Workshop: Advancing the EU Tech Business Offer in Third Countries
Europa House, large room
About the workshop
How can the EU and Japan join forces to advance digital projects and investments in third countries?
Building on discussions at the 2nd EU-Japan Digital Week in March 2026, this interactive workshop brings together European and Japanese representatives from industry, finance and policymaking to explore concrete opportunities for cooperation under the EU Tech Business Offer.
The workshop will connect the EU Tech Business Offer with Japanese technology initiatives and Japan's new Growth Strategy, focusing on how both partners can combine their expertise, technologies and investment activities to develop and scale digital solutions in third countries.
Rather than focusing on presentations, participants will work together in interactive sessions to identify promising projects, explore opportunities for joint investment and address practical barriers to cooperation.
What to expect
Participants will have the opportunity to contribute to one of four parallel working sessions:
- 1. Developing joint use cases: Identify technologies and solutions with potential for wider deployment and scaling.
- 2. Connecting project pipelines: Explore opportunities to align European and Japanese digital projects and investments in third countries.
- 3. Scaling successful projects: Identify existing initiatives that could be jointly expanded into new markets.
- 4. Overcoming barriers to cooperation: Develop practical approaches to challenges such as investment risks, funding gaps and regulatory obstacles.
Each group will present its findings and propose concrete next steps for future EU-Japan cooperation.
From ideas to concrete cooperation
The workshop aims to move beyond exchanging perspectives towards identifying actionable opportunities for collaboration. Participants will shape potential joint projects, develop solutions to common challenges and agree on next steps to advance EU-Japan digital cooperation in third countries.
Join us to explore new partnerships, connect with European and Japanese stakeholders, and turn shared ambitions into concrete cooperation. Register below!
Agenda
| 10.00-10:20 | Welcome: Opening remarks and framing of the discussion |
| 10:20-10:25 | Introduction to the EU Tech Business Offer (EU TBO) |
| 10:25-10:30 |
Introduction of parallel working groups and group selection by participants' choice |
| 10:30-11:30 | Working session 1: Concrete opportunities for cooperation: Building use cases under the EU TBO |
| Working session 2: Concrete opportunities for cooperation: Connecting project pipelines | |
| Working session 3: Scaling projects to third countries | |
| Working session 4: Overcoming obstacles to joint third country outreach | |
| 11:30-11:50 | Presentation of working group results |
| 11:50-12:00 | Conclusions and next steps |
| 12:00-13:00 |
Lunch and networking |
