How It Works

A brokerage event is a quick and easy way to meet potential cooperation partners. Participants meet at Future Match stand (hall 9, booth C50) for pre-arranged bilateral meetings. 30 minutes are usually enough to build connections, then the bell rings and the next meeting starts.

1. Online registration and registration fee

Register online and submit your cooperation profiles. In your cooperation profile, you can idicate the time slots you are available for bilateral meetings and describe what kind of technology/product/expertise you are offering or searching, what kind of cooperation you are looking for or which ideas you would like to discuss with potential collaboration partners.

A registration fee of 110 € (+ 19% VAT) will be charged online via credit card. No German VAT will be charged to organisations from outside Germany, if a valid VAT-ID is provided. The fee includes free entrance tickets to CeBIT.

Please note: The registration fee will not be refunded if you do not participate in the event or do not have any meetings scheduled.

2. Promotion of published profiles

All cooperation profiles will be published online and will be there for everyone to see. You can change your profile at any time.

How it works timeline

All published profiles will be extensively promoted by the organisers of this event. Furthermore, all participants of the event will be able to see your cooperation profile. A statistical analysis of 40 matchmaking events showed that high quality profiles are visited about 50 to 150 times BEFORE the event and will still be viewed AFTER the event. The ealier you register the more your cooperation profile will be viewed!

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3. Selection of bilateral meetings

Email notification

You will be informed by email when you can start booking bilateral meetings. Check which cooperation profiles are most promising. Intelligent search options allow for a quick identification of the most suitable participants/cooperation profiles. Within a few minutes you should be able to identify future potential business partners.

Booking of bilateral meetings

Once you have found the most promising business partners you can select them for bilateral meetings. You can book meetings BUT you can also be booked for bilateral meetings by other participants. Please cancel meeting requests you are not interested in!

Your personal meeting schedule

A few days before the event, you will receive your personal meeting schedule (furthermore, you can constantly check your meeting schedule online). This meeting schedule will provide you with information about the time, the number of the table and who you are going to meet. If you whish any changes to your meeting schedule please contact Future Match staff as soon as possible!

4. At the event

Please come to the registration desk at the Future Match stand (hall 9, booth C50) 10 minutes bevor your first meeting. You will receive a name badge and an updated version of your meeting schedule including last minute changes. Each meeting takes 30 minutes.

Our staff will be at your disposal during the whole matchmaking event.

5. Follow-up

After the event you wil be asked to assess your meetings and the event. Your feedback will helps us to improve our services.
Please inform your local Enterprise Europe Network Partner if you initiated any cooperation as a result of Future Match.

If you wish, your cooperation profile can be further disseminated after the event via the Enterprise Europe Network. For more information please contact you local network partner.