As lockdowns became the new normal, businesses and consumers increasingly “went digital”, providing and purchasing more goods and services online, raising e-commerce’s share of global retail market there has never been a more pivotal and important time to investigate the key barriers for SMEs in exploiting and benefiting from a global internet driven market place.

Future Ecom partners based over 8 countries have come together to exchange experiences and good practices across 8 EU regions in order to develop regional action plans which are based on inter-regional exchanges. The knowledge and capacity gained by the partners are enabling the design of new initiatives and/or business support pogrammes. Want to find out more about the impact Future Ecom has and is having? Please use the link to attend the FUTURE Ecom Dissemination event

Find out more about the project : https://www.interregeurope.eu/future-ecom/

Agenda

10.00-10.05, Welcome and Agenda - Eleni Anoyrkati, Future-Ecom Coordinator, Coventry University Enterprises Ltd

10.05-10.20, Interreg Europe state of play, Ilaria Ramaglioni, Future-Ecom project officer Joint Secretariat, European Commission

10.20-10.30, Project Overview - Eleni Anoyrkati, Future-Ecom Coordinator,Coventry University Enterprises Ltd

10.30-10.45, The global status quo on B2B e-commerce -Casper Gerner Mikkelsen, North Denmark Region

10.45-11.00, E-procurement state of the art - Marja Holopainen, Cursor Oy (Regional development agency), Finland

11.00-11.15, Smart production and smart factory-Thorsten Brinkmann Business- and Innovation-Center Lippe-Detmold GILDE, Germany

11.15-11.30, E-sales and marketing, Fanourios Panagopoulos Chamber of Magnesia, Greece

11.30-11.45, Future currency, ART-ER , Italy

11.45-12.15, Discussion: key lessons learnt and action plans from the regions