European Innovation Council 2026 Pathfinder Challenges – Info Day

The European Innovation Council (EIC) kindly invites you to the online-only 2026 Pathfinder Challenges Info Day. It consists of a plenary session explaining the specific characteristics of EIC Pathfinder Challenge calls, and parallel sessions led by the EIC Programme Managers Paolo Bondavalli, Uschi Symmons and Hedi Karray in which they will present their Challenges. The precise is listed in the agenda below.

All parts of the Info Day will be livestreamed and recorded. Recordings and slides will be made available for the public after the Info Day. You can participate in the Q&A following each presentation by submitting specific questions here. For general questions, you are invited to consult the EIC Pathfinder FAQ website. You can also rewatch the EIC Pathfinder section of the 2026 EIC Work Programme Info Day.

Attendees have the possibility to briefly (max 2 minutes) present themselves and describe their competences relevant to their Challenge of interest and to explore the possibility of a joint application with other attendees of the Info Day. Registration for this closed on 16 March 2026.

You can also directly visit the streaming link on the day of the event.

 

Challenge 1 - Advanced Materials for Miniaturised Energy Harvesting Systems - Paolo Bondavalli:

 

Challenge 2 - Biotechnology for Healthy Ageing: 

 

Challenge 3 - DeepRAP: Deep Reasoning, Abstraction & Planning towards trustworthy Cognitive AI Systems:

 

Running orders of pitchers: