On the 26th of October 2016, EPSI hosted the Flanders Bike Valley Conference in Beringen (Belgium, Flanders)1 in cooperation with FESI, Flanders Bike Valley, VSSO, FIFAS and Assosport. The main objective of this event was to encourage technical innovation by guiding SMEs, through the landscape of financing opportunities available from the European Commission. By bringing together an eclectic line up of speakers and participants, all invitees were granted with the possibility to network and exchange good practices on the development of viable and profitable business models.   Present at the conference were various representatives from the European Commission and other experts, specialised in EU funding.