Cluster 3: Civil Security for Society & Cluster 4: Digital, Industry and Space

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Horizon Europe
Consortia
Building
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Cluster 3 and
Cluster 4
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Agenda
09:00 | Pre-event virtual networking and 1-1 meeting opportunities
10:00 | Welcome and Introduction – KTN / UK National Contact Point Team
10:15 | Getting ready for Horizon Europe and finding the right partners – UK National Contact Point Team
11:15 | Break
11:25 | Pitching Session 1 (Cluster 1 and Cluster 2) – Each pitch will be max. 2-3 minutes long.
12:00 | Lunch & Virtual Networking Opportunities
12:45 | Pitching Session 2 – Each pitch will be max. 2-3 minutes long.
13:45 | Parallel Sessions continued – Virtual round-table discussions with pitch presenters & 1-1 Meeting
opportunities with NCPs
14:30 | 1-1 Meeting Opportunities
17:00 | Close

1-1 Meetings via Meeting Mojo
• You can organise 1:1 meetings with other registered users
• You will be able to create your profile, search other users’
profiles and book video chat meetings via the platform.
• You can search by organisation, by individual or by key
word.
• Don’t forget to confirm your requested meetings!
https://horizoneurope.meeting-mojo.com
• Will remain open until the end of July ‘21

European Framework Programmes
• Funding programmes created by the European Union/European Commission to support and foster
research and innovation
• Began in 1984 and each last for 7 years and align to the EU’s Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF)
Horizon 2020 ran from 2014 until 2020
• The previous Framework Programme (FP). Had its last call for proposals in 2020. Total budget for
Horizon 2020 was ~ €80 billion.
Horizon Europe will run 2021 to 2027
• The 9th FP and successor to Horizon 2020 with a €95.5 billion budget
• Work Programmes due to be published in June 2021 (tbc) although a few calls have already been
launched.
The UK has agreed to Associate to Horizon Europe

• UK entities will have equivalent participation rights to those from Member States can lead projects as
coordinators
• UK has continued access to Horizon Europe research and innovation funding, infrastructure and markets
• Able to access funding from all parts of the Programme including the ERC (European Research Council), MSCA (Marie
Skłodowska-Curie Actions), Partnerships, the EIT (European Institute of Innovation and Technology), the direct actions of
the JRC (Joint Research Centre). The UK will be an associate to the COST programme and to EURATOM and ITER. Can
access the majority of the EIC (European Innovation Council) the except the EIC Accelerator equity fund
• Work programme level exclusions only in exceptional and justifiable cases (e.g., some Defence & Security)
• Participation and influence on programme governance structures (e.g. programme committees)
• UK experts can continue to take part in peer review (register as an expert here)
• The ‘Associated Countries’ concept is not new - Horizon 2020 had 16 Associated Countries including Israel,
Switzerland, Norway and Turkey
• EU confirmation of UK participation
European Commission Q&A on the UK’s Participation in Horizon Europe
UK ‘Association’ means continued UK participation
The UK has agreed to Associate to Horizon Europe

Horizon Europe Structure €53.8bn
€24.9bn €13.4bn
• €95.5bn total funding agreed for 2021-2027
• NB budget figures exclude UK and other Associate Country contributions
• Others likely to associate incl. Switzerland, Norway, Turkey & Israel
• Canada, Japan, Australia etc. status TBC
Note: Info based on DRAFT WP

Cluster 4 – Digital, Industry & Space
Key Themes
Digital
• AI, Data & Computing
• Photonics & Electronics
• Smart Networks & Connectivity
• Robotics
• Digital Economy
Industry
• Circular Industries
• Resource & Energy efficiency
• Digital & Agile Manufacturing
• Sustainability by design
• Smart, Multi-functional materials (incl.
Graphene, Nano & bio)
• Adv. Materials for Energy storage
(incl. Hydrogen & Electrification)
Space
• Satellite technology
• Access to space
• Space data
• Space science
• Space robotics
€15.54bn funding (2021-27)
>190 call topics in 2021-22
NCP Industry: Abishek Ramesh
€1.56bn – 2021/22 €1.51bn – 2021/22 €0.31bn – 2021/22
Note: Info based on DRAFT WP
• 1st Calls Open: 22 Jun 2021;
• Deadlines: 23 Sept 2021
• 1st Calls Open: 22 Jun 2021;
• Deadline: 23 Sep 2021
• 1st Calls Open: 29 Oct 2021;
• Deadline: 16 February 2022
Destinations 1 & 2
Destinations
3,4,6
Destinations 5
NCP Digital: Stafford Lloyd NCP Space: Catherine Holt

Getting ready for Horizon Europe and finding the right
partners
Stafford Lloyd, Abishek Ramesh, Helen Fairclough, Kerry Young, Catherine Holt
(UK National Contact Point Team)

Getting ready for Horizon Europe
Presented by UK National ContactPoints:
Zale Johnson - Civil Security for Society – Cluster 3
Catherine Holt – Space – Cluster 4
Abishek Ramesh – Industry – Cluster 4
17th June 2021

Agenda
2
• National Contact Points
• Consortium Building & Partner Search
• UK Association and Eligibility
• Developing a Proposal
• Evaluation Criteria in Horizon Europe
• Events

What is a National Contact Point (NCP)?
NCP
Businesses
RTOs
Academia
UK Gov
EU
Commission
Global R&I
network
UK NCP network: Team of sector specific public servants providing free support to UK participants
to Horizon Europe
International NCP network: Support in Europe and the rest of the world - NCP services vary in
each country/sector, but typically include:
Informing, awareness raising – on all aspects of Horizon Europe
rules, processes and participation
Assisting, advising and training – to improve the quality of Horizon
Europe proposals with UK content to increase success rate
Signposting and cooperation – direct to relevant support and work
with each other to support consortium development
Thought Leadership – working with UK government, sector
stakeholders, other nations, and European Commission to shape
the future direction of research and innovation

Consortium Building &
Partner Search

Consortium Building – starting point
• Identify call topic of interest - pay attention to the details (scope, impact, outcome etc.,)
• What expertise is needed for the project success?
• Which sectors and disciplines are needed?
• Academia
• Industry
• Public Bodies/NGOs
• End users
• Researchers
• Where might you find good partners with this expertise?
• Are there people you have worked with before or know with suitable expertise?
• How will people/organisations be involved? Partners? Advisory groups? To feed in/disseminate to?
• Think about ‘European Added value’
• Good to have some partners/orgs. with EU/collaborative experience, especially as coordinator

What constitutes a winning consortium?
There is no ‘typical’ or ‘model’ consortium structure
• One that can deliver the expected outcomes within the stated scope and budget
• Any type of organisation can be funded within a Horizon Europe project
• It is common to see a multi-disciplinary consortium
• Academia, large, medium, small enterprises, research & technology orgs, local/national authorities etc
• Work out what is needed for the call topic and what activities will be undertaken
• Useful to include exploitation partners – someone who is going to take the outputs of the project and
actually implement them (e.g., in policy/industry/NGOs/local government/agencies) to demonstrate
impact.
• Useful to include the end user community - advisory board or associate partners
• Always justify how every partner add value to successful project outcome and demonstrate what their
involvement will be
• Ensure that your partners are fully engaged – all working to achieve the same goal
• Have a good balance of countries - avoid large budget share going to one country/partner where possible

• European Commission, Enterprise Europe Network, UK’s KTN, NCPs from around
Europe, Technology Platforms etc will hold virtual events with e.g., Meeting Mojo,
B2B and some have other tools like partner databases (for example EEN/EDGE)
Brokerage events
• Under the ‘How to participate’ tab on the ‘EU Funding and Tenders’ portal where
you can search for past projects and organisations.
Partner Search
• Every topic once published will have a ‘Partner Search’ function where you can
upload your profile (register first) and review others that have done so.
Funding & Tenders portal
• A useful way of finding past projects and participants - allows you to contact them.
CORDIS
Finding right project partner is a bit like looking for a needle
in a haystack – they all look like needles so finding the ones
for you can take time – planning in advance helps!
Ways to finding right project partner

Partner Search – Keywords
§ How to register: Guide
§ Partner search: Guide

Partner Search for a Call Topic
Web-link to Funding and Tenders portal

Web-linktoCORDISportal
Partner Search – CORDIS portal

Helpful hints and tips
Being an effective networker - much more useful than submitting a profile into a portal and awaiting
contacts. Don’t wait to be invited to the party, push yourself forward!
• Use your existing professional networks – find out who the sector leaders are in Europe, use networking tools
like LinkedIn to connect to people – NCPs can also help with introductions.
• Search CORDIS for previous, related projects and contact the participants. All projects must disseminate their
results and often hold workshops, have a project webpage, etc.
Join the relevant networks, associations and partnerships
• Use European conferences and sector events more effectively to get your name ‘out there’. Especially if
you haven’t done much non-UK work. It’s about getting visibility so submit papers, ask for speaking slots,
etc to get yourself known amongst the European innovation community.
• Volunteer to draft working papers, take notes, send in useful information – be helpful and demonstrate
‘Thought Leadership’
• Be an active member – engage with participants in virtual events, ask questions, support others’ opinions
• Show why you are necessary for their project success

Reach out to your NCPs with following details:
• Call Reference & Title of interest
• About your organisation (in the context of project) – background, what you do, who you are, your
team
• Demonstrate strengths - Past project success and partnering (related to the call topic)
• Looking to join a consortium – what you can bring to the group (based on the expected outcomes
and scope), your area of expertise, why they can't do without you!
• Looking to build a consortium – the expertise you are seeking from a potential partner to
undertake the activities within the project, preferred country or organisation type
• Contact details
NCPs support for Consortium building
Keep it simple and relevant to call topic! – 1 to 2 pages max.

UK Association and Eligibility
Slides happily shared

Why European collaboration is important
• A predictable source of funding for research/innovative organisations
• Higher funding rates & the only innovation funding for some sectors
• Solve global grand challenges through collaborative R&I
• Collaborate with world leading organisations to enhance UK/your capabilities
• Access cutting edge technologies, infrastructure, talent & markets
• Collaborating to drive the direction of travel together (e.g. policy)
• Collaborative relationships frequently become transactional ones - exports
• Creating EU/UK jobs, growth and best practice
Increasing
Importance
International

UK has agreed to Associate to HE
What does this mean?
UK scientists, researchers and businesses can
access grant funding on equivalent terms as EU
organisations
• The UK will have the same rights and obligations as other countries associated to the Programme
• Association in European Framework Programmes is standard practice
• Associate Countries participate in the same way as those from Member States
• Organisations from Associate Countries receive grant funding direct from Horizon Europe
• Participants count as ‘eligible’ for the formation of consortia
• Organisations are eligible to lead Horizon Europe Projects
• Further information can be found in the document entitled:
“Q&As on the UK’s participation in Horizon Europe”
https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/research_and_innovation/strategy_on_research_and_innovation/documents/ec_rtd_uk-
participation-in-horizon-europe.pdf

Associated Countries
Countries that associated to Horizon 2020, and are expected to associate to Horizon Europe:
• Albania
• Armenia
• BosniaandHerzegovina
• FaroeIslands
• Georgia
• Iceland
• Israel
• Republic of North Macedonia
• Republic of Moldova
• Montenegro
• Norway
• Serbia
Countries considering association include Canada, Japan,
Australia and others
• Switzerland
• Tunisia
• Turkey
• Ukraine

Eligibility
criteria
• There are several types of eligibility
• Eligibility to take part in a consortium/project
• Eligibility to receive funding as part of a consortium/project
• Eligibility to be one of the minimum number of participants necessary
in a consortium/project

Eligibility criteria explained
Stated in the General Annexes
• Any legal entity, regardless of its place of establishment, including legal entities from non-associated third
countries or international organisations (including international European research organisations) is eligible to
participate (whether it is eligible for funding or not) although exceptions may apply in specific topics so check
the text
• To be eligible for European Commission funding, applicants must be established in one of the eligible
countries, i.e.:
• Member States of the European Union, including their outermost regions;
• Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs) linked to the Member States
• Eligible non-EU countries:
• Countries associated to Horizon Europe
• Low- and middle-income countries if country listed in the Horizon Europe Programme Guide
• Legal entities which are established in countries not listed above will be eligible for funding if provided
for in the specific call conditions, or if their participation is considered essential for implementing the
action by the granting authority
• Consortium Composition (RIAs and IAs):
• At least one independent legal entity established in a Member State; and
• At least two other independent legal entities, each established in different Member States or Associated
Countries

Topic eligibility & considerations
Some topics have additional eligibility criteria or suggestions to consider, e.g.
§ Country/region
§ participation in this topic is limited to legal entities established in Member States,
associated countries, OECD countries and MERCOSUR countries
§ the consortium must include a team of Canadian researchers, with at least one (1)
university applicant in Canada eligible to receive funding
§ participation of entities based in countries without a space tradition is encouraged
§ Personnel
§ involvement of post-graduate researchers (engineers, scientists, and others) is
encouraged, for example through professional work experience or through
fellowships/scholarships when applicable
§ Organisation type
§ project consortia should comprise research institutes, technology suppliers and users
§ participation of industry, in particular SMEs and midcaps, is encouraged
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Developing a proposal

Action Types within Calls
Action Type Description of Project Expectations
Research & Innovation
Action
(RIA)
§ Research to establish new knowledge, explore the feasibility of a new or improved technology, product,
process, service or solution
§ Both basic and applied research, technology development and integration, testing, validation on a small-
scale prototype in a laboratory or simulated environment
§ Limited demonstration or pilot activities aiming to show technical feasibility in a near to operational
environment.
Innovation Action
(IA)
§ Activities producing plans and arrangements or designs for new, altered or improved products, processes or
services.
§ Prototyping, testing, demonstrating, piloting, large-scale product validation and market replication of
innovation already been demonstrated but not yet applied/deployed in the market.
§ A ‘demonstration or pilot’ to validate new or improved technology, product, process, service or solution in
an operational environment, larger scale prototype or demonstrator at system level in real life operating
conditions.
Coordination and
Support Action
(CSA)
§ Actions consisting primarily of accompanying measures such as standardisation, dissemination, awareness-
raising and communication, networking, coordination or support
§ Services, policy dialogues and mutual learning exercises and studies, including design studies for new
infrastructure and may also include complementary activities of strategic planning, networking and
coordination between programmes in different countries.

Example Call within the Work Programme

Understand your Chosen Call
DECONSTRUCT THE CALL TO IDENTIFY THE KEY ELEMENTS
• Print out all the text relevant to your call
• Construct a ‘booklet ‘ unique to you
• Get intimate with your call – read, read and read again
• Completely understand what is required from the call
• Determine what you need to do to fulfil the requirements
• Highlight key words, actions, objectives, activities etc.
• Make a check list of these key items
• Make sure you know how your text will populate the proposal template
• Have a memorable acronym for your project proposal
• What research do you need to do?
• Previous projects?
• Links with other projects?
• Associated policies ?

Developing a Proposal Outline
High Level 1 Pager
• Good to have a one-page proposal to help focus ideas and for consortium building
• WHY - the project is being carried out
• WHAT - is expected to be achieved…what is not expected to be achieved – objectives
• WHO - is going to do the work – which partners doing which activities
• HOW - the project is going to achieve the expected outcomes
• Mirror the wording in the call
• Are there any suggested documents to read? Building on previous projects, background
information
• Work plan and phases of work
• Resources to be used
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Developing a Proposal
EXCELLENCE
• Long term vision
• describe your vision of the new technology
• Say what the transformative/positive of the technology would be on the economy/society
• Science towards technology breakthrough
• Describe the science behind the technology and be descriptive but don’t use jargon
• Describe the novelty and the ambition of the technological breakthrough
• Describe how the vision of the science/technology will become a reality
• Objectives
• Describe the objectives of the project, be clear, plausible, measurable, verifiable and realistic
• Explain the research approach and methodology
• Interdisciplinarity
• Describe the proposed interdisciplinary approach
• Explain to what extent the combination of disciplines brings new scientific collaborations and how
it contributes to the achievement of the proposed breakthrough.

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IMPACT
• Innovation potential
• Describe the exploitation measures to facilitate future translation of research results into innovations and
the potential societal and/or economic impact of such innovations
• Specify the strategy for the management of intellectual property
• Communication & Dissemination
• Describe the foreseen measures and plans for stakeholder and general public engagement and for raising
awareness about the project’s outcomes
QUALITY & EFFICIENCY OF THE IMPLEMENTATION
• Consortium
• Describe the expertise of the consortium members
• Demonstrate that the partners will be supported within the project
• Work Plan and Allocation of Resources
• Provide a brief presentation of the overall structure of the work plan
• Offer timings of the different work packages and their component
Developing a Proposal

Evaluation Criteria in Horizon Europe

Evaluation Criteria in Horizon Europe*
Excellence
Quality & Efficiency
of Implementation
Impact
SCORE 1 - 5 1 - 5 1 - 5
THRESHOLD 3 3 3
OVERALL
THRESHOLD
sum of the three individual scores must be 10
FOR INNOVATION
ACTIONS
SCORE X 1.5
RESEARCH &
INNOVATION ACTIONS
AND COORDINATION
& SUPPORT ACTIONS
EQUALLY WEIGHTED
Example for innovation Actions scoring criteria taking in the impact weighting
Project 1: Excellence=4, Impact=3.5, Implementation =5 (overall score=12.5) 5.25 - 14.25
Project 2: Excellence=5, Impact = 4, Implementation = 3.5 (overall score=12.5) 6.0 - 14.5
Project 3: Excellence=3.5, Impact 4.5, Implementation = 4.5 (overall score = 12.5) 6.75 - 14.75

Excellence
CLARITY &
RELEVANCE
Implementation
QUALITY &
EFFICIENCY
Impact
CREDIBILITY SCALE
& SIGNIFICANCE
Evaluation Criteria in Horizon Europe*
RIAs/IAs:
• Ambition**
• Methodology**
• Gender dimension
• Open Science practices
CSAs:
• Quality of
proposed coordination
and
support measures
RIAs/IAs/CSAs:
• Suitability and quality of measures
• Including communication activities
RIAs/IAs/CSAs:
• Effectiveness of work plan
• Assessment of risks
• Appropriateness of effort
• Overall resources
• Capacity of each participant
• Expertise in consortium * unless otherwise stated in the Work
Programme
** indicates limit of 1st-stage of a 2-stage call
criteria

Evaluation Reports - Examples
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Excellence
ü “The multidisciplinary team is very relevant to carry out the project”
ü “The consortium as a whole offers a very good complementarity, interdisciplinarity as well as cross-sectoral involvement. All of
the necessary expertise is provided within the consortium, with core partners having top level expertise in their field”
q “…the use of stakeholder knowledge is not clearly explained”
Impact/outcome
ü “The consortium combines teams with relevant expertise with a balanced multidisciplinary profile and with a demonstrated
capacity for collaborative work.”
ü “Communication activities are appropriately described by identifying the relevant target groups”
ü “A suitable communication plan to reach appropriate stakeholders is presented”
q “Dissemination is presented very generally and does not provide enough details that would link specific dissemination methods
to specific project results and partners”
q “Socioeconomic impacts are not sufficiently described”
q “The process for dealing with the IP and commercialisation is not sufficiently detailed”
Implementation/Management
ü “Partners have been allocated tasks according to their expertise, and all of them have a valid role in the project.”
ü “The multidisciplinary team contains groups with complementary expertise in the study area, including …..”
q “The consortium as a whole does not convincingly bring together the necessary expertise.”
q “Allocation of tasks to individual participants is not clear due to very limited explanations of the work within work packages.”

Events and Useful Links

Next steps: further information
• The KTN Horizon Europe website includes
• Overview of Horizon Europe by UK NCPs (slides and recording)
• Overview of Cluster 3 by UK NCP (slides and recording)
• Overview of Cluster 4 by UK NCPs (slides and recording)
• Links to European Commission webinars on proposal writing, submission,
evaluation etc
• UK Research Office (UKRO)
• Regularly updated factsheet on UK participation on EU funded programmes
– accessible by all
• Those based at subscribing organisations can also get support on other areas
of Horizon Europe and can register for updates

Future Events
• European Research and Innovation Days - 23rd – 24th June
Cluster 3
• EC Info Day, 30th June https://www.horizon-europe-infodays2021.eu/event/cluster-3-civil-
security-society
• Brokerage/Partner: 30th June – 1st July https://seren4-heu-cluster3-infoday.b2match.io/home
Cluster 4
• EC Info Days, 29th – 30th June https://www.horizon-europe-infodays2021.eu/event/cluster-4-
digital-industry-space
• Brokerage/Partner
• Industry: 22nd June https://cluster4industry.b2match.io/
• Industry: 1st July https://industry2021.b2match.io/
• Digital: 24th – 25th June https://www.horizoneuropencpportal.eu/stage/horizon-europe-cluster-
4-digital-virtual-brokerage-event-2021-calls
• Space: 28th June https://cosmos2020plus-heu-cluster4-space-brokerage.b2match.io/

Thank you
Questions welcomed

Pitching Sessions
11.25am – 12pm
Breakout Room: Cluster 3 – Civil Security for Society

Running Order
1. Air-Worldwide, Luis Sousa
2. Flare Bright Ltd, Chris Daniels
3. Identity Methods, Asad Ali
4. Imagine AIoT, Gontran Reboud
5. Maynooth University, Duncan Casey
6. Middlesex University, Kevin McDonald
7. Middlesex University, Mandeep Dhami
8. Rimo3, Alon Moss
9. Softrust, Serban Carata
10. University of Bristol, Maria Pregnolato

Proposed Approach
Amongst the expected outcomes for this call, AIR has the capability to address and/or support:
• “Advanced disaster / crisis simulations and impact assessments (…) including accurate exposure
data and adequate vulnerability curves, quantitative hazard information (…) (especially
addressing multi-hazard situations), including losses and damages data and qualitative
information”.
• “Risk and resilience assessment solutions in support of long-term multi-hazard management
strategies (e.g. climate adaptation, disaster risk reduction and prevention and mitigation
strategies) with a focus on vulnerable regions prone to multiple hazard occurrences”
Organisational Capabilities
AIR-Worldwide (AIR for short) is a risk consulting
company with ~600 employees in 9 offices around
the world, including London, UK.
AIR has 30 years of experience supporting more
than 400 corporate, government and (re)insurance
industry clients with natural and man-made hazard
mitigation planning, managing financial risks caused
by those hazards, and identifying effective risk
mitigation strategies
Experience
• AIR has proven scientific models for the assessment of earthquake, flood, winter storm, severe
thunderstorm, terrorism and pandemic risk in ~40 European countries
• Since 2005, AIR has supported several governments (e.g. Mexico, Philippines, Colombia, Chile,
Peru, Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Zanzibar and several Pacific Islands) in the
assessment of their Earthquake, Tsunami and Tropical Cyclone Risk, helping them access USD
billions in (re)insurance protection
• AIR partners with the UK Centre for Disaster Protection for the assessment of multi-hazard risk
in developing countries
• AIR takes part in 2 other projects funded by the European Commission (INI-PREP; Cyber-MAR)
Administrative Information
We are looking to join a consortium and provide our
capabilities in the field of multi-hazard risk
assessment and management
AIR-Worldwide, UK (www.air-worldwide.com)
PIC = 959754473
Contact: Luis Sousa
• lsousa@air-worldwide.com
• +44.750.738.4847
Cluster 3 , HORIZON-CL3-2021-DRS-01-01: Improved understanding of risk
exposure and its public awareness in areas exposed to multi-hazards

Proposed Approach
We have developed the simplest method of obtaining aerial imagery, that works in GPS-denied, jammed and
spoofed environments, as well as strong winds and other challenging weather. Our solution is a lightweight
(<100gm) but robust autonomous drone, that requires no training (it works off a single press of a button) and
can be easily adapted to launch automatically based on a ground sensor or any other signal thus giving
immediate situational awareness instantaneously for any border or maritime scenario.
By the time of the competition, we will have nearly completed a funded project to develop (to TRL 6) a
powered aircraft giving longer, precision endurance autonomously.
We are looking for security partners involved in this sector who view our technology as complementary to
their solutions.
Flare Bright are specialists in autonomous
nanodrones, which can capture aerial imagery
or sense gases and particles. We use machine
learning digital twin to tune all aspects of our
flight control and development which saves
huge amounts of time and cost.
We are a 14 person SME, with a mix of high
quality software engineers, aerodynamicists and
mechanical and electrical engineers.
Experience
Our senior team are veterans of the aerospace, security and autonomy sector and have had decades of
experience delivering complex innovation projects including Horizon 2020 and other EU and UK grants. Flare
Bright is currently delivering 2 UKRI Future Flight grant-funded programmes, has just completed a UK MOD
Defence and Security Accelerator grant (which was written up by the UK Govt as a Case Study:
https://www.gov.uk/government/case-studies/autonomous-nanodrone-captures-aerial-intelligence-in-a-
snap) and has just commenced a follow-up DASA grant. Our CCO Chairs the ADS Group’s Security Export
Focus Group and is on the Management Team of the Drone Platform and Counter-drone group; and is also a
member of the EPSRC’s Mathematical Sciences Strategic Advisory Team. We have an extensive network
across the aerospace, defence and security sectors in the UK and elsewhere (notably have been selected to
participate in the US Army’s Expeditionary Warrior Experiment).
We have been shortlisted / won a number of Awards: CogX Best Innovation in Autonomous Vehicles; LA
Mobility Challenge; ADS Security Innovation Award; and Octopus Investments Entrepreneur Award.
We have the capability to be either a
Coordinator or a Partner
Contact:
Chris Daniels, Chief Commercial Officer
Chris.Daniels@flarebright.com
+447517940575
https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisjwdaniels/
UK-based company
www.flarebright.com
CLUSTER 3, HORIZON-CL3-2021-BM-01-01: Enhanced security and management of borders, maritime environment,
activities and transport, by increased surveillance capability, including high altitude, long endurance aerial support

Proposed Approach
What is your understanding of the part of the problem you can solve?
• Authorization management ensures that users/devices have the minimum permissions on
applications/data/devices needed to perform their tasks.
• Robust & constantly up-to-date authorization is critical for reducing both the risk and the cost impact of
security & privacy problems, including breaches, insider threats and misuse.
• Updating fine-grained authorization policies is a difficult manual task, risking human error, slowdowns,
and attacks. This is impractical in autonomous environments. AI-driven authorization resolves this.
What part of the Scope do you want to address?
• Scope (i) improving system robustness, through our proof-of-concept solution that uses Machine
Learning to learn optimal authorization policies from relevant system data
• Suggestions that improve policies are generated, to display to human users or to adopt by devices
• Use cases: Regulatory compliance & risk reduction, citizen data privacy, autonomous device security.
If you are looking for partners, what type of partners are you looking for?
• Researchers and businesses with expertise or use case scenarios in AI, IoT, autonomous systems, or
citizen data privacy, to help refine the concept and use cases, or to run pilot testing with.
What skills, capabilities, facilities does your
organisation have that will be vital for this project?
• Outstanding senior leadership team with
veteran industrial consultants and experienced
researchers in authorization.
• Innovative product development by our AI &
full-stack development team.
• Thought leadership on Zero Trust and
authorization.
• Full services including sales, marketing, project
management, project delivery, support desk.
Is your organisation academic, SME, big business,
etc (and explain the benefits to this project of
whichever you are)
• Flexible SME offering in-depth R&D expertise
on authorization with a close-knit development
team
Experience
What previous, relevant, work or track record can you bring to the team?
• Proof-of-concept solution that self-adapts authorization policies to minimise & optimise permissions.
• Whitepapers and peer-reviewed publications in the zero trust and access control.
• Over 10 years of academic and industrial R&D experience, and consulting experience across the entire
Identity & Access Management domain with micro-to-massive clients.
• Academic partnership with leaders in access control, cybersecurity and AI in King’s College London
• Peer review college of REPHRAIN (privacy and online harms) centre and UKRI Future Leader Fellowships
• Standards bodies membership e.g. IETF OAuth, Kantara UMA, Decentralised identity Foundation
Are you planning on being the Coordinator or a
Partner?
• Partner looking to join a consortium
Your contact details:
Dr. Asad Ali, asad.ali@identitymethods.co.uk,
Telephone: 00447940793176
Country: United Kingdom, PIC: 890371343
CLUSTER 3, HORIZON-CL3-2021-CS-01-03, AI for cybersecurity reinforcement

Proposed Approach
HORIZON-CL3-2022-FCT-01-04: respecting privacy
Our scope : providing : Business case + Cybersecurity based on Multiparty computing technology thus enabling to
share information for AI modelling whilst respecting privacy
HORIZON-CL3-2021-BM-01-01: require capabilities to monitor wider areas beyond the EU external borders in order
to prevent, detect and react , long endurance, persistence, reliability, and wide coverage. share their information
products and integrate to UAVs, balloon, blimps, High Altitude Platforms (HAPs), Lighter-Than-Air (LTA) solutions,
microsatellites, satellite imagery, etc.)
Our scope : Business case,+ IOT platform to manage data collection and sharing, secure & reliable connectivity on
air, land & maritime with LEO satcom; Expertise in UAV & UXV
HORIZON-CL3-2022-INFRA-01-02: Autonomous systems used for infrastructure protection
Autonomous surveillance, detection and fast and coordinated response autonomous solutions for the
decontamination of large scale infrastructures (including in public urban areas) coordinated interventions scenarios
involving unmanned aircraft systems (UAS).
Our scope : Business case, + IOT platform to manage data collection and sharing, secure & reliable connectivity on
air, land & maritime with LEO satcom; Expertise in UAV & UXV
We are looking for partners for the 3 calls : UAV manufacturers, autonomous systems, C2
providers, AI solutions providers, sensor device providers
• Business case : MBA & extensive industrial /
business experience
• Architecture of End 2 End IOT + AI solutions
• IOT & Telco : software based technologies of
communication including 5G, satcom,
• IOT platform
• Cybersecurity Multiparty computing
SME organization backed by world leaders :
• European LEO satellite operator
• 5 G operator
• UAV OEMs
Experience
• Long standing experience in HORIZON Cluster 3 : won 3 projects within 3 years : CAMELOT,
ASSISTANCE, ARESIBO What previous, relevant, work or track record can you bring to the team?
• Relying on very good international network ; working with leading academics ; VTT,
Fraunhofer, EPFL … and large industrial; Naval Group, Thales, Airbus, Leonardo…
• Access to USA market
We are planning on being a Partner
Contact details
Gontran REBOUD
gontran.reboud@imagineaiot.com
0041 79 195 62 60
Switzerland
HORIZON-CL3-2022-FCT-01-04: Public spaces are protected while respecting privacy and avoiding mass surveillance
HORIZON-CL3-2021-BM-01-01: Enhanced security and management of borders, maritime environment, activities and transport, by
HORIZON-CL3-2022-INFRA-01-02: Autonomous systems used for infrastructure protection

Partnership with Maynooth University
Research and commercial expertise on your doorstep
Dr Duncan Casey duncan.casey@mu.ie
Director, MaynoothWorks

Cluster 3: Civil security
Hamilton Institute
We offer flexible partnership options and
extensive expertise across the civil
security space
• Secure 5G communications
• Digital DNA forensics
• Drone operations and management
• Wide-area mapping and geospatial
analysis
Dr Duncan Casey
duncan.casey@mu.ie
+447971403328
Director, MaynoothWorks
Maynooth University, Ireland

Proposed Approach
Disinformation is not just a ‘thing’ that circulates. It needs to be understood as a social
relationship. Digital information flows are collective processes and need to be addressed as
such.
Malicious disinformation is not only mediated through news channels, but increasingly
through conspiracies that take the form of alternate reality games – eg QAnon, Pizzagate
We cannot address disinformation divorced from the ‘world building’ at stake in such
increasingly pervasive ‘alternate realities’, where ’trust’ is at stake in new ways
Tools to be developed need to address a diverse range of users and themes, and capable of
supporting interventions at different points
Centre for Social and Criminological Research
(University Research Centre)
- Social media analysis
- Digital experimental methods
- Experience accessing hard-to-reach populations
- Strong international networks, experience
working with data scientists as well as policing
networks
Experience
Ethnographic analysis of communication flows, in particular through social media. Extensive
experience of research of main meme generating sites (4chan, Reddit) and of the collective
dynamics involved in meme generation and circulation
Development of participatory methods, fundamental for user-generated actions
Theoretical capability to map the flows of ‘affect’ that amplify communications – intensity,
excitement, fascination, disgust, anxiety, awe
Previous/current H2020 projects: TAKEDOWN (2017-20), PARTICIPATION (2020-23)
Partner/Scientific Coordinator (?)
Contact details :
Kevin McDonald
k.mcdonald@mdx.ac.uk
Centre for Social and Criminological Research
Middlesex University
London
CL3-2021-FCT-01-03 : Disinformation and fake news are combatted and trust in
the digital world is raised

Proposed Approach
The success of operational capabilities for fighting crime and terrorism as defined in the WP relies
on practitioners to use technology, data and procedures in an effective, reliable and unbiased way.
Prevention, detection, intelligence and investigation capabilities need to be informed by evidence
of how practitioners select, process, use and share information, in order to gain situational
awareness, identify patterns and trends, and forecast vulnerabilities and threats.
Professor Mandeep K. Dhami can fulfil the SSH scope of projects by offering state-of-the-art
expertise on human judgment and decision-making, risk perception, and uncertainty
communication, and cutting edge methodologies for validating the use of technology, data and
procedures, as well as designing effective skills & training for law enforcement and security in a
range of domains (e.g., trafficking goods, online identity theft, terrorism, sexual violence and
exploitation, and disinformation).
Organisation is a London-based UK University with
experience of hosting EU-funded research.
It’s research facilities and capabilities include:
• Dedicated laboratories and specialist software for
research with human participants.
• Research ethics approval committees.
• Up-to-date research library.
• Experts including in Science & Technology,
Business and Law.
• Press office for dissemination.
• Research & Knowledge Exchange support.
Relevant Experience and Track Record
Prof. Dhami is an internationally respected scientist with expertise in Cognitive , Forensic and
Decision Science, as well as Criminology. She is author of over 120 publications and is Editor of
Judgment and Decision Making. She has a successful funding record and regularly reviews bids.
Prof. Dhami has worked for DSTL (UK Ministry of Defence). She was UK representative on the NATO
panel ‘Assessment and Communication of Risk and Uncertainty to Support Decision Making’;
subject matter expert on the US Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity SIRIUS Program;
and advisor to GCHQ , Sentencing Council of England and Wales, and UK Metropolitan Police.
Prof. Dhami’s research has received many international awards including the 2020 SAS Panel
Excellence Award from the NATO Science & Technology Organization.
Administrative Information & Contact Details
Planning on being a Partner.
Mandeep K Dhami, PhD
Professor in Decision Psychology
Department of Psychology
Faculty of Science and Technology
Middlesex University
The Burroughs, Hendon, London, UK, NW4 4BT
E-mail: m.dhami@mdx.ac.uk
Organisation’s PIC: 999883470
SSH input into CLUSTER 3 - FCT

Proposed Approach
• Create a unique “application signature”, by capturing precisely what is “normal
behaviour”.
• A Time-based snapshot documentation ACTUAL application behaviour
• A “video clip” of what is normal
• Any deviation from the signature can trigger an automatic quarantine, and a message to a
security analyst for analysis.
• UK-based SME
• Enterprise IT services specialists
• AI-driven solutions for Large-scale IT
operations.
• Unique patented technology in AI-driven IT
automation.
Experience
• Apply Artificial Intelligence at scale to large complex IT estates.
• Extensive experience in EU research. our Consortium already has government, large
enterprises and academic institutions.
• Our company is partnered with some of the biggest names in the IT industry, including,
Microsoft, Vmware and Citrix
HORIZON-CL3-2021-CS-01-03
AI FOR Cybersecurity Reinforcement
Project
name
CYBERACTIVE
Coordinator Alon Moss
Company
details: SME
Rimo Capital Ltd - London, UK
Rimo3.com
Contact
Alon.moss@rimo3.com
+447805145710

Proposed Approach
Any effective and modern border security solution must offer Artificial
Intelligence aid to it’s guards. This aid must be helpful, non-intrusive and
offer all the information at a glance. This is Softrust’s speciality: Video
Analytics that works for the client, both on visible and thermal cameras.
We offer scalable video management solutions, a proprietary video analytics
engine and an alarm highlighting solution developed in partnership with
operators that is truly meant to help them.
We are looking for partners with whom to create a complete solution. From
experience, a Command and Control solution and a long range sensor
manufacturer are essential partners.
Our team has extensive experience in
developing, implementing and training
of custom neural networks, especially in
this field. Besides this, we already have
the GPU horsepower for training, so the
current shortage that we are all facing
will not be a problem.
Our organisation is a SME, thus, it’s
flexible and able to adapt easily to new
situations that may appear during the
project.
Experience
Notable projects that have benefited from our contributions: H2020 Projects:
EWISA, SafeShore, etc; Critical Infrastructure: Cervanoda Nuclear Plant,
Danube - Black Sea Canal, Airport Security (Henri Coandă, Traian Vuia, etc);
National Project: SPIA, etc.
We are planning to be a partner in a
consortium.
Don’t hesitate to contact us:
CLUSTER 3, BM01 – Efficient border surveillance and maritime security

Proposed Approach
Use latest modelling and data gathering capability to provide breakthrough tools for
reducing disaster multi-risk
Multi-risk thinking and disaster reduction
Satellite monitoring
Modelling and real-case scenarios
Partners with data and connections for case study
Local communities or authorities
First/second responders
Practitioners
Computing and lab equipment, management support, social
media and dissemination support, finance team
Academia
Multiple connections to Met Office, city councils,
Environmental agencies for case studies
Experience
Natural hazard risk assessment (flood, earthquakes, tsunami)
Infrastructure and community resilience
Digital Infrastructure, monitoring data
Connections with UK and international leading academics
Connections with major international industry
Connections with UK governmental links and public agencies
Coordinator/Partner
Maria Pregnolato
Maria.pregnolato@bristol.ac.uk
University of Bristol, UK
HORIZON-CL3-2021-DRS-01-04: Enhanced assessment of disaster risks,
adaptive capabilities and scenario building based on available historical
data and projections

Pitching Sessions
11.25am – 12pm
Breakout Room: Cluster 4 – Digital, Industry, Space

Running Order
1. Agata Communications, Fernando Gomollon-Bel
2. AIMPLAS, Ferran Marti Ferrer
3. Brunel University London, Xiangming Zhou
4. Centre for Enzyme Innovation (University of Portsmouth),
Rory Miles
5. CETIM, Pablo Frieiro
6. Composites Evolution Ltd, Brendon Weager
7. CPI, Edwin Ntainjua
8. FEUGA, Carmen Cotelo
9. HR Wallingford, Quillon Harpham
10. IDEKO, David Garcia Arrate
11. Lightsource Labs, Diarmuid O’Connor
11. Media City Bergen, Kristoffer Hammer
12. National Manufacturing Institute Scotland,
Andreas Reimer
11. Position Systems Ltd, David Wallis
12. Predictia, Juan Jose Saenz de Lasierra
13. TWI, Damien Kirkpatrick
14. University of Gloucestershire, Hassan Chizari
15. VRAIN, Aida Gil Perez
16. VRAIN, Ana Cidad Vila

Proposed Approach
We are a multi-talented communications agency with over 10 years combined experience in EU-
funded projects. We are experts delivering communication and dissemination strategies, with a
special focus on storytelling and making complicated things easy.
We tackle any communication and dissemination actions and work-packages, from press releases
and social media to motion graphics and video. We also have a strong scientific background
(physics, astronomy, climate change, chemistry, materials, sustainability).
We are looking to join consortia that need support in communication and dissemination.
We’re a UK-based SME. Our capabilities include:
• Experience in several H2020 projects.
• Strategic communications to policy-makers
• Press releases and copy-writing.
• Eye-catching audio-visual materials, including
motion graphics, illustration, and 3D art.
• Social media management (content, writing,
ads, metrics, audience analysis).
• Web development and design.
Experience
Our team gathers over 10 years experience in delivering research and innovation to lay audiences.
We have been involved in the communication of EU projects such as: A-LEAF, Climadjust, INNPAPER,
IREACT, Graphene Flagship.
Our company has worked with Swiss-funded project NCCR to develop social media content and
strategy, and ICIQ to create engaging animations to promote green hydrogen.
We also work with small spin-offs and start-ups.
We plan to become partners in your proposal.
Fernando Gomollon-Bel
Co-Founder
fer@agata.agency
+44 7305707006
United Kingdom
EU PIC: 890805224
Dissemination across ALL clusters, Agata Comms Ltd

Proposed Approach
CL4-TT-01-02: Case study: reduce the defects and out-of-specifications parts made of composites (or
hybrid parts composites and metals) that require a welding step (US, laser, IR, induction, heat, etc..).
Initial contacts with automotive, transport and home appliance
manufacture companies.
AIMPLAS, Plastics Technology Centre, Valencia
(Spain), is a private, non-profit Association.
+ 700 associated companies. +185 highly skilled
professionals and 30 years expertise
AIMPLAS has participated in >100 projects in
FP5, FP6, FP7, LIFE+, CIP-EcoInnov., SUDOE,
H2020… EU Programmes, coordinating 40% of
them.
AIMPLAS has state-of-the-art 10,000 m2
facilities, including thermoplastics & thermoset
pilot plants, coatings, synthesis, clean rooms and
testing laboratories and training areas.
Experience: AIMPLAS has a broad expertise in the fields of recycling, plastic blends, reactive extrusion,
synthesis and processing of biopolymers and renewable source materials, special assisted processing
technologies (microwaves, supercritical CO2), CO2 capture and conversion systems, catalyzers,
plastronics, materials & technologies for additive Manufacturing, high performance coatings, polymer
nanocomposites, functionalization of nanoparticles, multilayer structures and development of plastic
products.
Partner (looking for a consortium) or well a
partner to be strong to look for a consortium.
Ferran Marti Ferrer fmarti@aimplas.es
Tef. +34 639 139 516
AIMPLAS (www.aimplas.net ) Spain
CL4-2021-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-02: Zero-defect manufacturing towards zero-waste (IA)
CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-17: Advanced materials for hydrogen storage (RIA)
thermal imaging
(non-destructive)
Real-time inline
image processing
(100% of parts)
Full pilot plant to optimize the
process & provide data to
algorithms.
deep-learning algorithms
for root cause failure
analysis and process control
CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-17: Development of ultra-porous
systems for H2 storage based on MOF/GO systems. Development
of a lightweight, full recyclable, high H2 barrier tank and resistance
up to 150 bar based on the use of thermoplastic materials reinforced
with continuous fibres and GO as a barrier filler.

Proposed Approach
HORIZON-CL4-2021-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-11: Automated tools for the valorisation of
construction waste (RIA)
HORIZON-CL4-2021-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-12: Breakthrough technologies supporting
technological sovereignty in construction (RIA)
Research of high value added zero/low waste valorisation of a wide range of construction &
demolition waste (CDW) which includes concrete, red brick, glass, steel, aluminium, wood etc. for
modular construction & dismantling.
Developed circular and climate neutral cement-like but cementless construction materials from
industry waste, mining waste, CDWs & other solid wastes. Developed energy efficient smart
construction materials with PCMs.
Leading research and innovation in valorisation of
CDWs, modular construction and dismantling.
Digital fabrication of cement-based materials.
BUL has been very successful in securing EU grants
as Coordinator and Partner. Has involved in 120 FP7
projects and ~90 Horizon 2020 projects. I myself
have coordinated the Green INSTRUCT project and
also the MSCA IF NEASCMs project.
Experience
Coordinated Green INSTRUCT project under the theme of “new technologies for development of
pre-fabricated building blocks through reuse and recycling of CDWs”. Developed technology to
achieve 80% CDW utilisation by reuse, recycle & transforming to secondary products through
H2020 Green INSTRUCT & REMINE projects and two other UK-India & UK-China collaborative
projects.
Have a big collaboration network in the UK and Europe through previous EU projects and leading
China/India research institutes and industry.
Are working with a leading Europe CDW recycling company who can be a partner of the proposal.
Prefer to be Partner but can be Coordinator
Your contact details including:
Prof/Dr Xiangming Zhou;
Email: Xiangming.Zhou@brunel.ac.uk; Tel: +44 1895
266 670
United Kingdom
BUL’s PIC: 999749610
CL4-2021-TWIN-TRANSITION

Proposed Approach
Deliver environmentally friendly and economically attractive bio-recycling technologies for composite
materials and other polymeric materials, which provide a circular and sustainable solution to problem
waste materials
Scope:
Increased recyclability and upcycling of packaging and single-use plastics
The design and development of new recyclable polymer systems substituting/improving nowadays
difficult to recycle polymers
Develop novel, safe, environment friendly and commercially attractive methods of recycling a wide range
of composite materials
Partners:
Those who have a defined polymer problem that bio-recycling solutions could support in solving
Those who have experience in assessing additive toxicity and those with material science expertise
Those with an innovative proposal for composite/polymer re-use or tools for assessing circularity and
environmental benefits
30 scientists covering a wide range of disciplines
including microbiology, molecular biophysics,
biochemistry, computational chemistry, enzyme
engineering and synthetic biology, biotechnology, and
more recently, polymer chemistry
The £1.7 million Solent LEP/HM Government funded
CEI Industrial Engagement Hub opens in early 2022.
This will provide cutting-edge facilities including a bio-
recycling suite, polymer analysis laboratory and
polymer synthesis laboratory.
Experience
“Bridging the gap between fundamental research and industrially-relevant technologies that are
economic at scale”
2018 – Improving the activity of the PET-degrading enzyme “PETase”
2020 – Combining two different enzymes with PET-degrading activity to create a “super-enzyme”
2021 (pending) – Technoeconomic analysis of PET bio-recycling technologies
Professor John McGeehan is the CEI Director and Professor of Structural Biology
Professor Andy Pickford is the CEI Ops Director and Professor of Molecular Biophysics
Emerging industrial partners across the plastics value chain
Seeking to be a Consortia Partner
Contact:
Rory Miles, Innovation Fellow
rory.miles@port.ac.uk and +4423 92842062
United Kingdom
PIC: 999847871
HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-01: Ensuring circularity of composite materials
HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-11: Safe- and sustainable-by-design polymeric materials

Proposed Approach
Design of materials derived from a wide range of natural resources
Bio-based fillers & additives for better mechanical, physical and chemical properties while reducing
environmental footprint
Manufacturing technologies to demonstrate scale production of innovative bio-based products
Tools to ensure that solutions comprise a lower environmental footprint
“We shift ideas into value”
We are a RTO with relevant experience in R&D
projects H2020, LIFE and national calls.
8 laboratories
2 pilot plants
40 highly motivated researchers and engineers
A European Projects Office to give support
Experience
Composites derived from natural resources (residual streams rich in C, biomass, lignocellulosic
materials, oils, etc)
Multimaterials (bio polymeric matrix, bio fillers, bio additives): for thermoset and thermoplastic
Polyurethane (including non isocyanate polyurethanes)
Obtention of fillers based on nano cellulose fibres and crystals and its modifications
Application of natural polyphenols antioxidants, UV stabilizers, fire retardant substances, curing
agents, thermal conductivity improvers and polymers for its encapsulation from several natural
sources
Additive manufacturing, injection moulding, extrusion of wood
LCA/LCC analysis
R&D Partner
Pablo Frieiro, pfrieiro@cetim.es
SPAIN
https://cetim.es/
PIC NUMBER: 929547315
Cluster 4 Digital, Industry and Space
Manufacturing technologies for Bio-based materials

Proposed Approach
Interested in collaborating in the following areas, relevant to various Horizon
Europe topics:
- Biocomposites - natural fibres and bio-resins (especially bio-based epoxy).
- High temperature and fire resistant materials (e.g. for EV battery boxes).
- Materials for H2 storage, including unidirectional carbon fibre-
thermoplastic tapes.
- Circular, recycled and net-zero materials (e.g. recycled fibres, recyclable
resins).
- Nanocomposites, including graphene-enhanced prepregs.
- Hi-tech industrial manufacturing SME.
- Role - developer/manufacturer of
composite material (e.g. biocomposite
prepreg, high temperature composite) or
end-user of novel feedstock material (e.g.
recycled fibre, graphene).
- Multidisciplinary team - polymer
chemists, textiles, composite engineers,
prepreg manufacturing.
- Pilot and production scale
manufacturing lines for composite
prepregs - thermoset and thermoplastic.
- Composite processing, testing and
analysis.
Experience
- 20+ years of innovations in composite materials and manufacturing processes.
- Track record of successful delivery in collaborative projects, including H2020,
FP7 etc.
We anticipate being a partner, but could
lead a proposal on specific key topics.
Dr Brendon Weager, Technical Director
CLUSTER 4, VARIOUS TOPICS OF INTEREST

CPI is an independent research organisation and
part of the UK’s High Value Manufacturing
Catapult. We have world-class facilities with £136m
worth of assets to support the development
and demonstration of innovative technologies in
the pharma, biopharma, biotechnology,
formulation, electronics, and med tech sectors.
Our teams of scientist and engineers bring years of
relevant industrial experience and our strong
network brings end-user industry, SME and
academic partners.
Experience
17 years of working with SMEs, Large Corporates, RTOs and Universities to develop, prove, scale-
up, and commercialise new products and processes.
Always deliver on promise and trusted by funders; amongst top 4 UK recipient of H2020 funds
DIY4U (H2020 FOF-05-2019, GA No. 870148) - Open Innovation Digital Platform and Fablabs for
Collaborative Design and Production of personalised Fast-Moving Consumer Goods.
PROSPECT-CL (Innovate UK – National Formulation Centre) Strategic project in collaboration
with UK industry – Development of complex liquid mixing scale up rig with advanced
process analytics and advanced process control.
ADDoPT (UKRI/Innovate UK, TS/M012719/1, AMSCI 2014) – Development of advanced digital
design techniques to eliminate non-viable drug candidate formulations as early as possible.
Medicine Manufacturing Innovation Centre Digital Grand Challenges – GC1 & GC2 (UKRI,
Scottish Enterprise) in collaboration with MMIC’s founding partners, AstraZeneca and GSK.
We can act as a Project Partner or Coordinator
Dr Edwin Ntainjua
Senior Bid Proposal Development Manager
edwin.ntainjua@uk-cpi.com
Tel: +44 (0)7706 293 123
URL: www.uk-cpi.com
Country: United Kingdom
PIC: 996621069
Cluster 4 – Digital, Industry & Space: CPI areas of interest
Your
Organisation
Logo / Brand

Proposed Approach
HR Wallingford has developed a range of high-impact, state-of-the-art, award winning satellite
Earth Observation (EO) downstream services. In particular, these include mosquito-borne disease
forecasting, drought forecasting, and dam and infrastructure monitoring.
The services use a wide variety of EO and modelled data products as well as incorporating
complex post-processing. We would like to understand how new and potential advances in EO
can be incorporated into these services to improve them and enable new opportunities.
We would like to offer them as case studies to any
consortia researching into improved EO services and how
EO can be applied.
HR Wallingford is a private, not-for-profit research
and consultancy organisation, specialising in solving
the world’s most complex water-related challenges.
We have an established track record in research and
in taking research outputs through to commercial
products and services.
Experience
HR Wallingford has a long involvement in European research, both in coordinating projects and
as a project partner. We have some of the world’s leading experts in their fields.
We use the latest Earth Observation technology to build solutions to environmental and societal
problems around the world. Incorporating our own research and that of our partner
organisations, we build downstream services to address some of the most pressing issues facing
us today.
https://www.hrwallingford.com/expertise/smart-data-solutions/earth-observation-technologies
HR Wallingford would like to be a project partner.
Contact:
Dr Quillon Harpham, Technical Director
HR Wallingford
q.harpham@hrwallingford.com
+44(0)7918 133046
United Kingdom
PIC: 998049103
CLUSTER 4; SPACE-01 and SPACE-02

Proposed Approach
We tackle this research gap by addressing the problem of adopting the (high level) sustainability
directives and their technical instantiation and system integration as operational sustainability KPIs,
their calibration to specific engineering processes and operation modes.
As outcome the project will deliver a sustainability control tower build up by ASM (Agile and
Sustainable Manufacturing) tools for adopting Sustainability Monitoring and Tracking to various
industrial settings, transitioning from the traditional monitoring pyramid to a complex model
addressing the manufacturing sector at three levels: product, process and industrial value chain.
We are looking for use cases in the manufacturing sector that are able to adapt their processes to
more sustainable and circular (remanufacturing/recycle) approaches through monitoring and
tracking based techniques.
IDEKO has participated in several H2020 projects
and has a vast experience on the manufacturing
sector.
We count with some strong partners in the AI field
and strong RTOs like SCCH, AIMEN or FRAUNHOFER.
Experience
Our Consortium comes from previous ICT-38 projects coordinators with a wide experience in the
design of AI tools adapted to manufacturing processes.
We already have the AI and technical capabilities widely covered.
IDEKO is the coordinator of the proposal
Contact point:
DAVID GARCIA ARRATE
David.Garcia@incotec.es
CL4-2021-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-07: Artificial Intelligence for
sustainable, agile manufacturing (IA)

Proposed Approach
ü Lightsource Labs’ (LS Labs) edge philosophy of handling volume, interoperability and velocity
ü Security subsystem could be standardised to coordinate current scheme of certs and tokens
ü Aligns well with virtual power plant (VPP) broadcast and aggregate to create meshed groups of
edge control devices.
ü Autonomy is a key focus for LS Labs
ü DATA-08/09: Involved as a pilot for development and demonstration
ü LS Labs support full OS at the edge and can develop facilities to migrate cloud processing to
edge
ü Positioned at the forefront of digital innovation
by developing cutting-edge IoT and AI-powered
smart energy solutions
ü Virtual Power Plant platform allows visibility
and control of dispatchable energy assets
ü Key capabilities in software development,
hardware development, integrations,
operations and proven H2020 Pilot Site
ü Although Lightsource Labs is the size of an SME,
we are considered big business by the EC
Experience
ü Involved in several previous H2020 projects including ICT and Cyber Security
ü Involved in H2020 projects as a pilot site for the demonstration of project deliverables
ü Staff working full-time in the area of volume handling, cybersecurity, edge & cloud systems,
aggregation of devices & systems
ü Staff experienced in EC funded projects as well as administrative responsibilities such as project
deliverables, time sheeting, activity & financial reporting and H2020 portal
ü Ability to provide additional company resources as well a significant contacts in research
organisations, universities and local authorities.
Lightsource Labs is looking to partner in consortia.
Contact details:
Diarmuid O Connor
Email:
diarmuid(dot)oconnor(at)lightsourcelabs.com
Country: Ireland
PIC: 911268053
CLUSTER 4: DATA-06/07/08/09/10

Proposed Approach
Bringing our networks of international media organisations to distil the current and future
challenges, test new tools and advise on how to integrate in the workflow the solutions coming out
of our network of researchers and tech companies
Looking to solve: Identifying and supporting the game changers in the fight against deep fakes
Looking for: Media and tech companies
Media City Bergen is a national cluster with more
than 100 members from media, tech, academia,
content production and startups. We have an
international network in all these areas upon which
we can draw on for the project
Experience
The cluster has recently started a 30M€ national MediaFutures project with the ambition to
identify the future challenges and opportunities in the sector, including fake news
Media City Bergen is currently running two EU projects for the incubation and acceleration of
deeptech and media innovation companies
With the broad range of top end members, some are global markets leaders in their fields, we can
accelerate most projects and innovation cycles
We are the Coordinator
Please contact
Kristoffer Hammer
Kristoffer@ncemedia.no
+47 484 09 308
Country: Norway
PIC: 905822473
HORIZON-CL4-2021-HUMAN-01-27: AI to fight
disinformation (RIA)

Proposed Approach
There are two parts of the call, innovation and a VR Medialab. We are potentially interested in
both, brining to the table anything from VR practitioners, tech companies, media companies that
can test and pilot solutions, and academia for anything research related
Want to: Boosting European VR/XR tech and skills
Looking for: VR/XR tech manufacturers and VR/XR training institutions
Media City Bergen is a national cluster with more
than 100 members from media, tech, academia,
content production and startups. We have an
international network in all these areas upon which
we can draw on for the project
Experience
The cluster has recently started a 30M€ national MediaFutures project with the ambition to
identify the future challenges and opportunities in the sector, including VR/XR
Media City Bergen is currently running two EU projects for the incubation and acceleration of
deeptech and media innovation companies
With the broad range of top end members, some are global markets leaders in their fields, we can
accelerate most projects and innovation cycles
We are the Coordinator
Please contact
Kristoffer Hammer
Kristoffer@ncemedia.no
+47 484 09 308
Country: Norway
PIC: 905822473
HORIZON-CL4-2021-HUMAN-01-06: Innovation for Media,
including eXtended Reality (IA)

Proposed Approach
We are interested in partnering up in projects relating to remanufacturing, sustainability, manufacturing,
additive manufacturing and machining. We can also contribute to projects focussing on NDT, LCA and AI.
In particular we are looking to join and / or develop a consortium around the following topics:
- HORIZON-CL4-2021-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-02: Zero-defect manufacturing towards zero-waste
- HORIZON-CL4-2021-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-07: Artificial Intelligence for sustainable, agile
manufacturing
- HORIZON-CL4-2021-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-03: Laser-based technologies for green manufacturing
• The National Manufacturing Institute Scotland is a group of industry-led manufacturing research
and development facilities transforming skills, productivity and innovation, helping to
make Scotland a global leader in advanced manufacturing
• NMIS Website: https://nmis.scot/
• NMIS Equipment and Capabilities:
https://nmis.scot/media/nationalmanufacturinginstitutescotland/downloads/AFRC%20Capabilitie
s%20brochure%20spreads%20Sept%202020%20FINAL.pdf
• NMIS is a Research and Technology organisations, which is part of the University of Strathclyde
and the High Value Manufacturing Catapult https://hvm.catapult.org.uk/
• NMIS has 300 engineers and scientists working across a range of manufacturing disciplines
• NMIS has a wide range of manufacturing capabilities including forging, forming, machining,
additive manufacturing, remanufacturing, metrology, composites production, material science,
process modelling, residual stress, design engineering and digital manufacturing.
• NMIS will:
• Act as a strong R&D partner, providing manufacturing and scientific expertise across the
manufacturing value chain
• Enable the project to progress through the TRL scales
• Act as a conduit to large T1 and OEM partners across various sectors
• NMIS can provide management and support for project co-ordinators
• NMIS can support the bid writing process
Experience
NMIS Expertise:
• NMIS and University of Strathclyde are leading in the UK on Remanufacturing technology development and have a
multi-million Pound program running across the value chain (cleaning, metrology, reconditioning, testing, validation,
LCA)
• NMIS has capability in various manufacturing technologies such as High Speed Machining and Ultra precision
Machining, Direct Energy Deposition technologies (such as: Laser Metal Deposition, Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing,
Cold Spray and more) but also in Digitalisation and machine learning applications
• Machining Team who experience in development of distortion managed methods of manufacture and equipment, CAD
& CAM operations
• Smart fixturing and in-process data extraction from sensors, and analytics from manufacturing processes
• Residual Stress, Modelling and materials Team, with equipment and experience in destructive, semi destructive and
non-destructive RS techniques and characterisation, residual stress measurements and modelling capabilities
• Expertise in sensor integration, machine connectivity and data handling, connectivity, visualisation and AI from
manufacturing processes.
• Expertise in metrology with state-of-the-art capabilities
NMIS Experience in projects and with customers:
• NMIS has strong link into T1s and OEMs – Aero, Oil and Gas, Renewables, Auto, Marine, Space, Food and Drink, Defence
• NMIS has over 40 Member Partners including Boeing, Rolls-Royce, Baker Hughes, Spirit AeroSystems, Siemens, and a
range of technology providers
• NMIS has led and participated in over 100 collaborative projects over the past 5 years
National Manufacturing Institute Scotland
https://nmis.scot/
Stephen Fitzpatrick s.fitzpatrick@strath.ac.uk
Andreas Reimer andreas.reimer@strath.ac.uk
Sampan Seth sampan.seth@strath.ac.uk
85 Inchinnan Dr, Inchinnan, Renfrewshire, Scotland, PA4 9LJ
0141-534-5568
Are you planning on being the Coordinator or a Partner? - Planning on being a partner. However,
NMIS can support the bid writing process, and support co-ordinator during the project with PM,
admin and communication activities.

Proposed Approach
What is your understanding of the part of the problem you can solve? – Area 4 – gathering data and
intelligence for positive actions to save lives and protect citizens at risk (Mission Statement)
What part of the Scope do you want to address? Be specific. Focusing on the earliest possible
warning of threats from terrorists planting IEDs (improvised explosive devices and “dirty bombs”)
If you are looking for partners, what type of partners are you looking for? – experienced
professionals who are in sympathy with our Mission Statement, especially from Defence, Security,
micro-electronics and wireless-engineering sectors
What skills, capabilities, facilities does your
organisation have that will be vital for this project?
– Science-based SME with specialist experience in
relevant areas to this call.
whichever you are) – SME + Major University,
world-class in all relevant sectors.
Experience
What previous, relevant, work or track record can you bring to the team? – ex-Naval Officer with
experience of mine warfare and 4 successful technology start-ups, exits, and team-building.
Include your ability to attract the ‘Big Names’ in the sector (e.g. leading academics, major thought
leaders) – Southampton University has an international reputation for thought leadership and
innovation
Partner? – either, but partner preferred
Name, email and phone number – Dick Wallis;
dick@position-systems.co.uk; (+44)(0)1252850785
What country are you from - UK
Your organisation’s PIC -
Cluster 4 - PROTEKT – DICK WALLIS
PSL
POSITION
SYSTEMS
LIMITED

Proposed Approach
We provide capabilities to EU-funded projects in 4 main areas:
We provide a strong expertise in climate and
weather, to ensure your project has the most
fitting climate data there is.
We are user-centered: we work hard to understand
user needs and adapt our work to different
stakeholders and sectors (energy, agriculture,
policy-makers…)
Type: SME
Experience
We’re a spin-off company with over 10 years of experience in applying Artificial Intelligence and Big Data to
climate and weather modelling. We have experience in EU-funded projects (H2020, FP7, Copernicus contracts),
and we also work with public and private institutions (FAO, Iberdrola, Metro Madrid…)
Hand-picked projects:
• PRIMAVERA (https://primavera-h2020.eu/): a new generation of advanced and well-evaluated high-
resolution global climate models
• Climadjust (http://climadjust.com/): funded by C3S, a climate service to provide custom climate projections
in a usable way, where the user is able to use their own data.
• Quality Assurance of Copernicus Climate Data Store (C3S_512 contract).
…and much more. Ask us on an e-mail!
We want to become a partner, to bring to the table
our expertise in climate & weather modelling, and
our user-centered approach to climate services
development.
Contact details
Juan José Sáenz de la Torre
jjsaenzde@predictia.es / predictia@predictia.es
Phone: 0034 663 111 279
Country: Spain
PIC: 972502310
Cls. I, IV, V & VI, Climate data focus, Predictia
Long-term
climate projections
Actionable projections (bias
adjusted, downscaled) under
different climate change
scenarios.
Sector-specific indexes.
Short-term
weather forecasting
High resolution (~100m),
coupled early warning
Highly configurable
Validated outputs&
quantifiable uncertainty
Eye-catching, usable
data visualization
Swift GIS interfaces
Co-creation approach with
users
Accesibility
We speak
Copernicus
Experience in navigating
Copernicus landscape (6
Copernicus contracts under
our belt)
Strong collaboration with C3S

Proposed Approach
• Extracting randomness from more than one weak sources like body physiological signals.
• Useful for extreme devices where the computational cost of generating high entropy
randomness is quite high for the device.
• Key exchange methods using Fuzzy vault and similar key cryptography.
• Where the certificate authority or operational asymmetric cryptography is not practical.
• Realtime randomness test and self-certified entropy
• Where randomness extraction comes from a not trusted source (device independent
extraction)
• Labs (Quantum Randomness Lab, Medical
Science Lab)
• C11 Secure Facilities (For Cyber Security
Research)
whichever you are)
• HE, University of Gloucestershire
Experience
• Post Doc in Imperial College London on security of medical devices in PETRAS hub Security and
New Threats in Healthcare (SENTH).
• CyberASAP fund: Secure communication protocol for medical implants.
• CyberASAP fund: BioGenerate.
• Recent publication: Extracting Randomness From The Trend of IPI for Cryptographic Operators
in Implantable Medical Devices
• Ongoing study: A Comparative Study on The Quality of Randomness Extractors and Generators
• More than 15 years research in number theory and time series analysis
• Five years research in randomness theory and its applications
Partner?
Would like to be a partner in a project.
Name: Hassan Chizari,
Email: hchizari@glos.ac.uk,
Phone: +44 (0)1242 714700
Country: UK
PIC: 998727327
Digital, Industry and Space, 4, Hassan Chizari

Proposed Approach
The three main drivers to move away from carbon-based fuels are the environment, security of
energy supply and cost. Hydrogen used as the primary energy carrier, or 'energy vector' in
decarbonising the energy sector. et hydrogen has a long history of not delivering on its potential.
Historically its role has been limited by high production costs and the need for new and adapted
infrastructure to support distribution and storage.
• The project will characterise materials used in the hydrogen economy.
• Develop a relevant range of characterisation methods and models.
• Focus on user cases – Clean industry, transport, power generation etc.
We are looking for industrial partners from the relevant sectors, plus standards bodies and
academics with a background in materials, hydrogen, AI or machine learning.
TWI an RTO, has been carrying out research and
development into materials for over 50 years. This
gives considerable breadth to our expertise, which
covers all aspects of working with materials
including design, modelling, processing, repair, NDT,
failure analysis, joining, added functionality
(coatings) and testing.
TWI currently operates from 54,000 square metres
(581,000 square feet) of manufacturing, testing and
training space. Plus a dedicated hydrogen testing
facility.
Experience
Established in Cambridge, UK in 1946 and with several facilities across the globe, TWI Ltd (www.twi-
global.com) is one of the world-leading not-for-profit research and technology organisations.
Understanding how materials and components behave, degrade and relate to each other is a
fundamental part of the research that takes place at TWI, and factors into much of the work we
conduct. TWI has developed knowledge and testing of materials for over 50 years across all
industries. In Europe and associated countries alone, TWI has worked with over 1200 collaborators
since FP7.
TWI is a membership-based organisation with 1,800 Industrial Member sites from 70 countries,
representing a broad spectrum of the engineering industry. Many of the largest engineering
companies in the world are amongst its diverse Industrial Membership base.
We can be either the Coordinator or a Partner
Contact details: Damien Kirkpatrick
TWI Ltd, Granta Park, Gt Abington Cambridge
Email: Damien.Kirkpatrick@twi.co.uk
Tel: +44 1223 899000
Based in the UK
PIC: 999912764
CLUSTER 4, HORIZON-CL4-2022-RESILIENCE-01-19: Advanced materials
modelling and characterization
Your
Organisation
Logo / Brand

Proposed Approach
Human-centred and Responsible AI for digital and industrial technologies
Objectives: Development of Responsible AI technologies to empower industry, end-users and
workers, and promote social innovation.
Summary: To achieve a digital, green and more resilient Society and Economy, the trust of people and
industry in the use of technology is key. To address this challenge and make the most of the
opportunities offered by AI, Responsible Artificial Intelligence emerges, a trusted AI based on
ethical and social values and grounded in the Charter of Fundamental Rights with a human-centred
approach. Specifically, Responsible AI presents new challenges in this field, requiring improved
explainability, traceability, ethics, security, etc. in AI techniques. The project will focus on
Responsible AI in all its domains.
VRAIN institute has been recognized by the European
Commission as a center of excellence in artificial intelligence
(AI) research. VRAIN participates in the European TAILOR
project, a key initiative for the future of AI in Europe.
We´re a research Institute part of a public
University (Universitat Politecnica de Valencia) from
Spain.
-More than 110 members.
-30 years experience in IA and Software Methods.
-Members of Claire, DIHs, wide experience in European
projects, big clusters and research laboratories,
reference in trustworthy IA.
Experience
We can offer the following technological expertise in any project or collaboration:
• AI techniques for Smart Manufacturing
• Digital Twins and Federated Digital Twins
• Automated Planning
• Recommender systems
• Natural Language Processing
• Secure-by-design Software
• Autonomous Systems
• Internet of Things and Ambient Intelligence Systems
• Software Testing and Quality
• Model-driven development and automatic code generation
• Validation and Debugging of Concurrent and Distributed Applications
Top level experts, Professors Oscar Pastor, H-index 50 (Google Scholar) and Vicent Botti, H-index 39.
We can be both Coordinators or Partners
Contact details:
Aída Gil Pérez
aigil@vrain.upv.es
+34 616169355
SPAIN
Our organisation’s PIC: 999864846
Cluster 4, HORIZON-CL4-2021-HUMAN-01-01: Verifiable robustness, energy efficiency and transparency for
Trustworthy AI: Scientific excellence boosting industrial competitiveness (AI, Data and Robotics Partnership)
We are looking for:
SMEs, Large enterprises, Research centres,
User associations, end-users, case studies in
industry, health, mobility, security,
agriculture, public administration, food…

Proposed Approach
Pervasive Supervision by Observation
Objetive: to develop technologies that assist humans and robots when they are learning or
performing complex tasks
Summary: After the observation of how an expert performs a task, automated assistants will be
able to supervise whether other humans or other intelligent systems such as robots, are performing
the task correctly, and provide comprehensible feedback if necessary.
Automated supervision will impact on complex tasks where:
● Continuous supervision and a meaningful comprehensible feedback make humans learn more
efficiently.
● A recollection of how the procedures are performed at a high level would improve significantly
the quality control, teaching planning and the effect of the feedback over the operators.
● A human mistake that deviates from the right procedure may disrupt or lead to suboptimal
results. A supervision system would be able to detect and advise the operator in real time.
VRAIN institute has been recognized by the European
Commission as a centre of excellence in artificial intelligence
(AI) research.
VRAIN participates in the European TAILOR project, a key
initiative for the future of AI in Europe.
We´re a research Institute part of a top public University
(Universitat Politecnica de Valencia) from Spain.
- More than 110 members.
- 30 years experience in AI and Software Methods.
- Members of Claire, DIHs, wide experience in European
projects, big clusters and research laboratories,
reference in trustworthy IA.
Experience
We can offer the following technological expertise in any project:
• Machine Learning and Explainability (XAI).
• Inductive logic programming: generalization from execution examples.
• Process mining: generation of general processes from tasks executions or logs.
• One-shot learning: learning from one (or few) examples, transferability.
• Deep learning: mainly in Convolutional Neural Networks and Transformers applied to Artificial
Vision and simulation.
Top level AI experts, Professor Carlos Monserrat. http://www.upv.es/ficha-personal/cmonserr
We are looking for a coordinator.
Contact details:
Ana Cidad Vila
VRAIN -Universitat Politècnica de València
acidad@vrain.upv.es
+34 696 87 85 55
SPAIN
www.vrain.upv.es
PIC number: 999864846
Cluster 4 HORIZON-CL4-2021-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-01: AI enhanced robotics systems for smart manufacturing
HORIZON-CL4-2022-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-05: AI, Data and Robotics for Industry optimisation (including production and services)
We are looking for:
• Coordinator
• Medical or Industrial complex processes
• Examples providers
• Explotation partners

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