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
- 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)
- HORIZON-CL6-2025-01-CIRCBIO-01-two-stage: Open Topic: Innovative solutions for the sustainable and circular transformation of SMEs
April 29-30, 2025 at 13pm CEST
DFactory Barcelona, Leitat Technological Center
Useful Information
Travel information:
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
* 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 & Poster Session
16:10 - 16:30
The Crowdhelix Helix Impact Model
Speaker
Michael Browne - CEO, Crowdhelix
16:30 - 17:00
Exploit4InnoMat funding opportunities
17:00 - 17:45
Panel Discussion - EU Innovations
Speaker
Resource project - Chandana Ratnayake, Chief Scientist, SINTEF AS
REFORM project - Diana Gaspar, Senior Researcher, ALMASCIENCE CoLAB
Dicim project -Alena Klapalová, Associate Professor, Masaryk University
Credit project - Danai Stavrou, EU Projects & Proposals Manager IED - Institute of Entrepreneurship Development
17:45
Closing Remarks
20:00
Networking Dinner
Day 2
09:00 - 09:30
Registration and refreshments
09:30 - 10:30
DFactory Visit
10:30 - 11:00
The new Horizon Europe partnership for Advanced Material
Speaker
Eva-Kathrin Schillinger, Senior Innovation Manager SusChem, Cefic
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