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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear all,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I would like to inform you that we are starting the
<b>public promotion</b> of <b>PIXEurope Connect – Industry Ecosystem Building Day</b>, taking place on
<b>21 May 2026</b> in Barcelona.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Over the past weeks, the PIXEurope team has implemented a tiered and sequenced communication strategy to ensure a structured rollout of invitations, prioritising key stakeholders while maintaining coherence
across channels.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">To summarise the approach:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Group 1 – Priority companies & key ecosystem actors:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> First wave of invitations sent to strategically relevant companies and selected
RTO/ecosystem partners. (Early March)</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Group 2 – Additional priority stakeholders:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> Second wave reaching important but non‑critical participants. (Mid March)</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Group 3 – Sensitive stakeholders:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> High‑visibility or sensitive profiles contacted directly by ICFO’s Executive Team or Valerio.
(End of March)</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Institutional stakeholders:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> Ministries, regional authorities, Chips JU, and the European Commission invited through protocol‑appropriate
communication. (Throughout March)</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Wider ecosystem:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> Public promotion via social media with a
<b>“register your interest”</b> link. Interested parties will be able to submit their details through this form;
<b>only selected participants</b> will subsequently receive the official registration link.
</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">LinkedIn Post scheduled for tomorrow 9am.</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Sharing with</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">
<b>multipliers for dissemination</b>, such as industry associations and clusters (e.g. aCCCess, Eposs, Inside, Aeneas, EPIC, Optica, Photonics 21, etc.)<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">To date, we count with <b>136 registrations</b>: 49 industry representatives, 8 industry associations/innovation hubs/technology platforms/clusters, 10 public entity representatives, 63 university/RTO representatives
(including many of you), and 6 others such as VCs. We are currently finalising protocol confirmation for several high‑level institutional speakers, whose participation will be officially announced through PIXEurope channels once validated – as well as further
speakers and panelists from the end-user panels.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Your support needed:</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">We kindly ask all partners for support in
<b>amplifying the announcement across your networks to help us maximise the outreach within our ecosystem.
</b>We’ll therefore share this call for support with all PIs and WP2 & Communication representatives of partner entities for dissemination.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">You may find the <b>event banner</b> as well as a
<b>draft social media text</b> in the following Sharepoint folder: <a href="https://icfo.sharepoint.com/:f:/r/sites/PIXEurope/Shared%20Documents/General/02.%20MEETINGS/03.%20Ecosystem%20Day/PIXEurope%20Connect%20-%20Dissemination?csf=1&web=1&e=lsXd8U">
PIXEurope Connect - Dissemination</a>. You are welcome to adapt the text when sharing the event through your own channels.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Thank you in advance for your support in helping us reach the wider integrated photonics community.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">If you have any questions or require additional materials, please feel free to reach out. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Best regards,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:2.0pt;page-break-after:avoid"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Sabine<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;color:#001489">Sabine Runge</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">PIXEurope Communication Officer
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">ICFO - The Institute of Photonic Sciences
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="ES" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Parc Mediterrani de la Tecnologia
</span><span lang="ES"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="ES" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Av. Carl Friedrich Gauss, 3
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">08860 Castelldefels (Barcelona), Spain
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">E.
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:blue"><a href="mailto:Sabine.runge@icfo.eu">Sabine.runge@icfo.eu</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">T. 93 554 2281</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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