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Thursday, 6 March 2025 (Day 1)
Including exhibition: Innovations for Europe based in NRW
Conference Moderator: Dr. Bernd Janson
| 13.00 | Welcome |
| 13.05 | Opening session Thorsten Menne, Director Research Funding, Research Policy, Ministry of Culture and Science of North-Rhine Westphalia |
| 13.15 | Keynote speech Birgit Weidel, Head of Department, Innovation Ecosystems, SMP/Entrepreneurship & Consumers, EISMEA, European Commission |
| 13.35 | Success stories in Europe based in NRW ENEXA, Dr. Michael Röder, Paderborn University Flex2Energy, Thomas Kolbusch, Coatema Coating Machinery GmbH, Dormagen |
| 13.55 | Services for Proposals and Projects Hans H. Stein, Managing Director, ZENIT GmbH |
| 14.00 | Coffee/Start of parallel sessions |
| 14.15 | Session 1: Parallel workshops “European projects seeking partners” |
| Digital Technologies A New European University Alliance – UNIVERSEH Sonja Bretschneider, Heinrich Heine Universität, Germany Multi-modal data integration Dr Andrew Spink, Noldus Information Technology, Netherlands Security and Privacy of Large Language Model (LLM) Integrations Dr Koen Gilissen, PXL University of Applied Sciences & Arts, Belgium Architectures and Design Methodologies to Accelerate AI Workloads Professor Stefania Perri, University of Calabria, Italy Decoding Human Brain Architecture with Artificial Intelligence Dr Christian Schiffer, Forschungszentraum Jülich GmbH/Projektträger Jülich, Germany Artificial Intelligence for Advancing Particle Accelerators Dr Joseph Wolfenden, University of Liverpool , Great Britain Transforming Astronomical Heritage through AI-Driven Digitization and Accessibility Dr Simon Anghel, Astronomical Institute of the Romanian Academy, Romania Cognitive Digital Twins with General Purpose AI for Dynamic Intelligent Systems Mahdi Bohlouli, Petanux GmbH, Germany Generative Concept-based Perception, Control and Manipulation (G-COPCOM) Peteris Racinskis, Institute of Electronics and Computer Science (EDI), Latvia | |
| Industrial Technologies Pilot-Plant Plasma Processes: From Alcohol to Graphene Tim Hülser, Institut für Umwelt & Energie, Technik & Analytik e. V. (IUTA), Germany Mechatronic Principles from Semiconductor Manufacturing to Next-Generation Beamline Equipment Ronald Timmermans, MI-Partners, Netherlands Compact automation systems for chemical handling Dr Kishan Thodkar, 2HS AG, Switzerland From FAIR Data to Trusted AI: Recent Advances and Applications of Generative AI Dr Anas Abdelrazeq, RWTH Aachen University – Chair of Intelligence in Quality Sensing (WZL-IQS), Germany The coal fly ash of Ukrainian thermal power stations as secondary source to recover the REEs Professor Mykola Kharytonov, Dnipro State Agrarian and Economic University, Ukraine Hybrid kiln for brick and roof tile production Dr Denny Mathew Alex, Institut für Ziegelforschung Essen e.V., Germany Innovative plasma spray based fabrication Technology of Metallic Coatings for welded joints used in marine applications Dr Alaa Abou Harb, MGM STAR CONSTRUCT SRL, Romania The Decarbonisation Factory project, recognized as a flagship initiative by the state government of NRW and the United Arab Emirates, is aimed at revolutionizing sustainable manufacturing in various industries, with a focus on mobile interior applications Dr Steffen Hohenstein, The Aviation AM Centre, Germany Digital Twin Technologies for Industrial Applications Rahul Tomar, DigitalTwin Technology GmbH / Nurogames GmbH, Germany How to measure sustainability impact of technology innovation for Horizon Europe Christopher Zimdars, Umtec Technologie AG, Switzerland | |
| Mobility Rail-Based Mobility Concepts: Exploring Small Autonomous Vehicles like MONOCAB for Passenger and Cargo Use Cases Martin Griese, Ostwestfalen-Lippe University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Germany An auction-based cooperative delivery coordination platform Dávid Csercsik, Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Hungary Municipal owned EV charging stations for greener mobility Salome Zajbert, Municipality of Eilat, Israel Increasing the production efficiency of metallic bipolar plates by pre-coating in a roll-to-roll PVD arc process Nils Fredebeul-Beverungen, Fraunhofer IWS, Germany Motorcycle safety initiative Jiří Babický, Motorcycle safety Initiative, Czech Republic Simple, robust and cost-effective lasers for LiDAR applications in aviation and space Bastian Gronloh, RUPHOS – Rugged Photonics Systems GmbH, Germany | |
| Health Investigation of the possibility of increasing the degree of binding of an antitumor drug to tumor DNA using innovative technology of non-ionizing and non-thermal millimeter electromagnetic radiation Dr Vitali Kalantaryan, Yerevan State University, Armenia Transforming European Health Systems through Digital Innovation Ilka Gomez, SpinLab Accelerator GmbH, Germany Production of human-derived collagen and hyaluronic acid Atakan Özer, Genkord Health and Biotechnology Services INC., Turkiye New building blocks for medical chemistry Professor Vitalii Palchykov, Oles Honchar Dnipro National University, Ukraine PHOENIX SEP – Single Entry Point for Nanopharmaceuticals Dr Eleonora Rizzi, PHOENIX OITB gGmbH, Germany The Impact of Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease on Sepsis Immune Responses (SepsisFAT) Dr Neven Papić, University Hospital for Infectious Diseases Dr. Fran Mihaljevic, Croatia Innovative Health Research and International Collaboration: Vilnius University Faculty of Medicine Dr Dominyka Dapkute-Sadauskiene, Vilnius University, Lithuania Microfluidic instruments and flow control for biology applications Dr Lisa Muiznieks, Microfluidics Innovation Center, France Development of an intelligent Controller for Pediatric Insulin Pumps Powered by a renewable energy Professor Dorsaf Elleuch, mes, Tunisia | |
| 16.15 | Session 2: Parallel workshops “European projects seeking partners” |
| Digital Technologies Advanced Virtual Prototyping and AI Compiler technologies Professor Rainer Leupers, RWTH Aachen, Germany On EU Education, Research & Innovation (ERI) – Towards An Enhanced Strategic Framework, Humane Technology and Social-Cultural Resilience. Dr Robert E. Wendrich, Rawshaping Technology Research & Innovation (RST), Netherlands New encryption-decryption technology for high security cloud content using Digital Twin Dr Rajarshi Sanyal, Proximus, Luxembourg Digitalization of Landscapes and Determination of Primary Soil Parameters to Optimize Energy Inputs Dr Egidijus Katinas, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (CZU), Czech Republic On Device AI Agents: Revolutionizing Real-time API Interactions with Privacy Preserving Intelligence Dr Mustafa Taha Kocyigit, Bogazici University, Turkiye AI in human-robot collaboration Kristina Bardos, Scientific Association for Mechanical Engineering, Hungary EduDefend – AI-Powered Cybersecurity for Digital Learning Professor Thorsten Kliewe, European Alliance for Digital and Green Education (EDGE), Spain Dynamic Digital Twins: Pioneering Sustainable Innovation in Construction, Manufacturing, Smart Cities & Semiconductor Dr Tariqul Islam, DigitalTwin Technology, Germany | |
| Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment Fostering regional bioeconomy transition: Collaborating to build circular bioeconomy model regions Dr Denise Gider, Forschungszentrum Jülich (FZJ) GmbH, Germany Microfluidics in Food and Environmental analysis Dr Christa Ivanova, Microfluidics Innovation Center, France Assuring food security and biodiversity in times of climate change through technology and innovation Dorothea Streich, Kreis Lippe, Germany Regenerative agriculture in the Netherlands (ReGeNL) and the international opportunities Ingrid van Huizen, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Netherlands Assessing Agricultural Systems for Ecosystem Restoration, Productivity, and Economic Sustainability Dr Françoise Bafort, University of Liege – Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, Belgium Microbial Power Reactors for Resource Recovery and Energy Vectors Fabian Fischer, HES-SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Western Switzerland, Switzerland High Quality Plasma Activated Water Production via Reinforcement Learning Dr Hüseyin Oktay Altun, Boğaziçi University, İstanbul, Türkiye | |
| Energy NextGen Renewable Biofuels Himanshu Himanshu, TH Köln (Cologne University of Applied Sciences), Germany Reimagining carbon in Eilat – tailoring a CCUS Strategy Salome Zajbert, Municipality of Eilat, Israel Data-driven Decisions for Regional Utilities: AI and Data Analytics for Municipal Utilities and Grid Operators Jan Pohl, bofest consult GmbH, Germany Developments in infrastructure modelling Dr William Facett, Cambridge Architectural Research Ltd, United Kingdom Nitrogen-Doped Graphene Derivative for High Energy Density Supercapacitors Dr Veronika Šedajová, Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic Innovative Complex Alloys for Enhanced Bipolar Plates in PEM Electrolyzers: Collaborate to Advance the Hydrogen Economy Maximilian Steinhorst, Fraunhofer IWS, Germany Industrialised Circularity in the Build Environment Value Chain Chris Leinders, PXL University of Applied Sciences & Arts, Belgium Heat Pipe Technology Adaption (for different energy or industrial applications) Elmar Bartlmae, European Science Communication Institute (ESCI) gGmbH, Germany | |
| Health STOP-MASH, a first-in-class approach to combat fatty liver disease Professor Juergen Eckel, CureDiab Metabolic Research GmbH, Germany Next-Generation Combination Approach for Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer Treatment Dr Nina Bondarenko, DNIPRO STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, Ukraine AI-Based Microbiome Engineering for Next-Generation Phage Therapy Dr Balázs Ligeti, PPCU-FITB, Hungary Epidemiology of antimicrobial resistance; Human microbiota in health and disease Professor Arjana Tambić Andrašević, University Hospital for Infectious Diseases Dr. Fran Mihaljevic, Croatia Photoactive polymer composites for the production of biocompatible and immunospecific prosthetic materials Dr Olena Fesenko, Institute of Physics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine Artificial Intelligence in Drug Design: A Faster Path to Therapeutics Professor Şener Özönder, ArtificaX Technologies, Turkiye Clinical Interactive Exposure Therapy Mariam Draeger, Spoondrift Games, Germany Beebird Technology – User-Friendly and Accessible Solutions in Digital Health Serap Duman, Beebird Technology, Turkiye | |
| 18.15 | Reception and Exhibition |
| 18.45 | Dinner |
| 20.30 | „Düsseldorf by night“ bus tour/city sightseeing |
Friday, 7 March 2025 (Day 2)
Including exhibition: Innovations for Europe based in NRW
Conference Moderator: Dr Bernd Janson
| 9.30 | Welcome |
| 9.35 | Services for Proposals and Projects Jan Skriwanek, National Contact Point Health, DLR-PT |
| 9.45 | Success stories in Europe based in NRW Psych-STRATA, Professor Bernhard Baune, University of Münster CERTAINTY, Dr. Andreas Schmidt, SINGLERON BIOTECHNOLOGIES GmbH, Cologne |
| 10.05 | Coffee/Start of parallel sessions |
| 10.15 | Session 3: Parallel workshops “European projects seeking partners” |
| Health Triboelectric Bioactive 3D-Nanofibrous Bandage for healing deep Wounds Professor Amir Fahmi, Hochschule Rhein-Waal, Germany Investigation, development and optimization of new innovative drug formulations for various therapeutic indications Professor Franciska Erdő, Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Hungary Work with half of Europe with partners from the Innovative Public Procurement Project: Procure4Health Dr Marcin Kautsch, Sucha Beskidzka Hospital, Poland Possible determining role of disturbance of molecular structure of intracellular water in formation of malignant neoplasms and its restoration by non-ionizing microwave radiation Dr Vitali Kalantaryan, Yerevan State University, Armenia Hyperspectral Imaging-Based Personalized Health Monitoring Şahin Mete, Bewell Technology, Turkiye Looking for project team to jointly apply for a Horizon Europe call in the field of molecular biological diagnostics Dr Birgit Omengo, Inno-train Diagnostik GmbH, Germany AI-Driven Transitions to Active Retirement among Adult Workers with Mental Health Problems Ozlem Koseoglu Ornek, Witten/Herdecke University, Germany Enhancing Research Through Statistical Consulting Dr Kainat Khowaja, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Germany | |
| Creative Industries Circular Design and Sustainability Assessment for Developing Innovative Product-Service-Systems Dr Manuel Bickel, Wuppertal Institut fuer Klima, Umwelt, Energie gGmbH, Germany Mobility Methodologies thar support Researchers‘ knowledge transfer skills. EdTech Talents‘ best practices. Dr Janika Leoste, Tallinn University, Estonia Role of Immersive Technologies towards visual communication in Real estate and infrastructure sector Kaif Ali, Space Era Germany UG, Germany Generative AI for fashion design & photography Jens Piesk, DigitalHealth Technology GmbH / Nurogames GmbH, Germany Cultural Heritage: Metamorphoses and Metaverse in Virtual Museums Dr Viktorya Vasilyan, The Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography NAS RA, Armenia Revolutionizing Regional News: AI-Powered Automation in Journalism and the Innovative Tools of STUDIO 47 Sascha Devigne, STUDIO 47, Germany Creative Industries in Poland Aleksandra Szymańska, Polish Creative Industries Development Center, Poland Cultural Fabric Federica Casaccio, ACEEU GmbH, Germany Regenerative Textile Industry Zsofia Kollar, Human Material Loop BV, Netherlands | |
| Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment Climate Resilient Bioeconomy Professor Peter Kern, TH Köln (Cologne University of Applied Sciences), Germany Opportunities in Climate Research: Call for Fair Climate Policies Octavian Holtz, BayFOR – Bayerische Forschungsallianz, Germany INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS IN GREEN AGRICULTURE: BIODEGRADABLE COMPOSITIONS OF COMBINED EFFECT BASED ON AGRICULTURAL WASTES Dr Aram Mikaelyan, Agrobiotechnology Scientific Center (SC), Armenia MyBiotech – Innovator for Pharmaceutical Development & Bioprocessing Matthias Jourdain, MyBiotech GmbH, Germany S2AQUAcoLAB: bridging science and industry for a resilient aquaculture sector Dr Cátia Marques, S2AQUA Laboratório Colaborativo, Associação para uma Aquacultura Sustentável e Inteligente, Portugal Process development and optimization for resource recovery Franziska Blauth, Institut für Umwelt & Energie, Technik & Analytik e.V., Germany Transition into Sustainable Process Industries Professor Axel Gottschalk, SUPREN GmbH – sustainable process engineering, Germany | |
| Energy High Temperature Technologies for Emerging Energy Applications Dr Siri Harboe-Minwegen, OWI Science for Fuels, Germany INTEGRAPV: Integrated Solutions for Sustainable, Efficient, and Circular Photovoltaic Energy Professor Ali HMIDET, ISTMT, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia Battery Cooling Solutions Professor Gamze GEDIZ ILIS, IDD Energy, Turkiye Agentic AI & Digital Twin Technology for Green Energy Transition Christian Tismer, Agentic AI & Digital Twin Technology for Green Energy Transition, Germany Expertise and facilities in the area of power electronics, power hardware-in-the-loop techniques, and distribution grid in Centre for industrial electronics, SDU, Denmark Dr Ramkrishan Maheshwari, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark Industrial decarbonization through latent heat thermal energy storage solutions Dr Alba Jiménez Pagán, Greendur, Spain Drop-in capability of Renewable Fuels for climate-friendly mobility and heat generation Dr Sangeetha Ramaswamy, OWI Science for Fuels gGmbH, Germany Cathode Active Materials for European Market Dr Azadeh Motealleh, Shift Materials, Norway AI Powered Battery Management System Mehmet Emre Aslakci, MEATEC, Turkiye | |
| 12.00 | Session 4: Parallel workshops “European projects seeking partners” |
| Health Fimo Health – A flexible platform for CE-marked therapy companions in chronic diseases Tim Fellerhoff, Fimo Health, Germany The role of population biobanks in the development of medical intelligence platforms for translational research and precision medicine Dr Gidre Kvedaraviciene, Vilnius University, Faculty of Medicine, Lithuania PAThWAI-2-ATMPs: Process Analytical Technology & AI for Scalable ATMP Manufacturing Dr Riccardo Marega, CER Groupe, Belgium Emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases – immunopathogenesis and molecular epidemiology research Professor Alemka Markotić, University Hospital for Infectious Diseases Dr. Fran Mihaljevic, Croatia Centrifugal microfluidics for personalized health and diagnostics Dr András Laki, Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Hungary Antigen-specific TIL production in cellular adoptive immunotherapy for cancer treatment Professor Gürsel Turgut, Genkord Health and Biotechnology Services INC., Türkiye Collaboration opportunities with EATRIS, the European Infrastructure for Translational Medicine Martin De Kort, EATRIS ERIC, Netherlands Our mission: Rethinking radiological analysis Matthias Kraemer, VGMorph GmbH, Germany | |
| Digital Technologies SIGNAL IDUNA Group – a project partner for Data & AI innovation Anastasia Walter, SIGNAL IDUNA Gruppe, Germany AI Regional Innovation Valley collaboration Ingrid Meijer, Oost NL, Netherlands DigitalTwinSphere: Advancing AI-Driven Digital Twins for Resilience Across Sectors Professor Amila Akagic, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina An explainable machine learning method for predicting and understanding protein interactions Professor Gergely Katona, University of Gothenborg, Sweden Innovative Collaboration Across Disciplines: Advancing Research, Education, and Impact Dr Jovan Shopovski, European scientific institute, Macedonia IT service provider for Reserach and Innovation EU projects Dr Gianluca Rossi, Ro Technology srl, Italy AI-Driven Foundation Model for the developments of Tailored Tool Steels and High-Strength Aluminium for Giga-Casting Applications Anwar Hamasaiid, ROVALMA, S.A., Spain | |
| Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment Advancing Bio-Based Materials: Integrating Modular BioBricks for Innovative Production Solutions Dr Marisa Sárria Pereira de Passos, RWTH Aachen University, Germany System Solutions for the Creation of Quadruple Helix Economic Models in Regional Development – RHCE (Regional Hub for Circular Economy) Michal Dlapka, NARA-SK, Slovakia Advanced Spectroscopic Sensors and Digital Platforms for Future Food Safety and Quality Monitoring Dr Cristina Fernandez Avila, IRIS Technology Solutions SL., Spain Innovative Bio-Based and Renewable Filament Yarns: Advancing Sustainable Textile Solutions Topic: Development of bio-based yarns leveraging advanced polymer technologies, renewable resources, and closed-loop systems to contribute to circular econom Deniz Savci, POLYTEKS TEKSTIL SAN ARAS VE EGT A.S., Turkiye The Future Food Factory OWL: A Research Hub for the Food Production of the Future Sebastian Wittland, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Lemgo, Germany Bioactive peptides for prevention of chronic diseases Ana I. Fernandez Salina, CER Groupe, Belgium Biological Alternatives for Seed Treatment: Enhancing Stress Resilience, Agronomic Performance, and Economic Viability in Crop Production Dr Marcus Weinmann, LUFA Speyer, Germany | |
| Industrial Technologies 6G Ambient IoT Networks – From Vision to Deployment Dr David Starke, Fraunhofer Institute for Microelectronic Circuits and Systems (IMS), Germany Technology Centre Prague offer for Horizon Europe projects Jiri Janosec, Technology Centre Prague, Czech Republic Expertise and R&I facilities of the Technical Faculty of Southern Denmark University – Robotics, Automation, Software engineering, Electronics Professor Kaspar Hallenborg, SDU Faculty of Engineering, Denmark Industrial Additive Manufacturing of Elastomers Dr Barthel Engendahl, Chromatic 3D Materials GmbH, Germany Enabling Europe’s industrial and climate goals by improving materials durability and friction reduction in components. How do you start? Dr Dirk Drees, NV FALEX TRIBOLOGY, Belgium The „Sustainable Stone by Portugal“ project Dr Marta Peres, Association Cluster Portugal Mineral Resources, Portugal Trustworthy AI through user-centered transparency Johanna Werz, RWTH Aachen University – Chair of Intelligence in Quality Sensing (WZL-IQS), Germany Employing Plasma Technology for Medical Implant Production through the Synthesis of Fiberglass-Reinforced Hydroxyapatite Layers on the Surface of Titanium Alloy or the Synthesis of Hydroxyapatite Layers on the Surface of Fiberglass-Reinforced Titanium All Dr MOHAMMEDALQASIM ALSABTI, MGM STAR CONSTRUCT SRL, Romania INFRACHIP: AN EU HE Project Enabling Free Access to state-of-the-art technologies accross Europe for future of the industry Eda Cig Turktas, Silicon Saxony, Germany | |
| 13.00 | Interactive lunch/Find a partner/Exhibition |