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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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