4th June 2026, 11:30-13:30, online
Data gathering and management is increasingly driving research and innovation, helping to develop and adapt faster as well as to take decisions related to a complexity of actors, value chains, and economic, legal, sustainable, and social requirements.
Data analysis and its use for predictive modelling, including big data handling and AI algorithms, are a competitive factor, increasingly important to combine results of impact assessments (e.g. as indicated by the Safe and Sustainable by Design framework), and a premium criterion in cooperative research projects.
Despite these advantages, several barriers still hinder their efficient use and exploitation, including:
- Interest and resources of parties to share research data (including failure data) and build unbiased data sets.
- Capacity to build relevant and FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) raw data sets.
- Scoping of data analysis (e.g. experimental data, correlations, predictive models) and selection of appropriate methods and tools.
- Use and interpretation of results based on diverse data sets and models.
- Sharing and using data and analytical results within and outside projects’ consortium.
This workshop aims to promote awareness and to share views and experiences on data analysis from both researchers and data management experts and practitioners, based on the experience of running European projects on material research. It is an opportunity for exchanging knowledge and experiences, identifying gaps, good practices, and learnings on the topic.
Agenda
Setting the scene
- Andrea Porcari, Airi- Italian Association for Industrial Research (IT), and Claudia Amabile, PDC- Process Design Center (NL)
Gap analysis on data management and predictive modelling
Panel discussion on data management & FAIR data and Predictive modelling
- Tassos Papadiamantis, Entelos Institute (CY)
- Barry Hardy, Edelweiss Connect (CH)
- Vince Hop, Process Design Center (NL)
- Álvaro Ojeda, Idener (ES)
Q&A
Closing remarks
Who should attend?
Research and industry experts, partners of EU and national research projects, data providers and end users.
Organizers: BIORING, BIOSAFIRE, BioPhenom, DESIDERATA, SuperBark, SurfToGreen, and DATA4CIRC
Info: info@bioring.eu
Organizers
BIORING: Develops bio-based building blocks for novel high-performance UV-cured biocoatings with enhanced thermomechanical performance, providing a viable alternative to existing fossil-based ones for automotive, construction and furniture use cases.
BIOSAFIRE: Develops safe, sustainable flame-retardant materials using a science-based and socially responsible approach. It upscales and broadens available feedstocks to provide flame retardant in powder formats for five applications in naval, railway, household goods, and wood coatings sectors.
BioPhenom: Explores biophenols from industrial biomass side streams as replacement of SVHC in the development of safe & sustainable, bio-based, flame-retardant, and recyclable materials like wood products, CF thermoset composites, and thermoplastics for various industrial applications.
DESIDERATA: Develops safer and sustainable alternatives to substances of concern with flame retardant, plasticiser, and surfactant properties. It enhances interoperability, improving data sharing across the value chain, and promotes market uptake of sustainable alternatives fostering collaboration between industry, research, and society in the construction, 3D printing, industrial manufacturing, and injection molding sectors.
SuperBark: Explores softwood bark to develop new bio-based adhesives and coatings for a range of industrial applications. It improves the sustainability, health and safety profiles of adhesive and coating products compared to fossil-based solutions.
SurfToGreen: Develops new portfolio of fully bio-based surfactants, realized by transforming agricultural and forest residues, and other locally sourced feedstock into new safe, sustainable, and scalable solution for the European bio-based economy.
DATA4CIRC: Develops an innovative data-sharing framework to help European manufacturing prepare for a more sustainable future. It improves access to the information factories need to efficiently and safely recover, recycle, and reuse materials, and move towards a circular economy.
What is BIOSAFIRE all about?
BIOSAFIRE will develop and upscale innovative products upgrading nature’s best fire retardants (FRs): lignins and tannins. To ensure that these novel products are safe and sustainable, while retaining their desired technological functionality, they will be thoroughly assessed by applying the SSbD framework at different stages of their development and the results will be iteratively fed into the further design and optimisation of the technologies. Involving the full material value chain, these flame retardants will be upscaled to TRL7 and demonstrated in five different applications.
Excited for the journey ahead and the positive impact we’ll create together!
