Eurogia PO Days in Budapest 05/03/2026

PO Day in Budapest – Eurogia2030 Call30

Deadline for project submissions 30th April 2026

Date: 5th March 2026

Location: Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 1051 Budapest, Széchenyi István sqr. 9.

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Conference moderator: Dr. Norbert Babcsán, Hungarian Academy of Engineering

AGENDA
9:30-10:00	Registration
10:00-10:20	Opening speech	Dr. Ákos Horváth, Director General HUN-REN Centre for Energy Research
10:20-10:40	Eurogia presentation	Sinem Altuncu, General Manager Eurogia2030
10:40-10:50	Eurogia: more than an EU call	Dr. Gábor Pintér, Research Fellow HUN-REN Centre for Energy Research
10:50-11:00	Leveraging innovation: Eurogia’s role in accelerating Green and Digital Transformation in EU	Hülya Erdener Akınç, Strategic Alliances Manager Enerjisa
11:00-11:30	Coffee break
11:30-11:50	The future MVM Group’s energy production in the service of sustainable development	Dániel Novák, Senior Project Expert MVM Group
11:50-12:10	Eurogia Call presentation	Niccolo Cividini, Programme & Office Manager Eurogia2030
12:10-12:30	Funding and partner search for Eurogia projects in Austria	Michael Walch, National Contact Point Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG)
12:30-13:30	Lunch
13:30-14:30	Project Pitch 1
14:30-15:00	Coffee break
15:00-16:20	Project Pitch 2
16:20-16:30	Closing	Sinem Altuncu, General Manager Eurogia2030

Project Pitch 1

Company & Project Idea Presentation

13:30-14:30

Setting the frame

Korea as a Strategic Partner in EUROGIA2030

Jong Won Kim, Inno Bridge Consulting, South Korea

Energy system enablers

Material-Based Long-Duration Energy Storage

Dr. Norbert Babcsán, Innobay Hungary Ltd., Hungary

Controller and Power Hardware in the Loop (HIL) Capability of Deda Technology

Selçuk Deda, Deda Technology, Belgium

Bare Bone Small and Micro Power Plants for Geothermal Power Production

Dr. Attila R. Imre, Réka Kustán, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary

Development of an efficient LOHC technology

Dr. András Tompos, HUN-REN TTK, Hungary

Space Weather Threat Mitigation in the Energy Sector

Dr. Zsófia F. Szántay, SOLEYE Ltd., Hungary

Project Pitch 2

Company & Project Idea Presentation

15:00-16:20

Solar & agrovoltaics

Turning EPBD Article 10 solar obligations into portfolio scale decisions

Jody Bidgood, Envirogood Limited, United Kingdom

AVATAR project – Agrivoltaics for Agricultural Transition and Resilience

Dr. Aidana Chalgynbayeva, HUN-REN Centre for Energy Research, Hungary

Buildings & cooling

Passive Cooling, Active Control: A Radiative Cooling Platform

Dr. Lajos Szabó, Thuringian Institute for Textile and Plastics Research, Germany

BIM Integrated Project Aimed to Reduce Carbon Emissions and Increasing Resilience Within the Framework of Exterior Facade and Interior Air Quality for Healthy Living Spaces in Housing Projects

Dr. Haldun Ersen, Ege Yapi, Turkey

The revolution of storing thermal energy

Szabolcs Petkes, HeatVentors, Hungary

Integrating Emerging EUROGIA Technologies for 4IR

Dr. Yangang Xing, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Circularity & ecosystems

CHR 700 Waste Recycling

Zsolnai Péter, Compower.HU Ltd., Hungary

Greenmind +AI-Powered Sustainable Technology Ecosystem by ARENA

Tolga Ildaser, Arena Bilgisayar A.S., Turkey

Morning Session:

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michael-walch_funding-and-partner-search-for-eurogia-projects-in-austria

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Co-organizers: Hungarian Scientific Society of Energy Economics & Hungarian Academy of Engineering