Hosted by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) and the People’s Government of Shandong Province, and organised by the People’s Government of Jinan and the Department of Industry and Information Technology of Shandong Province, the Sino-German (European) SME Communication & Cooperation Conference (SMEC) has been successfully held since 2015. The SMEC has a profound impact on exchanges and cooperation between Chinese, German and other European SMEs, with an expansive scope covering all Europe. Fruitful results have been achieved in project matchmakings, industrial cooperation, exchanges in technology and other fields.

Brandlights Philipp Lampe was part of the opening ceremony, keynote speaker for climate-neutral urban development and technologies and took part in the panel discussion on the same topic.