Don't miss Galactica's activities this Fall!
The 8 learning expeditions to foster cross-sectoral innovation in Aerospace, Textiles and Advanced Manufacturing Sectors and 2nd Hackathon, all of these will take place throughout October & November.
GALACTICA launched in July, the registration for the 8 learning expeditions among the different prioritized sectors: textile, aeronautics/aerospace and advanced manufacturing. Also the calls for travel vouchers to participate in these, are open through expressions of interest.
At the same time the GALACTICA 2nd Hackathon was launch in July and is open to start-ups and SMEs as well as to university students based in European Union (EU27) or United Kingdom.
GALACTICA Learning Expeditions and cross-sectoral fertilization workshops
GALACTICA has prepared 8 Learning expeditions for cross-sectoral innovation in Aerospace, Textiles and Advanced Manufacturing Sectors to be held along October & November 2021. This is an opportunity to visit, learn and meet with success stories from leading companies from different industrial sectors.
Do not miss this opportunity to learn the latest trends in the sectors of aerospace, textile and advanced manufacturing, participate in cross-sectoral fertilization workshops and networking opportunities that Galactica offers you.
Host | Sector | Location | Dates | Deadline to apply for travel vouchers |
ATEVAL | TEXTILE | Valencia- Spain | 18-19 Oct 2021 | 14/9/21 at 17h CEST |
CTA | AEROSPACE | Seville- Spain | 28-29 Oct 2021 | 16/9/21 at 17h CEST |
CORALLIA | AEROSPACE | Athens- Greece | 1-2 Nov 2021 | 23/9/21 at 17h CEST |
NTT | TEXTILE | Prato/ Florence- Italy | 8-9 Nov 2021 | 30/9/21 at 17h CEST |
EMC2 | ADVANCED MANUFACTURING | Nantes- France | 15-16 Nov 2021 | 07/10/21 at 17h CEST |
SAG | AEROSPACE | Hamburg- Germany | 25-26 Nov 2021 | 14/10/21 at 17h CEST |
AEI TEXTILS | TEXTILE | Barcelona/Terrassa- Spain | 29-30 Nov 2021 | 21/10/21 at 17h CEST |
PRODUTECH | ADVANCED MANUFACTURING | Porto- Portugal | 2-3 Dec 2021 | 21/10/21 at 17h CEST |
Download the information brochure of the expeditions here.
There you can find financial support (travel vouchers) to participate. Startups and SMEs can apply for travel vouchers of up to €650 to participate in one of GALACTICA's learning expeditions.
GALACTICA 2nd HACKATHON
Galactica Hackathon is an open-innovation challenge aimed to find new early-stage ideas that combine advanced manufacturing with aerospace and/or textile.
Registration is open until 24th September, 2021. Check the term of participation and registration.
The competition will run from October to December 2021. It is open to teams from SMEs, Start-Ups and Students within the European Union.
The 2nd GALACTICA Hackathon will take place in two rounds, firstly a virtual challenge on open innovation from October 1st to 14th (the first round will be fully online), and a 2nd round for selected finalists (up to 10 teams) on November 30th and December 1st 2021. The second round will be held in Barcelona area (location to be confirmed and subject to sanitary conditions). Finalists will be eligible for travel vouchers to attend on-site.
All projects will be evaluated by experts from 10 European clusters and organisations, both from technical and business perspective.
4 teams will be awarded with a total amount of 50,000€ as prizes and will have the opportunity to access other GALACTICA support tools (Orbital Projects, Pioneer Acceleration) to further support the scale-up of innovative ideas and create new value chains.
PRIZES
SMEs & Start-ups | 25.000€Winner | 10.000€ Runner-up |
Students |
10.000€ Winner |
5.000€ Runner-up |