WORKSHOPS

Jan. 2027 - April 2027

• Coatings and surface engineering technologies
• Corrosion and corrosion protection
• Green chemistry
• Catalysis
• Safety in R/D institutions

WORKSHOPS

Mai 2027 - Aug. 2027

• Entrepreneurship
• Ammoniac economy
• Recycling technologies and waste valorisation
• High temperature Materials
• Optoelectrics

Research Ecosystem - From Ideas to Impact

1. Research Policy Frameworks and Strategic Alignment (07.09.2026)
Strategic Governance & Policy Alignment for Research Systems: Aligning national, institutional, and global research agendas with long-term societal needs, innovation priorities, and geopolitical and economic objectives.

2. Access to and Control of Research Infrastructure (14.09.2026)
Shared Infrastructure Governance & Strategic Capability Development: Designing equitable, secure, and efficient access models for high-value research infrastructures, including digital platforms, laboratories, and large-scale facilities.

3. Intellectual Property, Patents, and Knowledge Ownership in Research (21.09.2026)
Intellectual Property Systems & Research Value Capture Mechanisms: Strengthening frameworks for patents, licensing, data rights, and equitable knowledge ownership to maximize innovation transfer and societal benefit.

4. Education, Skills, and Capacity Building for Research Excellence (28.09.2026)
Next-Generation Research Talent & Skills Ecosystem Development: Building adaptive, interdisciplinary training systems and lifelong learning pathways to sustain high-impact research capacity.

5. Emerging Research Topics and Strategic Foresight (05.09.2026)
Foresight-Led Research Strategy & Emerging Opportunity Mapping: Identifying and prioritizing future scientific, technological, and societal breakthroughs to guide funding, infrastructure, and institutional focus.

6. Data Production, Access, and Protection in Research (12.10.2026)
Research Data Governance, Sovereignty & Responsible Sharing Systems: Balancing open science, privacy, security, and controlled access in the management of high-value and sensitive research data.

7. Technology Transfer and Knowledge Valorisation (19.10.2026)
Innovation Translation & Research Commercialization Pathways: Strengthening mechanisms that convert scientific discovery into deployable technologies, products, and societal impact through structured transfer ecosystems.

8. Academia and Industry — Roles, Incentives, and Research Cultures (26.10.2026)
Cross-Sector Research Ecosystems & Incentive Realignment: Reconfiguring collaboration models between academia and industry to better align incentives, research cultures, and innovation outcomes.

9. Artificial Intelligence in Research Systems (02.11.2026)
AI-Augmented Research Infrastructure & Intelligent Discovery Platforms: Embedding AI across the research lifecycle to accelerate hypothesis generation, experimentation, analysis, and decision-making.

10. Publishing, Careers, and the Purpose of Research Outputs (09.11.2026)

Scholarly Communication Transformation & Research Impact Redefinition: Reimagining publishing systems, career evaluation metrics, and the societal purpose of research dissemination.

11. Research Funding Schemes, Strategies, and Success Criteria (16.11.2026)
Strategic Funding Architectures & Impact-Oriented Research Investment Models: Designing adaptive funding systems that optimize allocation, evaluation, and long-term scientific and societal returns.