EU Construction Open Innovation Test Beds (OITBs) as Drivers for SME Product Development
Wednesday, September 7th, 2022 | 14:45h - 16:15h | Workshop | Hybrid
Purpose: Open Innovation Test Bed (OITBs) are clusters of laboratories, testing infrastructure and innovation service providers that work collectively under a Single Entry Point (SEP) to facilitate innovators, notably SMEs, the access to services for the development, TRL advancement and commercial scale up of innovation products and technologies.
This workshop brought together the three OITBs funded under the Horizon 2020 call topic: DT-NMBP-05-2020 – “Open Innovation Test Beds for materials for building envelopes” collectively representing €45 million of R&D funding, to discuss the innovation ecosystem and lines of excellence being set up and developed in each project, and the possibility for joint collaborative actions to further facilitate cooperation across Europe and enhance user involvement.
We invite you to learn more about these projects at their respective webpages:
Session Chair: Thomas Messervey, R2M Solution
Agenda:
14.45 – 14.50 | Welcome & Opening Remarks (PDF) | Thomas Messervey Moderator / R2M |
14.50 – 15.00 | Opportunity for OITBs to increase innovation and competitiveness in the EU construction sector (PDF) | Alain Zarli Secretary General, ECTP |
15.00 – 15.20 | MEZeroE OITB Project: Overview, strategy and lines of excellence (PDF) | Francesco Babic P. Coordinator, EURAC |
15.20 – 15.40 | iCLIMABUILT OITB Project: Overview, strategy and lines of excellence (PDF) | Dimitris Fantanas Coordination Team, NTUA |
15.40 – 16.00 | METABUILDING LABS OITB Project: Overview, strategy and lines of excellence (PDF) | Germain Adell P. Coordinator, NOBATEK/INEF4 |
16.00 – 16.15 | Panel Discussion, Q&A | Thomas Messervey Moderator / R2M |
Target Audience: Product developing EU construction SMEs, RTOs offering innovation services to SMEs, Investors, Development Authorities supporting regional or national innovation ecosystems, construction clusters and innovation ecosystems.