Events

Key events relevant to Horizon Europe, like info-days, brokerage, webinars and conferences

Online Info Day – EIC Work Programme 2026 - Advanced Innovation Challenges

The Info Day for the EIC Advanced Innovation Challenges, a new scheme driving breakthrough innovation through staged funding and closer integration of user and demand perspectives, adapted to the Horizon Europe, will take place on 17 November 2025.

The online Info Day dedicated to the European Innovation Council (EIC) Advanced Innovation Challenges under the EIC Work Programme 2026 will take place on 17 November 2025.

Representatives of the European Commission - from the European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA) and few Directorates-General (DG RTD - Research and Innovation, DG CNECT - for Communications Networks, Content and Technology, JRC - Joint Research Centre) will present the new Advanced Innovation Challenges for 2026 and reply to the questions received from participants.

This event followed the "European Innovation Council online Info Day - Work Programme 2026" on Thursday 13 November 2025, and the "European Innovation Council Accelerator Challenges – Work Programme 2026", which took place on 14 November 2025.

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Programme

14:00 - 14:10 (CET) - Opening: Why Advanced Innovation Challenges in the EIC WP 2026

14:10 - 14:30 (CET) - Advanced Innovation Challenges 2026

14:30 - 15:15 (CET) - Accelerating Physical AI: Embodied Intelligence for the Next Frontier of AI-Powered Robotics

15:15 - 16:10 (CET) - Translating Disruptive New Approach Methodologies (NAMs) into Practice

16:10 - 16:15 (CET) - Closing remarks

Mon 17 Nov 17, 2025

02:00pm - 04:15pm CET

EIC & EIE

European Innovation Council and European Innovation Ecosystems

Target: National contact points, Participants

Themes: Pillar 3, European Innovation Council

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