Circular Economy and Materials Matchmaking Event
29/04/2025
30/04/2025
About

Crowdhelix’s Circular Economy and Materials event seeks to bring together leading researchers, business leaders and industry experts so that they can build innovative consortia that respond to Horizon Europe’s 2025 pillar II cluster 4 calls.

Hosted by Leitat Technological Center at Barcelona’s DFactory, our Circular Economy and Materials matchmaking event will feature networking and interactive sessions specifically designed to facilitate knowledge exchange and foster collaborations.

Collaboration Activities:

  • Expert Presentations
  • Pitch Sessions
  • Proposal Building Workshops 
  • Poster Sessions
  • Networking Dinner
  • Venue Technology Showcase
Targeted Horizon Europe Calls:
  • HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-MATERIALS-42: Innovative Advanced Materials (IAMs) for product monitoring, smart maintenance, and repair strategies in the construction sector.
  • HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-MATERIALS-46: Innovative Advanced Materials (IAMs) for photonics, enabling low-power and ultra-broadband performance for telecommunication (RIA) (Innovative Advanced Materials for Europe partnership)
  • HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-MATERIALS-47: Innovative Advanced Materials (IAMs) for conformable, flexible, or stretchable electronics
  • HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-MATERIALS-52: Accelerate the uptake of life-cycle assessment (LCA) for Safe and Sustainable by Design (SSbD) chemicals and materials and resulting products
  • HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-MATERIALS-61: Technologies for critical raw materials and strategic raw materials from End of Life products.
  • HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-TWIN-TRANSITION-05: Advanced manufacturing technologies for leadership of EU manufacturers in products for the net-zero industry (Made in Europe Partnership)
  • HORIZON-JU-CBE-2025-IA-05: SSbD bio-based polymers/copolymers unlocking new market applications
  • HORIZON-CL6-2025-01-CIRCBIO-07: Demonstration, deployment and upscaling of circular systemic solutions in cities and regions (Circular Cities and Regions Initiative)
Date & Time

April 29-30, 2025 at 12pm CEST

DFactory
Barcelona, Leitat Technological Center

Useful Information

Useful Information


Travel information:

DFactory is located just 8 minutes walk from the Port Comercial metro station (La Factoria, 08040 Barcelona, Spain)

Accommodation:

The following hotels are located within 30 minutes by metro from the event venue and have negotiated discounted prices for the attendees:

Aryaa Stadium Hotel - discount code SANTS10. An extra 10% discount is added for people registered in the hotel’s club.

easyHotel Barcelona Fira - discount code for refundable rates: CORP10 ; discount code for non-refundable rates: CORP10N 

Best Western Plus Hotel Alfa Aeropuerto - discount code EVENT10
Agenda

Agenda

* All times are in Central European Summer Time (CEST)

Day 1

13:00 - 14:00

Registration and refreshments

14:00 - 14:10

Welcome Address

Speaker

Sergi Artigas - Innovation Board Strategic Manager, LEITAT Technological Center

14:10 - 14:40

Keynote session - The National Contact Point

Speaker

Nieves González - Spanish Delegate Industry, Cluster 4 Programme Committee Horizon Europe

14:40 - 15:10

Safe and sustainable by design

Speaker

Dr Socorro Vázquez-Campos - Area Manager in the Circular Economy Department, LEITAT Technological Center

15:10 - 15:40

Elevator Pitch Session

15:40 - 16:10

Coffee Break

16:10 - 16:30

The Crowdhelix Helix Impact Model

Speaker

Michael Browne - CEO, Crowdhelix

16:30 - 17:15

Panel Discussion - EU Innovations

Speaker

Resource - EU funded project.
REFORM - EU funded project
Dicim - EU funded project
Credit - EU funded project

17:15

Poster session

19:00

Networking Dinner

Day 2

09:00 - 09:30

Registration and refreshments

09:30 - 10:30

DFactory Visit

10:30 - 11:00

Exploit4InnoMat funding opportunitiesn

11:00 - 12:30

Consortia building parallel themed sessions

12:30 - 12:45

Presentations and feedback from breakout sessions

12:45 - 13:00

Wrap up and steps forward

13:00

Networking Lunch

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