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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Dear all, <br>
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I'm picking up from Ana's email about Malta EFECS 2025 to provide a bit more information about our planned activities, as a few of you requested.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">As you know, PIXEurope has been invited to host a stand at EFECS 2025 by ChipsJU, which we’re already preparing with Sabine.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">This year’s theme is <i>“Accelerate Innovation: Building European Competitiveness</i>”, with a strong focus on value-chain security, sustainability, emerging market opportunities and Europe’s technological sovereignty
via the ECS ecosystem. The agenda includes talks on policy (e.g. an update on the EU Chips Act), and workshops on pilot-line & project case studies (e.g., FAMES pilot line implementation).
<a id="OWAAM8B8F9526E88648A2BC55608991606E67" href="mailto:Elisabeth.Wintersteller@tyndall.ie">
<span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">@Elisabeth</span></a>, there’s also a dedicated workshop on skills, in case it’s of interest:
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><i><span style="color:black">This workshop will provide an overview of the ongoing projects on skills, spotlight existing best practices, and facilitate discussion on coordinated action to support talent pipeline
development. Attendees will discuss gaps in the implementation of skills activities and ways to scale up initiatives to meet growing labour market needs.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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Personally, I am particularly interested in the Case Studies from other Pilot Lines, and Sessions 2 and 3 sound quite interesting (2 –<i> Emerging technology opportunities and applications in Europe</i> and 3 –
<i>Review of the Chips Act, Policy, Funding and Strategic Alignment</i>). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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There’s no pressure to attend as Ana, Alona and I have already volunteered to man the stand. However, I think it's quite important to showcase the decentralised and collaborative nature of the Pilot Line by having representatives from different institutions.
Therefore, if anyone is free to attend and thinks they can get something out of the trip, we'd be very happy to welcome a fourth (or additional) person to the team. We understand, of course, that you may have other commitments.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">I hope this gives you a better idea of the event’s content and our role at the Exhibition. You can access the full programme in this
<a href="https://efecs.eu/programme">link</a>. <br>
We’re looking forward to hearing from you. <br>
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Best wishes, <br>
Marina<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#001489">Dr Marina Santana-Vega</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">PIXEurope Project Manager</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">PIXSpain Competence Centre Ecosystem Manager</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">ICFO-The Institute of Photonic Sciences</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Mediterranean Technology Park</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Av. Carl Friedrich Gauss, num. 3<br>
08860 Castelldefels (Barcelona), Spain</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">T: +34 93 554 2228</span><span lang="ES" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">E: </span>
<u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#467886"><a href="mailto:marina.santana@icfo.eu"><span lang="ES" style="color:#467886">marina.santana@icfo.eu</span></a></span></u><span lang="ES" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#001489">I: </span><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#0563C1"><a href="http://www.icfo.eu/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0563C1">www.icfo.eu</span></a></span></u><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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