Enterprise Europe Network Annual Conference 2023

The Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) helps businesses innovate and grow on an international scale. It is the world’s largest support network for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with international ambitions. It is present in over 40 countries and gathers more than 450 member organizations. It is co-funded by the European Commission to offer free-of-charge advisory and partnership services to SMEs in Europe and beyond.

The Conference

The Enterprise Europe Network Annual Conference is the the Enterprise Europe Network’s flagship event. This year’s edition will take place on 15-17 November in a hybrid format, at the Bilbao Exhibition Centre in Spain.

Under the theme ‘The EEN at 15: showing the way forward for SMEs’, the conference will celebrate the 15^th anniversary of the network and bring together network partners, representatives of EU institutions, and key external stakeholders to discuss how the network’s business support services can best meet the evolving needs of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

The conference has three main objectives

• exchange ideas on how the Network can contribute to the European industrial transition
• share best practices to improve the quality and visibility of the Network’s services
• foster cooperation and synergies across borders among network members

High-level EU and national officials as well as representatives of the private sector are expected to join the opening session on 15 November.

See the Enterprise Europe Network Annual Conference 2023 programme.

Further information

Updates about the event are announced via the network’s central Twitter and Facebook accounts and on the EISMEA LinkedIn page.  The official 2023 event hashtags are #EEN2023, #EENis15 and #EENCanHelp.

You can watch the opening and closing sessions live on the network’s YouTube channel.

Discover more about the network

If you wish you learn more about the EEN’s support and achievements, you can check out

•  the network’s success stories
•  the network’s blog
•  The network’s areas of expertise

You can read more about the Network business support services and listen to ‘The Business Wave’, the newly published Enterprise Europe Network podcast.

European SME Week

The Enterprise Europe Network Annual Conference 2023 takes place during the European SME Week. You can keep up to date on European SME Week news and events on Twitter @EEPA_EU. The official hashtag for European SME Week 2023 is #SMEweek2023. The Commission also posts more widely about the importance of SMEs for Europe on Twitter @EU_Growth and Facebook.