This is a focused, small-scale brokerage event dedicated to a limited number of selected Horizon Europe Cluster 4 topics.
The NCP4Industry network, in collaboration with Ideal-ist 2027 and Net4Society, invites researchers, industry representatives, digital innovators and other stakeholders to join an online brokerage event dedicated to selected upcoming Horizon Europe Cluster 4 (Digital, Industry, Space) calls.
The event will highlight opportunities at the intersection of industry-driven and digital innovation and Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH), including topics such as:
- valorisation of intellectual assets for industry and SMEs,
- human–AI collaboration in industrial environments,
- human-centred technologies for virtual and immersive applications.
SSH integration plays a key role in these calls by ensuring that industrial and technological innovation is human-centred, inclusive, ethical, and aligned with real user needs. It enables collaboration between industry, engineers, digital innovators and social scientists to develop solutions that are not only technically advanced, but also usable, accepted and impactful in real-world industrial and societal contexts.
The event aims to foster international networking, exchange of ideas and experiences, and strengthen collaboration across disciplines and sectors, creating a space for future cooperation and potential project development.
Registration deadline: 15 May 2026
Pitching opportunities
Participants are invited to present their project ideas during the event.
We welcome participants who:
- are interested in coordinating a project,
- or would like to take an active role as a Work Package leader or in another leadership role.
Participants who wish to pitch are kindly asked to prepare a short presentation based on the provided template: [Download pitch template]
Please send your completed presentation by 21 May 2026 to: [email protected]
Relevant call topics
The event and pitching session will focus specifically on the following selected topics:
- HORIZON-CL4-2027-04-HUMAN-01 Advanced and Innovative hardware components for Virtual Worlds (Virtual Worlds Partnership)
- HORIZON-CL4-2027-04-HUMAN-02Create a thriving and competitive Virtual Worlds and Web 4.0 ecosystem (Virtual Worlds Partnership)
- HORIZON-CL4-2027-04-HUMAN-07 Facilitate the engagement of European stakeholders in international digital standardization
- HORIZON-CL4-2027-02-DIGITAL-EMERGING-52-two-stage New approaches for Human/AI collaboration for the workforce of the future (RIA) (Made in Europe and AI, Data and Robotics partnerships)
- HORIZON-CL4-2027-01-MAT-PROD-42 Unlocking the potential of academic intellectual assets for industry, SMEs and startups (CSA)
For any questions, please contact:
Deividas Petrulevičius
Horizon Europe programme National Contact Point (Digital & Industry)
Phone +370 645 89138
E-mail: [email protected]