ministry of Energy, Commerce and Industry announces that the receipt of applications from companies in the agricultural, industrial and services sectors for financial support for private participation in trade fairs, which took place or will take place between January 1, 2023 and December 31, 2023, under the three following Sponsorship Plans, has begun:

•    De minimis Aid Scheme for Cypriot companies active in the processing and/or marketing of industrial products, for private participation in trade fairs in Cyprus and abroad.

•    De minimis Aid Scheme for Cypriot enterprises active in the sectors of processing and/or marketing of agricultural products, for private participation in trade fairs in Cyprus and abroad.

•    De minimis Aid Scheme for Cypriot service companies, for private participation in trade fairs in Cyprus and abroad.

Interested parties can obtain the Application Form, together with the incorporated Information Brochure by clicking here

For more information, you can contact the Ministry at telephone numbers 22867234 / 22867192 / 22867268 or at email ts@meci.gov.cy.

Amendment to the European Cosmetics Regulation 1223/2009

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Regarding the above issue, we would like to inform you that two new Regulations have been published in the Official Journal of the European Union and they appear below. The following links also include the timetables for the implementation of the Regulations.

  1. COMMISION REGULATION (EU) 2023/1545 of 26 July 2023

amending Regulation (EC) No. 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards labelling of fragrance allergens in cosmetic products.

  1. COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) 2023/1490 of 19 July 2023

amending regulation (EC) No. 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the use in cosmetic products of certain substances classified as carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic for reproduction.

 

Food&Drinks Mission2Sicily 2023

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We would like to inform you that Sicindustria, in cooperation with Enterprise Europe Network, Agrifood Sector Group, and sponsored by Unioncamere Sicilia (Union of the Chambers of Sicily) are organizing the second Food&Drinks Mission2Sicily!

This match-making event brings together Sicilian producers and international buyers.

This is a unique opportunity to generate new business contacts in a time – and cost efficient way! Meetings will take place in a dedicated area and will be arranged in advance HERE.

Event Details

  • Location: Unioncamere Sicilia, Via E. Amari, 11, 90139 Palermo
  • Date: 25-28/10/2023
  • Registration Deadline: 20/10/2023

 Who can participate?

  • International Buyers: Importers, distributors, wholesalers of food and drinks (including wine and spirits); Food chains representatives, Hypermakets/Supermarkets, Purchase agents for hotels and restaurants, Specialty food&wine stores, E-commerce marketplace, and others.
  • Sicilian Producers

Hosted Buyers Program for 14 Buyers

14 Buyers can benefit from a 100% free travel and accommodation which includes the following costs:

  • Return tickets to/from Sicily
  • Accommodation (3 nights in a 4* hotel)
  • Transfer from/to airport
  • Working lunch during the B2B meetings
  • Networking workshop on the evening of the 26th of October
  • Support in the organisation of the company visits on the 27th of October
  • Full assistance from the organisation before, during and after the event

Applications will be evaluated individually, and approved by Sicindustria and the Union of the Chambers of Sicily following these criteria: registration date; turnover; year of establishement.

**Participating buyers must have capacity of decision in their companies. 

For more information and/or registration, click HERE. 

INNOVATIVE THERAPIES DAYS OCTOBER 12TH & 13TH, 2023 BESANÇON

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From October 12th and 13th, the third edition of Innovative therapies days – ITD (www.innovativetherapiesdays.com) will be held in Besançon (25), France.

Innovative Therapies Days is the key symposium that will give a large part to exchanges between experts in their field: ??????????, ??????????, ??? ?????????? ????????. You will find them through an ????????? ???????, ??? ????????, ??? ?????????? ????? and discover their latest scientific progress on CAR-T cells, cell therapies, and cell-derived innovative therapies. While the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region is the birthplace of microtechnology, it is the combination of those technologies with cell therapies that enabled the RIGHT institute to bring out flagship products like CAR-T cells! With some national partners and international partners and around 600 visitors, ITD brings together ??????????, ??????????, ??? ?????????? ???????? for 2 days of high-level conferences about CAR-T cells, cell therapies, cell-derived innovative therapies and regulation, production, and clinical transfer of innovative therapies.

  • CAR-T CELLS, CELL THERAPIES, CELL-DERIVED INNOVATIVE THERAPIES

This session will cover a wide range of topics from cell therapies, like CAR-T cells, to new cell-derived therapies. We will develop the understanding mechanisms and research in this session, including the clinic with feedback from international speakers (Austria, China, Germany, …). Transfers in clinical development will also be discussed.

Mixing and exchanges of people from different backgrounds (academics, scientists, pharmacists, clinicians, mature and young biotech companies…) will provide an excellent platform to help the development of cell and gene therapies in France and worldwide to propose these innovative drugs to patients.

  • REGULATION, PRODUCTION AND CLINICAL TRANSFER OF INNOVATIVE THERAPIES

This session will highlight the capacity of the University Hospital Center to conduct clinical trials and what issues to anticipate. On this occasion, we will give examples from the regional ecosystem with pre-industrial structures.

We will also talk about the regulatory science and innovation task force by the European Medicines Agency and the guidelines defined for ATMPs in European and America.

As a partner of this event, Enterprise Europe Network offers you an additional 10% discount using the code PREFEE-POLES-CLUSTERS-PARTNERS.

Until July 30th, take advantage of an early bird offer !

Find out more about the program, the partners, and details at www.innovativetherapiesdays.com.