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Successful R&I in Europe 2014

6th European Networking Event

  • 30. Okt. 2014 - 31. Okt. 2014
  • Van der Valk Airporthotel   
  • Englisch
Successful R&I in Europe 2014

For the sixth time, the conference invites researchers and entrepreneurs from North Rhine-Westphalia and regions in Europe to find new European research and innovation (R&I) partners for Horizon 2020 projects. The series of events has been a great success with over 1400 participants since 2009. In 2014, special partner regions are: Belgium, Finland, France, Greece, the Netherlands and Poland.

The networking event will be structured in parallel brokerage sessions focussing on six topics:

  • Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
  • Energy
  • Nanotechnology, Materials and Manufacturing
  • Sustainable Economy
  • Life Sciences
  • Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions/Research for Society

The event addresses especially universities and research institutes and small as well as medium-sized enterprises. Participants are invited to become involved in established and new technology networks between researchers, entrepreneurs and multipliers related to Horizon 2020. Giving a short presentation (ideas and/or results) or finding a partner by talking to decision-makers opens doors for new research and innovation projects in Europe with a focus on Horizon 2020.

Registration and Call for Presentations (ideas and/or results) are closed.

Testimonials

Christoph Baum
Polyscale GmbH & Co. KG, Aachen

As a young start-up enterprise founded in the framework of an FP7 project, we profited from introducing our technology to a vast international audience of companies, universities and research institutes.

Prof. Dr. Claudia Wickleder
University of Siegen

The event gave me a deep insight into European research and innovation projects and the corresponding funding opportunities in Horizon 2020. Furthermore, it was highly beneficial for building networks leading to common proposals.

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Agenda

Thursday, 30 October 2014 (Day 1)

including exhibition: Innovations for Europe based in NRW

13.00Welcome
13.05Opening Session
Dr. Thomas Grünewald, Deputy Minister for Innovation, Science and Research of North Rhine-Westphalia
13.15Keynote Speech
Antti Peltomäki, Deputy Director General, Directorate-General for Enterprise and Industry, European Commission, Brussels
13.35Introduction of Partner Regions
13.40Success Stories in Europe based in NRW

Energy: PlanGridEV, Dr. Armin Gaul, RWE AG, Essen

Sustainable economy: EcoMeTex, Adjunct Prof. Dr.-Ing. Yves-Simon Gloy, RWTH Aachen, Aachen
14.00Coffee/ Start of parallel sessions
14.15Session 1: Parallel Workshops
“Projects seeking partners in Europe”

Nanotechnology, Materials and Manufacturing

1. Process optimisation and development in metallurgical industries
Dr. Els Nagels, InsPyro, Leuven, BE

2. Novel Ion-Exchange Membranes for Various Applications
Björn Wiberg, Arcada, Helsingfors, FI

3. Tribological Research – Bridge between materials research and implementation
Dr. Edwin de Wit, Via Innovia, Heemstede, NL

4. High Temperature Bare Overhead Cables for Extreme Conditions – HITEC
Dr. Marton Benke, University of Miskolc, Miskolc, HU

5. Public funding as a tool to drive high risk innovations in a high tech company
Prof. Dr. Michael Heuken, Aixtron SE, Herzogenrath, NRW

6. Novel foaming agent for foam-concrete
Dr. Bożena Twardochleb/ Anna Jaszkiewicz/ Joanna Fleszer, Institute of Heavy Organic Synthesis „Blachownia“, Kędzierzyn-Koźle, PL

Life Sciences

1. Integrated Technologies for Reduced Ecological Footprint from Livestock Farms
Dr. Thomas Bartzanas, Centre for Research and Technology – CERTH, Volos, GR

2. Plant based control for greenhouse energy saving (GreenFeeling)
Prof. Dr. Constantinos Kittas, Universtiy of Thessaly, Volos, GR

3. Transnational food innovation incubator – from invention to market introduction
Norbert Reichl, Food Processing Initiative e.V., Bielefeld, NRW

4. Innovation in food chain – cross-border collaborations for competitiveness on international markets
Norbert Reichl, Food Processing Initiative e.V., Bielefeld, NRW

5. Overcoming the Plant Phenotyping Bottleneck – Networks and Implementations
Dr. Roland Pieruschka, FZ Jülich, Jülich, NRW

6. Contribution to the whole food processing chain including the usage of side streams
Dr. Christoph Glasner, Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety, and Energy Technology UMSICHT, Oberhausen, NRW

7. Hydroxypropyl starch as raw material for construction chemicals and food industries – New production methods
Dr. Marek Lukosek, Institute of Heavy Organic Synthesis „Blachownia“, Kędzierzyn-Koźle, PL

Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)

1. GUardian Agent Robot squaDs (GUARDs)
Prof. Dr. Vassilis Kaburlasos, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace Institute of Technology, Kavala, GR

2. Global ICT Provider
Anastasia Garbi, European Dynamics SA, Marousi, GR

3. Defense-In-Depth For Corporate Networks and Cyber-Physical Systems
Dr. Sven Wenzel, Fraunhofer-Institut für Software- und Systemtechnik ISST, Dortmund, NRW

4. ADVENT project: ADvanced monitoring serVices of Elder via sensor NeTworks
Giorgios Koumanakos, Aphoi Koumanakou & Sia EE – „Frontida Zois“, Patras, GR

5. Security & Compliance in Big Data, Clouds, and Cyberphysical Systems
Prof. Dr. Jan Jürjens, Fraunhofer Institute for Software- and Systemtechnology ISST, Dortmund, NRW

6. Cyber Fleets – CPS Intelligence for Smart, Safe and Self-Governing Fleets
Dr. Marin Lujak, University Rey Juan Carlos, Mostoles, ES

Energy

1. Specific Topics of Smart Grids @ BME Introduction and Proposals I.
Dr. Dávid Raisz, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, HU

2. FORTH/ICE-HT activities in the field of Energy technologies
Dr. Theophilos Ioannides, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, Patras, GR

3. :metabolon – an interdisciplinary waste to value research center
Prof. Dr. Michael Bongards, Cologne University of Applied Sciences, Gummersbach, NRW

4. The fuel cell research centre ZBT als partner for innovative energy-technologies
Dr. Peter Beckhaus, Zentrum für BrennstoffzellenTechnik GmbH, Duisburg, NRW

5. REDIRE: project proposal “REactors for Displacing condensation Reactions”
Dr. Arend de Groot, ECN – The Netherlands Energy Research Centre, Petten, NL

6. Dipotamia: a Zero Carbon Greek community – seeking partners for SMART CITIES calls
Dimitris Xevgenos, National Technical University of Athens, Athens, GR

7. Industrial High Temperature Heat pumps
Sigrid Bollwerk, ECN – The Netherlands Energy Research Centre, Petten, NL

8. Contribution to LCE2, LCE3, LCE6 or EE6, EE11 consortia
Luis Blanco, Isastur Group, Llanera/Asturias, ES
16.15Session 2: Parallel Workshops
“Projects seeking partners in Europe”

Nanotechnology, Materials and Manufacturing

1. FM-EDA: Safety-awareness Deeply Rooted in the SoC Design System
Dr. Renaud Gillon/ Frederik Deleu, ON Semiconductor Belgium BVBA, Oudenaarde, BE

2. Advanced nanofibers for biomedical engineering
Matej Buzgo, Charles University, Praha, CZ

3. Designing of nanomaterials and surfaces for biomedical applications
Prof. Dr. Neso Sojic, University of Bordeaux, Pessac, FR

4. Future Energy Applications- A chance for highly specific nanoparticles
Tim Hülser, IUTA e.V., Duisburg, NRW

5. High performance multiphase steels for automotive application
Péter Bereczki, College of Dunaújváros, Dunaújváros, HU

6. Vegetable oils as renewable raw-materials for production of additives for polymers
Hanna Nosal, Institute of Heavy Organic Synthesis „Blachownia“, Kędzierzyn-Koźle, PL

7. Development of composites with metal matrix and nanodiamond reinforcements
Dr. Vladimir Popov, National University of Science and Technology „MISIS“, Moscow, RU

8. Highly Luminescent Nanoparticles for Various Applications
Prof. Dr. Claudia Wickleder, University of Siegen, Siegen, NRW

Life Sciences

1. European Critical Infrastructure Safety Management System
Prof. Dr. Krzysztof Kolowrocki, Gdynia Maritime University, Gdynia, PL

2. Sustainable Processes by Whole Process Development: The OPTIBIOCAT Project
Laura Sobrado Torres, SUPREN GmbH, Dortmund, NRW

3. Industry tested flexible Bio-IT platform to leverage innovations and products from modern personalized health-, clinical- and genomics data
Dr. Sami Kilpinen, MediSapiens Ltd, Helsinki, FI

4. FORTH/ICE-HT activities in biomolecular engineering and systems biology/medicine
Dr. Maria Klapa, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, Patras, GR

5. Integrated Structural Biology- an innovation booster for pharma & biotech applications
Dr. Evangelia Chrysina, National Hellenic Research Foundation, Athens, GR

6. The Institute of Molecular Biology & Biotechnology (IMBB)
Dr Georgios Efstathiou/ Dr. Vasiliki Fadouloglou, IMBB Forth, Heraklion, GR

7. Next Generation BioPharmaceutical Manufacturing
Dr. Birgit Nelsen-Salz, Lonza Biologics plc, Cambridge/ Slough, UK

8. Biotechnological valorisation of Waste streams from the food industry
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Rabenhorst, Ostwestfalen-Lippe University of Applied Sciences, Lemgo, NRW

Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)

1. Hardware based data analysis – speed up the processing of big data
Jarosław Stepaniuk/ Tomasz Grześ/ Maciej Kopczyński, Bialystok University of Technology, Bialystok, PL

2. Chair for information systems and supply chain management, university of münster
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bernd Hellingrath/ Dr. Carsten Böhle, University of Münster, Münster, NRW

3. eCo-Store – An electronic marketplace for cold store capacity
Frederic Krehl, Institut GEMIT – Hochschule Niederrhein, Mönchengladbach, NRW

4. Future Satellite Navigation- Using synergies from geodesy to transportation for new solutions and products
Dr. Otmar Schuster/ Olaf Ludwig, GeoSat GmbH, Mülheim an der Ruhr, NRW

5. Traffic and Logistics in Smart City Dortmund
Dr. Fritz Rettberg, TU Dortmund University, Dortmund, NRW

Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)

1. SaferCons: Different EU initiatives
Joeri Aleksander van der Have, Flemish Confederation of Construction, Brussels, BE

2. Making desalination sustainable: an innovative ZLD pilot system for the treatment of desalination brine
Dimitrios Xevgenos, National Technical University of Athens, Athens, GR

3. Noise-management in public space with the „Sounds In Balance-index“
Reinier Vinken/ Loek van Laarhoven, LaX Geluid BV, Oss, NL

4. Resolving of ecological problems by soil remediation, waste recycling and management of the human activity refuse
Boguslawa Pozniak, Institute of Heavy Organic Synthesis „Blachownia“, Kedzierzyn-Kozle, PL

5. Rapid regenerative infrastructure deployment
Prof. Dr. Carmen de Jong, University of Savoie, Le Bourget du Lac, FR

6. Research and Innovation for advanced Materials and Practices
Dr. Thomas Salonikios, Earthquake Planning and Protection Organization (EPPO), Thessaloniki, GR

7. PhytoPARK – a lignocellulosic and residual biomass based biorefinery
Dr. Peter Welters, Phytowelt GreenTechnologies GmbH, Nettetal, NRW

8. Scaling-up urban waste flows: development and demonstration of ecoinnovative,sensor-enabled, collection technology for household waste
Prof. Dr. Antonis Kokossis, National Technical University of Athens, Athens, GR
18.15Session 3: Parallel Workshops
“Services for proposals and projects”

Workshop: Energy
Chairs: Dr. Uwe Birk, Marie-Theres Kraienhorst, ZENIT GmbH / NRW.Europa

1. Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions in Horizon 2020
Felix Beckendorf, National Contact Point Mobility / Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation

2. European Funding for Energy Projects
Dr. Piotr Swiatek, PT FZ Jülich, NCP Energy

3.ef.Ruhr GmbH as cluster for energy research in the Ruhr district
Dr. Ulf Häger, ef.Ruhr GmbH

Workshop: ICT
Chair: Benno Weißner, Achim Conrads, ZENIT GmbH / NRW.Europa

1. Pre-commercial Procurement in Horizon 2020
Anne Müngersdorff, ZENIT GmbH / NRW.Europa

2. ICT under Horizon 2020 – A short introduction of forthcoming topics –
Dr. Uwe-Michael Schmidt, PT-DLR, NCP ICT

3. Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions in Horizon 2020
Felix Beckendorf, National Contact Point Mobility / Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation

Workshop: Sustainable Economy
Chairs: Tim Schüürmann, Sabrina Wodrich, ZENIT GmbH / NRW.Europa

1. National Contact Point Environment: Services
Hanna Kleimann, PT FZ Jülich, NCP Environment

2. Cluster Umwelttechnologien.NRW – Green technology cluster NRW
Nicolai Hennemann, Cluster Umwelttechnologien.NRW

3. Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions in Horizon 2020
Dr. Kristina Gebhardt, KoWi

Workshop: NMM
Chairs: Dr. Karsten Lemke, Silvia Besse-Große Lutermann, ZENIT GmbH / NRW.Europa

1. Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions in Horizon 2020
Dr. Kristina Gebhardt, KoWi

2. NanoMicroMaterialsPhotonics Cluster – Enabling Technologies made in NRW
Dr. Heinz-Georg Nothofer, NanoMicroMaterialsPhotonics Cluster.NRW

3. Nanotechnology, Materials and Manufacturing – Services for Proposals and Projects
Dr. Christian Busch, NCP Nanotech, Projekträger VDI TZ

4. Pre-commercial Procurement in Horizon 2020
Anne Müngersdorff, ZENIT GmbH / NRW.Europa

Start of exhibition: Innovations for Europe based in NRW
19.15Reception/Dinner
Dinner Speaker: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Andrzej Górak, TU Dortmund University
21.00“Düsseldorf by night”
bus tour/city sightseeing

Friday, 31 October 2014 (Day 2)

including exhibition: Innovations for Europe based in NRW

9.30Welcome
9.35Services for Proposals and Projects
Jan Skriwanek, NCP Life Sciences, PT DLR
9.45Success Stories in Europe based in NRW
Life Sciences (Bio-based economy): CoMoFarm, Prof. Dr. Stefan Schillberg, Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology, Aachen

Life Sciences (Health): RightTimePlaceCare, Astrid Stephan, Private Universitaet Witten/Herdecke gGmbH, Witten
10.05Coffee/Start of parallel sessions
10.15Session 4: Parallel Workshops
“Projects seeking partners in Europe”

Nanotechnology, Materials and Manufacturing

1. Advanced Electron Microscopy for the characterization of materials
Prof. Dr. Joke Hadermann, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, BE

2. Development and characterization of new polyolefin materials
Dr. Katarzyna Dziubek, Opole University, Opole, PL

3. Naturally and artificial surface-activated materials
Dr. Andrea Simon, University of Miskolc, Miskolc, HU

4. Establishing biopolymers in the textile process chain
Pavan Kumar Manvi, Institut für Textiltechnik der RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, NRW

5. Novel composite materials with enhanced properties
Bartłomiej Bereska, Institute of Heavy Organic Synthesis „Blachownia“, Kędzierzyn-Koźle, PL

6. Research and demonstration in the area of nanotechnology and packaging materials
Dr. Johanna Lahti/ Prof. Dr. Jurkka Kuusipalo, Tampere University of Technology, Tampere, FI

Life Sciences

1. Clinical research on regenerative medicine
Dr. Clint Styles, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK

2. Improved understanding, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of human diseases
Dr. Peter Jensen, Danish Technological Institute, Aarhus, DK

3. State-of-the-art Technologies for the Generation of Animal Models of Human Disease
Dr. Stefan Selbert, PolyGene AG, Rümlang, CH

4. The Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp: your partner in tropical medicine & international health
Dr. Stijn Deborggraeve, Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, Antwerp, BE

5. Simultaneous PET/MR Brain Imaging at the Institute for Neuroscience and Medicine
Dr. Christoph Lerche, FZ Jülich, Jülich, NRW

6. Innovations in cancer treatment and diagnostics
Dr. Dawid Nidzworski, University of Gdansk, Gdansk, PL

Energy

1. Consumer engagement for sustainable energy (EE-10-2015) Prof. Dr. Gyöngyvér Hervainé Szabó, Kodolányi János University of Applied Sciences, Székesfehérvár, HU

2. Metaloxide nano surfaces and hetero-interfaces for energy harvesting applications
Dr. Ralf Müller, University of Cologne, Cologne, NRW

3. Creation of Distributed System for Solution of Planning and Dispatching Problems in European Interconnection
Prof. Dr. Oleg Soukhanov, Distributed Technologies Co., Moscow, RU

4. VIMSEN: Virtual Microgrids for Smart Energy Networks
Effie Makri, TELINT RTD Consultancy Services Ltd., London, UK

5. Specific Topics of Smart Grids @ BME Introduction and Proposals II.
Dr. Dávid Raisz, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, HU

Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)

1. KU Leuven LICT: your partner for H2020 ICT related proposals
Dr. Greet Bilsen, KU Leuven, Heverlee, BE

2. Boost proposals and projects with an advanced end-users needs understanding
Benoît d’Humières, TEMATYS, Paris, FR

3. Electronics-Telecommunications and Applications Lab
Dr. Vasilis Christofilakis, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, GR

4. NEPHRON+ „Wearable Artifical kidney device“ an FP7 Funded project
Hassan Anis, IMST GmbH, Kamp-Lintfort, NRW

5. Upcom: Innovation in the IT Solutions landscape
Dr. Kostas Flokos, Upcom, Athens, GR

6. Modern Communication Methods in IoT
Prof. Dr. Aydin Sezgin, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, NRW
Coffee/Find a Partner
12.00Session 5: Parallel Workshops
“Projects seeking partners in Europe”

Nanotechnology, Materials and Manufacturing

1. Biomass drying treatment technology without environmental impact and optimizing of the final product
Constantino Papadakis, Kapa Engineering Italia SA, Mercallo, IT

2. Green Surface Active Agents in the Chemical Industry
Dr. Zofia Hordyjewicz-Baran, Institute of Heavy Organic Synthesis „Blachownia“, Kędzierzyn-Koźle, PL

3. Advanced methods and processes for the preservation of underwater cultural heritage
Klisthenis Dimitriadis, GEOSERVICE, Athens, GR

4. Environmental Friendly Lead – Free Solder Nanocomposites LEAF-SC
Dr. Greta Gergely, University of Miskolc, Miskolc, HU

5. A knowledge-based decision support platform for the optimal use of biomass, manure and agricultural residues
Prof. Dr. Antonis Kokossis, National Technical University of Athens, Athens, GR

Life Sciences

1. Fraunhofer Food Chain Management Alliance
Dr. Mark Bücking, Fraunhofer Food Chain Management Alliance, Schmallenberg, NRW

2. Partners cooperating in agricultural production
Dr. Věra Prěnosilová, Crop Research Institute, Prague, CZ

3. Arsenic removal (from wastewater, sludge, groundwater), recovery and re-use
Carlo Polidori, VELTHAivzw, Tervuren, BE

4. Fungal Smart Screen Systems (FSSS)
Dr. Christof Francke, Hogeschool Arnhem Nijmegen, Nijmegen, NL

5. Apply gamification for health promotion to comparative effectiveness research
Dr. Kah Tong Seow, WEI Medicine GmbH, Frankfurt am Main, DE

Energy

1. Ultra-compact Switched Converters: High Power at Very High Frequencies
Dr. Renaud Gillon/ Frederik Deleu, ON Semiconductor Belgium BVBA, Oudenaarde, BE

2. New technologies for utilisation of heat recovery and large scale energy storage
Dr. Clint Styles, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK

3. Vertech-Group – Call EE-11-2015 and SFS-02b-2015
Dr. Paola Castrillo, Vertech-Group, Nice, FR

4. UNFLOP – Unsinkable-Stable Unaffected from Waves Floating Truss Platforms
Themistoklis Andrikopoulos, ΑΤΙΟ Ltd, Keratea, GR

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions/ Research for Society

1. A Global House of Harmony: Economics, Ecology, Ethics
Prof. Dr. Bernd Hallier, European Retail Academy, Rösrath, NRW

2. Emerging technologies in diagnostics and industrial applications
Prof. Dr. Theodoros Karapantsios, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, GR

3. Lithuanian R&D&I potential
Beata Barauskaitė, Agency for Science, Innovation and Technology, Vilnius, LT

4. H2020-MSCA-RISE-2015: ICT applied European Knowledge Based Spin-off Companies: trans-Atlantic and Intra-European mobility and market Internationalization
Juan Manuel García Camús, Rey Juan Carlos University, Mostoles, ES

5. Development of Novel Drugs for Cancer and Neurodegenerative Diseases
Dr. Michael Hamacher, Lead Discovery GmbH, Dortmund, NRW

6. New Research and Development Laboratories in Regional Science and Technology Center
Joanna Lorens, Regional Science and Technology Center, Chęciny, PL
13.00Interactive lunch/Find a Partner

The networking event will be structured in parallel brokerage sessions focussing on six topics:

  • Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
  • Energy
  • Nanotechnology, Materials and Manufacturing
  • Sustainable Economy
  • Life Sciences
  • Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions/Research for the Society