A very good recent experience at the Building Bridges 2025 conference in Dresden — a space for intensifying collaboration between policy, research & innovation.
Before the conference Izabela Raszczyk from ICCVS attended also the pre-event: “Widening in Horizon Europe: Sharing Best Practices” organized by ZEUSS on 11 September 2025. It brought together Horizon Europe coordinators, NCPs, and experts from across Europe to exchange experiences on how to make the most of cross-border research partnerships, especially through the Widening instruments of Horizon Europe. The CANVAStwinning project was presented with a poster showcasing our joint work with University of Rome Torvergata, CEA-IRIG and Real Research.
The core of the Building Bridges conference, especially the track on AI & Health, was inspiring and thought-provoking, with the lecture by Cordelia Schmid – this year’s laureate of the Archimedes Prize -standing out as particularly impressive.
The matchmaking sessions were another highlight — they connected participants according to their research interests in light of the upcoming Horizon Europe calls.
There was also room for informal meetings with members of TUD — ICCVS’s partner in the EU-funded SWIFT project. Insights on technology transfer and research management were exchanged with Dorit Teichmann from SaxoCell/TUD.
Overall, Building Bridges 2025 proved to be a very useful platform for creating new opportunities and strengthening collaborations across sectors and borders.
