B2B Meetings at Aquatech

7 company representatives from Portugal, Czech Republic, and Greece. had an opportunity to explore Aquatech and meet 25000 water professionals. On top of this, a matchmaking event was organized in cooperation with Water Alliance. The representatives, as specific case owners, were paired with companies from the Water Alliance network. In total, five P2P meetings took place, which will result in future cooperation.

During the iWATERMAP partner meetings water problems were discussed and potential solutions shared. This led to more interest from regional stakeholders to engage and get acquainted with breakthrough water technologies. The Aquatech 2019 trade fair offered a perfect opportunity to organise a series of B2B events.

Water Alliance, the network organisation for the Dutch water technology sector and a regional stakeholder linked to Wetsus and the Province of Fryslân, organised a matchmaking programme with support of the Enterprise Europe Network
They collected water related needs and issues from the iWATERMAP partners and their case owners, where matched with Dutch solutions. Several matchmaking meetings took place of which some where an instant success. At the end of the day two iWATERMAP stakeholders agreed on collaboration with two Dutch companies in future projects.
The main stakeholders and beneficiaries are public and private companies in iWATERMAP partner regions, which have a specific water problem and which are looking for a solution provider.