ATIMA Workshop & BNN Networking Event 2025

3 March 2025, TUtheSky, Vienna, Austria

The 2025 BNN Networking Event took place in the afternoon of March 3^rd. The event showed BNN’s key position in the European AdMa ecosystem. It was dedicated to discuss the vision and the future activities to connect regional, national and European initiatives in this field, i.e., InnoMatSyn project, overlapping aspects (e.g., SSbD) and how the implementation of those is supported by BNN.

Participants got in touch with relevant national and European initiatives as well as key players to discuss national strengths and trends. Furthermore, the EC’s vision on the way forward towards a strong European AdMa-community, which shall be supported by connecting regional, national and international activities and efforts, a key element of InnoMatSyn-project, was discussed.

Highlights of the event were the keynote speech (download here) by Jürgen Tiedje (Head of Unit E.3 – Industrial Transformation, DG Research & Innovation, European Commission (EC)), who provided insight into the EC’s vision for AdMa, and the roundtable discussion with the experts Falko Loher (Policy Officer, Austrian Federal Ministry on Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology (BMK)) who informed about the progress on the IPCEI “Circular Advanced Materials”, Roland Brandenburg (Coordinator, European research programme M-ERA.NET, Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG)), Eva-Kathrin Schillinger (Managing Director, IAM-I Association), and Jürgen Tiedje. The round table was moderated by Andreas Falk (Coordinator of ATIMA & InnoMatSyn, CEO of BNN). The round table led to a better understanding of the ongoing initiatives in the field of AdMa and how they are interlinked. Additionally, the participants got to know how to join, get involved and contribute to these activities, and what will be the future cornerstones of the European AdMa ecosystem.

from left to right: Falko Loher, Roland Brandenburg, Eva-Kathrin Schillinger, Jürgen Tiedje and Andreas Falk

 

Additionally, representatives of the different Austrian platforms working in the Austrian project ATIMA presented the outcomes of their breakout groups in the morning workshop, summarizing the feedback gathered from the workshop’s participants on Advanced Materials related aspects, and their analysis on where we are “today” and what the audience expected for its “evolution in the future” in the different areas:

• Nanomaterials – Rudi Heer (nanoNET-Austria)
• Lightweighting Materials – Wolfgang Bohmayer (Biz-up)
• Metal Materials – Gerhard Hackl (ASMET)
• Functional & Smart Textiles – Benjamin Poredos (V-trion)
• Materials for Additive Manufacturing – Michael Kitzmantel (AM-Austria)
• AdMa-Overlapping Aspects – Clemens Wolf (BNN)

It was a great success as a crucial step toward sustainability and prosperity, reinforcing Austria’s role in the future of advanced materials in Europe and worlwide.

A big thank you to all participants for their participation and valuable contributions!

 

Here are some impressions of the event