NEWS IFA Business
NEWS IFA Business Days for matchmaking and networking Face-to-face meetings: you just can’t beat them for doing better business. They’re the hallmark of trade shows. Building on its success last year, the IFA Business Days 2018 will again be carried out in co-operation with the Enterprise Europe Network for International Economic Development (EEN) along with 22 co-organisers from 14 countries. Their target group includes companies, start-ups and R&D institutions from the CE sector, with a focus on IoT, AI, robotics, voice recognition, smart living, VR & AR, smart city, future mobility, and digital health. These national partners raise the call for potential business partners who want to meet at IFA. Then EEN aggregates all into their matchmaking service for IFA show-goers to fulfil their mission to do business with new partners. While much of this takes place before IFA opens, their Matchmaking App helps to match meetings during the show. The matchmaking meetings take place from 31 August – 3 September 2018 in IFA Next in Hall 26a and from 3 – 5 September 2018 in IFA Global Markets at STATION-Berlin. The matchmaking sessions on Sunday, September 2, also offer IFA + Summit participants the opportunity to network with each other, with other trade visitors or with IFA exhibitors. Besides a b2b-matchmaking, the IFA Business Days – “Networking & New Contacts” event will feature business sessions on topics such as smart living and European funding. During the business sessions, international clusters and networks as well as innovative companies and start-ups will have the possibility to pitch their current project ideas. On Friday and Monday IFA Business Tours will also take place. The tour will stop at different selected exhibitors who will present their products and research results linked to the focus topics of IFA Next – tour themes include ‘Smart Living’ ‘VR/AR/AI’ and ‘IoT and Robotics’ and the tours represent further opportunities for face-toface networking. The IFA Business Days are free of charge for all trade visitors with an IFA trade visitor ticket Register @ https://ifa2018.62match.io Hall 26a Stand 208 Hall 5 Stand 134 36
NEWS IFA 2018 PRESS CONFERENCES Discover all the latest news from top manufacturers at the IFA press events Friday 31 st August 2018 09:30 am - 10:15 am Neato Robotics Hall 6.2, Stand 133 10:00 am - 10:15 am Wiko Hall 25, Stand 208 10:00 am - 10:30 am ReSound / GN Hearing Hall 4.2, Stand 231 10:00 am - 10:45 am Bang & Olufsen Hall 1.2, Stand 218 10:00 am - 01:00 pm IFA 2018 Opening Tour CityCube Berlin, Hall B 10:30 am - 11:00 am Quieton Oy Hall 26, Stand 355 12:00 pm - 12:45 pm Bang & Olufsen Hall 1.2, Stand 218 12:00 pm - 12:30 pm XPLORA Hall 12, Stand 206 12:30 pm - 01:30 pm Award Ceremony “Digital Innovations Start-up Competition” Hall 26 12:30 pm - 01:30 pm Taiwan Excellence Hall 25, Stand 202 01:00 pm - 02:00 pm NotAnotherOne Inc. Hall 26, Stand 178 05:00 pm - 06:00 pm Philips Influencer Reception Hall 22, Stand 101 Sunday 2 nd September 2018 11:00 am - 12:30 pm IFA NEXT Press Tour IFA NEXT, Hall 26a Monday 3 rd September 2018 11:00 am - 11:45 am Opening tour IFA Global Markets STATION-Berlin 05:00 pm - 07:00 pm Showstoppers@IFA Global Markets STATION-Berlin INTO TOMORROW WITH DAVE GRAVELINE One of the leading forums for insights and information on consumer technology, Into Tomorrow with Dave Graveline will once again be broadcasting from IFA, the world’s leading consumer electronics and home appliance Dave Graveline market. Established 23 years ago, Into Tomorrow has been an ever-present feature at IFA for the last 15 years. Dave and his broadcast team run a radio show and also deliver some video coverage via the internet (ITTV). This year they will be discussing and featuring many new products from this year’s line-up of IFA Exhibitors. They have pre-booked numerous guests for IFA coverage, video highlights, interviews and Video Booth Tours, but they are also still able to consider worthy gadgets to be promoted on their show. Any exhibitors with new and exciting consumer tech products being launched at this year’s IFA can contact Dave’s producers with details of their announcements, which may then be highlighted on Into Tomorrow & ITTV. There is never a charge to be a guest on Into Tomorrow. The show’s Broadcast Centre will once again be located @ IFA NEXT in Hall 26 – at the Entrance to the Grand Theatre where all Keynotes, IFA+ Summit Panels and Shift Automotive take place this year Hall 26 www.ifa-international.org IFA International • Friday 31 st August 2018 37
