The European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA) and DG Climate Action and Research and Innovation are organising a half-day virtual workshop on Innovation Fund synergies on 8 February, 2023.

The target group consists of mature R&I project participants, funded under EU R&I programmes (notably Horizon 2020). The workshop will focus on further funding opportunities under the EU Innovation Fund.

You can register here. The official announcement can be found here.

Agenda: 

• 09:30 AM - 09:45 AM CET - Welcome & opening
  
  
• 09:45 AM - 09:55 AM CET - QUICK BREAK
  
  
• 09:55 AM - 10:15 AM CET - Rationale for Workshops & Synergies Strategy
  • Explaining overall importance & policy priority of synergies between EU funding programmes
  • Overview of specific actions taken so far to promote synergies between R&I results and the Innovation Fund
    
    
• 10:15 AM - 11:15 AM CET - Innovation Fund
  • General overview of funding opportunities at the Innovation Fund
  • Lessons learnt from past calls
  • Presentation of H2020 projects with Innovation Fund support
  • Q&A
    
    
• 11:15 AM - 11:20 AM CET - Overview of Horizon 2020 Portfolio
  • The most scope for synergies with the Innovation Fund
  • Overview of projects of attending participants
    
    
• 11:20 AM - 11:30 AM CET - QUICK BREAK
  
  
• 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM CET - Parallel Breakout Sessions - Overall introduction

  • Session 1: Low-carbon technologies in energy-intensive industries & Carbon capture, use and storage (CCUS)
  • Session 2: Renewable energy generation
  • Session 3: Energy storage & hydrogen
    
    
• 12:30 PM - 12:35 PM CET - QUICK BREAK
  
  
• 12:35 PM - 01:05 PM CET - Closing session - Key conclusions

• 01:05 PM - 01:15 PM CET - Closing Remarks