WCFS 2025 Matchmaking

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Participating in a matchmaking event is a convenient and efficient method to connect with potential partners for collaboration. A short pre-scheduled meeting is a brilliant way to make a first impression that lasts! You can book onsite 1to1 meetings with other registered matchmaking participants onsite in Espoo 2 September 2025 at 15.00-17.00.

Please note that the matchmaking is offered only to WCFS2025 participants.

INSTRUCTIONS:

Register for the Matchmaking

Create your profile to showcase who you are and what you are looking for

Create a clear and concise participant profile to raise your visibility on the matchmaking website. Your profile should describe who you are, what you can offer to potential partners, and who you want to meet. Remember to check that your time zone is correct on the matchmaking platform, it should match the time zone you are on the day of the meeting.

You can add the following to your profile:

Pitch, biography, your skills and interests
They appear in your personal profile under “Participants” list. Your skills appear as tags in the search box.

Organization detail
This appears in “Company”. You can introduce your company in more detail in this section. Once an organization page is created, persons from the same organization can be added.

Opportunities
You can create “opportunities” – products & services & expertize you offer to other participants and "request", something you are looking for. They appear in “Marketplace”. This is a good way for finding relevant persons to meet through products and services.

Browse profiles of other participants

Go to the participant list to find out who you could meet at the event and who is offering interesting and promising business opportunities. Use the filters on the right or browse through your AI Profile recommendations in the My Matches section to narrow down your selection and find the most suitable collaboration partners that match your goals and interests. See also Companies and Marketplace sections.

Send & receive meeting requests and messages

Browse participant profiles and send meeting requests to those you want to meet during the WCFS 2025 in Espoo.

You can also send messages to interesting participants to introduce yourself and initiate conversations even before the event to establish stronger connections.

Your personal meeting agenda

In Meetings, you have the list of your meetings, who you will meet, at what time and the table number where you will meet.

Join the meeting

The onsite meetings take place in the matchmaking area in Hanaholmen, Espoo. Please be on time. If for some reason the meeting partner doesn't join the meeting, send the person a message through the matchmaking system (browser or mobile app) and agree another time to meet.

Rate the meetings

You are asked to rate the meetings you had. The matchmaking activity is funded by the European Comission and the feedback of your participation is required under this activity. You are asked to notify any collaboration agreements that you reach with other matchmaking participants to the organizer and/or co-organizer. This information will be treated confidentially.

b2match mobile app

Once registered to the matchmaking event, you can also book and manage meetings in the b2match mobile app, which is available for download in the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.

Note that you cannot register to the event on the mobile application. Once you are registered on the matchmaking website, login to the mobile application and book and manage your meetings also there, you can also send messages to other matchmaking participants.

See the full b2match participant guide for more instructions.