Kick-off meeting of the "Industry Meets Makers", December 4th, 2025, in Bratislava.
Spectra, Centre of Excellence will participate in the event series "Industry Meet Makers," which is part of the 2C FIMH Twin City Future Innovation Manufacturing Hub project. The main goal of this project is to formulate recommendations for a transnational innovation strategy in the manufacturing sector and to create conditions for an innovation center in the Vienna and Bratislava metropolitan region. The Twin City Future Innovation Manufacturing Hub (2C FIMH) will, in close collaboration with partners, manage the conceptualization, development, implementation, and evaluation of innovative pilot activities.The kick-off meeting of the "Industry Meet Makers" series will take place on December 4, 2025, in Bratislava. After this introductory meeting, mixed working teams, consisting from students, researchers, practitioners will be established. Task of the working teams will be to work on assignments arising from the so-called challenges. Challenges are tasks formulated by the participating companies and represent key issues that are the subject of debate and research in the given industry.
This year, the challenges are expected primarily in the areas of Cyber Security, Digital Technologies, Robotics, and related fields. Work on the tasks will involve both analysis and mapping the situation in the given industry, as well as designing a prototype up to product development. Throughout the entire cycle, which will culminate in the final presentations in Vienna (May 2026), the working teams will meet in so-called sessions dedicated to the different phases of product development (Brainstorming Session – Prototype Session – Development Session). The specific format of the challenges (up to 8 so-called challenges) will depend on the final composition of the participating companies. Participation of 5-6 Austrian and 2-3 Slovak companies/corporations is expected. The event „Industry Meets Makers“ is an excellent opportunity to gain experience working in teams, acquire the latest knowledge and know-how from rapidly developing fields and industries.
If you are students and are interested in this valuable professional experience, contact us at milan.husar@stuba.sk or matej.jasso@stuba.sk.