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TAIWAN Business.EU l institutions l agencies

The Czech Business Mission Presented

Its Know-How in New Technologies

in Taiwan

Smart Cities is an area in which the Czech Republic is actively trying to develop

in cooperation with Taiwan. This is why a business mission at the Smart City Summit

& Expo took place in March (25. - 29.3.2019) in Taiwan. This mission is another in

a series of successful projects that is part of the economic diplomacy of the Ministry

of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech

Republic in cooperation with the Confederation of Industry of the Czech Republic.

The business mission, organized by the

Confederation of Industry of the Czech

Republic, in cooperation with the Czech

Economic and Cultural Office in Taipei, was

presented at the Smart City Summit & Expo

in Taipei from 25 March to 29 March, 2019.

A 20-member Czech delegation participated

in a series of events throughout the week in

areas, such as artificial intelligence, smart

education, Internet of Things, smart healthcare, green energy and circular economy.

Smart City Summit & Expo is a new event in

its class in Taiwan (this was only the 4th year).

Nevertheless, this year's summit attracted a

large number of participants from all over the

world. The first numbers are in and they

estimate that there were about 2000 visitors

from abroad, more than 150 mayors of cities

and municipal representatives, 50+ AI

start-ups and more than 150 system integrators, etc.

Thanks to the financial support from the

Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech

Republic, Czech entities were also provided

with the opportunity to actively participate at

the Czech booth as part of the Smart City

Expo. The following five Czech companies

and universities took advantage of this

opportunity: ČD-Telematika, Linet, The

Regional Innovation Centre for Electrical

Engineering (RICE) of the Faculty of Electrical

Engineering at the University of West Bohemia

in Pilsen, Technological Agency of the Czech

Republic and ABF. The first ever Czech booth

at this event in Taiwan, therefore, opened with

a ceremony in the presence of the Head of the

Czech Economic and Cultural Office in Taipei,

Patrick Rumlar and the President of the Confederation of Industry of the Czech Republic,

Jaroslav Hanák.

One of the main goals of this mission is the

participation at the Joint Business Council,

organized by the Chinese International Economic Cooperation Association (CIECA), which

takes place in Prague and Taipei. The Joint

Business Council is an integral business

platform with the goal of supporting economic

activities through finding new business opportunities and connecting Czech and Taiwanese

entrepreneurs. At this year's council, Czech

companies had the opportunity to present

their business activities and interests in front off

more than 30 Taiwanese companies from the

following sectors: smart lighting, smart

transportation, IoT and other smart innovative

solutions for cities. This is an event that

supports the business activities in this part of

the world, so of course, we had to be there.

A scientific and technical seminar was organized for the Czech delegation during the

week at the Industrial Research Institute

(ITRI), where the Technological Agency of

the Czech Republic presented their DELTA 2

program and the Czech Technical University

in Prague – the Faculty of Information

Technology gave a presentation concerning

potential cooperation in the area of AI. The

Technological Agency of the Czech Republic

also used their presence in Taiwan to expand

their collaboration with the Department of

Industrial Technology / MOEA, with which it

signed a memorandum on cooperation as

part of the first public initiative of the DELTA 2

program. This type of cooperation shall

increase the number of those interested, from

the Taiwanese private sector, to collaborate

on a project using the DELTA 2 program.

Visits to selected Taiwanese companies, such

as Advantech Corp. or MiTAC Information

Technology Corp. were organized at the end

of the week for Czech participants.

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"Taiwan is the technological leader of Southeast Asia. It is a key

partner for cooperation in research and innovation. It is the third

largest Asian investor in the Czech Republic. Cooperation with

Taiwan is successful, long-term and stable,"

says Jaroslav Hanák, President of the Confederation of Industry

of the Czech Republic.

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