Le Cluster TWEED, en partenariat avec 4 autres clusters européens (Autriche, Danemark, France, Suède) et dans le cadre du projet européen EC2i pour la compétitivité des entreprises et des PME, organise deux missions de matchmaking aux Etats-Unis et deux missions de matchmaking en Chine. La première mission, organisée du 08 au 10 mai 2018, se déroulera à New York ! Découvrez son programme sans plus attendre et faites-nous part de votre intérêt. Une aide financière est disponible pour les PME's participantes !

1. Matchmaking events : United-States & China 2018

2. EC2i project :
European Cleantech Internationalisation initiative
• COSME project : EU
programme for the
COmpetitivenessof SME's
• Focus : US & China
• Duration: 2 years (2018-2019)
• Partners : 6 clusters / countries
(AU, BE, DK, FR, SE)

3. Matchmaking mission #1 @NYC – may 2018

4. Overview
• For who ?
• Why NYC Market ?
• Preliminary activities
• Workshops
• Meet the buyers
• Matchmaking mission
• Programme
• Smart City Expo
• Budget
• Contact – stay informed

5. FOR WHO ?
• Public or private actors ; looking for solutions or providing solutions
• Private actors : SME’s (and some big companies)
• Public actors : cities / decision makers
• Sectors :
• Cleantech : any process, product, or service that reduces negative
environmental impacts
• Energy : clean energy, energy efficiency, renewable energy, …
• Smart… : smart cities, smart building, smart grid, smart and
electric transportation, …

6. WHY NYC MARKET ?
• The Smart Cities Expo, in combination with New York's climate change
initiatives, makes this city a promising market to visit. The city of New
York has set out to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 80 % in
2050. To reach this goal, New York City is investing in sustainable and
smart solutions such as renewable energy, energy efficiency, smart
and electric transportation, climate adaption, solid waste
management.

7. PRELIMINARY ACTIVITIES
• Workshops : webinars to prepare SMEs for participation in corporate
or public procurementprocesses
• Meet the buyer events : webinars or physical meetings with
corporates or public buyers in the target markets
Workshop / meet the buyer event #1 – 15 march 2018 (tbc) :
• Business intelligence information with Urban Future Lab
http://ufl.nyc/
• One or two big US companies needs in cleantech / energy

8. MATCHMAKING MISSION
Programme
• 07 May « Welcoming day »
• Flight to US
• Welcome evening by US clusters & introduction to US cleantech sector
• 08 May - 1st day of matchmaking: Smart Cities Expo Day
• Smart Cities Expo – keynotes (AM)
• Tailored B2B Meeting Programs (PM)
• Networking Dinner in New York City (PM)
…

9. MATCHMAKING MISSION
Programme
• 09 May « Urban Future Lab Day »
• Follow-up meetings SMEs/project owners
• Smart Cities Expo - « EU cleantech solutions » (AM)
• Networking lunch with industrialstakeholders
• Event at Urban Future Lab & B2B with startup’s (PM)
• 10 May « Projects / site visits Day »
• Site visit 1 - Power to the people : visit of Brooklyn microgrids & meeting Blocpower
• Site visit 2 …
• Site visit 3 …
• 11 May (or later if tourism) : flight-back to Europe

10. MATCHMAKING MISSION
Budget :
+ Plane : ~600-900€ / ~$720-1.080
+ Hotel : 750€ / $900 (3 nights)
+ NYC Smart City Expo : special price of ~$695 (580€) represents a discount of 35% compared with
early bird offer or almost 50% vs general admission. Optional participation.
+ Food / other expenses : at your charge
+ Participation fee : Free of charge for TWEED & Infopôle Cluster TIC Members & public
organizations ; 200€ for members of TWEED partners (GreenWin, Mecatech, Cap2020,...) ; 350€
for others.
+ Project support (export agency) : 900€ / 1.076$
TOTAL : ~ 1.330€ / 1.590$ - 1.680€ / 2.008$

11. MATCHMAKING MISSION
Smart cities Expo :
• The Expo will bring together local and international leaders
and influencers, and promises to attract widespread attention
given that NYC is rapidly evolving into a global benchmark for
smart city technologies.If you representa city, company or
other relevant player working with clean and/or urban tech,
you should consider being partof our delegation.
• http://ufl.nyc - https://twitter.com/nycsmartcities

12. CONTACT
Paul BRICOUT
+32(0)4.242.47.62
pbricout@clustertweed.be
Cédric BRULL
+32(0)4.242.47.60
pbricout@clustertweed.be
Cluster TWEED
+32(0)4.242.47.62
Rue Natalis, 2
4020 Liège – BELGIUM
www.clustertweed.be