Within the context of the visit to Argentina by the EU Commissioner for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, Elżbieta Bieńkowska, the Undersecretariat for Trade Promotion and Investment Development of the Argentine Foreign Ministry and the Delegation of the European Union organized the Forum on “Investment Opportunities in Argentina and Global Business Environment” at the Palacio San Martín.
The event featured addresses by Richard Weber, President of Eurochambers; Giorgio Alliata di Montereale, President of Eurochamber Argentina; Javier Andres Pastorino, Country CEO of Siemens; Tomas Ronn, Vice President of Wartsila; Daniel Funes de Rioja, President of the Food Product Industry Coordination Entity (COPAL) and Vice President of the Argentine Industrial Union (UIA); Victor Dosoretz, President of the Argentine Chamber of Commerce and Services; Marcelo Elizondo of Consultora DNI; Félix Peña, Director at the ICBC Foundation; Eduardo Caride, CEO of Telefónica de España; Maurizio Bezzeccheri, in charge of green energy at ENEL; Antonio Estrany y Gendre, President of the Argentine Chapter of MEBF; and Marcelo Argüelles, President of Sidus.
This was followed by the “Brokerage Event - EEN Argentina 2016”, which was organized together with the Argentine Ministry of Science, Technology and Productive Innovation as a business round for the technological and biotechnological sector, aimed at promoting partnership projects concerning, research, development and innovation (R+D+I) between Argentine and foreign SMEs.
The event was attended by 70 firms, agencies and organizations of the Argentine, Brazilian, Uruguayan, Italian and Spanish technological sector, which held over 100 business meetings with a view to strengthening partnership connections and generating technology and trade exchanges.
The firms that participated in the event included INCUINTA; BIOINNOVO S.A.; Alé y Asociados Consulting S.L.; BCC EEN Argentina/MINCYT; Bedson S.L.; Bioars S.A.; Biocientífica S.A.; Biocodices; BIOMAKERS; BIONATURIS GROUP; Biosano S.A.; BIOTEC II; Camera di Commercio Italiana in Argentina; Carsa; CDTI; Centauri Biotech; Industrial Fermentation Research and Development Centre (CINDEFI); Chemo; CODES S.A.; National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET); Argentine Chamber of Biotechnology; Belgium-Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce; Directorate of International Cooperation and Projects; Ecocelta Galicia S.L.; Eficaz Marketing; ELANBiz; Estudio Marshall & amp; Asociados S.A.; Ezequiel Tobal Propiedades; Favaloro University; Plexo Foundation; Gerardo Renzetti & amp. Asociados; INSUD Group; Hyper Data Media; IFIR; INMUNOLOGIA Y GENETICA APLICADA S.A. (INGENASA); Inmunova; Instituto Rosenbusch S.A.; Kalium Technologies; LABORATORIOS CKC ARGENTINA S.A.; Lipomize S.R.L.; Manuli Fluiconnecto; Pharm ADN S.A.; Plus Vitech S.L.; Pordenone Technological Pole; Sandler & amp.; Travis de Argentina; Sayqa Argentina; SislandSoft; Sismagro; Solbs; STG PS S.A.; TBS Group S.A.; Tecnolofe; Tedison; Tester Smart S.R.L.; Trimek S.A., Argentine Office; Argentine Industrial Union; UNQ/UBA; Veterinary Regenerative Medicine; Winmedical; X Project S.A.; XBioInc; Ministry of Science, Technology, Innovation and Communications (Brazil).
Press Release No. 436/16
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