EFFRA (European Factories of the Future Research Association) is organizing a workshop with the purpose to discuss the good practices and the challenges in the context of the widening countries’ access to and possibilities to valorize the EU funded opportunities in Manufacturing R&I, and to explore together with the speakers and the participants the solutions and approaches that work / would work in this sense.
AGENDA 10:00-10:05: Intro on EFFRA and the event’s objective - Željko Pazin & Cornelia Amihalachioae, EFFRA office
10:05–10:30: Practical lessons learned from two Hop-On Facility rounds - Lina Smovziuk, Senior Consultant, Intelligentsia Consultants - Petr Pracna, NCP for Horizon Europe, Cluster 4; Technology Centre Prague, Czech Republic
10:30–10:45: Peripheral View on the Horizon Europe- Donatas Gendvilas, CEO and founder of the company „Adscensus“, Lithuania
10:45–11:00: Factories of the future. Are we there yet? - Skirmatė Balažentienė, company „MetSolar“, Lithuania
11:00–11:15: Slovenian SRIP experience with research internationalization in the field of Factories of Future - Rudi Panjtar, COO, Competence center for advanced control technologies, Ljubljana, Slovenia
11:15–11:30: CTGCT CoE – Teaming for Excellence (WIDERA-2023) - Ivica Ilić, Head of the Project Office, National Institute of Chemistry, Ljubljana, Slovenia
11:30–11:55: Understanding Hop-on and other Widening instruments. How to avoid obstacles? - Dr. Karina Barantseva and Adam Głuszuk, National Contact Point experts, Poland
11:55–12:00: Q&A 12:00–12:30: PANEL DISCUSSION: Bridging the Gap – from lessons learnt to solutions that work - Moderator: Željko Pazin, EFFRA / Panelists: • European Commission • Tomas Garuolis, director, Business Environment&Economy Dept., Lithuanian Confederation of Industrialists • Tanja Vertelj, MSc, Head of Science Division, Science Directorate, Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, Slovenia; National Contact Point Horizon Europe Spreading Excellence and Widening participation • Monika Slezak and Dominika Baginska-Chyłek, Industry Contact Point Coordinators, Poland
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