The programme consists of eight events: three focused on highly innovative research topics and five dedicated to soft skills, designed to equip researchers with the complementary expertise needed to transform cutting-edge research into commercially viable innovations.

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Impact-Driven Research Excellence:

·   Ceramography/ Materialography.

·   Glass & Ceramics Processing.

·   Additive/ Substractive Manufacturing of Glass and Ceramics.

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Soft-skills:

Business- Oriented Training:

·   IPR protection skills & Technology Transfer skills.

·   Financial Literacy for Research Activities.

·   Business plan preparation & Strategic Decision Making and Entrepreneurial Spirit.

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Enabling Competencies:

·   Research Project Development and Management & Building Capacities for Sustainable Innovation.

·   Advanced Topics in Research Project Management & Techno- economics and Life-cycle Management

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Each event is a three-day training programme consisting of four consecutive half-day sessions. Participants may attend all soft skills events to receive a certificate of completion or choose individual modules based on their interests.

The target audience for this programme includes PhD students, researchers, industry professionals, entrepreneurs, and regional government officials and anyone interested in these topics.

Participation in the events is free of charge.

Upcoming Events:

From February 4 to February 6, 2025, in Brno, we will launch the first event under the Impact-Driven Research Excellence: Additive/Subtractive Manufacturing of Glass and Ceramics. Lectures will be delivered by renowned scientists and professionals from both industry and academia. For more information, complete agenda and registration, please visit our GlaCerHub website

Moreower, during the last week of February (February 26–28, 2025), GlaCerHub is organizing the first event in the Business-Oriented Training: IPR Protection Skills & Technology Transfer Skills, led by experienced lecturers from INVENIAM, Barcelona, Spain. More information about this event, along with registration link, will be provided in Events section soon.