Events

This workshop aims to design an EU-wide approach on standardisation for the digitisation of European industry.

On 13 October, Raw Materials University Day takes place at the Vattenhallen Science Centre in Lund, Sweden. The event aims to raise awareness about innovations and education within sustainable development.

This European Week of Regions and Cities workshop will discuss ways of making inter-regional and strategic cluster collaboration work for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), based on the example of advanced manufacturing.

This European Week of Regions and Cities workshop will show the strategic role of cities and regions in establishing transformative ecosystems based on digital technologies and innovative business models to drive economic growth and social welfare.

The Directorate General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs is organising a workshop on trade and public procurement matters.

On 1 October, ‘Raw materials university day’ takes place at KU Leuven in Leuven, Belgium. The event will focus on the innovations of the Department of Materials Engineering in sustainable materials for electronics, mobility, construction and its groundbreaking research in the circular economy.

On 25 September, ‘Raw materials university day’ takes place at the Wroclaw University of Science and Technology in Wroclaw, Poland. The event aims to promote skills and employment in raw materials, especially in the exploration and processing industrial sectors.

The European Commission and the European Chemical Regions Network (ECRN) are pleased to invite you to the final conference on the European sustainable chemicals support service: 'Boosting regional investments in sustainable chemicals', taking place on 14 September in Brussels.

Like other industries, construction is continuously changing. It is important to keep on top of the latest challenges and potential solutions to ensure the industry's value chain can meet the demands of the future. This conference brought together industry leaders, finance professionals and investors, policy makers, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and start-ups.

The European Commission, in collaboration with the German Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection, and the EU Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), is hosting the second edition of this summit that will address the growing impact of IPR infringement on our society and the challenges facing enforcement authorities.

The Single Market Forum is a series of workshops that look into what works in the Single Market and what doesn't. It is an annual exercise and the results of the different workshops are brought together at the closing conference. The workshops cover a variety of Single Market subjects.

This conference raised awareness among decision makers and the procurement community about the benefits of strategic procurement, with an emphasis on sustainability, social responsibility and innovation. It featured speakers recognised for their expertise and leadership in the field.

LOGIN Startup Fair is a leading startup event in Central and Eastern Europe. With its strategic location, LOGIN Startup Fair aims to become the central startup-orientated event in the region.

On 18 May, we are launching the Social CHAlleNGEs Innovation Platform in Berlin. The brand-new EU initiative aims at matching social challenges with the best innovative solutions from the entrepreneurial world.

The European Commission held a workshop to reflect on the experiences of the first year of operation of the European Professional Card (EPC) and the accompanying 'Alert Mechanism'.

The "EU-Latin America Dialogue on Raw Materials: consolidating the cooperation" event 2017 takes place on 8 and 9 May in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

More than 150 stakeholders shared their clinical experiences with and best practices in biological medicines including biosimilars on 5 May in Brussels.

As part of the Single Market Forum, and in cooperation with local partners, the Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs is organising a series of workshops in several European cities on the professionalisation of public procurement.

From 27 to 28 April 2017, the European Commission is organising a conference on REACH in Sofia, Bulgaria. REACH is the European Regulation on Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals. It is the major pillar of the EU chemicals legislation. It imposes rules on the production, marketing and use of chemicals.

The European Commission is hosting a Copernicus User Forum Industry Workshop in Brussels on 24 April 2017. Copernicus is one of the Commission's flagship space programmes and is a leading provider of Earth observation data.