Matchmaking events - How do they work?
It´s so easy: FIND | REQUEST MEETINGs | TALK
explore new business opportunities!
A matchmaking event is a quick and easy way to meet potential cooperation partners in face-2-face pre-scheduled conversations. 20 minutes run fast but it is enough to build first connections before the countdown ends and the next talk starts.
FIND NEW BUSINESS CONTACTS - Browse through the participant profiles. Find out who is offering interesting and promising business opportunities. You can search by freetext, business fields, organisation types or country interests.
BE FOUND by POSTENTIAL PARTNERS - Your profile should describe who you are, what you can offer to potential partners, what you are looking for (business field & country) and who you want to meet.
click here & Watch a short intro video to see "how easy it works"
How does it work?
1) Registration
Register via the Register button.
- Create a clear and concise business profile to raise your visibility on the b2match platform.
- Select sessions in "my availability", you will later be able to schedule exact times for confirmed meetings yourself
- Please carefully read how to publish a meaningful profile and book meetings below.
2) Publish a business profile to showcase your needs
Your profile has to be written in English language, must be meaningful in content. Your profile should describe who you are, what you can offer to potential partners, and who you want to meet. Take care to select suitable keywords, too! In addition to organisation description we strongly recommend to publish marketplace items! A good profile will generate significantly more meeting requests.
3) Browse profiles of attendees
Go to the participants list to find out who is offering interesting and promising business opportunities. You can search by freetext, business fields, organisation types or country interest.
4) Send & receive meeting requests
Be active not reactive. Browse published participants profiles and send meeting requests to those you want to meet during the event. Adding a meaningful remark why you are interested in a meeting will increase the chance that your request will be accepted. Accepted meeting requests will be scheduled automatically. Thus you have immediate access to time and location of a meeting.
5) Matchmaking Event
- Shortly before the event you will receive your meeting schedule by email.
- TIP: Download the "b2match" mobile app (iOS/Android) to
* get access to your meeting schedule on your mobile phone
* be informed about last-minute changes (bookings, cancellations)
* manage additional meetings on short term (send/receive/confirm requests)
Access your meetings in My Agenda or Meetings, where you have your complete schedule for the event and the list of your meetings. Check your camera and microphone and don't be late!
How to initiate a Virtual Meeting?
- Identify promising participants on the Participants list or the Marketplace page on the event's website. Once you found a suitable meeting partner, click "Request meeting" to send them a meeting request.
- Use the Messages functionality to chat about common interests and availability.
- Click "View Profile →" to find out more about the participant
- If you would like to have a meeting with them, you can also request a meeting here.
- Check My agenda and Meetings for your schedule and your list of confirmed meetings.
- At the time of the meeting, go to the Meetings page and click on Start Meeting
- You can invite guests through the Invite guests button, or share your screen through the screen sharing button
- A virtual meeting can be started at any given time before its ending time and it won't stop automatically, one of the participants has to end it
- The remaining time will be displayed on the top left corner
- The next meeting card will be displayed with one minute before the next meeting
- Clicking on Start Next Meeting will end the current meeting and will start the next one
Technical requirements for Virtual meetings
The virtual meetings take place through the b2match video tool, which is integrated in the b2match platform and it doesn’t need to/it can't be downloaded.
- install the latest version of your browser
Use a device with an incorporated webcam or a webcam. Without the camera, the meeting can still take place in the audio mode.
Microphone and camera
You can test your microphone and camera in your Meetings list, once you are logged in to your b2match profile. In order to do this, you need to click the blue Camera and microphone test and follow the instructions.
If there are issues, the system will indicate the browser's documentation's regarding the microphone and camera usage
- browser's permissions to use the microphone and camera
- system's permissions for the microphone and camera
Additionally, you can do the following checks:
- test your microphone with other apps, such as Google Meet, Skype, Zoom, etc.
- run Twilio's network test, which will start an automatic diagnosis to check if Twilio has permission to use your microphone and camera
- Twilio is the name of the software we use for online meetings
