The WindEnergy Hamburg trade fair will include a ‘start-up’ area and ‘speed-dating’ events for new and innovative companies.
A newly-created start-up area will provide a separate space for new companies to put across their ideas that will be managed by the German Federal Office of Economics and Export Control (BAFA).
BAFA senior official from the international commerce and trade fairs division Klaus Brunner said: “WindEnergy Hamburg is providing a special platform for wind industry start-ups to show their innovative solutions to industry visitors from around the world and jump-start their export business.
“The fair offers them ideal conditions to establish contacts with business partners in many markets.”
The trade fair and Innovationsnetzwerk Energieloft will also host two so-called speed dating events for new companies on 26 and 27 September in the start-up area.
The speed dating will comprise a sequence of eight-minute conversations, where well-established companies and investors will meet up with start-ups to discuss and plan new joint products and business models.
Participants have been asked to provide information regarding interests and intentions ahead of the event.
Energieloft chief executive Sven Pietsch said: “We have been receiving a lot of participation requests for these ‘speed dates’; as the world’s leading wind industry expo, WindEnergy Hamburg has a highly international profile that offers unique networking opportunities within the global wind industry.
“We have even received some registrations from countries such as India and Australia.”
Registration for the speed dating is open until one day before the start of the trade fair.
WindEnergy runs from 25 to 28 September at Hamburg Messe in Germany.