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June 3rd to June 5th 2024

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Namur, Belgium

INDTech2024

  Agenda

? 11.30-13.00 | ? Théâtre de Namur 

Welcome lunch and registration

? 13.30-14.15   | ? Théâtre de Namur 

Economic security & Green Deal Industrial plan: what does it mean for research in Europe?

? 14.15-14.45  | ? Théâtre de Namur 

Material science and Europe industrial leadership

? 14.45-15.15 

Coffee break

? 16.45-17.15 

Coffee break

Session 1

? 17.15-18.30    | ? Théâtre de Namur 

A new generation of advanced materials fit for the circular economy

 

Chairman

Speakers

Session 3

? 17.15-18.30    | ? Bourse Auditoire Michaux

How to reach SMEs, best practices & challenges from EDIHs

 

Chairman

Yves Paindaveine ( Digital transformation of industrial ecosystems, DG-CNECT)

Thibaud van Rooden (Pôle MecaTech)

Speakers

Joachim Clemens-Stolbrink (Lux Innovation)

Ger van den Kerkhof (Flanders Make)

Emilie Parthoens (EDIH WALHUB & Agoria)

Sophie Schmitz (EDIH WALHUB & Pôle MecaTech)

Annabelle Sion (Polymeris)

? 18.30-19.30 

Théatre de Namur – Cocktail

Session 1

?09:00 AM – 10:00 AM | Théâtre de Namur 

Registration & Coffee

Register your personal data in customer service and take coffee before entering the room

Name, title

?09:00 AM – 10:00 AM

Registration & Coffee

Register your personal data in customer service and take coffee before entering the room

Name, title

?09:00 AM – 10:00 AM

Registration & Coffee

Register your personal data in customer service and take coffee before entering the room

Name, title

Session 2

?09:00 AM – 10:00 AM

Registration & Coffee

Register your personal data in customer service and take coffee before entering the room

Name, title

?09:00 AM – 10:00 AM

Registration & Coffee

Register your personal data in customer service and take coffee before entering the room

Name, title

?09:00 AM – 10:00 AM

Registration & Coffee

Register your personal data in customer service and take coffee before entering the room

Name, title

Session 3

?09:00 AM – 10:00 AM

Registration & Coffee

Register your personal data in customer service and take coffee before entering the room

Name, title

?09:00 AM – 10:00 AM

Registration & Coffee

Register your personal data in customer service and take coffee before entering the room

Name, title

?09:00 AM – 10:00 AM

Registration & Coffee

Register your personal data in customer service and take coffee before entering the room

Name, title

? 08.00-09.00  | ? Théâtre de Namur

Registration and welcome coffee

? 09.00-09.15  | ? Théâtre de Namur – Plenary session

European partnerships: lessons learned and assessment of the impact on industry and society

? 09.15-10.00   | ? Théâtre de Namur – Plenary session

How could we build synergies between Horizon Europe and IPCEI funding instruments to strengthen strategic value chains at the pan-European scale?

? 10.00-10.30   

Coffee break

Session 1

? 10.30-12.00    | ? Théâtre de Namur 

Transformation of European Energy Intensive Industries on the way to climate neutrality

 

Chairman

Speakers

Carla Benauges (Policy officer, DG CLIMA, European Commission)

Jean-Yves Tilquin (R&D Director at Carmeuse)

Anna Domènech (Innovation Manager at Barna Steel, CELSA group)

Christian Leroy (Director Innovation at European Aluminium)

Paola Mazzuchelli (F&T Unit, CIRCE)

Garbiñe Guiu Etxeberria (Senior expert Industrial Transformation, DG RTD, European Commission)

? 12.00 – 14.00

Lunch in the Exhibition area – Bourse & Halle Al’Chair

Session 1

? 14.00-15.30  | ? Théâtre de Namur 

Clean hydrogen and materials dependency

 

Chairman

Speakers

Marton Antal (Policy Officer at Hydrogen Europe)

Session 2

? 14.00-15.30 | ? Bourse Auditoire Rops 

Advancing european manufacturing: the role of AI technologies in spurring innovation and growth

 

Chairman

Speakers

?15.30-16.00   

Coffee break

Session 3

? 16.00-17.30 | ? Bourse Auditoire Michaux

Changing the raw materials landscape: a Strategic Research and innovation Agenda (SRIA) for an EU co-funded Raw Materials Partnership

 

Chairman

Speakers

 

Social and cultural evening activity at the Pavillon du Numérique (Citadelle)

? 18.00-19.00 

Transfert to the Pavillon – Bus shuttle and Namur cable car

? 19.00-22.30     

Evening and dinner at the Pavillon

? 08.00-08.45   | ? Théâtre de Namur

Registration and welcome coffee

? 08.45-09.15   | ? Théâtre de Namur – Plenary session

Let’s make sure that the future of our industry is made in Europe

? 09.15-09.45   | ? Théâtre de Namur – Plenary session

Are we on the ball? Policy support for creating more value from research

Maria Cristina Russo. Director Prosperity at DG-RTD, European Commission

Marie Suleau. Knowledge valorisation expert at SPW-EER, Belgian presidency

? 09.45-10.15

Coffee break

Session 1

? 10.15-11.30 | ? Théâtre de Namur 

Strengthening knowledge valorisation: peer learning and the power of people in networks

 

Chairman

Speakers

Mateja Struna (Ministry of Science and Innovation, Slovenia)

Harri Lansipuro (

Session 3

? 10.15-11.30 | ? Bourse Auditoire Michaux

How could we turn European SME into strong innovators?

 

Chairman

Speakers

Victoria Petrova (Head of Unit “Industry” at HaDEA, European Commission)

? 11.45-12.15   | ? Théâtre de Namur – Plenary session

Closing session

? 12.15 – 13.00

Lunch

? 11.30-13.00 | ? Théâtre de Namur 

Welcome lunch and registration

? 13.30-14.15   | ? Théâtre de Namur 

Economic security & Green Deal Industrial plan: what does it mean for research in Europe?

? 14.15-14.45  | ? Théâtre de Namur 

Material science and Europe industrial leadership

? 14.45-15.15 

Coffee break

? 16.45-17.15 

Coffee break

Session 1

? 17.15-18.30    | ? Théâtre de Namur 

A new generation of advanced materials fit for the circular economy

 

Chairman

Speakers

Session 3

? 17.15-18.30    | ? Bourse Auditoire Michaux

How to reach SMEs, best practices & challenges from EDIHs

 

Chairman

Yves Paindaveine ( Digital transformation of industrial ecosystems, DG-CNECT)

Thibaud van Rooden (Pôle MecaTech)

Speakers

Joachim Clemens-Stolbrink (Lux Innovation)

Ger van den Kerkhof (Flanders Make)

Emilie Parthoens (EDIH WALHUB & Agoria)

Sophie Schmitz (EDIH WALHUB & Pôle MecaTech)

Annabelle Sion (Polymeris)

? 18.30-19.30 

Théatre de Namur – Cocktail

Session 1

?09:00 AM – 10:00 AM | Théâtre de Namur 

Registration & Coffee

Register your personal data in customer service and take coffee before entering the room

Name, title

?09:00 AM – 10:00 AM

Registration & Coffee

Register your personal data in customer service and take coffee before entering the room

Name, title

?09:00 AM – 10:00 AM

Registration & Coffee

Register your personal data in customer service and take coffee before entering the room

Name, title

Session 2

?09:00 AM – 10:00 AM

Registration & Coffee

Register your personal data in customer service and take coffee before entering the room

Name, title

?09:00 AM – 10:00 AM

Registration & Coffee

Register your personal data in customer service and take coffee before entering the room

Name, title

?09:00 AM – 10:00 AM

Registration & Coffee

Register your personal data in customer service and take coffee before entering the room

Name, title

Session 3

?09:00 AM – 10:00 AM

Registration & Coffee

Register your personal data in customer service and take coffee before entering the room

Name, title

?09:00 AM – 10:00 AM

Registration & Coffee

Register your personal data in customer service and take coffee before entering the room

Name, title

?09:00 AM – 10:00 AM

Registration & Coffee

Register your personal data in customer service and take coffee before entering the room

Name, title

? 08.00-09.00  | ? Théâtre de Namur

Registration and welcome coffee

? 09.00-09.15  | ? Théâtre de Namur – Plenary session

European partnerships: lessons learned and assessment of the impact on industry and society

? 09.15-10.00   | ? Théâtre de Namur – Plenary session

How could we build synergies between Horizon Europe and IPCEI funding instruments to strengthen strategic value chains at the pan-European scale?

? 10.00-10.30   

Coffee break

Session 1

? 10.30-12.00    | ? Théâtre de Namur 

Transformation of European Energy Intensive Industries on the way to climate neutrality

 

Chairman

Speakers

Carla Benauges (Policy officer, DG CLIMA, European Commission)

Jean-Yves Tilquin (R&D Director at Carmeuse)

Anna Domènech (Innovation Manager at Barna Steel, CELSA group)

Christian Leroy (Director Innovation at European Aluminium)

Paola Mazzuchelli (F&T Unit, CIRCE)

Garbiñe Guiu Etxeberria (Senior expert Industrial Transformation, DG RTD, European Commission)

? 12.00 – 14.00

Lunch in the Exhibition area – Bourse & Halle Al’Chair

Session 1

? 14.00-15.30  | ? Théâtre de Namur 

Clean hydrogen and materials dependency

 

Chairman

Speakers

Marton Antal (Policy Officer at Hydrogen Europe)

Session 2

? 14.00-15.30 | ? Bourse Auditoire Rops 

Advancing european manufacturing: the role of AI technologies in spurring innovation and growth

 

Chairman

Speakers

?15.30-16.00   

Coffee break

Session 3

? 16.00-17.30 | ? Bourse Auditoire Michaux

Changing the raw materials landscape: a Strategic Research and innovation Agenda (SRIA) for an EU co-funded Raw Materials Partnership

 

Chairman

Speakers

 

Social and cultural evening activity at the Pavillon du Numérique (Citadelle)

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