European Innovation Council Pathfinder Challenges – Work Programme 2025 Info Day

1. 4 Apr 2025, 08:30 - 09:00 (CEST)

   Arrival and registration
2. 09:00 - 09:10 (CEST)

   Introduction to the EIC

   Sivasegaram MANIMAARAN, Policy Officer, DG RTD

3. 09:10 - 09:20 (CEST)

   Introduction to the EIC Programme Managers

   Anne-Marie SASSEN, Head of Unit EIC Programme Managers’ Office, EISMEA

4. 09:20 - 10:00 (CEST)

   EIC Pathfinder Challenges – Introduction and evaluation, Q&A

   Roumen BORRISOV, Project Advisor, EISMEA

5. 10:00 - 10:10 (CEST)

   EIC pro-active portfolio management

   Isabel OBIETA, EIC Programme Manager for Sustainable Semiconductors

6. 10:10 - 10:20 (CEST)

   Introduction to Tech to Market opportunities

   Eva BALTAR, EIC Tech to Market activities, EISMEA

7. 10:20 - 10:35 (CEST)

   Presentation by a successful Pathfinder Challenges project coordinator

   Rachel ARMSTRONG, Mi-Hy Project Coordinator

8. 10:35 - 11:00 (CEST)

   Coffee break
9. 11:00 - 13:00 (CEST)

   Pathfinder Challenge 1: Biotech for Climate Resilient Crops and Plant-Based Biomanufacturing

   Ivan STEFANIC, EIC Programme Manager for Food Chain Technologies, Novel & Sustainable Food

   Matchmaking sessions: *Opportunity for participants to briefly present themselves and their competences for possible collaboration.

   *If you want to make use of this opportunity, please indicate it in the registration form. Closer to the date we will confirm the order of the presentations and request the slides from the participants.

10. 11:00 - 13:00 (CEST)

    Pathfinder Challenge 2: Generative-AI based Agents to Revolutionize Medical Diagnosis and Treatment of Cancer

    Federica ZANCA, EIC Programme Manager for Medical imaging and AI in healthcare

    Matchmaking sessions:*Opportunity for participants to briefly present themselves and their competences for possible collaboration.

    *If you want to make use of this opportunity, please indicate it in the registration form. Closer to the date we will confirm the order of the presentations and request the slides from the participants.

11. 11:00 - 13:00 (CEST)

    Pathfinder Challenge 3: Towards autonomous robot collectives delivering collaborative tasks in dynamic unstructured construction environments

    Franc MOUWEN, EIC Programme Manager for Architecture Engineering Construction Technologies

    Matchmaking sessions:* Opportunity for participants to briefly present themselves and their competences for possible collaboration.

    *If you want to make use of this opportunity, please indicate it in the registration form. Closer to the date we will confirm the order of the presentations and request the slides from the participants.

12. 11:00 - 13:00 (CEST)

    Pathfinder Challenge 4: Waste-to-value devices: Circular production of renewable fuels, chemicals and materials

    Carina FABER, EIC Programme Manager for Renewable Energy Conversion and Alternative Resource Exploitation

    Matchmaking sessions: *Opportunity for participants to briefly present themselves and their competences for possible collaboration.

    *If you want to make use of this opportunity, please indicate it in the registration form. Closer to the date we will confirm the order of the presentations and request the slides from the participant.

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14. 13:00 - 13:05 (CEST)

    Closure

Practical information