IOIP System Innovation 2025, the second edition of the International Open Innovation Programme long-term matchmaking phase between Emilia-Romagna companies and admitted Solvers from all over the world, based on technology challenges, to co-create solutions around shared business needs.

The second edition of IOIP Open Innovation Program focuses on 31 Challenges proposed by the Emilia-Romagna corporate partners. The challenges are grouped in 4 thematic clusters.

Cluster 1: DATA COLLECTION, ANALYTICS & TRACEABILITY FOR THE ECOLOGICAL TRANSITION

Cluster 2: MANUFACTURING METHODS & INDUSTRIAL OPTIMIZATION

Cluster 3: SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS, PRODUCTS & PROCESSES

Cluster 4: GREEN ENERGY & BIODIVERSITY

Applications open until the 27th of June 2025; matchmaking meetings from the 14th of April until the 11th of July 2025.

Further details on the challenges, corporates, application process and requirements are available on the official website page: https://ioip-2025.b2match.io/

Ministries and funding agencies in Austria, Belgium/Flanders, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Portugal, Slovakia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye and Ukraine offer funding for organisations collaborating on international circular value creation R&D projects. This Brokerage Event by the Enterprise Europe Network is an opportunity for companies, research organisations and interested parties to find collaboration partners for this call.

You can submit an R&D project application for this circular value creation funding opportunity between 12 June 2025 and 30 September 2025 inclusively. Your R&D project must include at least two organisations based in at least two of the countries participating in this Network projects call for projects.

Register now for the brokerage event and browse a catalogue of expertise and project ideas in various stages to find international partners in the participating countries. Meetings can be booked for May 12th the earliest and then all through to the end of September 2025.

More information: https://www.b2match.com/e/call-for-circular-value-creation

Confindustria Piemonte, is organising, together with Circular Bioeconomy Cluster SPRING and Innovhub-SSI, the 15th edition of IFIB – International Forum on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioeconomy – aimed at strengthening the bioeconomy network in the Euro-Mediterranean area and to promote partnerships.

The topic of the Forum is circular bioeconomy, with particular attention to industrial biotechnology as Key Enabling Technology. This year’s edition will have a specific focus on biotech solutions, such as bio fuels and bioplastics. Five sessions of pre-arranged face-to-face bilateral meetings (B2B) between Start-ups, Companies, Universities, public and private Research Centres in the field of industrial biotechnology and bioeconomy will take place in Torino.

Participants will come from Europe and beyond to find potential partners for collaborations, business development, licensing agreements, joint ventures, research projects, exchange of experiences and partnership opportunities.

IFIB B2B platform: https://www.b2match.com/e/ifib-2025-matchmaking

IFIB website: https://www.ifib.bio/

Pollutec is the must-attend event for those committed to the environment.  

For 45 years, the show has brought together the most innovative solutions to accelerate the ecological transition and develop new markets. On the program: 11 sectors of expertise, inspiring conferences and meeting opportunities to shape a sustainable world together.

Within Pollutec show (Lyon France 7-10/10/2025), major European fair on technological solutions for environment and energy transition, the Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and its partners are organising the “Green Days” consisting in several integrated activities : prevalidated bilateral B2B meetings, conferences, interclustering meetings, experts meetings and networking activities in the field of energy, environment and circular economy.

2023 Key Figures :

– The fair gather 51 000 visitors and 2000 exhibitors (with 200 start ups) from more that 110 countries and 420 conferences.

– The Green Days organised more than 1300 meeting for 730 participants registered from 48 countries.

Please note that this edition will be only on site (no virtual).

Target Audience : SMEs, Startups, Groups, Research Centers, Clusters, Agents, Distributors, Funding Companies, cities, Exhibitors & Visitors, virtual or on site.

The main thematics are : Waste, Water, Energy, Contaminated sites and soils, Sustainable Cities, Air Quality, Odours, Noise Pollution, Instrumentation, Metrology, Analysis, Risks Management & Prevention, Biodiversity & Bioeconomy, Institutions and Finance.

The participation to the “Green Days” is free of charge but entrance to the show is about 50€. Registration will open in June through B2match platform.

More information about Pollutec Lyon: https://www.pollutec.com/en-gb.html

CIRCULAR WEEK  will take place between  3-7 of November 2025. Participants can join events dedicated to Circular Economy transformation and sustainable production and consumption all over Europe. Each day of the Circular Week will be dedicated to different topic regrading Circular Economy as sustainable packaging, construction, food and bioeconomy, textile, circular design, circular business model etc. Around this topics various events will take place: workshops, seminars, networking meetings. Circular Week will give the unique chance of  business matchmaking and networking for both Polish and international participants.

The focal point of the circular week is European Sustainability Congress 2025. One of the biggest and most prestigious conference in Poland regarding circular economy topic. Event is targeted to public administration, local municipalities, companies, CSR, sustainable managers, local administration, start-ups, media.

The event is organised by Institute of Innovation and Responsible Development and Polish Circular Hotspot.

The Brokerage Event @ISM2025 is the perfect and an unique setting where networking and discussing partnership opportunities has never been so easy. This matchmaking event will take place on November 12-14 in Valletta, during the 2025 edition of the International Conference on Industry of the Future and Smart Manufacturing (ISM) and aims at attracting companies, organisations, and research institutions from the broad field of Industry 4.0 – all explicitly focused on getting in contact with potential business partners or project cooperation partners.

The topics of the Brokerage Event @ISM2025 include (but are not limited to):

• Additive Manufacturing & AI-enhanced Manufacturing

• Autonomous production

• Big Data Analytics in Manufacturing and Logistics

• Blockchain for Manufacturing and Logistics

• Cloud Computing

• Cyber Physical Production Systems and Cyber Security

• Digital Twins

• Economics & Business Models

• Industrial Engineering Education 4.0

• Ergonomics and Social Factor

• Human-Machine Interaction

• Industrial Internet of Things

• Smart and Digital Supply Chains

• Maintenance and Lifecycle Management

• Manufacturing Technologies

• Product & Process Design

• Production Systems and Supply Network Engineering

• Project and Risk Management

• Quality Management & Assurance

• Robotics in Industry

• Occupational Health & Safety

• Simulation in Production and Logistics

• Smart Operators and Human-centric Systems

• Sustainability-oriented production

• VR/AR Applications in Industry

The Brokerage Event@ISM2025 will be organised as a hybrid matchmaking event. Participation is free of charge and the official language of this networking event is English.

Deadline for registration: 10 November 2025, 18:00 pm