The conference brought together Centers of Excellence (COEs) established through the Horizon2020 and Horizon Europe Teaming calls from across Europe, including the FunGlass Centre.

Hosted by the BioSense Institute in Novi Sad, the event focused on strengthening synergies in key research areas such as materials science, digital innovation, biotechnology, and health. With sessions on research infrastructure development and sustainability, the conference aimed to enhance collaboration among Teaming Centres to address Europe’s most pressing innovation challenges.

As part of their contribution, FunGlass representatives shared experiences from the GlaCerHub project, particularly in relation to the project’s quadruple helix collaboration model and its approach to developing robust strategies for research and innovation (R&I) infrastructure. This aligns with the conference’s focus on sustaining and expanding research infrastructure across Europe.

In addition to networking sessions, panel discussions centered on strengthening industry collaboration, balancing R&D, sharing experiences from completed Teaming projects, and the role of national governments in providing additional funding to ensure the sustainability of established COEs.

FunGlass representatives also held discussions with Federica Roffi, Deputy Head of Unit at the European Research Executive Agency (REA), who delivered an introductory talk on the role of COEs in influencing their regions and fostering collaborations across the quadruple helix, a central theme of GlaCerHub and its efforts to promote European collaborations and impacts in widening countries.

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