ICE-Link Mid-Term Meeting

The ICE-Link Mid-Term Meeting was successfully held on 27–28 October in Faenza, Italy, hosted and organized by CNR-ISSMC. The meeting brought together consortium partners to review project progress, assess technical developments, and align future activities within the framework of the ICE-Link MSCA initiative.

The agenda included detailed reports from the Project Coordinator and all Work Package leaders, covering project management, data-driven modelling frameworks, porous materials investigation, CFD and phase-field modelling, advanced porous system development, and the evolution of the shared data system. Strong emphasis was placed on the links between secondments, tasks, and deliverables, ensuring coherence between research activities and expected outcomes.

Dedicated sessions addressed training, knowledge transfer, networking, and secondments implementation, including a focused discussion between seconded staff members and the REA Representative. Partner presentations highlighted ongoing activities, future collaborations, career development opportunities, and mechanisms for long-term knowledge exchange.

The meeting concluded with management and impact sessions covering financial aspects, dissemination, open-access publications, ethics, intellectual property, and communication activities aimed at maximizing the project’s scientific and societal impact.

This research/project  was funded by the European Union’s programme for research and innovation Horizon Europe under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action grant agreement No 101130406 — ice-Link — HORIZON-MSCA-2022-SE-01. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or European Research Executive Agency. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.