Location: Online – European Union
Dates: From the 1st of February until the 18th of March
Call for best practices aimed at gathering groundbreaking initiatives, projects or services in the business events or that could be applied in the business events industry and that are aligned with the Tourism Transition Pathways: sustainability, digitalisation, resilience...
The objective of this call is to find implemented projects that can inspire and empower business event professionals to change their business model towards a more innovative, resilient and sustainable one, by means of technology, social innovation and more.
A compendium of the 10 best practices will be presented at IMEX 2024 and showcased in the BEFuture marketplace.
Target: Online – European Union
Location: Frankfurt - IMEX
Dates: 14th-16th May
Global training session aimed at transferring knowledge and future literacy on the BEFuture main topics (innovation and technology to create sustainable and regenerative business models in the events industry).
Examples of good practices to generate resilience and enhance readiness for a sustainable and digital transition will be presented.
Target: Worldwide Business events professionals
Location: Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, The Netherlands
Dates: TBD
Local training sessions hosted by each consortium member at its country. They are aimed at transferring knowledge and future literacy on the BEFuture main topics (innovation and technology to create sustainable and regenerative business models in the events industry) to the BE professionals.
More details on content, dates and locations will be uploaded soon.
Target: SMEs and BE professionals based at the consortium countries (Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, The Netherlands)
Location: Online
Dates: September 2024
Publication of a White Paper that identifies trends and needs of the sector and defines new scenarios for the future of BEs, the impact and legacy of their activity at a socio-economic level and for the transformation of the industry and related sectors.
The White Paper serves as a vade mecum of next project steps, defining the concept of the European Smart MICE Destination.
Target: Business events ecosystem
Location: Barcelona
Dates: October 2024
The Innovation Forum will be a one-day event where inspirational presentations about trends and challenges related to the BEFuture main topics will be given by international experts as well as activities that stimulate creativity. In addition, participants will collaborate in transnational teams in thematic workshops where new ideas will be shared and developed.
Target: Worldwide Business events professionals
Location: Barcelona
Dates: October 2024
Local innovation sessions hosted by each consortium partner. They are user-centered innovation actions such as cocreation workshops, challenge-driven and designed around the approach of strategic foresight.
The workshops shall bring together professionals in order to get engaged in an innovative, collaborative process to generate ideas, which then could be used to develop innovative concepts/projects.
Target: Experts, BE or non-BE professionals based at the consortium countries (Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, The Netherlands)
Location: Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, The Netherlands
Dates: Launch call November 2024
Acceleration programme offering €30.000 in funding to at least 80 SMEs from Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands.
The selected SMEs will receive technical and financial support for digital and green transformation that can help reduce the environmental impact of Business Events, whilst contributing to communities and destinations’ socio-economic development.
Target: SMEs and BE professionals based at the consortium countries (Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, The Netherlands).