HSbooster.eu Final Event: Impact through Research, Innovation and Standards

Wednesday 5 March 2025, 10:30-16:45 CET

HSbooster.eu Final Event

Impact through Research, Innovation and Standards

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On 5 March 2025, from 10:30 to 16:45 CET in Brussels (Belgium) at Area 42, Rue des Palais 46, HSbooster.eu is holding its Final Event.

Since April 2022, HSbooster.eu has been piloting the first European Standardisation Booster. The booster has mobilised standardisation experts to guide hundreds of EU-funded projects and beneficiaries to valorise their results by contributing to the creation or revision of standards.
So what lessons have been learned? How can projects be supported and what impact can they make through standardisation? What does the future hold for future support to R&I projects in standardisation.

Why attend?

Meet the experts who have guided projects and advised the on their standardisation strategies. Hear about the tools, services and Training Academy developed. Learn about how projects have contributed to standardisation in different priority areas. Find out more about how standardisation can become a key vehicle for valorising the results of R&I projects.

Agenda

10:30 | Registration & Networking Coffee
11:00 | Standardisation as a vehicle for knowledge valorisation
Ioannis Sagias, Deputy Head of Unit for Valorisation Policies and IPR, DG Research and Innovation
Nicholas Ferguson, COMMpla & HSbooster.eu Coordinator
11:30 | Helping Projects and Researchers Navigate the Standardisation Sea
Many projects have used the Booster services to get advice on defining a standardisation strategy. Understanding the standards landscape and state of the art are essential parts of this, which can be a real challenge if the consortium lacks the knowledge and expertise to do so. This session will explore how projects have taken steps to develop and implement standardisation strategies with the guidance of HSbooster.eu tools such as the Standardisation Orientation Tool and thanks to consultancy sessions with standardisation experts.

Chair: René Lindner, Freelance Consultant for standardisation & HSbooster.eu EAG
Panellists:
Jan Ramon, INRIA-Lille & FLUTE Project
Józefina Krasnodębska, 7bulls & NebulOuS Project
Juha Röning, University of Oulu & CS-AWARE-NEXT Project
Matteo Falsetta, GFT Technologies & MOBISPACES, XR5.0 , FAME & HUMAINE projects
Sharon Farrell, Dublin City University & HSbooster.eu Partner
12:15 | Making a Splash through Standardisation – Projects Contributing to EU Standardisation
An EU objective in many areas is to facilitate European researchers and innovators' contributions to revising existing standards or developing new standards. We’ll hear from the Booster experts and projects that have made this a reality by participating in meetings and contributing to the specifications and development of CEN Workshop Agreements.

Chair: Muslim Elkotob, Vodafone & HSbooster.eu Expert
Panellists:
Elena Mocchio, UNI - Italian Standardisation Body & BIORECER Project
George Manias, University of Piraeus & iHELP Project
Joost Brancart, Vrije Universiteit Brussel & SHINTO Project
Julia Gottschall, Fraunhofer, IWES & HSbooster Expert
Monika Heyder, ICLEI & NetworkNature and NetZeroCities Projects
Paola Amato, Solar Impulse Foundation & HSbooster.eu Expert
Sandra Feliciano, Polytechnic Institute of Porto, HSbooster.eu Expert & StandICT Fellow
13:15 | Networking Lunch
14:15 | Smiles Better ☺ – Experiences of the HSbooster.eu Training Academy
HSbooster has provided training on standardisation to improve the understanding researchers, and innovators can harness standardisation to boost knowledge valorisation and create new opportunities for the impact of project results. We’ll hear both from some of the many trainers and trainees who have followed HSbooster online and live training sessions.

Chair: Ivana Mijatovic, University of Belgrade
Biljana Lj. Tošić, University of Belgrade
Emilia Tantar, Black Swan and HSbooster EAG
Magnus Hakvåg, House of Knowledge
Sofia Diaz Gutierrez, Dublin City University
15:00 | Bridging the technical and social dimensions of standardisation: examples from the HSbooster.eu and other EU-funded initiatives collaboration
This session highlights the interconnection between standardisation and broader societal concerns by presenting some of the activities conducted by HSbooster.eu in synergy with StandICT.eu 2026, Stand4EU and other strategic standardisation-related projects. The session focuses, among other points, on highlighting the work around the integration of human rights and gender perspectives into standardisation processes.
Maria Giuffrida, Trust-IT, HSbooster.eu Partner
15:30 | Break
15:45 | Boosting Research and Standardisation in the Future – Recommendations
In this concluding session, we consider the recommendations laid out by HSbooster.eu for a future standardisation booster. We’ll hear different perspectives from researchers, innovators, and the European Standardisation Bodies that consider challenges, needs, and opportunities.

Chair: Signe Annette Bøgh, Dansk Standard & HSbooster.eu Partner
Panellists:
Eddy Odijk, Neovate Market Standards & HSbooster Expert
Giovanni Collot, CEN & CENELEC
Igor Minaev, ETSI
Knut Blind, Fraunhofer ISI, TU Berlin & HSbooster EAG
Lucio González Jiménez, SGS Brightsight & HSbooster.eu Partner
Nicolae Paladi, Canary Bit AB, HSbooster Expert & Harpocrates Project

16:30 | Final Summing Up
Nicholas Ferguson, COMMpla and HSbooster.eu Coordinator
16:45 | Event ends