Welcome to
« EU-Japan Regional & Cluster Cooperation Annual Conference & Matchmaking »
13-14th December 2022
European and Japanese Clusters,
European Regions & Japanese Prefectures・Major Cities
The EU-Japan Regional & Cluster Cooperation Helpdesk launched by the EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation provides a new platform towards mobilizing industrial clusters, regions and, and prefectures interested to reinforce existing or build new cooperation, in terms of industry, trade, investment, innovation, tourism, and people mobility. In addition to bilateral cooperation with European and Japanese clusters, they may also open up to joint operation with clusters in third countries , e.g. in Africa, South East Asia, EU neighborhood countries, Latin America.
Target Audience
Interested European regions and Japanese prefectural and major city governments, industrial clusters, and regional development organizations are invited to participate.
Please download the agenda here
Day 1 - Annual conference
Tuesday December 13th
8:30-11:00(CET)・16:30-19:00(JST)
“Future of EU-Japan Regional Cooperation”
Simultaneous interpretation
- Opening session
with the participation of the organizers.
- Trends of EU Japan Regional & Cluster Cooperation
"Cluster to Cluster Short-term Mobility Programme"
with the participation of Tokyo Metropolitain Government, Aichi Prefectural Goverenment, Ibaraki Prefectural Goverenment, Green Net Finland, Hungarian Open Innovation Cluster for Construction Industry, etc.
- EU-Japan Regional & Cluster Cooperation Policies
Key note speech with an expert on regional cooperation and policies from Nagoya University
Panel discussion Bioeconomy, Biotechnology, Green transition with the participation of Mie Prefectural Goverenment, Saitama City, Vitagora Cluster, etc.
- Closing remarks
Day 2 – Matchmaking between clusters, regions and prefectures
Wednesday December 14th 8:30 - 10:30 (CET)・17:00-19:00 (JST)
Biotechnology & Healthcare, Environmental technology & Circular economy, Agri food, Digital, Photonics& Manufacturing, Sustainable tourism
Consecutive interpretation English/Japanese in case of necessity in all the rooms
The FREE matchmaking event will give you the opportunity to meet potential new partners during pre-arranged 20 minutes meetings and create real business development opportunities. The 5 key sectors are:
- Biotechnology & Healthcare
- Environmental technology & Circular economy
- Agri food
- Digital, Photonics & Manufacturing
- Sustainable tourism
Why participate?
- As cluster – discover new suitable Japanese or European clusters and find a new partner
- As European Region/Japanese Prefecture and Major Cities- find new Japanese or European partners and learn more about regional cooperation
Participants are invited to register and provide a profile describing either an offer or a request. All profiles will be evaluated and published on the website of the EU-Japan Regional Cooperation Conference & Matchmaking.
Organized by:
EU-Japan Regional & Cluster Cooperation Helpdesk (CEEJA & CLAIR)
EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation (DG GROW & METI)
with support of the European Cluster Collaboration Platform (ECCP)
