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EIC CLEANTECH PORTFOLIO DAYS 2025: BUILDING EUROPE’S SUSTAINABLE FUTURE

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The EIC Communities project is delighted to announce the EIC Cleantech Thematic Workshop and Portfolio Day, a two-part online event dedicated to exploring Europe’s clean technology landscape. Organised in collaboration with the EIC Cleantech Community of Practice (CoP) and its thematic expert Prishtina REA, the event will take place on 12 November 2025 and 9 December, bringing together innovators, startups, investors, researchers, and policymakers from across Europe and the Western Balkans.

Over two sessions, participants will explore how AI, automation, and smart systems are shaping the clean energy ecosystem, and how green finance and sustainable building are driving the next wave of the European Green Transition.

The Portfolio Day will showcase outstanding EIC-funded cleantech projects, highlight cross-sector collaboration opportunities, and present best practices in sustainable construction and materials. The Thematic Workshops will then focus on renewable technologies, digital efficiency, and financing mechanisms, connecting stakeholders who are redefining how Europe innovates for a greener tomorrow.

🗓 Day 1 – Thematic Workshops

📅 12 November 2025 | 13:30–17:00 CET

📍 Online – Register here

Time

Session

13:30–15:00

Workshop #1: Renewable and Green – A Transformed and Automated Growth Ecosystem

Moderator: Ahmet Jetullahu-Meti (Prishtina REA)

Panelists:

  1. Benjamin Barthelemy, Data Green Center (France): How AI or edge computing significantly improves energy efficiency, resilience, in a real-world infrastructure project, like for example: Greentech reducing CO2 Emissions, by prioritizing renewable energy resources 
  2. Driton Hetemi, Kosovo Energy Efficiency Fund: How energy efficiency measures, smart systems and digital solutions accelerate the building cleantech landscape 
  3. Er Aashish Gupta, Global Chamber of Commerce & Industry (GCCI)

Discussion topics: Technological advancements, collaboration strategies, and future trends in green energy and automation.

15:00–15:15

Break

15:15–16:30

Workshop #2: Financing and Investment Challenges in Cleantech

Moderator: Ahmet Jetullahu-Meti (Prishtina REA)

Panelists:

  1. Dr Christine Lemaitre, DGNB (Germany): German Sustainable Building development and sharing innovation and certification, distinguishing business cases internationally.
  2. Fahrush Azemi, Kosovo Green Building Council (KGBC)
  3. Nastasija Stojanovikj, Western Balkans Program Officer, North Macedonia Country Coordinator RECONOMY Program HELVETAS.

Interactive Q&A.

16:45–17:00

Closing Remarks

 

🗓 Day 2 – Portfolio Day

📅 9 December 2025 | 09:30–12:40 CET

📍 Online – Register here

Time

Session

09:30–09:40

Welcome & Opening Remarks

Joanna Abi Abdallah (EBN), Stefania De Santi (APRE), and Ahmet Jetullahu-Meti (Prishtina REA)

09:40–10:40

The EIC Portfolio: Best Practice Sharing

Projects Best-Practice -Sharing Keynote: bringing the most influential or highly scored EIC application for a summary factsheet.

10:40–11:40

Panel discussion: Innovation-Technology-Efficiency in Cleantech

The panel will explore translational approaches in cleantech initiatives and technologies, and analyse challenges and possible synergies across sectors.

Moderator: Mr. Rexhep Ilazi 

Construction Innovative Transformation and R&D-Based Challenges
From hybrid construction methodologies to advanced technologies such as prefabrication, the discussion will showcase how innovation is transforming the way we design, build, and live.

11:40–12:40

Keynote Session: Cleantech Building Materials and Modular Innovation

  1.  Efficiencies, R&D Challenges and Innovation Solutions in Cleantech: Besart Hajrizi, InstaBuilt Innovation Centre (Kosovo–USA)
  2. Refractory Materials, Innovation and Sustainable Construction: Vasilis Rokos, Roka Refractories (Greece).

 

This year’s Cleantech Portfolio Days will reinforce the EIC’s leadership in driving Europe’s green transition, highlighting how collaboration, innovation, and smart investment can deliver tangible environmental and economic impact.

*Photo by Ron Lach.

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