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Dual use maritime technologies were centre-stage at Southampton event
ENDR’s second conference took place on 4 April in Southampton. Organised by the Marine Southeast cluster and the Commission, the event’s 100-plus participants from across Europe and North America debated the best ways to promote public-private cooperation in support of dual use marine and maritime technologies.
International organisations and the UK’s defence authorities explained their dual use needs and how they are working with SMEs and the private sector in general to identify, develop and move technologies into the marketplace. Participants also learned about the public-private approach of San Diego’s Maritime Alliance cluster for meeting the needs of its “blue economy” and, moreover, how it reaches out to its international network of cluster contacts in Europe and elsewhere. More than 120 contacts, organised by the Enterprise Europe Network, took place on the following day.
More info on the event.
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Drones and space technologies to feature at next ENDR conference
Regional authorities, companies and technology end-users will gather in Aarhus, Denmark for ENDR’s third dual use conference on 4-5 May. Hosted by the Danish cluster CenSec (Centre for Defence, Space and Security) and the European Commission, the 1.5-day event will showcase top-down and bottom-up approaches to public-private development of dual use technologies for drone and space applications.
Dual use trends, examples of emerging and mature technologies, funding sources and other insights will come from SMEs and prime contractors, research institutes and public end-users, as well as EU and national players that support dual use innovation. The event will also offer a B2B matching session, coordinated by the Enterprise Europe Network.
More on the event and registration.
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Clusters Go International call for dual use postponed
The Clusters Go International call announced in the last ENDR Newsletter was published on 22 March. However, its section that focuses on dual use had to be postponed until after summer 2017. Interested organisations should be aware that membership in the European Cluster Collaboration Platform (see the next news item) is a prerequisite to respond to that call.
See the Clusters Go International Call published on 22 March.
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Info about ECCP
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First ENDR members' meeting announced
The Commission will bring together ENDR members for a workshop on 26 October in Brussels to evaluate ENDR’s evolution at that point and to share insight on its future.
Members will have the opportunity to share views and present their expectations about the network’s development. This will provide valuable input to the Commission’s planned roadmap for the network's expanded roll out. The roadmap is expected to be released by the end of 2017.
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