Upcoming Events
WaterMatch 2022
Welcome to WaterMatch 2022 Don’t miss out on a unique opportunity to meet potential business partners during WaterMatch 2022. This international water technology brokerage event gives you the opportunity to meet with companies, researchers, knowledge institutes, and government representatives in [...]

European Research and Innovation Days 2022
Online, September 28-29, 2022 Let's shape the future together: registration is open! European Research and Innovation Days is the European Commission’s annual flagship Research and Innovation event, bringing together policymakers, researchers, entrepreneurs, and the public to debate and shape the future [...]

ECCIR’s International Innovation Masterclass: Innovate with Bavaria
Do you want to learn how to innovate internationally? The European-Canadian Centre for Innovation and Research is excited to announce the first webinar in “ECCIR’s International Innovation Masterclass” series: “Innovate with Bavaria.” This webinar will bring together leading experts [...]
To see further events that are (co-)organized by the ECCIR as part of the Enterprise Europe Network, please visit our EEN Canada website.
Opportunities

NRC-MITACS-RWTH Globalink Research Award Program
NRC-MITACS-RWTH Globalink Research Award Program RWTH Aachen University proudly announces a new program in cooperation with Mitacs, a Canadian not-for-profit organization that has designed and delivered research and training programs in collaboration with Canadian universities, companies, federal and provincial [...]

Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs Global (EC program)
EYE Global Project The EYE Global Project is an entrepreneurial exchange program, where European professionals have a chance to come work for Canadian start-ups! Canadian start-ups will have the opportunity to select the candidate that best fits their needs. The [...]

Canada – Spain 2022 Research and Development Call for Proposals
Canada – Spain 2022 collaborative industrial research and development call for proposalsWorking together, the governments of Canada and Spain aim to foster and support collaborative industrial research and development (R&D) projects with a high potential for commercialization. This call for [...]

Mitacs Globalink – Access top Canadian research talent
Access top Canadian research talent The Globalink Partnership Award helps your company conduct collaborative research with graduate students and professors from Canada’s renowned universities. Students travel to your location and conduct a research project on-site, with additional supervision from Canadian faculty. You get [...]

Funding to pursue international R&D opportunities
Funding to pursue international R&D opportunities The Canadian Trade Commissioner Service is now accepting applications for their CanExport Innovation program that provides funding to cover up to 75% of eligible costs to pursue collaborative research and development (R&D) agreements for a single technology with international partners and investors. Eligible [...]
Previous Matchmaking Missions

Alberta-Europe Matchmaking Symposia 2019
Alberta-Europe Matchmaking Symposia 2019 “It was a real privilege to accompany such an accomplished, engaged, and professional delegation of Albertan technology companies to Europe.” – Katelyn Petersen, Executive Director of the GCCIR Following the inception of the Alberta-Europe [...]

BMWi Innovation Day 2019 and BIONNALE 2019
BMWi Innovation Day 2019 and BIONNALE 2019 Berlin, 7th & 8th May 2019 The BMWi Innovation Day is an annual open-air trade fair, where companies and research organizations show the results of their ZIM funded projects. In previous [...]

Alberta-Europe Matchmaking Symposia 2018
Alberta-Europe Matchmaking Symposia 2018 “Everyone was skeptical at first as the itinerary was tightly packed, but we managed to pull it off and had five very promising matchmaking symposia in Barcelona, Prague, Munich, Aachen and Cambridge.” – Katelyn [...]

Alberta-Germany / Alberta-France Matchmaking Symposia 2017
Alberta-Germany / Alberta-France Matchmaking Symposia 2017 From November 19-30, 2017, the GCCIR and members of Alberta Ministry of Economic Development and Trade accompanied a group of 17 innovative Albertan companies on the 2017 Matchmaking Trip to France and [...]

Alberta-Germany / Alberta-France Matchmaking Symposia 2016
Alberta-Germany / Alberta-France Matchmaking Symposia 2016 From October 19-26, 2016, the GCCIR and members of Alberta Economic Development and Trade accompanied a group of 12 innovative Albertan companies on the 2016 Matchmaking Trip to France and Germany. This [...]

Alberta-Germany Matchmaking Symposia 2015
Alberta-Germany Matchmaking Symposia 2015 Also in 2015, the GCCIR organized a matchmaking trip to Germany for 17 Albertan companies from October 14 to 23, 2015. This time, the trip started in Paris where representatives of the GCCIR and [...]

Alberta-Germany Matchmaking Symposia 2014
Alberta-Germany Matchmaking Symposia 2014 In preparation for the fourth Call for Proposals to the Alberta-Germany Collaboration Fund, Mr. Bernd Reuscher (President) and Dr. Katelyn Petersen (Manager) accompanied 12 Alberta SMEs to Germany for a series of matchmaking symposia [...]

Alberta-Germany Matchmaking Symposia 2013
Alberta-Germany Matchmaking Symposia 2013 The Alberta-Germany Collaboration Fund Symposium 2013, which consisted of multiple events in the German cities of Dusseldorf, Munich and Dresden from Nov 19 to Nov 28, was considered a great success. A strengthening of [...]
Past ECCIR Events
- EU-Canada Business Day – Green Back Betteradmin2022-05-02T17:21:49+00:00
EU-Canada Business Day – Green Back Better
- chiiOnline community – HSI netWORKSadmin2022-03-14T16:45:12+00:00
chiiOnline community – HSI netWORKS
- MEDICA Healthcare Brokerage Event 2021admin2022-03-14T16:45:27+00:00
MEDICA Healthcare Brokerage Event 2021
- BE @Smart Manufacturing Matchmaking 2021 – Virtual Editionadmin2022-03-14T16:45:36+00:00
BE @Smart Manufacturing Matchmaking 2021 – Virtual Edition
- Apris Global Group Cybersecurity And Technology Conferenceadmin2022-03-14T16:46:11+00:00
Apris Global Group Cybersecurity And Technology Conference
- IraSME & CORNET Partnering Event 2021admin2022-03-14T16:46:21+00:00
IraSME & CORNET Partnering Event 2021
- 12th International Exhibition of Railway Technologyadmin2022-03-14T16:46:33+00:00
12th International Exhibition of Railway Technology
- Germany – Canada MicroSystemTechnology Matchmaking Eventadmin2021-10-26T07:17:46+00:00
Germany – Canada MicroSystemTechnology Matchmaking Event
- Copernicus: Where art meets science travels to Albertaadmin2022-03-14T16:47:31+00:00
Copernicus: Where art meets science travels to Alberta
- B2B hybrid event: ISE & MWC/4YFN Open Innovation Challenge 2021admin2021-10-06T15:48:10+00:00
B2B hybrid event: ISE & MWC/4YFN Open Innovation Challenge 2021
- Canadian-Czech joint R&D call for proposals 2021 webinar (GCCIR/TACR)admin2021-08-17T15:52:10+00:00
Canadian-Czech joint R&D call for proposals 2021 webinar (GCCIR/TACR)
- Germany – Canada Smart Industry Networking Eventadmin2021-08-17T15:49:07+00:00
Germany – Canada Smart Industry Networking Event
- Webinar: Introducing the Enterprise Europe Network Canadaadmin2021-08-17T15:35:30+00:00
Webinar: Introducing the Enterprise Europe Network Canada
- Culture and Digital Technologies Dialogue Series Part II: Gamesadmin2021-08-17T15:17:13+00:00
Culture and Digital Technologies Dialogue Series Part II: Games
- Culture and Digital Technologies Dialogue Series Part I: Algorithmic Cultureadmin2021-08-17T15:15:15+00:00
Culture and Digital Technologies Dialogue Series Part I: Algorithmic Culture
- Culture and Digital Technologies Dialogue Series Part I: Digital Feminismadmin2021-08-17T15:11:42+00:00
Culture and Digital Technologies Dialogue Series Part I: Digital Feminism
- International Symposium on Applications of Artificial Intelligenceadmin2021-08-17T14:50:14+00:00
International Symposium on Applications of Artificial Intelligence