4th Slovak Matchmaking Fair

The Slovak Investment and Trade Development Agency is organising already 4th year of the Slovak matchmaking fair. This year will be held in the town of Nitra, in November 2010. Hereby we would like to invite you and offer you active participation at bilateral meetings with Slovak companies.

This event is organised under the auspices of the Ministry of Economy and Construction of the Slovak Republic


On-line form
Bilateral meetings

General Conditions of Participation
Payment conditions
Information broadsheet
Map of the exhibition ground
How to get to the exhibition ground
Accommodation in Nitra
Information broadsheet

Organiser
Slovak Investment and Trade Development Agency (SARIO)

Date & Venue
November 9 – 10, 2010 at the exhibition ground Agrokomplex – Výstavníctvo Nitra, Výstavná 4, 949 01 Nitra, Slovakia

Partner
France, hereby represented by the French Embassy in Slovakia and the French – Slovak Chamber of Commerce in Bratislava

Partners
Agrokomplex - Výstavníctvo Nitra, Town of Nitra, Nitra self-governing region, Agroinštitút Nitra, banks

Honoured guests
Organisations, institutions and entrepreneurs from Croatia - in particular from energetics and infrastructure: from Ireland – in particular from pharmaceutical and health care industry from Poland – companies in particular from machinery; - companies from other countries

Registration
Registration is possible by filling in online registration form.

Registration fee
Fee for participant company is 100 € (1 company – 2 delegates)

Deadline for registration
Deadline for registration is October 15, 2010.

Description of the event
International matchmaking event targeting Slovak and foreign companies in engineering, automotive, electronics and IT sectors, power industry, wood processing and plastics manufacturing industry.

Format of the even
Bilateral meetings (1 meeting = 30 minutes) between Slovak and foreign companies. Business meetings will follow according to the time schedule (planned in advance) based on the request either from Slovak or foreign company

Official language of the event is English.
Panel discussions and Day of the partner country followed by gala event in the evening.

Panel discussions:
1. Power industry >>
Main topics:
a. Future of nuclear power in Slovakia;
b. What to do with nuclear waste? – Its liquidation and storage.

2. Automotive
Main topics:
a. Automotive networks, clusters and cooperation initiatives in European countries/regions;
b. Actual challenges and trends in automotive industry with focus on R&D and innovation.

3. Pharmaceutical industry
Main topic:
b.) Slovakia’s strengths and weaknesses and opportunities in biopharma R&D

We aim at
Creating room for bilateral negotiations in the above mentioned sectors and launch mutual economic co-operation.

Who should attend?
Small and medium enterprises in particular sectors.
- domestic participant: manufacturer established in Slovakia
- foreign participant: company from abroad – importer.

Further information you can get at +421 2 5826 0321 or e-mail.: matchmaking@sario.sk.