Day 1 – Monday, 19 October 2026
Time | Session - Conference Hall | Speaker |
11:30 – 12:00 | Registration | Entrance Atrium |
12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch | Lounge |
13:00 – 13:15 | Welcome by the ELI ERIC Interim Director General | Florian Gliksohn |
13:15 – 13:30 | View of the EU Project Officer | Nikelina Naska |
13:30 – 14:15 | Project Kick-off by the Project Coordinator: consortium overview, objectives, five mission areas and the cascade-funding model | Roman Hvězda |
14:15 – 14:35 | Consortium Round Table – beneficiaries and associated partners: role, contribution and expectations (2 min each) | All partners |
Work Package presentations – specific objectives, tasks, deliverables and milestones | 14:35 – 17:15 | ||
14:35 – 15:05 | WP1 – Project management: governance and decision rights, meeting architecture and coordination tools, finance, reporting and CFS evidence, communication and visibility, data and risk management | ELI |
15:05 – 15:25 | Coffee break | Lounge |
15:25 – 15:45 | WP2 – Outreach and global deep-tech scouting | CR |
15:45 – 16:10 | WP3 – Evaluation, selection and FSTP management | TC |
16:10 – 16:25 | Coffee break | Lounge |
16:25 – 16:50 | WP4 – Technology validation and TRL advancement | ELI / ELI ALPS |
16:50 – 17:10 | WP5 – Commercial acceleration and CRL progression | INAM |
17:10 – 17:30 | WP6 – Sustainable ecosystem development and dissemination | TC |
17:30 – 18:00 | Discussion and Q&A – critical handovers WP2 → WP3 → WP4/WP5 → WP6, synergies, dependencies and risks | Project Coordinator and all |
18:05 – 18:50 | Transport to Prague |
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19:00 – 22:00 | Dinner in Prague |
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Day 2 – Tuesday, 20 October 2026
Time | Session - Room A | Speaker |
Thematic working sessions – plenary, in series, one hour each | 09:00 – 12:20 | ||
09:00 – 10:00 | Working Session 1 – Open call architecture and FSTP machinery (WP2 + WP3) | Martina Vycudilíková / CR |
10:00 – 11:00 | Working Session 2 – Technical feasibility gate, facility access and validation planning (WP4) | ELI ERIC / ELI ALPS |
11:00 – 11:15 | Coffee break | Lounge |
11:15 – 12:15 | Working Session 3 – Commercial acceleration, mentoring and ecosystem building (WP5 + WP6) | INAM / TC |
12:15 – 12:35 | M1–M6 critical path and action log Conclusions and next steps | Project Coordinator |
12:35 – 13:00 | Lunch | Lounge |
13:10 – 14:00 | General Assembly Meeting | Florian Gliksohn Interim Director General |
14:00 – 16:00 | ELI Beamlines facility tour (optional) |
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