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Matchmaking EDF 2025 Austria, Germany & the Netherlands

25 March 2025 - 27 March 2025|

Munich, Germany

Welcome to Austrian-Germany-Netherlands EDF matchmaking 2025!

About
The European Defence Fund (EDF) aims to stimulate and support common and cross-border research and development in the field of defence. In support of the EDF and European cooperation, FFG, VDI Technologies, Bayern Innovativ, the Bavarian Research Alliance and the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) are organizing an EDF matchmaking event, together with the Enterprise Europe Network. This matchmaking will take place in Munich, Bavaria, between the 25th and 27th of March.

The aim of this innovation mission is to improve the cooperation between industry and research organisations of these three countries in relation to the EDF. To ensure relevant matchmakings and an interesting programme for the participants, the matchmaking has a focus on specific topics.

Which topics will be addressed at the event?

Topics:

  • Technologies for counter-battery capabilities (EDF-2025-RA-GROUND-CBC)

  • Autonomous triage and evacuation (EDF-2025-RA-MCBRN-ATE)

  • Risk, robustness and resilience for autonomous vehicles in military operations (EDF-2025-LS-RA-SI-CYBER-3RAV-STEP)

  • Non-thematic research actions targeting disruptive technologies for defence (EDF-2025-LS-RA-DIS-NT)

  • Non-thematic research actions by SMEs and research organisations (EDF-2025-LS-RA-SMERO-NT)

If you are interested to collaborate on the above mentioned topics then we strongly recommend you to broaden your network horizons and sign up for this matchmaking event. This event will be the perfect chance for you to set up new partnerships and lay down the foundations for future projects and long-term cooperation.

Attending the event

Who can participate?
The matchmaking is open to all entities eligible to participate in the European Defence Fund who would like to discover the opportunities to collaborate (further) between Austrian, German and Dutch partners on the selected themes in relation to the EDF.

Why participate
This event will offer you a chance to find, connect and possibly find future collaborations with relevant Austrian, German and Dutch partners on the themes of interest. During the program, there will be a reception, relevant presentations, SME pitches, time for matchmaking and further networking opportunities.

Registration
If you are interested to join you can register on this B2Match platform using the registration button. The deadline for registration is the 25th of February 2025.

Please note: German participants are unable to register using the b2match platform. The German participants need to use the following registration link. The deadline for German participants is Friday the 21st of February.

Registration does not guarantee participation. Following an initial registration and after the deadline you will receive a confirmation when your registration has been accepted. Participation is based on a first come, first serve basis and on relevance of the company in relation to the topics and programme. Depending on the total number of participating companies, a maximum of 1 person per company can participate.

The matchmaking event does not include travel and accommodation costs (hotels and flights/train tickets) and all individual costs, such as lunches and dinners outside the program.

For more details, or please consult the contact page or send an email to: innovatiemissies@rvo.nl

Organisation

RVO pagina
CMP website
Enterprise Europe Network