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Events

Work package WP7 – Dissemination and communication - organizing a large-scale
communication and promotional campaign

Main deliverables and achievements status and way forward:
D 7.1 Held Blue Innovation Expo days events and Smart specialization Conferences in PP's Cities-Batumi;

  • IBEDC has organized 2 days event- Blue Innovation expo fairs and Conference on Blue growth and smart specialization on 16-17 May 2024 In Batumi. The event includes the Smart Specialization Conference for stakeholders and Batumi Blue Expo for startups, ICT, and innovative companies. Thematic conference linked with cross-sectoral and cross-border maritime stakeholders and improve opportunities for cooperation and promote sustainable blue innovations investment. The event gathered in one place, project partners, representatives from businesses, investors, academia, funding mechanism and start-up funds, national and international maritime stakeholders and policy and decision makers. The aim of the event is to introduce stakeholders to the goals of the project, activities carried out in partner countries, and the results achieved, particularly in the field of digitalization within the Blue Economy(maritime industry). Topics covered the current situation, challenges, and solutions, as well as the use of digital technologies, public awareness, and developed recommendations.

  • WP7 Dissemination and communication - organizing a large-scale communication and promotional campaign.

  • Batumi Blue Expo and Smart Specialization Conference aimed to invite  innovative companies/organizations developing digital, green and blue solutions to showcase their initiatives both in local and English language and stakeholders policy and CMA SG representatives and SRIA for the Black sea members who were invited to take part online or physically both as speakers and guests along with representatives from BlueInvest and members and colleagues from Black sea assistance mechanism initiative and Black sea countries with the objective to present the DBAN network and promote replication of the good practices and digital tools for boosting blue entrepreneurship, innovation and investment in the region.

  • In addition the partners from the DBAN project used opportunities whenever there are planned events related to blue growth and innovations in the Black sea region to try to attend and participate online with the objective to present and promote the DBAN network and thus initiate 

Report of Batumi Blue Innovation Expo Conference 14.05.24

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