Events: Time for Contact and Synergy.
2004 already saw successful series of events,
match.IT! and
talk.IT!, run by
Innovation Consultancy and
ITBeurope.
Both branches served the positioning and marketing of Schwechat as the ICT hub of Central and Eastern Europe.
match.IT! is a series of international matchmaking events for those in ICT. Through match.IT!, companies from home and abroad can meet in Schwechat to find new partners for potential projects. The event takes place in English.
Up till now, Schwechat has played host to the following match.IT! events:
- match.IT! - Austria / Slovakia
2004-04-28 - match.IT! - Security
2004-10-13 - match.IT! - Automotive IT & Traffic Telematics
2004-11-24 - match.IT! - Equity
2005-01-26 - match.IT! - Open Source
2005-04-13 - match.IT! - Wireless
2005-05-19 - match.IT! - Romania
talk.IT! is a series of events which serves the transfer of information within the field of ICT, in which experts give insight into the chosen themes and the individual points of view can be discussed and debated in the subsequent panel discussion. The event takes place in German.
Up till now, Schwechat has played host to the following talk.IT! events:
- talk.IT! – Software patent guidelines
2004-09-29 - talk.IT! - IT-Location Austria – Austria’s "digital importance"
2005-02-23 - talk.IT! - Hotspots in IT: Finland, Sweden, Canada
2005-06-15 - talk.IT! - Are we running out of technicians? The lack of IT experts and its consequences on economical development
2006-06-13
talk&match.IT is the new series of events within eSchwechat.at starting in March 2007. It serves the transfer of information within the field of ICT, in which experts give insight into the chosen themes and the individual points of view can be discussed and debated in the subsequent panel discussion. Parallel companies from home and abroad can meet in Schwechat to matchmake and find new partners for potential projects.
Since 2008 the following talk&match.IT events took place:
- talk&match.IT - Digital Cities
2007-03-26 - talk&match.IT - Private Equity for ICT Start-ups
2007-06-18 - talk&match.IT - Ambient Assisted Living Technologies
2007-11-12 - talk&match.IT! - Digital Cities `08
2008-06-10
For 2009 the following event is planned in Schwechat:
- talk&match.IT! - Technische Bildung als Weg aus der Krise?
2009-06-10
IT Forum Schwechat – a further partnership between Innovation Consultancy and ITBeurope – was launched in 2005 together with
WKO-ubit (The Austrian Federal Economic Chamber’s professional association for business advisors and IT). Since 2006, there are meetings of IT Forum Schwechat three times a year at
Rothmühle Castle.
The aim of IT Forum Schwechat is to work as an independent think tank to inform about, discuss and further develop new ideas within eSchwechat.at to strengthen Schwechat as an ICT location. Further it is used as a contact, location marketing and lobbying platform. Members of the ten to fifteen-strong core team are all eminent figures from the Austrian ICT business and research scene. Next to this Schwechat’s interested citizens are invited to join.



