There are still a number of places remaining on the forthcoming Trade Visit to the ITnT Trade Show in Vienna. You can receive €250 from MicroTrade towards attendance at the show. This is circa 50% of proposed costs.
ITnT Trade Show (http://www.itnt.at/en),Vienna, February 5th to 7th. ITnT is the platform for information technology and telecommunication in the CEE/SEE (Central Eastern Europe / South Eastern Europe) region. It specialises in: · Software & Services · Infrastructure & Solutions · Telecommunications & Solutions Over 16,800 people attended the Show in 2007 and Germany had the highest number of attendees outside Austria. 56% of attendees have a central role in purchasing decisions 87% of last year's visitor said they would return in 2008 The show has a great reputation for introducing new innovative products MicroTrade is a partnership between InterTrade Ireland, the City and County Enterprise Boards in The Republic of Ireland, and the Local Enterprise Agencies in Northern Ireland, and aims to increase cross-border trade amongst micro-enterprises. MicroTrade is working with Waterford European Information Centre on this event as participants will be attending as an EU Matching delegation (www.eumatching.net), which enables companies to have up to 12 pre-arranged meetings at the Trade Show. MicroTrade is offering assistance of €250 per company to cover the costs of hotel accommodation. Please see http://www.microtrade.org/news/dsp_View_Article.cfm/int_articleID/108/ to get more details on the Trade Show and the application process. It is important to note that all successful applicants will have to attend a relevant pre-event seminar in Dublin on January 17th, and will be required to register their company details online to secure pre-arranged meetings prior to the Trade show. All attendees should be micro-enterprises and in the process of looking at the overseas market for sales / partnerships / agents etc. This is a great opportunity to attend an important Trade Show that gives you an opportunity to organise your own pre-arranged meetings and to learn about the new trends in this sector as there will be a number of relevant seminars at the show. The deadline for application is Wednesday, December 19th. Please call Breanndán Casey of MicroTrade at ++353 (0)1 4948414, bcasey@microtrade.org, if you have any queries.