The project "EXXTRA ESCP-4X" is closing its path in a few days, and the key learnings and outcomes will be shared in an event in Brussels, also available online.

On the occasion of the ClusterXchange visit of the German cluster Rail.S (Visiting Organisation) to Spanish cluster In-Move by Railgrup (Host Organisation) within the EXXTRA Project, during the 26th of October we invite EU SMEs to participate physically (the whole day) or remotely (only in B2B pitches) at two technological exploration visits in Spain to the EURECAT Technology Center facilities in Cerdanyola de Valles and the CIT UPC (Innovation and Technology Center) Laboratories in Besòs.

We would like to invite EU SMEs, clusters and scaling-up support organisations to participate in the group exchange in Berlin, Germany during InnoTrans 2022.

This matchmaking event offers you a dedicated framework to find potential business partners at all stages of the supply chain. If you are looking for future project partners or specific products or services for your organisation, this is the place for you.

As part of the European Cluster Conference 2022, this meeting will gather, for the first time, 70+ representatives from European cluster associations and networks, and organisations across Europe to exchange experiences and collect ideas on how EU cluster initiatives can best support the EU actions toward a more green, more digital and more resilient economy.

InnoTrans is the leading international trade fair for transport technology and takes places every two years in Berlin. Sub-divided into the five trade fair segments Railway Technology, Railway Infrastructure, Public Transport, Interiors and Tunnel Construction, InnoTrans occupies all 42 halls available at Berlin Exhibition Grounds.

We would like to invite EU SMEs, clusters and scaling-up support organisations to participate in the 3 full days group exchange in Chemnitz and Dresden, Saxony during the period of 12th-15th of July organized by Rail.S partner within the EU-funded EXXTRA Project.

The World Congress on Railway Research (WCRR) is the world’s largest international congress on railway research, founded by SNCF (France), DB AG (Germany), Trenitalia (Italy), RTRI (Japan), RSSB (UK), TTCI (USA) and UIC.

We would like to invite EU SMEs, clusters and scaling- up support organisations' to participate in the 3 days group exchange in Denmark during the period of 31 of May-2nd of June organized by Censes partner within the EU-funded EXXTRA Project.

The initiative is organised by the DITECFER Railway Cluster in the framework of the EU-funded “EXXTRA” and “STARS” projects it coordinates, and in collaboration with the ERCI Task Forces “Cybersecurity in Railways” and “Multimodal Logistics”.

Clusterxchange between polish cluster of composite technologies and i-Trans competitiveness cluster, 4, 5 and 6 may 2022 in Hauts-de-France

We invite all EU clusters (except French clusters and those clusters near less than 200km far from the location) to participate in a Group Exchange organised in Valenciennes Cedex, France on 4-6 May.

We invite all EU SMEs and Research Centers to participate in a unique in a kind Group Exchange organised in Eskişehir, Turkey in 10-12 May. Eskişehir has a key importance for the Turkish rail sector, as it can be considered its hub.

The objective of these events: To discover the next calls for European research and innovation projects on the themes of climate, energy and mobility as well as to meet future European partners.

The 8th ECCP capacity-building webinar on 27 October at 10:30 am CEST will provide insights on how clusters can develop their skills to further professionalise their cluster organisations.

This webinar will result to be useful for the ERCI activities under the WG1 "Innovation services to members" 9 November 2021, 15:00-16:30 CET

This comes at the right moment, given the actions to be discussed at the ERCI SC ! 28 October 2021, 15:00-16:30 CET

The 8th ECCP capacity-building webinar on 27 October at 10:30 am CEST will provide insights on how clusters can develop their skills to further professionalise their cluster organisations.

Come and visit us at our stand 1/640 at SIFER during the Europe afternoon on October 27 from 2:30 PM to 4:30PM!

SIFER is the only event in France entirely dedicated to the dynamic rail supply sector, and your gateway to one of the main European markets. All the players in the sector - major principals, equipment manufacturers, suppliers, subcontractors, operators and public transport managers - meet and develop business opportunities.

We are pleased to announce that registration is now open for our capacity-building webinar on cluster internationalisation on 14 September!

Under WP3 (EXXTRA Joint Activities), we have planned a new "EXXTRA meets...." meeting: after the one with ATI-Advanced Technologies for Industry project, this time we'll meet the project RailActivation coordinated by MAFEX. It is dedicated to Workplace Innovation in SMEs. What we'll do during this event will be to identify what can be re-used of the RailActivation methodology (developed for SMEs of the Rail Supply Industry) in Cluster Organisations to boost ouf capacity to develop better relationships with our members and to deliver innovative services to them.

We received information from the Government of the Republic of Serbia that it is planned to allow holding larger business events from June , so we start inviting exhibitors of the third SEE Mobility 2021 fair which will be held from 15-16 September in Belgrade (Serbia) under a post-Covid crisis named „The new acceleration for Western Balkans“

The World Congress on Railway Research (WCRR) is the world’s largest international congress on railway research, founded by SNCF (France), DB AG (Germany), Trenitalia (Italy), RTRI (Japan), RSSB (UK), TTCI (USA) and UIC.

The "EXXTRA" project ("EXcellence EXchange and Teaming-up between RAilway clusters and ecosystems") organises this meeting to know and make known "ATI-Advanced Technology for Industries"

Several international companies have already booked an exhibition stand and speakers from Siemens Mobility, HARTING, voestalpine and Co. are looking forward to their presentation!

The next ECCP capacity-building webinar will take place on 17 March 2021 from 10:30 to 12:30 CET!

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