EU Funding for Green Innovations & Investments

01. December 2026 14:00 - 15:30 Online
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Are you developing innovative products, new technologies, or climate-friendly solutions and want to know which European funding and financing options are suitable for your project? At the EU Funding Update webinar, you will receive a compact overview of key EU instruments for innovation, investment, and sustainable projects. Experts will present funding and financing opportunities from Horizon Europe, EIC, the EU Innovation Fund, LIFE, as well as the EIB and EIF, and provide an outlook on the European Competitiveness Fund. In subsequent breakout sessions, you can delve deeper into your relevant funding topic and discuss individual questions directly with the experts.

Program Highlights & Your Benefits:
  • Overview of relevant EU funding programs: Learn about the funding opportunities that Horizon Europe, the European Innovation Council (EIC), the EU Innovation Fund, and the LIFE program offer for innovative and sustainable projects.
  • Financing options via EIB & EIF: Get to know the offerings of the European Investment Bank and the European Investment Fund and find out which financing options exist for investment projects.
  • Outlook on the European Competitiveness Fund: Gain an initial insight into the planned European Competitiveness Fund (ECF) and future European funding opportunities.
  • Direct exchange with experts: Use the breakout sessions to delve deeper into the funding or financing topic relevant to you and ask individual questions about your project.
Target Group:
  • Austrian companies with innovative product, technology, or investment projects
  • Companies with projects in the areas of sustainability, climate protection, and green technologies
  • Companies wishing to use EU funding for research, development, or innovation projects
  • Companies reviewing European financing instruments for planned investments

The Program

2:00 PM

General Overview and Welcome

Bernhard Puttinger, GTV

2:05 PM

Horizon Europe

Siegfried Loicht, FFG

2:15 PM

EIC – European Innovation Council

Giorgio Mutinati, FFG

2:25 PM

EU-IF – EU Innovation Fund

Ann-Kathrin Hantschke, KPC

2:38 PM

LIFE Program

Erich Purkarthofer, FFG

2:48 PM

EIB / EIF – Financing via the European Investment Bank and the European Investment Fund

Frank Schuster, EIB

2:55 PM

Outlook: ECF – European Competitiveness Fund

Andrea Hoffmann, FFG

3:00 PM

Breakout Sessions: In-depth exploration in six thematic rooms

Do You Have Any Questions?

Our expert at ICS will reliably advise you on all questions regarding this event.