Enterprise Europe Network Begins Annual Conference in Bilbao with a focus on SMEs

The Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) - the world’s largest support network for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) - opens today its annual three-day conference in Bilbao, Spain.

The conference will take place under the theme ‘The EEN at 15: Showing the Way Forward for SMEs’. It will focus on how the network’s business support services can best meet the evolving needs of SMEs, while celebrating the 15^th anniversary of the network.

The annual conference is the biggest event of the Enterprise Europe Network (EEN), comprising over 3,000 experts from more than 450 organisations in over 40 countries. These include innovation and regional development agencies, chambers of commerce and industry, technology centres, and research institutes. This year’s conference will bring together 800 participants in Bilbao and many more connected online.

The conference is organized alongside the SME Assembly as a main component of the European SME Week - the pan-European event to promote entrepreneurship and SMEs in Europe. Through a range of workshops and networking sessions, participants will discuss how the Network can contribute to the European industrial transition, exchange best practices, build synergies, and reflect on improving the quality and visibility of EEN services. The conference will provide important feedback for the continuous efforts of the EEN to help SMEs innovate, grow internationally, and foster cooperation and synergies across borders among network members. For the live streaming of the opening session of the conference, please visit the EEN YouTube page.