Connecting Science, Industry, and Impactful Innovation

AGENDA

Morning

09:30 – 11:50

09:30 – 09:45 Check-in & Welcome Coffee

09:45 – 10:00

Opening Remarks

Clivia Sotomayor — INL Director-General
Ricardo Simões — CCDR-NORTE, Head of Innovation
10:00 – 10:15

Innovation at INL: from research to impact

Ado Jório — INL Deputy Director-General

10:15 – 10:20 Spin-out Pitch #1 — Ray Sense Technologies

10:20 – 10:30

The European Framework: Industry Access to Research Infrastructures

Charter of access for industrial users to research and technology infrastructures

Guillaume Milot
Guillaume Milot — Online
Policy Officer, Technology Infrastructures, European Commission
10:30 – 11:00

INL Core Facilities: Driving Industry Engagement and Real-World Solutions

Nanofab.INL — Micro and nanofabrication for real world applications
Ivan Prieto (Head of MNF), INL
Microscopy.INL & Advanced Materials.INL — Advanced microscopy and characterisation
Enrique Carbó (Head of EMX), INL
Nanobiotech.INL — Emerging core facility
Begoña Espiña (SCoRF), INL

11:00 – 11:05 Spin-out Pitch #2 — IPLEXMED

11:05 – 11:45

Looking Ahead: Emerging Collaboration Opportunities

APECS Pilot Line — Heterogeneous Integration — Ricardo Ferreira, INL
Quantum Pilot Lines — Jana Nieder, INL
AI at INL: From Research Bench to Real-World Use — João Almeida Rodrigues and Vinicius Silva, INL
Braga’s BioMedTech Hub — Luís Rodrigues, InvestBraga

11:45 – 11:50 Spin-out Pitch #3 — Exognis

11:50 – 14:00 Technology Showcase — Live Demos and Prototypes

A Core Facilities Guided Tour
B B2R Meetings: companies meet INL researchers
C Visit live demos

13:00 – 14:30 Networking Lunch

Afternoon

14:30 – 17:30
14:30 – 15:15

Keynote — The Search for Life in the Universe

Sascha Quanz

Sascha Quanz

ETH Zürich — Full Professor at the Department of Physics

15:15 – 15:20 Spin-out Pitch #4 — RUBYnanomed

15:20 – 15:25 Spin-out Pitch #5 — Bracara Photonics

15:25 – 15:35

EU Startup and Scaleup Strategy

Anna Krzyżanowska — Online
Adviser of the Taskforce on Startups & Scaleups, Directorate General for Research & Innovation

15:35 – 16:00

From Small to Large Impact

Patrick Bressler
Patrick Bressler — Fraunhofer Microelectronics Group / RESOLVE initiative
16:00 – 17:30

Networking Cocktail & Technology Showcase

Afternoon Parallel Routes: A and B are subject to availability and prior registration — Route C needs no sign-up.

A Core Facilities Guided Tour
B B2R Meetings: companies meet INL researchers
C Visit live demos

Choose Your Route

A

Core Facilities Tour — A guided visit to INL's flagship research infrastructure, including the Micro & Nanofabrication cleanroom (MNF), advanced characterisation labs (EMX), and testing and certification facilities.

B

B2R Meetings — Pre-scheduled one-on-one meetings between company representatives and INL researchers, matched according to your interests and innovation needs. Subject to prior matchmaking and registration.

C

Visit Live Demos — Browse the Technology Showcase at your own pace: live demonstrators and prototypes from INL research groups, spinouts and collaborative projects, with the teams behind them on hand to talk. No registration needed.

Tracks run both in the morning and afternoon, subject to participant numbers and interest levels.

PRR — Plano de Recuperação e Resiliência; República Portuguesa; Financiado pela União Europeia — NextGenerationEU

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