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LocationHäme EU Office - Brussels
Strengthening European Defence and Security
DEFINE Ecosystem – Paving the Way to Defence Business Excellence in Häme, Finland
The Role of Stakeholders – Regions, Cities, Companies, and Academia in Building a Successful Innovation Defence Ecosystem
Defence Innovation Network Finland (DEFINE), initiated by the City of Riihimäki in Finland, is an international, high-level defence and security industry network. As the leading defence ecosystem, DEFINE brings together high-potential startups, greatest talents and end-users to create innovations that benefit both military and society as a whole.
This seminar will explore the critical need to boost the EU’s security and defence capacity, build defence-related ecosystems, and examine the role of key stakeholders—regions, cities, companies, and academia—in developing a successful ecosystem. Additionally, this event will provide insights into EU funding opportunities for defence and security initiatives.
Please register at the latest on Tuesday 3.6.2025 via the link below.
This seminar is free of charge and in person. Since the number of seats is limited, please secure your place and register early.
Please note that if the maximum number of participants is reached before 3 June, the registration form will be closed early.
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The Miricle project, ‘Mine Risk Clearance for Europe’, obtained funding under the European Defence Industrial Development programme call ‘Underwater control contributing to resilience at sea’. The main objective of the project was to achieve a European and sovereign capacity in future mine warfare and create a path for the next generation ‘made in Europe’ countermeasure solutions. In order to realise this objective, Miricle addressed various stages: studies, design, prototyping and testing. These stages inter alia included the successful testing of an XL Unmanned Underwater Vehicle, a protototyped mine disposal system and multiple innovative systems to detect buried mines. Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), was one of the five Belgian partners in the consortium. Within the project, VLIZ was able to forward its research on the acoustic imaging of the seabed to spatially map and visualize buried structures and objects - in this case buried mines - in the highest possible detail. VLIZ also led the work on ‘Port and Offshore Testing’, building on the expertise of the institute in the field of marine operations and technology.
