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It’s a shame you can’t make it this time – thanks for letting us know though. <br>
I’m sure there will be plenty of opportunities to attend other events. <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><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">PIXEurope Project Manager</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">ICFO-The Institute of Photonic Sciences</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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08860 Castelldefels (Barcelona), Spain</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Elisabeth Wintersteller via Pixeurope-mct<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 29 October 2025 18:47<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Pixeurope-mct] PIXEurope: EFECS 2025 Malta<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Dear Marina,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Thanks for providing further details on PIXEurope’s planned activities at EFECS 2025 in Malta. I also noticed the workshop on skills when I reviewed the agenda last
week, and I agree it looks very interesting. I’m afraid I won’t be able to participate as I need to be back in Cork on the morning of 5 December and there are no suitable travel connections.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">If you need any input or information as you prepare the booth, please feel free to reach out.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Thank you for taking the lead on this conference.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Liz<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#595959;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Elisabeth (Liz) Wintersteller</span></b><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Marina Santana via Pixeurope-mct<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday 28 October 2025 14:42<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:pixeurope-mct@lists.icfo.es">pixeurope-mct@lists.icfo.es</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Pixeurope-mct] PIXEurope: EFECS 2025 Malta<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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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>
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<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>
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<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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