Meet in Italy for Life Sciences Brokerage Event 2023- MIT4LS BE 2023
How to join
MIT4LS BE 2023 is the 2023 edition of the Meet in Italy for Life Sciences partnering event, a quick and easy way to meet potential partners for your activity, all in one place. Being an international event, the official language is English.
MIT4LS BE 2023 is a virtual face-to-face (F2F) event, in which participants can request and set virtual meetings using the matchmaking platform taking advantage of its own video call system.
Virtual meetings will be carried over the following days:
- 26 October, 9-13 and 14-19
- 27 October, 9-13 and 14-19
Registration deadline, 19 October 2023 13:00
Meetings booking: open from 9 October, 09:00 to 26 October 13:00
Specific details about the meetings management can be found in the How to meet section.
How to join
- New registration to Meet in Italy for Life Sciences events
If you have never participated to a MIT4LS event before, just click the blue Register now button and create your account on the b2match platform, entering your e-mail and password ticking the box to agree to the b2match Terms of service and Privacy policy. You receive a request for e-mail verification, and then you can create your profile,filling in all the necessary information. Dont' forget to read the and MIT4LS BE 2023 privacy policy and terms of service.
- Registration if you participated in previous Meet in Italy for Life Sciences editions
If you participated in previous editions of MIT4LS, you should have received an invitation from the system asking to join MIT4LS BE 2023 (check your spam folder in case). If you already have participated in other b2match events, the system will recognize you and ask for the password (reset is possible if you don't remember, just click Forgot password).
- Completing your profile for activation
Once you verified your e-mail or accepted the invitation to participate again and chosen the participation type, you will be prompted to check and complete your profile, your contact person and your organisation details, and to plan your attendance.
Remember to set your time zone to get virtual meetings request according to your time zone.
If a participant within the same organisation already registered, the organisation will be suggested in the dropdown menu of Organisation name. When selecting an already existing organisation, the participants don’t have to select organisation type, description, website and logo, as this information have been previously pre-filled.
Registration of a second, separated profile of participants from the same organisation (different registration, different contact person) is possible. Please consider that the two participants will carry out meetings in a separated way in respect to the other members of the organisation. Be aware that modification of the organisation description from one organisation member profile changes the description for all the organisation members.
If you are part of a large organisation, like a university, big research center, big company, and your activity is specific and different from other labs/units in your organisation, is probably better to differentiate the profile accordingly. In that regard, it is suggested to register with an organisation name such as Lab/Research group name - Possible department or institute name, Organisation name, better if an acronym can be used.
Example: Biosensors Lab - Dept of Biology, University of Oxford
Jones group Lab - Institute of Neuroscience, IN-CNR
Acronym explanation should be given in the description.
This way your profile can have its own visibilty and it can be modified without problems in respect to other lab or department of the same organisation.
Choose existing organisation name ONLY if you have common activities and common marketplaces, as those are going to be grouped together the organisation profile.
If needed, as the meetings are carried out through the internal video call system , it is possible to invite to the meeting also not registered guests. See here for details.
- Profile activation
Your profile will be checked by the organisation staff. You may be contacted by the staff or your Enterprise Europe Network - EEN supporting office if something is missing, is not clear or to suggest improvements in order to maximize the visibility and impact of your profile. Your profile has to clearly show your involvement in the life science value chain (pharma, biotech, medical devices, nutraceutics, digital health), otherwise the profile won’t be activated and you will be asked for integration/clarification.
If everything is fine, your profile will be activated and made public
to everyone, and you will receive an e-mail informing about the
activation. You can update your profile, attendance, account settings
and add other Marketplace entries at any given time. Remember to press Save at the bottom of the page after any changes.
TIPS: your profile (organisation description and, in particular, Marketplace entries) should describe in a clear and concise manner who you are, what you can offer or you are requesting from potential partners and who you want to meet, in order to generate meaningful meetings. Take the most from the event visibility and complete your profile as soon as possible!
- Creating & Editing marketplace opportunities
The Marketplace is a great place to showcase all your business and collaboration opportunities and find the perfect partner at an event.
You are strongly advised to create one or more Marketplace opportunities (product, service, partnership, project cooperation, investment opportunity, generic request).
In your profile, menu on the left, under participant photo, My opportunities entry will bring you to your organisation marketplace. To add a new one, just click the blue button "Add an opportunity" on top the right, and provide the requested information. You can edit and integrate the opportunities created any time.
It is possible to add images, files and share videos in their Marketplace entries. Files that can be uploaded to the Marketplace are: .pdf, .doc, .docx, .xls, .xlsx, .jpg, .gif and .png. The maximum upload limit for the files added in Marketplace entries is 22 MB.
For Investment opportunities:
- for investors, please add details about the size and criteria of investment, specific sector (if any), stage of development of the desired target, possible geographical limits of the investment.
- For companies (startups, PMI): please add details about the size and use/goals of the investment needed, time for return of the investment and any other data that can help the potential investors understanding the value of the investment proposal.
Marketplace profiles are searchable and connected to organisation profile and they enable participants to list their offer and request items and to search for the suitable business partners by these items. Therefore, they represent a more effective way to provide information on business offers or needs than the organisation description, and specify types of collaboration sought, enhancing the chances to find suitable partners.
- Setting up your meeting availability
You can skip the definition of your availability during the registration, but it essential to set and check your attendance approaching the event, in order to maximise the possibility of having meetings.
You can edit and refine your meeting attendance from participant profile, menu on the left, under participant photo, My availability entry. You can also go to Meetings (top bar menu, on the right) and click on Availability.
Cancellation of participation
If you have to cancel your attendance to MIT4LS BE 2023, go to the bottom of your profile page and click the orange link "Cancel participation" at the bottom right of the page. If you have booked meetings, you should cancel them providing the other participants info on how to proceed with the established contact.
Please, contact also the organisers to inform them about your cancellation.
Organisers cannot undone your cancellation. You can do that accessing your profile and choosing a session in the Agenda section.
