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Day 1 | 5th May

*All times displayed in CEST

10:00h – 12:00h

Virtual Poster Session | Virtual Exhibition Area

13:30h – 13:45h  //  OPENING ADDRESS

EuroNanoForum 2021 speakers Ricardo Rio

Ricardo Rio, Mayor of Braga

EuroNanoForum 2021 speakers Manuel Heitor

Manuel Heitor, Minister for Science, Technology and Higher Education, Government of Portugal

EuroNanoForum 2021 speaker Mariya Gabriel

Mariya Gabriel, Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, European Commission

13:45h – 14:15h  //  PLENARY SESSION 1

Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness

EuroNanoForum 2021 speakers Lars Montelius

Lars Montelius, Director-General, INL

Peter Dröll, Director Prosperity-DG Research and Innovation, European Commission

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

EuroNanoForum 2021 speakers Noushin Nasiri

Noushin Nasiri, Head of the NanoTech Laboratory at the School of Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Macquarie University

Wearable Devices: the Big Wave of Innovation

14:15h – 15:15h  //  Large Industry & SMEs: Successes, challenges, foresight. What’s next?

Parallel Sessions 1, 2 & 3

  PARALLEL SESSION 1: Climate, Environment and Natural Resources

This session will take place in ROOM A

MODERATOR

EuroNanoForum 2021 speakers Jana Kolar

Durk Krol, Executive Managing Director, Water Europe

SPEAKER

EuroNanoForum 2021 speakers Zina Martyna Sztaba

Martyna Sztaba, CEO & co-founder Syntoil

SPEAKER

EuroNanoForum 2021 speakers Ana Fernandez-Iglesias

Ana Fernandez-Iglesias, R&D Global Portfolio Director – Sustainable Mining ArcelorMittal

SPEAKER

EuroNanoForum 2021 speakers Manfred Mühlberger

Manfred Mühlberger, Chairman of the board Ecopreneur.eu

SPEAKER

EuroNanoForum 2021 speakers Christian Haessler

Christian Haessler, Global Program Lead
Circular Economy Covestro

  PARALLEL SESSION 2: Digital, Industry and Space

This session will take place in ROOM B

MODERATOR

EuroNanoForum 2021 speakers Ricardo Conde

Ricardo Conde, President, Portuguese Space Agency – Portugal Space

SPEAKER

EuroNanoForum 2021 speakers Carlos Ribas

Carlos Ribas, Bosch Representative

SPEAKER

EuroNanoForum 2021 speakers Jari Kinaret

Jari Kinaret, Professor of Physics at the Chalmers University of Technology

SPEAKER

EuroNanoForum 2021 speakers Filippo Di Giovanni

Filippo Di Giovanni, Strategic Marketing, Innovation and Key Programs Manager at STMicroelectronics

SPEAKER

EuroNanoForum 2021 speakers Blanka Lenczowski

Blanka Lenczowski, R&T Business Development – European Affairs bei Airbus

SPEAKER

EuroNanoForum 2021 speakers César Perez

César Perez, CTO – Teknologi Zuzendaria – Technical Director Lortek

PARALLEL SESSION 3: Sustainable by Design: Embedding sustainability criteria throughout life cycle of products and processes

This session will take place in ROOM C

MODERATOR

EuroNanoForum 2021 speakers Renata Kaps

Renata Kaps, Assistant at Vienna University of Technology

SPEAKER

EuroNanoForum 2021 speakers Marzia Traverso

Marzia Traverso, Head and Full Professor of Institute of Sustainability in Civil Engineering (INaB) at RWTH Aachen University

SPEAKER

EuroNanoForum 2021 speakers Josef Wuensch

Josef Wuensch, Senior Vice President at BASF SE

SPEAKER

EuroNanoForum 2021 speakers Anna Hultin Stigenberg

Anna Hultin Stigenberg, Senior Director – Advanced Research Infrastructures at RISE Research Institutes of Sweden

SPEAKER

EuroNanoForum 2021 speakers Bernhard Berger

Bernhard Berger, Deputy Head of the Sustainable Chemicals Unit in DG Environment, European Commission

SPEAKER

EuroNanoForum 2021 speakers Molly Jacob

Molly Jacob, Project Manager, University of Massachusetts-Lowell

15:15h – 15:30h  //  Coffee Break

15:30h – 16:30h  //  Large Industry & SMEs: Successes, challenges, foresight. What’s next?

Parallel Sessions 4, 5 & 6

  PARALLEL SESSION 4: Mobilising industry for a clean and circular economy

This session will take place in ROOM A

MODERATOR

EuroNanoForum 2021 speakers Javier Sanfelix

Javier Sanfelix, Policy Officer, DG Research and Innovation, European Commission

SPEAKER

EuroNanoForum 2021 speakers Lisbeth Randers

Lisbeth Randers, Head of Secretariat in Kalundborg Symbiosis

SPEAKER

EuroNanoForum 2021 speakers Lerwen Liu

Lerwen Liu, Founding Director of STEAM Platform & Managing Director of Circular Economy Accelerator, KX Innovation Center

SPEAKER

EuroNanoForum 2021 speakers Joaquim Menezes

Joaquim Menezes, Owner Iberomoldes

SPEAKER

EuroNanoForum 2021 speakers Michaela Holmdahl

Michaela Holmdahl, Regional Manager CirEko

SPEAKER

EuroNanoForum 2021 speakers Pierre Joris

Pierre Joris, Chairman of A.SPIRE

  PARALLEL SESSION 5: Accelerating the shift to sustainable and smart mobility

This session will take place in ROOM B

MODERATOR

EuroNanoForum 2021 speakers Paulo Ferrao

Paulo Ferrão, President of COST | European Cooperation in Science and Technology

SPEAKER

EuroNanoForum 2021 speakers Stefan Deix

Stefan Deix, Director, European Council for Automotive R&D (EUCAR)

SPEAKER

EuroNanoForum 2021 speakers Spiros Pantelakis

Spiros Pantelakis, Professor at University of Patras, Honorary Chairman of the European Aeronautics Science Network

SPEAKER

EuroNanoForum 2021 speakers César Águia

César Águia, TMG Automotive /R&D+I Manager Technical Director

SPEAKER

EuroNanoForum 2021 speakers Yohan Oudart

Yohan Oudart, R&D Director at Nanomakers

SPEAKER

EuroNanoForum 2021 speakers Vito Guido Lambertini

Vito Guido Lambertini, Engineering Methods & Tools Centro Ricerche FIAT

  PARALLEL SESSION 6: Market access of Nanomaterials: Regulations, Standards, Characterisation

This session will take place in ROOM C

MODERATOR

EuroNanoForum 2021 speakers Blanca Suarez

Blanca Suarez Merino, Director of Regulatory Affairs NIA

SPEAKER

Denis Koltsov, Director and Consultant in Nanotechnology, Brec Solutions Limited

SPEAKER

EuroNanoForum 2021 speakers Shareen Doak

Shareen H. Doak, Professor of Genotoxicology and Cancer in Swansea University Medical School

SPEAKER

EuroNanoForum 2021 speakers Thomas Kuhlbusch

Thomas Kuhlbusch, Federal Institute for Occupational Hygiene and Health

SPEAKER

EuroNanoForum 2021 speakers Adriënne J.A.M. Sips

Adriënne Sips, Research Coordinator Nanotechnology & Advanced Materials at RIVM

SPEAKER

EuroNanoForum 2021 speakers Olivier de Matos

Olivier de Matos, Secretary General, ECETOC

16:30h – 16:45h  //  Coffee Break

16:45h – 17:45h  //  Innovative Europe: European Innovation Ecosystems

Parallel Sessions 7 & 8

  PARALLEL SESSION 7: Health and Wellbeing

This session will take place in ROOM A

MODERATOR

Ruth Schmid, Vice President Marketing at SINTEF in Trondheim

SPEAKER

EuroNanoForum 2021 speakers Filipe Assoreira

Filipe Assoreira, Co-founder and CEO at Nano4

SPEAKER

EuroNanoForum 2021 speakers Luigi Nicolais

Luigi Nicolais, Emeritus Professor at School of Polytechnic and Sciences at the University of Naples Federico II, President of Materials

SPEAKER

EuroNanoForum 2021 speakers Serban Ghiorghiu

Serban Ghiorghiu, Vice President, Head of Clinical, Late Development Oncology R&D at AstraZeneca; Cancer Mission Board Member, European Commission

SPEAKER

EuroNanoForum 2021 speakers Annalisa Chiocchetti

Annalisa Chiocchetti, Assistant Professor University of Eastern Piedmont

SPEAKER

EuroNanoForum 2021 speakers Peter Villax

Peter Villax, Chief Executive Officer at Mediceus | Chairman at Hovione Capital

  PARALLEL SESSION 8: Catalysis and Nanotechnology

This session will take place in ROOM B

MODERATOR

EuroNanoForum 2021 speakers Laura Salonen

Laura M. Salonen, Staff Researcher Nanochemistry at INL

SPEAKER

EuroNanoForum 2021 speakers Javier Garcia Martinez

Javier Garcia-Martinez, Professor of Inorganic Chemistry and Director of the Molecular Nanotechnology Laboratory of the University of Alicante /
President-elect IUPAC

SPEAKER

EuroNanoForum 2021 speakers Andrzej Stankiewicz

Andrzej Stankiewicz, Emeritus Professor of Process Intensification and former Director of TU Delft Process Technology Institute

SPEAKER

EuroNanoForum 2021 speakers Silke Behrens

Silke Behrens, Institute of Catalysis Research and Technology Nanostructured Materials Group Leader

SPEAKER

EuroNanoForum 2021 speakers Vladimiro Dal Santo

Vladimiro Dal Santo, FREECATS, Critical raw material Coordinator

SPEAKER

EuroNanoForum 2021 speakers Udo Kragl

Udo Kragl, German Society for Catalysis GeCatS Chairperson

Day 2 | 6th May

*All times displayed in CEST

10:00h – 12:00h

Virtual Poster Session | Virtual Exhibition Area

13:30h – 14:30h  //  PLENARY SESSION 2

Empowering citizens for the transition towards a climate neutral and sustainable Europe

MODERATOR

EuroNanoForum 2021 speakers Anthony Zacharzewski

Anthony Zacharzewski, President of the Democratic Society

SPEAKER

Hilary Sutcliffe, Director of SocietyInside and TIGTech

SPEAKER

EuroNanoForum 2021 speakers Jovana V. Milić

Jovana V. Milić, Group Leader at the Adolphe Merkle Institute, University of Fribourg in Switzerland

SPEAKER

EuroNanoForum 2021 speakers Jenny Holmqvist

Jenny Holmqvist, Coordinator International Affairs and Nanomaterials European Chemical Agency (ECHA)

SPEAKER

EuroNanoForum 2021 speakers Oriana Romano

Oriana Romano, Head of Unit, Water Governance and Circular Economy in Cities in the OECD

SPEAKER

EuroNanoForum 2021 speakers Ana Noronha

Ana Noronha, Executive Director of Ciência Viva

14:30h – 14:45h  //  Coffee Break

14:45h – 15:45h  //  Large Industry & SMEs: Successes, challenges, foresight. What’s next?

Parallel Sessions 9 & 10

  PARALLEL SESSION 9: Building and renovating in an energy and resource efficient way

This session will take place in ROOM A

MODERATOR

EuroNanoForum 2021 speakers Verónica de Zea Bermudez

Verónica de Zea Bermudez, Full Professor at UTAD

SPEAKER

EuroNanoForum 2021 speakers Jorge Corker

Jorge Corker, Researcher at IPN

SPEAKER

EuroNanoForum 2021 speakers Gian Marco Revel

Gian Marco Revel, Professor in Mechanical and Thermal Measurement and Rector Delegate for European Research at Università Politecnica delle Marche

SPEAKER

EuroNanoForum 2021 speakers João de Matos

João Matos, Executive Director at dstgroup

SPEAKER

EuroNanoForum 2021 speakers Stefano Carosio

Stefano Carosio, Executive Director of STAM

SPEAKER

EuroNanoForum 2021 speakers Michael Neaves

Michael Neaves, Manager at ECOS

  PARALLEL SESSION 10: Energy storage

This session will take place in ROOM B

MODERATOR

EuroNanoForum 2021 speakers Belen Gallego

Belén Gallego, Co-founder & CEO of ATA Insights

SPEAKER

EuroNanoForum 2021 speakers Adelio Mendes

Adélio Mendes, Professor at the Chemical Engineering Department of FEUP

SPEAKER

EuroNanoForum 2021 speakers Oscar Miguel Crespo

Oscar Miguel Crespo, Director of the CIDETEC Energy Storage Institute

SPEAKER

EuroNanoForum 2021 speakers Kristina Edström

Kristina Edström, BATTERY 2030+ Project Coordinator

SPEAKER

EuroNanoForum 2021 speakers Graham Cooley

Graham Cooley, CEO ITM Power

SPEAKER

EuroNanoForum 2021 speakers Kurt Vandeputte

Kurt Vandeputte, SVP global Government Affairs, Umicore

15:45h – 16:00h  //  Coffee Break

  PARALLEL SESSION 11: Scale-up: Pilot lines & OITBs

This session will take place in ROOM A

MODERATOR

EuroNanoForum 2021 speakers Ozlem Cangar

Ozlem Cangar, Project Manager in the Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA) of the European Commission

SPEAKER

EuroNanoForum speakers Patrick Boisseau

Patrick Boisseau, Director, EU Research & Innovation Partnership Policies MedTech Europe

SPEAKER

EuroNanoForum 2021 speakers Eckhard Schwenner

Eckhard Schwenner, Board Member of the EU sponsored Healthtech Translation Advisory Board

SPEAKER

EuroNanoForum 2021 speakers Felix Hanisch

Felix Hanisch, Head of Industrial Automation, Bayer Engineering & Technology, Germany

SPEAKER

EuroNanoForum 2021 speakers Jana Kolar

Jana Kolar, Executive Director CERIC-ERIC

SPEAKER

EuroNanoForum 2021 speakers Iraida Loinaz

Iraida Loinaz, Director of the CIDETEC Institute for Nanomedicine Fundación CIDETEC

  PARALLEL SESSION 12: Clean, affordable and secure energy

This session will take place in ROOM B

MODERATOR

EuroNanoForum 2021 speakers Hélène Chraye

Hélène Chraye, Head of Clean Energy Transition Unit – DG Research and Innovation, European Commission

SPEAKER

Joana Kargul, University Professor in solar conversion, and Head of the Laboratory of Solar Fuels at the Center of New Technologies, University of Warsaw

SPEAKER

EuroNanoForum 2021 speaker Robert Dominko

Robert Dominko, Research professor at the National Institute of Chemistry and associate professor at University of Ljubljana

SPEAKER

EuroNanoForum 2021 speakers Laurent Antoni

Laurent Antoni, President of Hydrogen Europe Research

SPEAKER

EuroNanoForum 2021 speakers Marcel Meeus

Marcel Meeus, Managing Director at Sustesco, Sustainable Energy Services Consulting

17:00h – 18:00h  //  PLENARY SESSION 3

Recovery plan for Europe

MODERATOR

EuroNanoForum 2021 speakers Susana Frexes

Susana Frexes, Journalist and Correspondent in Brussels for SIC and Expresso

SPEAKER

EuroNanoForum 2021 speakers Zina Jarrahi Cinker

Zina Jarrahi Cinker, Director General at AMPT

SPEAKER

EuroNanoForum 2021 speakers Valérie Hayer

Valérie Hayer, Member of the European Parliament

SPEAKER

EuroNanoForum 2021 speakers Claire Skentelbery

Clare Skentelbery, Director General at EuropaBio – the European Association for Bioindustries

SPEAKER

EuroNanoForum 2021 speakers Maria Teresa Fabregas

Maria Teresa Fabregas Fernandez, Director Task Force RECOVER of the European Commission

SPEAKER

EuroNanoForum 2021 speakers Antonio Costa Silva

António Costa e Silva, Professor at Instituto Superior Técnico & Chairman of the Management Commission of PARTEX OIL AND GAS Group

18:00h – 18:15h  //  Closing Session

Lars Montelius, Director-General at INL

Peter Dröll, Director Prosperity-DG Research and Innovation, European Commission

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