During our webinar, we provided you with an in-depth preview of the Summit program, featuring a variety of sessions and events. Our Marketing & Outreach Manager, Anastasiia Holub, kicked things off with an introduction to the Plugg sessions, brought you the latest insights and news from the FIWARE community's successes and tips, as outlined in the new edition of the FIWARE Smart Cities Book. In this session, you also had the opportunity to learn about the Accelerator program and Matchmaking event, presented by Tonia Sapia, FIWARE Senior Marketing and Project Manager. Discovered how you can do business, learn, secure funding, and reach new markets with this program. Clara Pezuela, VP Funded Programs, introduced funding opportunities from the European Union, provided an overview of the session's highlights. Plus, Angeles Tejado, our Senior Program Manager, shared the latest news on the FIWARE iHubs, which will be presented at the Summit.

1. Business, Strategy, Funding &
Matchmaking
Tonia Sapia, Senior Marketing and Project Manager
FIWARE Foundation

2. Festsaal: Plugg Session & Matchmaking
FIWARE Global Summit is one of the leading Open Source conferences for business
people, public administrations, academia, developers, and technologist.
It is a MUST for who want to change the world and transform markets for the better
based on recognized Open Source technology - from Startups to SMEs to Global
Enterprises to Accelerators
FIWARE continues to evolve to be what smart economies need us to be:
fueling your growth strategies through scalable innovations,
open, reliable, and really smart.
Join us at the FIWARE Global Summit in Festsaal Vienna City hall to discover what the
world’s smartest open companies, business organizations and DIHs, are doing
differently to succeed in today’s and tomorrow’s digital economy.
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3. #FIWAREAccelerator
Partnership and Success
10 successful partnerships Benefits and opportunities
● Boost your chances of success in
international markets thanks to networking
with our Accelerator partners
● Open calls, cascade funding, hackathons,
and challenges. The FIWARE Community can
take advantage of our Accelerator partners
to ask questions and gain information in
exclusive one-to-one meetings.
● Only for SMEs and startups of the FIWARE
Community: discounts, and special prices
for consultancy services to apply to open
calls.
Discover all the benefits:
download the brochure!!

4. #FIWAREAccelerator
3 years of Business Activities
Successful Outcomes:
▪50+ Startups, SMEs and 20+ Accelerators are in contact with the FIWARE Accelerator.
▪10 Accelerators on board from France to Italy, from Spain to Germany
▪Organization of workshops on FIWARE technologies and providing opportunities to SMEs and Startups to connect to
partner incubators and accelerators (e.g. Gateway49; Polo Tecnologico Navacchio, FIWARE Smart Fest, FIWARE Global
Summit 2022)
▪Partnerships with Accelerators/mutual promotion activities in a variety of communication channels (e.g. Press
Release, Newsletters, Press Kit, Social Media, Publications, interview on media partner CompassList). Accelerator partners
are continuously participating in the monthly Marketing Round-Up Calls and co-organise events together with FIWARE
(e.g. Accelerator DAY)
▪More than 150 Open Calls published on fiware.org and Social Media to facilitate matching Accelerators with Open Calls,
SMEs and Startups from the FIWARE Community
For more info: Tonia Sapia tonia.sapia@fiware.org

5. #FGS’23 Plugg Session
From vision to business, meet YOUR opportunities powered by FIWARE partners
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What to expert? Top speakers, experts in
funding and people with the right key to make
your business a success!
Accelerators are critical in supporting
companies to achieve multiple goals:
● generating new business relationships,
accelerating skills development,
● growing their knowledge network,
● creating valuable relationships,
● and creating innovative projects thanks to
funding support.
Experts in financing and consulting will hold a
session dedicated to these issues. This session
will answer all these questions.
Do not miss it in Festsaal!!
12 June, 16:00
More information Here

6. #FGS’23 Plugg Session
Join the Matchmaking event!
Call to action for SMEs and Startups
Meet Accelerators, experts in Funding and
DIHs
12 June 17:30 - 18:00
13 June from 9:00 - 11:00, 16:10 -16:50
These one-to-one meetings will be taking place
on 12.13 June are extraordinary occasions to
discover funding opportunities, new financing
programmes helping to generate new
business relationships, accelerating skills
development, increasing network of
knowledge, and initiating innovative projects.
Some of the experts:
● Davide Seoane_FundingBox
Funding and Training
● Margherita Volpe_Zabala
Funding and consultancy
● Irene Provvidenza _FIWARE Innova hub (DIH)
FIWARE Training and business development
● Clara Pezuela_FIWARE Foundation
EU Funding
● Aleksandar Vrglevski _ Vienna Business Agency
Funding and Technology

7. #FGS’23 Plugg Session
Matchmaking Event
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8. #FGS’23 Plugg Session
Matchmaking Event: How to book?
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Book a one-to-one meeting
FIWARE website/FIWARE Global Summit
FIWARE website/FIWARE Global Summit/
Detailed Agenda (DAY 1 and DAY)

9. Thank you!
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