The China Europe Water Platform (CEWP) Business and Innovation Program will during 2019-2021 focus on three, selected market segments for water technologies: Industrial Water Use in 2019, Urban Water (Sponge Cities, Wastewater Treatment, Leakage Reduction) in 2020 and Rural Water (Water for the Agricultural Sector, and Water Supply and Sanitation Systems for Towns and Villages ) 2021. The aim is at the same time to contribute to creation of a well-functioning market, to support building of Chinese-European Innovation-oriented partnerships and to facilitate the entry for European Companies to the Chinese Market.
At the core of the Business and Innovation Program, attention will be paid to solutions, which addresses the needs and challenges of the future, including a focus on application of circular economy approaches, the perspectives of digitalization, climate change resilience, supporting the UN SDGs and establishment of frameworks for business-cases. Through Open Innovation Meets, relation-building between Chinese and European Water Sector will be facilitated.
On November 5th-6th, CEWP Business and Innovation Program will have side-events @Aquatech Amsterdam, one on Doing Business in China and one session to launch the 2020 Urban Water Program.
The Urban Water Program will have the following elements, with concrete venues still to be decided:
The Side-events will include at least three activities:
– Plenary Session and technical side-events of the Tech Expos, where the CEWP side-events will be scheduled, with opportunities for your company to take an active role
– B2B Matchmaking, undertaken in co-operation with Enterprise Europe Network, with additional profiling of your company in the Twin Fair Handbook as well as opportunities for having your own booth
– CEWP Future Market Session with comprehensive discussions reg upcoming challenges for resilient long-term solutions: climate change, circular economy, digital transformation, strengthened regulatory framework.
– CEWP Open Innovation Meetings where Challenge Owners will present concrete cases, which will be thoroughly discussed with selected Water Technology Suppliers. Your company can be one of them.
On November 7th-8th, CEWP will have its Annual High-Level Meeting and an adjoined Business Forum in Guimaraes, Portugal. Here, a large Chinese Business delegation will take part, allowing for important relation-building and B2B matchmaking. You will find more details about this in the end of the flyer.
Program for the CEWP Business and Innovation Program side-events @Aquatech Amsterdam, November 5th- 6th, 2019
| Tuesday Nov. 5th, Aquastage, Hall 12, booth nr 12.230, 12.30-13.15 + 17:00-17:45 – “Doing Business in China” |
| Henrik Dissing, CEWP Business Program Manager: “The Chinese Market for Water Technology” |
| Liam Jazcii, Business Development Advisor, EU SME Centre, Beijing – “Do’s and Don’t’s when doing business in China” |
| NN, Representative, NBSO – Company Cases in the Cleantech Sector |
| Q&A Session |
| Wednesday Nov. 6th, Seminar Room D201, 10:00-12:30 – “Launch of Urban Water Program 2020” |
| 10:00-10:15 Henrik Dissing, Program Manager, CEWP: Welcome remarks, introduction to China Europe Water Platform |
| 10:15-10:30 Gerard de Vries, Program Manager, CEWP, Rijkswaterstaat: “Urban Water Challenges in China; CEWP Urban Water Program” |
| 10:30-10:45 Liam Jazcii – Business Development Advisor, EU SME Centre, Beijing, “The Urban Water Market in China, with a specific focus on the priority regions” |
| 10:45-11:00 NN, CAUPD, China: A vision for Urban Development in China |
| 11:00-11:15 Coffee Break |
| 11:15-11:30 NN, Dutch Company: The Sponge City Market in China, cases |
| 11:30-11:45 CEWP Business Program 2020 on Urban Water, priorities and activities |
| 11:45-12:30 Roundtable discussion, Q&A |
Further Information:
CEWP Henrik Dissing, hedis@mst.dsk, www.cewp.eu
Aquatech Dorien Sibbel, D.Sibbel@rai.nl, https://www.aquatechtrade.com/amsterdam/
Via a national organization:
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Italy
Netherlands
Norway
Portugal
Sweden
Austria
For participants from other countries:
EU SME Centre, Liam Jazcii: liam.jazcii@eusmecentre.org.cn
Partner organizations:
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