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Welcome to the latest edition of Dublin Chamber Weekly. This week's issue has a special focus on the work of the Chamber's Enterprise Europe Network.

Plus, there are details of all our upcoming virtual events and lots of member company news.

We hope you enjoy it and please let us know if you would like some of your own company's news featured in Dublin Chamber Weekly.

Join us on for a virtual trade mission to Washing DC which will be delivered over two half-days between 1pm-5pm on Tuesday June 29th and Wednesday June 30th. 

Participants will have the opportunity to learn about the Washington DC market and the opportunities that exist for Irish companies with the aim to increase business for both. With networking opportunities also available. 

Book your place here. 

The Retail project is an Erasmus+ project that focuses on promoting education for the transition of the industry toward enduring business models and is co-funded by the European Commission. 

Despite the difficulties related to COVID-19, the project continued to move ahead, producing and translating intellectual outputs that will help European retailers and unemployed youth interested in the retail sector to strengthen their knowledge, skills and competencies. 

We have a number of great webinars coming up over the next few weeks. Don't miss out! 

22nd June: Digital Agenda - The Role of Culture in Digital Transformation. Book here.

23rd June: Reopening for Business: Navigating the post Covid workplace. Book here.

24th June: Maximise your Dublin Chamber Membership. Book here.

28th June: Bid Services Tender Training. Book here.

29th June: The Future of Dublin Port. Book here.

30th June: Monthly Speed Networking. Book here.

For a full listing of all our upcoming events please head over to our website here.

Mobile World Congress Open Innovation Challenge 2021 will kick off on June 28th with virtual meetings being held July 5th - 7th. The ISE & MWC/4YFN is a B2B international meeting event between all agents of the innovation ecosystem: corporations, investors and solution/technology providers. 

This free event is held using an integrated video conferencing tool in the B2Match platform. Participants will only need to check their B2Match agenda and click "Join the meeting"!

With 72 corporations and investors participating in international business meetings looking to buy/invest in technology or new solutions, it has never been easier to create new opportunities and business partnerships. 

Register here. 

COVID-X is an exclusive acceleration program funded by the European Commission as part of the response plan to defeat COVID-19 with data-driven solutions. The programme will grant EU companies with €100K in equity-free funding to validate their data solutions in one of our clinical partners from Italy, Spain or Sweden. The focus will be on clinical challenges related to diagnosis, prognosis or follow-up of COVID-19 patients, or on a new open challenge. 

The selected companies will join a 10-month acceleration program to boost a quick market uptake. The plan will include technical support, ethical validation, and business coaching.

In addition, participants deploy the COVID-X Sandbox, a one-stop platform to exploit COVID-19 data sources, incorporating general information on data silos, as well as the integration, visualisation, and exploratory analysis for easy understanding.

 The deadline for applications is 22nd July 2021 at 4pm. Apply here.

On Tuesday we were joined by workplace culture expert Bruce Daisley for a discussion kindly sponsored by Fujitsu. Bruce discussed the future of work, the impact of culture on organisations and employees, the role of culture in attracting and retaining talent and how you can create and maintain culture in a remote workplace. Watch it here.

On Friday, 11th June we held a free briefing on Government funded and subsidised solutions to support your company’s upskilling, reskilling and future skills & talent needs in partnership with Dublin Regional Skills. Watch it here.

The European Commission is running a targeted consultation for SME's involved in trade with Canada looking to gain knowledge about preferential market access provided by CETA, use of the Agreement's provisions, awareness about existing information sources and suggestions for further improving the uptake of CETA's advantages. The information collected will be used to inform the organisation of CETA-SME event in September 2021 by the Commission.  

Participate here.

Outdoor dining is transforming streets throughout Dublin and has brought so much life and colour to the city centre. The Chamber has actively supported enhanced pedestrianisation and new street facilities to support an 'Outdoors Summer’. We want to commend our members for their work in transforming their businesses and bringing life back to our streets.