Research and Innovation

Are you a company or consortium that would like to present your products and services to Frontex, or to a wider forum of EU border guard authorities?

Fill out the proposal form with a short description of the product or service you wish to present.

Information on upcoming industry meetings is available in the Announcements Section. Proposals identified as the most relevant for the activities of the European Border and Coast Guard are offered a product presentation slot. These meetings may have an online or live format and are attended by Frontex operational staff, experts from the Member States’ border guard authorities, with specific knowledge and responsibility for border control and surveillance, and also experts from other JHA agencies.

The selection of a submitted proposal is based on the level of novelty and the potential impact of the company’s products and/or services on the European border guard community.

You will be offered a time-limited presentation slot to showcase your product or service, so make sure you make the most of it. Keep your presentation to the point by presenting a limited number of products or services and keep introductory comments to a minimum.

Following an industry event Frontex will gather feedback from your audience and share it with you to make sure you gain the most from the experience.

Frontex also organises workshops, meetings, and conferences on specific topics related to border security solutions and invites participants from industry, academia, and research institutes. News concerning such events are published on the Frontex website on the Announcements Pages.

Frontex experts regularly meet with product and service providers in the context of research and innovation activities, such as I-Days, conferences, workshops, and demonstrations, to understand which solutions can be useful to European border and coast guard authorities.

Each event is announced on Frontex’s website through a public announcement. The selection of product and service providers invited to online or live presentation sessions follows key criteria such as the level of novelty, uniqueness, and potential impact of the proposed solution on the operational needs of the European border and coast guard community. This allows for fair treatment and transparent participation of applicants. Information on each meeting is publicly available on the Frontex website.

A comprehensive list of meetings held over the course of a given year involving Frontex and product and service providers, in the context of key research- and innovation-related activities, such as Industry Days, conferences, workshops, and demonstrations, is available below.