Evaluation

Baltic Business Arena 2013

78 Registrations

60 Companies/ organisations participated

175 Meetings

3 Meetings per company

7 Participating countries

11 European partners

3 European promotion partners

4 Swedish partners

Number of companies and meetings per country

  Number of companies Numbers of meeting per country

 Estonia 1 12

 Finland 2 17

 Latvia 43 114

 Lithuania 14 91

 Poland 3 23

 Russia 7 53

 Sweden 8 40

Total 78 350

Figures from the evaluation forms

Question Excellent Good Average Fair Poor Number of answers

Website 36% 53.8% 10.2% 0 0 39

Assistance before the event 63.2% 31.6% 5.2% 0 0 38

Assistance during the event 71.8% 28.2% 0 0 0 39

Location 47.4% 50% 2.6% 0 0 38

General organisation 43.6% 51.2% 2.6% 2.6% 0 39

Management of the appointments 46% 46% 8% 0 0 37

Meeting duration 36.9% 52.6% 10.5% 0 0 38

Quality of profiles 25% 52.8% 19.4% 2.8% 0 36

Relevance of the meetings 31.6% 44.8% 18.4% 5.2% 0 38

Did the event meet your expectations? 30.8% 43.6% 17.9% 7.7% 0 39

65%

Meeting feedback

350 meetings in total / 202 evaluated meetings Meetings  

Co-operation fixed  10  5%

Co-operation considered 31 15.3%

Further contact planned 57 28.2%

Very informative 45 22.3%

Less interesting 20 9.9%

Not taken place 39 19.3%

Participants by sectors

Clean Tech 29

Creativity Industries 27

Information an Communication Technologies 26

Life Science 25

Technologies for the food Industry 22

Sustainable construction 20

Renewable energy 18

Participants by sector/country

Clean- Tech Creativity Industries ICT Life Science Technologies for the food Industry Sustainable construction Renewable energy

Estonia 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 

Finland 2   2 2 1   12

Lithuania 3 4 5 4 1 5 11

Latvia 15 15 14 14 15 12  

Poland   1   1 2    

Russia 1 3 3   1   1

Sweden 7 3 1 3 1 2 2

Comments from a participant

Business Collaborations was created at matchmaking

By participating in the Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) matchmaking event at Baltic Business arena in Riga, the consulting firm European minds found new business partners in Russia and Lithuania.The matchmaking Baltic Business Arena was held in Riga on May 29 to 30 with a focus on the Baltic region. About 70 companies and organizations from countries around the Baltic sea region discussed business and new technologies in areas such as cleantech, IT, energy, sustainable construction, food and creative industries. European minds participation resulted in two new business agreements. It was the second time they participated in EEN's matchmaking event at BBA. When Mikael Håkansson, consultant and partner in European minds, received the invitation to participate in this year’s event he didn´t hesitate for a second. "The arrangement with matchmaking is a good symbiosis and a very professional arrangement. Thanks to the contacts we made during the matchmaking event in Copenhagen last year, we could now deepen our discussions in Riga, which resulted in two new business deals. " European minds is an independent consulting firm that works to support and coach companies, authorities and organizations in the work to take advantage of the opportunities of the EU membership. They also have an extensive European network of contacts in various industries.Mikael Håkansson - European minds