News and Events

  1. Home
  2. News
28 November 2025

FAME in Aveiro Advance Europe’s Roadmap for Advanced Materials

FAME in Aveiro Advance Europe’s Roadmap for Advanced Materials

The Universidade de Aveiro hosted the FAME and FAME-EcoSys workshops, bringing together leading figures from European institutions, national agencies, industry, and research organisations to accelerate Europe’s capacity to deploy and scale Advanced Materials. Over two days of intensive work, participants aligned on a shared priority: ensuring that advanced materials become a strategic pillar for Europe’s competitiveness, sustainability, and industrial resilience. This edition of the workshops held particular significance for the host institution: they formed part of the curated programme celebrating the 25 years of CICECO – Aveiro Institute of Materials. 

Discussions throughout the workshops highlighted the urgent need to strengthen production scale-up, reduce deployment bottlenecks, and consolidate cross-border funding pathways as Europe prepares for the forthcoming Advanced Materials Act (2026). Speakers also stressed the importance of coherent regulation, test-bed infrastructures, industry-academia collaboration, investment mobilization, and innovation-driven skills development.

The programme brought contributions from the University of Aveiro leadership, the Ministry of Science and Technology, ANI, DG Research & Innovation, DG RTD, international experts, and representatives from major industrial players including Volkswagen Group, BASF, Michelin, Acciona Construction, and Palbit. The workshops also advanced the agenda of the InnoMatSyn initiative, particularly its focus on an integrated European ecosystem capable of supporting materials innovation from discovery to deployment.

With panels dedicated to regulatory frameworks, public and private investments, scale-up challenges, and workforce development, the event reinforced the strategic momentum behind Europe’s advanced materials agenda. As the workshops conclude, participants now move into targeted workstreams shaping regional and national actions, strengthening the European AdMa ecosystem, and supporting the coordinated rollout of future policy instruments.

By integrating the FAME and FAME-EcoSys workshops into its anniversary celebrations, CICECO highlights both its legacy and its future—connecting scientific excellence with strategic European initiatives aimed at transforming materials innovation into high-impact solutions for industry, society, and the green transition. “As CICECO celebrates 25 years, these workshops remind us that advancing materials science is not only about innovation—it’s about building ecosystems capable of shaping Europe’s next industrial chapter,” adds Paula Vilarinho, vice-director of CICECO.

The photos of the event can be seen on the shared album: https://photos.app.goo.gl/X3UYjVDVS6jeoNDEA

Share this Article:

Related Articles

Researchers

Groups

G2 - Photonic, Electronic and Magnetic Materials

We use cookies for marketing activities and to offer you a better experience. By clicking “Accept Cookies” you agree with our cookie policy. Read about how we use cookies by clicking "Privacy and Cookie Policy".


Privacy and Cookie Policy

Personal data

CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials respects your privacy, ensuring confidentiality of personal data you share with the institution through this way, not collecting any personal information about you without your consent, under the terms required by General Data Protection Regulations (RGPD).

The data collected in forms are intended exclusively for processing user requests and will not be used for any other purpose, always safeguarding their confidentiality, under the terms of the protection conferred by the aforementioned regulation.

The collection and processing of data is the responsibility of CICECO and its storage is properly protected, only authorized CICECO employees can access the information within the scope of their functions, always being clear in the respective collection forms the purposes for which they are intended. The remaining issues to be considered in this matter will be handled by the University of Aveiro in accordance with the regime established by the GDPR.

Cookies policy

Cookies are small files with alphanumeric information that are stored on your computer's hard drive by your browser and are intended to improve the user experience and enhance website navigation.

Collection and use of technical information

The cookies used on CICECO are anonymous, and no information about our users that allows their personal identification is stored in them.

The technical information recorded consists of:

  • iP (Internet Protocol) address of the visitor;
  • the type of internet browser used by the website visitor and the respective operating system used;
  • the date and time of the consultation;
  • the pages visited on the site and the documents downloaded
  • The technical information collected is used for statistical purposes only.

Cookies used

Session cookies

These cookies are used to record user preferences, such as the language in which websites are displayed or to maintain authenticated user sessions, and are automatically deleted when the browser is closed.

Persistent cookies

These cookies store information that is needed between sessions. For example, a persistent cookie is set to record that you have been made aware of the cookie policy so that the message regarding this policy is not shown again the next time you visit the website. This cookie remains on the computer until it reaches its expiry date or is deleted by the user.

Data protection

The present privacy policy covers the Information System of the University of Aveiro (SIUA), governed by the General Data Protection Regulations (RGPD) Regulation (EU) No. 2016/679, of April 27th, 2016.

Data Protection Officer

The University of Aveiro has a Data Protection Officer (DPO), who ensures compliance of the processing of personal data with the legislation in force, and is available through the following email address epd@ua.pt.

Close