UFO Project: SME engagement workshop- BlueGrowth

Conducted by eight European Clusters, the UFO project’s activities will foster collaborations between SMEs from different sectors (SFO / embedded KETs / ICT and emerging industries) and from different countries across Europe. The project will support these collaborations with EU funding thanks to two Open Calls for innovation project proposals.

The UFO project partners invite interested SMEs to one or more thematic ideation sessions covering the six selected industries. These sessions will facilitate the development of new project ideas through virtual discussions and brainstorming sessions using design thinking methodology. 

If you are looking at exploring new European collaborations with the potential of getting funding in the end, then we strongly encourage you to register! 

This first networking event should bring initial contacts, inspiration and concrete ideas for projects, help SMEs to develop these ideas further and benefit from financial support offered by the UFO project. UFO will launch it's 1st Open Call to fund innovation projects at the end of November.

Your opportunities to discuss and connect with experts and potential partners in the UFO industrial topics:

Blue Growth: SFO, drones, AI and Machine Learning, sensors and sensor networks for offshore energy, aquaculture and blue biotechnology, maritime surveillance, shipping and coastal security, illegal, unlicensed and unreported (IUU) fishing, Managing coastal water quality, Metocean monitoring and forecasting