Introduction
EMMC FA Community & Policy will host a brokerage event on Wednesday, 11 February, 2026 | 10:00-13:00 CET, for the upcoming Work Programme 2026-2027 of Horizon Europe. The timescale from publication to proposal submission will be – as always – quite short.
EMMC Organisational members offer competences
In order to support collaborations, EMMC is organising this brokerage event to enable EMMC organisational members to offer their competences in the fields of likely call topics. Please be specific about the call you are interested in and let us know how your competence would address that.
All other EMMC members can offer project ideas
The event will also be open to EMMC associated and EMMC full individual members and non-members, but only if offering project ideas and seeking particular competences in the fields of EMMC (modelling and characterisation, digitalisation and interoperability etc).
Event guidelines
In order to prepare the event and facilitate matchmaking, please adhere to the following procedure:
- Please register for the event on this page below
- If you would like to contribute a project idea for presentation, please fill in the pptx-template (send to contact@emmc.eu not later than FEB 9, 2026, please)
- If you would like to offer competences regarding a specific call topic, also use the pptx-template, removing not applicable sections blank (send to contact@emmc.eu not later than FEB 9, 2026, please)
- Put a sticky notes with some key points from the offer onto the online MIRO board in the relevant box, which should hopefully be self-evident.
On the day of the event, we will
- provide time for flash presentations for presentations with competences offered, followed by project ideas/competences required.
- This will be followed by a session in breakout rooms (Zoom) for different call topics to enable further discussion and matchmaking.
MiroBoard and link to WP 2026-2027
The links for the online MiroBoard and for the HE WP 2026-2027 in cluster 4 & 5 are provided to all EMMC Members below, where they can offer competences or ask for competences required for project ideas relating to a list of calls and topics which we selected as being the most relevant to our stakeholders.
Schedule
| Time | Topic | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| 10:00 - 10:10 | Welcome & Introduction | Gerhard Goldbeck (EMMC) |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | EMMC Organisational Members offering competences (max 5 minutes) | EMMC Organisational Members |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Project ideas presentations (max 5 minutes) | All EMMC members |
| 10:10 - 10:30 | Overview of relevant calls in HE WP 2026-2027 | Gerhard Goldbeck (EMMC) |
| 11:45 - 12:05 | Plenary discussion | All participants |
| 12:05 - 12:15 | Short break | |
| 12:35 - 12:55 | Breakout rooms arranged for next topics | All participants |
| 11:30 - 11:45 | Online poll on interest in call topics | Result will define breakout rooms for later discussions |
| 12:15 - 12:35 | Breakout rooms arranged for topics of highest interest | All participants |
| 12:55 - 13:00 | Conclusion | Moderated by Gerhard Goldbeck (EMMC) |
Template for flash presentations
Please use the template for flash presentations to present your competences and/or project ideas. As Gerhard Goldbeck will set up a schedule for all flash presentations, please send your presentation to contact@emmc.eu not later than FEB 10, 2026 | 1200 CET.
Contact
Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.
Registration
Available below if you are logged in as at least an EMMC Associate Member (free).
Online participation link
Will be provided a day before the event.
List of relevant calls
HORIZON-CL4-2026-02- MAT-PROD-21-two-stage: Development of safe and sustainable alternatives to substances of concern (IA)
HORIZON-CL4-2026-01-MAT-PROD-23: Accelerating the discovery and development of chemicals and innovative advanced materials through digitalisation and artificial intelligence (IA)
HORIZON-CL4-2026-01-MAT-PROD-24: Cooperation on innovative advanced materials with Japan (CSA)
HORIZON-CL4-2026-01- MAT-PROD-01: Advanced manufacturing for key products (IA)
HORIZON-CL4-2026-01-MAT-PROD-05: Circular innovative advanced materials: facilitating the transition from design to markets (RIA)
HORIZON-CL4-2026-01-MAT-PROD-48: ‘Proof of market’ to improve valorisation and commercialisation of Horizon generated R&I results
HORIZON-CL4-2026-01-MAT-PROD-11: Innovative technologies and tools for exploration and data modelling of raw materials (RIA)
HORIZON-CL4-2026-05-MAT-PROD-25: New or enhanced Innovative Advanced Materials (IAM) enabled sensing functionality (RIA)
HORIZON-CL4-2026-02-DIGITAL-EMERGING-53-two-stage: Innovative AI methods and technologies for the process industries (RIA)
HORIZON-CL5-2026-09-D2-01: Producing battery-grade materials for electrodes through sustainable processing and refining of raw materials or developing bio-based materials (BATT4EU Partnership)
