In March 2013, the European       Commission, with the support of the European Factories of the Future Research Association (EFFRA), organised the 3rd Workshop on the Impact of the FoF PPP. All FoF projects funded in the first 3 calls (2010-2012) were invited to a 2-day event to assess the impact of the PPP initiative and to strengthen the cooperation links within the community.

The objectives of the Workshop were to address innovation and exploitation issues in running projects and explore potential for cross-project clustering. To this aim, projects were grouped in small clusters and asked to discuss common technical and non-technical issues and possible synergies. Joint presentations were then delivered in three parallel sessions. The second day, in a plenary session, participants could listen to a number of success stories and to EC and private sector representatives talking about their views on the Factories of the Future PPP.

Click here for the agenda: http://ec.europa.eu/research/industrial_technologies/pdf/fof-impact-workshop-11-12032013-agenda_en.pdf

More information and presentations: http://ec.europa.eu/research/industrial_technologies/meetings-and-workshops_en.html