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European Funding - Opportunities for Companies & Academics Collaborations

Switzerland is back as beneficiary in Horizon Europe and new calls for projects will be published shortly!

National Contact Points Euresearch will be there to give you details of Clusters 4 (Digital, Industry, Space) & 5 (Climate, Energy and Mobility) of Pillar II as well as on Pillar III (Innovation) of Horizon Europe. International funding opportunities from Innosuisse will also be covered.

Insights into running projects from both companies’ and academics' representatives will be provided.

Euresearch Office HES-SO and the Company Advisor from the Canton of Geneva are pleased to co-organised this event with HEPIA.

General

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Date 21 Jan 2026
Time 09:00 – 13:30
Address Fondation Campus Biotech Geneva, Chemin des Mines 9
Zip 1202
City Genève
Room Room H8.01.D
Target audience

Academics & Companies 
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Participation is free, however registration is required. An email will be sent to the participants before the event to confirm their attendance at the lunch.  

Agenda

09:00 – 09:30 Welcome Coffee & Registration
09:30 – 09:40 Opening Remarks - Introduction by HEPIA leadership
09:40 – 10:00 Keynote Speech - “How collaborations with academic partners — in Geneva, Switzerland, and across Europe — have contributed to your company’s development, and why both local and international networks matter.” - Vincent Gillet, Kugler Bimetal
10:00 – 10:15 Overview Horizon Europe and Euresearch services - Sophie Betka and Marine Boursier, Regional Offices Euresearch
10:15 – 10:45 Horizon Europe Pillar II (Thematic Focus: Clusters 4 & 5) - Matthew Whellens, Marianna Fighera & Timothy Llewellynn, NCPs Euresearch
10:45 – 11:00 Testimonial from a successful applicant and Q&A - Prof. Nabil Abdennadher and Konstantin Skaburskas, HEPIA
11:00 – 11:15 BREAK
11:15 – 11:30 Horizon Europe Pillar III (EIC Pathfinder Open & Transition) and Q&A - Rita de Brito, NCP Euresearch
11:30 – 11:45 Eurostars & Eureka Programmes - Janique Siffert, Programme Manager Innosuisse
11:45 – 12:00 Testimonial from an SME and Q&A - François Plewinski, DAES
12:00 – 12:30 Partnering & Best Practices Session, followed by 5-min presentations of the Enterprise Europe Network (EEN), the Office for the Promotion of Industries and Technologies (OPI), & the Laboratory of Advanced Technology (LTA).
12:30 – 13:30 Networking Lunch - Meet other researchers, companies, and facilitators

Contact Information / Organiser

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Euresearch Office HES-SO

Euresearch Office HES-SO

+41 58 900 01 11
hes-so@euresearch.ch
Euresearch Office Geneva

Euresearch Office Geneva

Sophie Betka
+41 22 379 11 77
sophie.betka@euresearch.ch


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