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ESFRI Roadmap 2026 Launch Event
DEC
Wed
02
09:30 - 12:30

Starts in 1 month from now

Location

Rome

Auditorium Parco della Musica Ennio Morricone
Via Pietro de Coubertin 30
00196 Rome, Italy
Programmes
Research Infrastructures

The launch event is organised by Italy’s Ministry of Universities and Research (MUR), the National Research Council of Italy (CNR) in collaboration with the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI) and the European Commission.

The 2026 Update of the ESFRI Roadmap is the seventh edition of the ESFRI Roadmap and has been guiding the European and national RI strategies, policies and funding since 2006. It will introduce:

Six new ESFRI Projects

These new projects fill existing gaps identified in the Landscape Analysis 2024.

  • FOREST Fiber-based Optical netwoRk for European Science and Technology
  • IN-SYLVA Europe RI for Forest Ecosystem Adaptation to Global Changes and Open Research Capacity Enhancement Network
  • JERICO-RI European RI for Coastal Observation
  • MEDem Monitoring Electoral Democracy 
  • Microscopy Europe Advanced Electron Microscopy for Accelerated Materials Development
  • NFFA2050 NANO Foundries and Fine Analysis – 2050

Four new ESFRI Landmarks

These projects entered the Roadmap in 2016 and now acquire Landmark status, successfully transitioning from preparation to implementation.

  • DANUBIUS ERIC International Centre for Advanced Studies on River-Sea Systems - European Research Infrastructure Consortium
  • E-RIHS ERIC European Research Infrastructure for Heritage Science - European Research Infrastructure Consortium
  • EST European Solar Telescope
  • KM3NeT 2.0 KM3 Neutrino Telescope 2.0

The presentation of the new ESFRI Projects and Landmarks will be followed by a panel discussion on the future of the Roadmap and the role of research infrastructures in Europe’s evolving research and innovation ecosystem.

Attendance is open to anyone interested, registration is required via this form. All information related to this event is available in the announcement on the ESFRI website.

Important Note: Registration for ICRI 2026 does NOT include registration for the ESFRI Roadmap 2026 Launch Event. Likewise, registration for the Launch Event does NOT include registration for ICRI 2026. Separate registration is required for each event.

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