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Policy-driven Innovation in Manufacturing Through Digital Technologies<\/h2>\n

What happens when two capital cities combine their innovation strengths instead of working in parallel? That is the idea behind the Twin City Future Innovation Manufacturing Hub (2C FIMH)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The project connects startups, industry, academia, NGOs, and public institutions across Vienna and Bratislava to build a shared innovation ecosystem for the future of manufacturing.<\/p>\n

June 9, 2026 | 10:00\u201314:00<\/strong>
\nFFG, Sensengasse 1, 1190 Vienna<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Programme:<\/h2>\n

10:00 \u2013 Welcome by Georg Sedlbauer<\/a> (Bundesministerium f\u00fcr Innovation, Mobilit\u00e4t und Infrastruktur<\/a>) & Elisa Hammel<\/a> (FFG Austrian Research Promotion Agency<\/a>)<\/p>\n

10:15 \u2013 Lightning Talks: PACE-DPP (Dr. Martin Benedikt<\/a>, Virtual Vehicle Research GmbH<\/a>), PASSAT (Margit Kranner<\/a>, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology<\/a>), Twin City Future Innovation Manufacturing Hub (2C FIMH)<\/a> (Katarina Bendikova<\/a>, EIT Manufacturing<\/a> East)<\/p>\n

10:35 \u2013 Fishbowl discussion: Project insights & debate on policy-driven innovation:
\n\u25a0 DPP4Plastics: A Digital Product Passport for Plastics, ECO TCO: Optimizing product design and configuration for an ecodesign compliant total cost of ownership approach, DPP4E: Digital Product Pass for the Electronics Industry, bee produced GmbH<\/a> & USTP \u2013 University of Applied Sciences St. P\u00f6lten<\/a>, Tassilo Pellegrini<\/a>
\n\u25a0 KInd: Cognified Industry, Product- and Process Innovation, Pro2Future GmbH<\/a>, Michael Haslgr\u00fcbler<\/a>
\n\u25a0 Twin City Future Innovation Manufacturing Hub (2C FIMH)<\/a>, EIT Manufacturing<\/a> East, Katarina Bendikova<\/a>
\n\u25a0 TestileCycle, Johannes Kepler Universit\u00e4t Linz<\/a><\/p>\n

11:50 \u2013 Interactive session & networking<\/p>\n

12:40 \u2013 Lightning Talks 2: EOS-Ayce (Eurostars) Helene Saurais<\/a>, inoqo<\/a> & FFG cross-border funding opportunities, Thomas Roeblreiter<\/a>, FFG Austrian Research Promotion Agency<\/a><\/p>\n

Register now and join the conversation:
\nhttps:\/\/lnkd.in\/d_k2Gvip<\/a><\/p>\n

Part of the networking series Spannungsfeld Regulierung und Innovation – Digitale Technologien als L\u00f6sungsansatz?<\/a> initiated by Bundesministerium f\u00fcr Innovation, Mobilit\u00e4t und Infrastruktur<\/a> and FFG Austrian Research Promotion Agency<\/a>
\nFollow the community for updates and interviews: https:\/\/bit.ly\/4nXaSOh<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5374,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"event_listing_category":[80],"event_listing_type":[84],"class_list":["post-5373","event_listing","type-event_listing","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","event_listing_category-event-en","event_listing_type-community-event-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nFFG workshop: Policy-driven Innovation in Manufacturing - Twin City Future Innovation Manufacturing Hub<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.twincityhub.eu\/en\/event\/ffg-workshop-policy-driven-innovation-in-manufacturing-through-digital-technologies\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"FFG workshop: Policy-driven Innovation in Manufacturing - Twin City Future Innovation Manufacturing Hub\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Policy-driven Innovation in Manufacturing Through Digital Technologies What happens when two capital cities combine their innovation strengths instead of working in parallel? 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