OIP-2023 Conference

The OIP-2023 conference, a scientific and technical event dedicated to exploring and promoting the principles of open innovation and collaboration in the field of materials modeling, design and manufacturing, has been organized by VIPCOAT consortium with the support of the coordinators of MUSICODE and OpenModel projects.
It was a scientific and technical event dedicated to exploring and promoting the principles of open innovation and collaboration in the field of materials modeling, design and manufacturing. The conference served as a platform for researchers, industry professionals, policymakers, and innovators from Europe and around the world to come together and share their knowledge, insights, and experiences. The primary objective of OIP-2023 was to foster an environment of openness, transparency, and collaboration in materials design and manufacturing. It recognizes that the challenges faced by the industry can be effectively addressed through interdisciplinary collaboration and the sharing of ideas, data, and resources. The conference aimed to break down traditional silos and facilitate the exchange of information between academia, industry, and other stakeholders.
More as 60 scientists and industrial specialists have been registered and participated at this physical event both days.
The meeting covered important topics of Open Innovation, AMI2030 and SRIA, Safe and Sustainable by Design materials and tools, and technical challenges in the implementation of OIPs for different industrial applications.
The OIP-2023 was a very successful event, which collected many ideas and plans for the future collaboration of the participants. Moreover, as a reply to the kind request for the further action, VIPCOAT consortium decided to organize the next OIP conference in October 2024 in Kaiserslautern: AD_card SAVE the Day read more

M30 Meeting

On October 18-19, 2023, representatives of all VIPCOAT partners met at the University of Luxembourg to discuss the project progress at M30 stage. Technical discussion of the first day of the meeting was focused on challenges and open questions in modeling techniques, data generations, new coating systems testing and industrial requirements them, as well as on issues with the Open Innovation Platform implementation and new protective coatings design. Interactive workshop on Automatization of Translation process and demonstration of the OIP new features at the Open Innovation Facilitation workshop finalized the program of the technical day. On the second day, partners discussed the exploitation strategy, provided scientific / technical reports, and agreed on the actions plan for the next 6-months period.
We are looking forward to meeting at M36 at TU Delft and discussing the progress and next steps for VIPCOAT implementation.

Digital Total 2023

On October 9th and 10th, 2023, University of Hamburg is organizing and conducted by the House of Computing & Data Science (HCDS a two-day event "Digital Total", in collaboration with partners from the scientific platform PIER PLUS and the Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Hamburg. Lisa Sahlmann and Christian Feiler (Hereon) participated in the conference presenting a poster. read more