Exploring the European Strategy on Advanced Materials
gio 03 ott
|Delegation of Confindustria to the EU
Time & Location
03 ott 2024, 16:30 – 17:45
Delegation of Confindustria to the EU, Av. de la Joyeuse Entrée 1, 1040 Bruxelles, Belgium
About the event
Last February, the European Commission launched the Communication Advanced Materials for Industrial Leadership. This initiative outlines a European strategy to ensure industrial leadership in advanced materials, aiming to establish a secure materials ecosystem in Europe that fosters leadership in research and fast-tracks innovations to market. To achieve this, the strategy commits to increasing public and private funding and investment in advanced materials R&D by exploring existing tools and developing innovative funding possibilities at the EU, national, and regional levels through a coordinated approach.
The Communication outlines 14 actions, including the launch of a new co-programmed public-private partnership, "Innovative Materials for EU," under Horizon Europe; the development of the "materials commons" by mid-2025—a European digital infrastructure for advanced materials aimed at accelerating research and innovation processes; the launch of an Advanced Materials Academy; and the establishment of a Technology Council on Advanced Materials.
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