Matchmaking: 3, 4 and 5 November 2020
There are 2 types of matchmaking:
- matchmaking on your own initiative (for every participant within this platform)
- tailor-made matchmaking organized by professional matchmaker (only for companies with a registration at the Netherlands Chamber of Commerce)
Matchmaking on your own initiative
During this mission you can request meetings at any time to take place on 3, 4 and 5 November 2020. This is called the matchmaking on your initiative and allows you to benefit from 1:1 networking via video calls.
When requesting a meeting, you can choose the time slot you want.
Notice:
- Multiple meetings between participants are not possible; participants cannot request meetings with the people they previously had meetings with;
- A meeting request has to be accepted by you; if not, the meeting will not take place;
- The video calls take place through this B2Match platform; don't forget to login to the platform in time and to start your meeting from your personal agenda;
- You will NOT receive reminders that your meeting will start; therefore we recommend to add your meeting to your Outlook agenda as well.
In case you want to opt-out from sending and receiving requests for 1:1 meetings via video calls, please login to your account, open the “Meetings” tab, and click on “Availability” to sign-in/sign-out from the matchmaking.
Please note that you can always send and receive messages to other participants.
How? Select a participant and click the button 'Send message'. In case you do not want to receive messages, please go to your account settings, and deactivate the messaging.
Requesting Meetings
- Go to Participants menu or the Marketplace menu, at the top of the page.
- Browse through the participants or the Marketplace entries.
- Select the filter Matchmaking to only display participants who will participate in the matchmaking sessions. Use other filter options such as country, organisation types, etc, to identify suitable matches.
Only the participants who selected common matchmaking sessions will be shown as available to you. Contact your event organiser if you are not able to book meetings.
The number of meetings you can request, accepted requests and open requests will be displayed at the top of the page.
- Click on the participants card to see the complete participant profile or the Marketplace entries. You will have the participant's information here
- Send a meeting request via the Request Meeting button. You can add a message in order to introduce yourself.
Depending on the settings defined by the event's organiser, your meeting status will be as follows: Request sent, Waiting for response - this means that the meetings need to be approved by the invitee; Request accepted - the meeting was automatically accepted.
You can manage your meetings in the Meetings menu.
A high quality profile and adding Marketplace entries will augment the number of your meetings and will enhance the matchmaking experience.
Tailor-made matchmaking organized by matchmaker
Dutch companies that register before October 13th, 2020 can use the professional tailor-made matchmaking. In this form of matchmaking, a professional matchmaker focuses on contacts that match the specific needs of your company. You indicate these specific needs and contacts wanted, by fully answering the matchmaking questions in the registration form. The answers to these questions are kept confidential and are not visible to other participants.
In addition, it is required that you also fill out your market place profile as completely as possible. The market place profile is your public profile with which you present yourself and your company and products / services in the market place of this B2Match platform.
How is this matchmaking performed?
The professional matchmaker receives your contact details, confidential answers to the matchmaking questions and your public market place profile from the mission organization and will work on that basis for you. If necessary, the matchmaker will contact you directly if he has any questions regarding your provided information.
The matchmaker will send you a proposal by email for potential matchmaking arrangements that match your needs. You can give feedback on this so that the matchmaker can make adjustments if necessary. If you agree with the suggested matches, approximately 5 matchmaking appointments (per country) will be scheduled for you.
The matchmaking conversations are carried out using the integrated video conferencing on this B2Match platform. You must be logged in for this and you will find the appointments by date in your personal event agenda on the B2Match platform.
Note:
• Tailor-made matchmaking is organized at company level and for only one sector participation. When there are several participants from the same company, the company must determine for which of its participants the matchmaking should be organized. It is possible that a second participant from the company will join the final matchmaking arrangements. The first participant will then have to add his colleague to the conversation via the "invite guest" link at the start of the matchmaking conversation. This second participant will not see the matchmaking appointment in his personal event agenda.
• Only Dutch companies, as in participants with a Dutch Chamber of Commerce registration, can make use of the tailor-made matchmaking.
