Join Lebanon Connect: A Bridge for Innovation and Collaboration 

Lebanon Connect is an initiative aimed at fostering collaboration in research, development, technology, and innovation between Lebanese and EU stakeholders, including innovation centers, companies, business support organizations, researchers, research institutions, industries, and the diaspora. Through a series of both digital and in-person matchmaking events, Lebanon Connect seeks to bridge gaps between academia, researchers, innovators, and industry, creating strategic partnerships that drive innovation and technology transfer. The initiative targets key sectors such as ICT, Health, Agrifood, Trade, and Business Development, with a specific focus on addressing post-war challenges and solutions. By providing a critical platform, Lebanon Connect enables Lebanese and EU stakeholders to come together to transform groundbreaking research into practical applications, develop new products and services, and build sustainable, long-lasting business partnerships. 

Launch Date: November 2025

Initial Online Matchmaking: November 4-5 2025

Platform: B2Match (ensuring seamless registration and interaction)

The core objective of Lebanon Connect is to facilitate the integration of Lebanese talents—including researchers, innovators, R&D departments, and academia—into global value chains, particularly within the EU. This way, leveraging the expertise and global connections of the Lebanese diaspora, the events seek to boost Lebanon’s innovation ecosystem while ensuring that EU industries benefit from the unique expertise and solutions developed in Lebanon.

• Facilitate 35 matchmaking opportunities between Lebanese and EU entities
• Promote 10 collaborative opportunities in R&D and innovation
• Encourage 5 business partnerships and cooperation in fields like technology, development, and trade
• Enable 5 concrete cases of cooperation between participating organizations.

Lebanon Connect 3 is designed to capitalize on the tangible outcomes and lessons of the first two editions. Lebanon Connect 1, hosted via B2Match, successfully tested a digital matchmaking model that demonstrated the appetite among Lebanese and European stakeholders for structured, cross-border innovation partnerships. Lebanon Connect 2, held as part of the high-visibility Power X event in Beirut, deepened this engagement by bringing together ecosystem actors in person, enabling valuable face-to-face exchanges and highlighting the role of innovation in Lebanon’s reconstruction and economic resilience. Lebanon Connect 3 will leverage the matchmaking data, contacts, and sectoral insights generated during these two events to identify active participants, nurture existing leads, and engage previous contributors—particularly from the ICT, Health, and Agrifood sectors—in more targeted and results-driven collaborations. The event will also re-engage diaspora experts who participated in prior editions, ensuring continuity and cumulative impact across the Lebanon Connect series. 87% of participants from Lebanon Connect 2 were interested to participate in another edition. Links with North American diaspora is also a possibility of this third session.

Lebanon Connect 3 builds on the momentum of previous editions to offer a fresh direction for Lebanese collaboration with the diaspora—this time with a wider global lens. The two-afternoon, fully virtual event will strengthen innovation-driven cooperation by integrating Lebanese talent and innovation ecosystems not just within the EU, but also with the North American innovation and startup ecosystem, and deeper participation of diaspora professionals across continents. This edition aims to particularly leverages the Lebanese diaspora, so that they can fully take ownership of the event and contribute to its co-construction from the start. It will empower Lebanese innovators and institutions to collaborate with their global counterparts across three priority sectors: Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), Health, and Agrifood. The event leverages digital matchmaking tools to enable high-impact partnerships in research, innovation, and business. Anchored by interactive diaspora-led sector panels and dedicated matchmaking sessions this edition will amplify Lebanon’s role in global value chains and innovation ecosystems.

• Sector precision: This event zooms in on the 3 high-potential sectors, but with a different approach from the first two editions, enhancing the depth of engagement.
• Diaspora activation: Diaspora experts don’t just attend — they lead, mentor, invest, and connect.
• Global Reach, local Impact: Timed to allow joint participation from Lebanon, Europe, and North America.
• Real Outcomes: The 3-hour B2B matchmaking block turns interest into cooperation

• Register: Sign up for upcoming events.
• Complete Your Profile: Showcase your expertise and interests.
• Connect: Network with stakeholders from Lebanon and the EU.
• Engage in Workshops: Gain knowledge to support your innovative projects.