FormPlanet project coordinator Eduard Piqueras, from Eurecat, presented the project during the workshop “OITB as a Service to the Industry”, organised as an EuroNanoForum satellite event on May 4th. The workshop was focused on discussing about current policy initiatives and Open Innovation Test Beds being constituted with the objective to get new ideas to support the Advanced Materials European Innovation Ecosystem in the context of Horizon Europe.
The project was present in two sessions, a closed round table discussion with representatives of other European OITBs, and an open session to present the services to be offered to the industry.
The first session, participated by Piqueras, focused on discussing the development of OITBs’ business models and legal structures, as well as lessons learned, best practices and the identification of commonalities and challenges. Moderated by Yanaris Ortega, Project Advisor at the Health and Digital Executive Agency (HADEA) and FormPlanet’s Project Officer, participating OITBs , Newskin, and Nextgenmicrofluidics, together with FormPlanet, explained their model and plans for the constitution of a Test Bed by the end of the project.
On the other hand, FormPlanet’s Open Innovation Test Bed was included during the session “Open Innovation Test Beds as a Service to the Industry”. During this session, Eduard Piqueras presented the characterisation and modelling services that FormPlanet OITB will offer to the European sheet metal forming industry to face the next challenges in this field and boost their competitiveness.
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The workshop was framed within the EuroNanoForum, the major European Conference on Nanotechnology focused to address the role of nano-enabled technologies and industries in the transformation towards EU prosperity.
Open Innovation Test Beds (OITBs) are an initiative from the European Union to bring nanotechnologies and advanced materials within market reach by providing access to demonstration and upscaling facilities, as well as advisory services to advance technologies from laboratory validation to prototypes in industrial environments.
Currently there are 25 OITB projects running in six technology domains, aiming at gathering all the relevant actors while covering all relevant enablers and services needed for innovation based on new materials, therefore reducing technological risk thus attracting more investors and cutting the time to market:
- Lightweight nano-enabled multifunctional materials and components (4 OITBs)
- Safety Testing of Medical Technologies for Health (3 OITBs)
- Nano-enabled surfaces and membranes (4 OITBs)
- Bio-based nano-materials and solutions (4 OITBs)
- Functional materials for building envelopes (3 OITBs)
- Nano-pharmaceuticals production (1 OITB)
- Materials Modelling (3 OITBs)
- Materials characterisation (3 OITBs, including FormPlanet )