{"id":3468,"date":"2026-03-05T11:37:39","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T11:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.photonics.fi\/opd2026\/?page_id=3468"},"modified":"2026-03-17T08:55:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T08:55:09","slug":"een-matchmaking-at-opd2026","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.photonics.fi\/opd2026\/een-matchmaking-at-opd2026\/","title":{"rendered":"EEN Matchmaking at OPD2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"541\" src=\"https:\/\/www.photonics.fi\/opd2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/OPD2026-Matchmaking_Photo2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.photonics.fi\/opd2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/OPD2026-Matchmaking_Photo2.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.photonics.fi\/opd2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/OPD2026-Matchmaking_Photo2-300x135.png 300w, https:\/\/www.photonics.fi\/opd2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/OPD2026-Matchmaking_Photo2-1024x462.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.photonics.fi\/opd2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/OPD2026-Matchmaking_Photo2-768x346.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\ud83d\udcc5 <strong>Date &amp; Time:<\/strong> Wednesday, May 27th and Thursday, May 28th 2026<br>\ud83d\udccd <strong>Venue:<\/strong> OPD2026 &#8211; Paviljonki, Jyv\u00e4skyl\u00e4<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>Enterprise Europe Network Matchmaking at OPD2026:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>Make new connections in pre-scheduled 1to1 meetings!&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The onsite matchmaking organized by&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.een.fi\/\">Enterprise Europe Network<\/a>&nbsp;offers the OPD2026 registered organization representatives an efficient way to make a good first impression with new potential business, technology and R&amp;D partners in 1to1 meetings.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Participation &amp; Registration:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"> The meetings are booked in advance by the participants, by sending and accepting meeting invitations in the matchmaking system. A real-time personal meeting agenda is visible in the matchmaking system, including the time and place for the accepted meeting invitations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Wednesday<\/strong> <strong>27 May 2026<\/strong>: The 15-minute meetings can be booked flexibly between 10-14 and 15-17. No specific location is reserved for these meetings by the organizer -&gt; please agree on the meeting location with your meeting partner when booking the meeting.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Thursday<\/strong> <strong>28 May 2026<\/strong>: The 15-minute meetings can be booked to be held in the dedicated Matchmaking Area between 12-14. <strong>This event is <strong>free of charge<\/strong><\/strong> and open to attendees even if they are not participating in the full OPD2026 conference. However, advance registration is required.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>2-Step registration process for EEN Matchmaking<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>To participate in the EEN Matchmaking:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">First, register to the main event OPD2026 either as a conference participant or as a <strong>visitor (free entrance) for Thursday 28 May<\/strong>, as it is a pre-requisite for the matchmaking registration.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-50\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-to-vivid-purple-gradient-background has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-medium-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conftool.com\/opd2026\/\">Register for OPD2026<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Then, register to the matchmaking, link below.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-50\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-to-vivid-purple-gradient-background has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-medium-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.b2match.com\/e\/opd2026matchmaking\">Read more &amp; register for EEN Matchmaking<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Before activating the registration in the system, the organizers check the quality of the participant profile and that the participant has registered to the OPD2026. This manual check might cause slight delay in the registration activation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Once registered to the matchmaking, you can also book &amp; manage meetings and send messages to other matchmaking participants in the b2match mobile app, which is available for download in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/b2match\/id1029868635?platform=iphone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Apple App Store<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.b2match.app\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Google Play Store<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Questions about&nbsp;EEN Matchmaking? Contact the matchmaking organizers at Enterprise Europe Network: Teija Pakanen,&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:teija.pakanen@businessfinland.fi\">teija.pakanen@businessfinland.fi<\/a>&nbsp;&amp; Mari Kivinen,&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:mari.kivinen@businessturku.fi\">mari.kivinen@businessturku.fi<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\udcc5 Date &amp; Time: Wednesday, May 27th and Thursday, May 28th 2026\ud83d\udccd Venue: OPD2026 &#8211; Paviljonki, Jyv\u00e4skyl\u00e4 Enterprise Europe Network Matchmaking at OPD2026: Make new connections in pre-scheduled 1to1 meetings!&nbsp; The onsite matchmaking organized by&nbsp;Enterprise Europe Network&nbsp;offers the OPD2026 registered organization representatives an efficient way to make a good first impression with new potential business,Continue reading &rarr;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3468","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","no-thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.photonics.fi\/opd2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.photonics.fi\/opd2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.photonics.fi\/opd2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.photonics.fi\/opd2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.photonics.fi\/opd2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3468"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.photonics.fi\/opd2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3468\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3516,"href":"https:\/\/www.photonics.fi\/opd2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3468\/revisions\/3516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.photonics.fi\/opd2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}