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🔧 𝗧𝗘𝗖𝗛.𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗗: 𝗔 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀-𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘁𝗵 On September 19, the first team meeting of the German-Dutch TECH.LAND program took place at the University of Twente campus in Enschede. This event marked an important milestone in the collaboration between businesses and knowledge institutions from Twente, East Netherlands, and North Rhine-Westphalia. During the meeting, the focus was on key sectors such as: • Battery Technology • Hydrogen • Circular Economy • Advanced Manufacturing • Robotics • MedTech With these focus areas, TECH.LAND helps businesses accelerate innovation and expand into new markets, while contributing to the region’s development as a hub for technological advancement. In interactive sessions, participants reflected on concrete results and set new objectives. By leveraging cross-border collaboration, the region’s innovation potential is fully utilized. Participants exchanged experiences and best practices, leading to valuable insights and new opportunities for cooperation. Hans Brouwers, TECH.LAND program manager, emphasized the importance of this collaboration: "By joining forces across borders, we create an ecosystem that helps businesses innovate, grow, and compete internationally." TECH.LAND provides fertile ground for technological innovation and business development in East Netherlands and North Rhine-Westphalia, with the aim of fostering sustainable economic growth. 🌐 Read more about the meeting on our website: https://lnkd.in/en_TB43D Want to learn more about the program? Visit: https://techland.org Interreg Deutschland-Nederland | Twente Board | Oost NL | IHK Nord Westfalen | Provincie Gelderland | Provincie Overijssel #TECHLAND #Innovation #CrossBorder #Technology #BatteryTechnology #Hydrogen #Robotics #CircularEconomy #Twente #EastNetherlands #NorthRhineWestphalia #BusinessGrowth

Recently we had inspiring meetings with key drivers of innovation in Eastern Switzerland. Beat Tinner of the state government (Regierungsrat) and Hans Ebinger, CEO of the Switzerland Innovation Park Ost, visited us to discuss their initiative building an innovation cluster in Eastern Switzerland and Liechtenstein. On the same context we recently also met with Knut Siercks, Director of the university of applied sciences of Eastern Switzerland OST to discuss our long-term collaboration, as well as projects and opportunities for future to drive innovation and technology. 🔬💡 The Switzerland Innovation Park East aims to boost the innovative power of Eastern Switzerland and Liechtenstein, creating a sustainable foundation for the region's competitiveness in research and industry. The Innovation Centre serves as a hub for knowledge, interaction, networking, and hospitality for companies and research partners, making the Switzerland Innovation Park East a catalyst for regional innovation. 🚀 They will bring together researchers and entrepreneurs to promote professional exchange and fill skills gaps through a national and international network. The ultimate goal is to drive economic success through innovative new products and services. At INFICON, we support this initiative with excitement and are very much looking forward to intensify our collaboration with local organizations to drive innovation and economic development. We believe in the potential of this location and are happy to see such positive developments. 🤝 🛠️📈 We are playing an active role in the innovation hubs, particularly in the area of sensor technology, where INFICON's expertise can make a significant contribution. These hubs are designed to drive collaboration, research, and development across a range of high-tech industries, ensuring a robust ecosystem for innovation. #INFICON #Innovation #Collaboration #Education #Technology #SaintGallen #UniversityPartnerships #University #InnovationCluster #Liechtenstein

🎯 We’re in a quest for a bold, resilient & competitive #FP10! Today, we launch the EU-LIFE vision for the European Innovation Council #EIC to secure that its vital role as bridge between excellent #research and high-impact #innovation is strengthened and sustained in the long term. EU-LIFE’s views for the EIC in FP10 go from an overall vision to its implementation: ✔Promote a solid EIC model, rebalancing public and private #funding; ✔Commit to support long-term, high impact innovation, by allocating more #resources to the EIC; ✔Promote #synergies across pillars to support the transition from knowledge and technology to implementation; ✔Rethink the EIC Challenges schemes to achieve the most #impact; ✔Leverage the potential of the EIC for capacity building in the research #community; ✔Facilitate the development of skills needed for #researchers to become innovators; ✔Pave the way for a smoother and more realistic project #implementation, which should be achieved at project level and also during the application and evaluation process. ➡ https://lnkd.in/dY4PYwFG A huge thanks to all our member institutes for contributing to this vision with their experiences and their wishes for the future. #EUeic #ResearchImpactEU #EuropeanResearch #ExcellentResearch

TECH.LAND Program promotes Cross-border Cooperation on Future Technologies - “Cross-border challenges require cross-border solutions. With the TECH.LAND program, the network of our region in the area of important future technologies is making significant progress,” said Mayor Markus Lewe. “The excellent collaboration between the city, science and business with our Dutch partners sustainably strengthens our shared innovation space.” The city of Münster, together with the Universität Münster and the IHK Nord Westfalen as well as the corresponding partners in the Enschede area (the Gemeente Enschede, the University of Twente and the Twente Board), discussed on the 21st of May 2024 in Enschede the current activities in German-Dutch cooperation. Across the German-Dutch border, companies and science should benefit from close cooperation in order to fully exploit the region's innovation potential. Among other things, the actual status of the new technology program “DUTCH - GERMAN TECH.LAND” was introduced. The program is focusing on the four subject areas of energy (#battery and #hydrogen), advanced manufacturing and #robotics, #health and #medtech as well as circular economy. The partners of the German-Dutch cooperation met in Enschede on Tuesday, May 21st to discuss the expansion of joint international marketing. The hosting role for the meeting rotates among the participating organizations. The TECH.LAND program will also be presented by the Mayors of Enschede and Münster at the Eurocities Annual Conference 2024 in Cluj. Click here for further information:  https://lnkd.in/eCm7ds4J Oost NL | Wirtschaftsförderung Münster GmbH | Technologieförderung Münster GmbH TFM | Handwerkskammer Münster | EUREGIO | World Trade Center Twente | Münsterland e.V. | Wirtschaftsförderungsgesellschaft für den Kreis Borken mbH | FH Münster #techland #innovation #dutch #german Source: - Stadt Münster: Amt für Kommunikation - Pressemeldungen (muenster.de) - https://lnkd.in/ex7zDpSD

#HorizonEurope is the largest R&D funding program in the World. It challenges researchers to push borders of knowledge, it strengthens collaboration between industry and research orgnizations accross Europe and funds innovation as well as new ways of upskilling European citizens. How is Sweden performing? How is the Swedish #technology industry performing? Teknikföretagen new report can satisfy your curiosity! Teamwork Teknikföretagen and Technopolis Group.

⭐🇪🇺 Learn more about the 2025 EIC Challenges! These calls are created each year by the EIC to stimulate innovation in particular areas to address key EU objectives. The Challenge Calls give a strong indication of the European Commission's priorities and provide applicants with a great opportunity to get funded under the EIC programme. In past years, success rates in Challenge calls have been close to double that of the EIC open calls. For example, in 2023, the Pathfinder Challenges had a 11.7% success rate, while the Open (March round) success rate was 6.7%. Our team can enhance the quality of your application and alignment with EIC Challenges to help you get funded. Contact us to find out more! #EICChallenges #EuropeanInnovationCouncil European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA) #DeepTech #Catalyze #EICPartners

🌟 Highlights from the Sustainable Manufacturing group discussion🌱 during POLICIES TO PROMOTE CROSS-REGIONAL COLLABORATION Workshop held on 📅 June 11, 2024. Effective Support for Cross-Regional Collaboration: *Current Efforts: EU-funded programs like Interreg I3 facilitate the exchange of good practices and information, but there is still a potential for further improvement and exploitation. 🌍💬 *Role of Funding and Regulatory Bodies: Emphasis on the importance of leveraging existing platforms and boosting open innovation mechanisms to foster cross-regional collaboration. 🤝🌐 Linking European Research Excellence and Knowledge Valorization: *Private-Public Partnerships: Highlighted as crucial for high TRL projects, such as the Brainport development in Eindhoven. 🤝🏢 *Public Funding for Lower TRL Projects: Necessary to elevate research to higher TRLs and ensure better valorization of European research excellence. 💰🔬 *Mobility Programs: Encouraging mobility not just for researchers but also for innovators and public administration staff to enhance the applicability of research outcomes. 🚀👩🔬 Aligning European Research Projects with Regional Strategies: *Government Involvement: Involvement of public authorities  in EU projects to ensure alignment with regional strategies and to boost project impact. 🏛️🗺️ *Collaboration Across Sectors: Combining research entities, clusters, potential stakeholders, and industry to enhance knowledge management and project outcomes. 🌐🔄 Factors Influencing Cross-Regional Cooperation: *Promoting Factors: Common goals, aligned policy frameworks, financing mechanisms that support collaboration along the value chain. 🌍🤝 *Hindering Factors: Cultural differences and administrative barriers are particularly affecting SMEs and newcomers. ⚖️🌍 Let's continue to work together to transform research and innovation into tangible benefits, fostering competitiveness and sustainability across regions. 🌟🚀💼 🤝🤝🤝 ART-ER S. cons. p. a. | Trondheim Tech Port | University of Split | Eurecat Eurecat Tecnológico | Politechnika Warszawska | North-West Regional Development Agency | ecoplus. Niederösterreichs Wirtschaftsagentur GmbH | INESC Brussels HUB | Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche | Masaryk University | Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) #SustainableManufacturing #TwinTransition #Innovation #GreenTransition #KnowledgeTransfer #CrossRegionalCollaboration

Horizon Europe's prestigious PROSPECTS 5.0 Horizon Europe Project, of which SMARALD TECH is one of the partners, has been accepted within the scope of the European Union's Horizon Europe Fund! Project Name: PROSPECTS 5.0- Progress Towards Industry 5-0: A Smart Study On Analysis And Identification Of Practices, Drivers, Success Factors And Obstacles Of Transitions Towards Industry 5.0. With this exciting development, SMARALD TECH will have the opportunity to be part of an important project contributing to the human-centered and ethical development of digital and industrial technologies. PROSPECTS 5.0 is part of Horizon Europe Cluster 4(Digital, Industry, Space) and aims to offer a more inclusive and #sustainablefuture for Europe's industry. The PROSPECTS 5.0 project carried out under the coordination of Flanders Make, aims to facilitate the transition of businesses across various sectors by promoting the adoption of human-centered principles of Industry 5.0.

📢 Today EAIC releases of its latest position paper on the EIC Accelerator Work Programme post-2024. The detailed analysis of the November 2023 results provides crucial insights and recommendations to shape the future of the EIC Accelerator. Key highlights: ☑ The success rate for EIC Accelerator interviews dropped to 17% in November 2023, with an overall success rate of 4% for full applications. ☑ A significant 86.8% of funding in the last cut-off of 2023 was allocated to blended financing candidates. ☑ Our recommendations include refocusing on grant-only cases and limiting equity requests to ensure a fairer and more efficient allocation of funds. We believe these changes are essential to support high-potential, less mature companies, crucial for the growth of Europe's deep-tech ecosystem. 👉 Read the full position paper here: https://lnkd.in/eiG3_Z_A #Innovation #EUeic #EICAccelerator #HorizonEurope #DeepTech #Funding #equity European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA)

The top three countries in the EIC Accelerator are France (86 companies and 16.2%), Germany (75 companies and 14.1%) and the Netherlands (54 companies and 10.2%). https://lnkd.in/dDw8a8uQ #EICAccelerator #EIC #EU #EC #DeepTech