The first summit of the Blue Economy Business and Science Forum will take place in Hamburg on 12-13 September 2016 at the International Maritime Museum Hamburg. The final event agenda (PDF) has been released.
The Hamburg Summit will gather together over 200 Blue Economy stakeholders to discuss and propose solutions on:
- how to boost the European competitiveness in marine and maritime technologies;
- how to increase cooperation between science and industrial sectors; and
- how to fully demonstrate the value of innovative technologies, scale them up and bring them to the market.
Participants will also discuss bottlenecks hindering the commercialisation of innovative blue technologies in the EU. Innovation is costly and even more so in the marine environment. Therefore, access to finance for innovation will be considered as one of the key issues. The event will explore the new Commission proposal on the European Innovation Council as an opportunity for Blue Economy entrepreneurs-innovators.
The Summit will deliver concrete recommendations on:
- How to benefit from already existing research, innovation and technology achievements to speed-up commercialisation of marine technologies.
- How to bring science and business communities closer.
- How to encourage cross-sectorial collaboration.
- What regulatory and financial measures the European Commission should take to boost investments in the Blue Economy.
