A.SPIRE Community Day

10 Apr 2025 | Brussels, Belgium

Eduard Piqueras-Jover

R&I Programme Coordinator

EURECAT

Barcelona, Spain

4 profile visitsA.SPIRE Member

Responsible for the participation of EURECAT multidisciplinary and cross-sectorial research groups in Horizon Europe. Focus on decarbonization and circularity.

My organisation

EURECAT

EURECAT

Barcelona, Spain

Eurecat is the leading Technology Centre in Catalonia, and the second largest private research organization in Southern Europe. Eurecat manages a turnover of 62 M€ and 761 professionals, is involved in more than 190 R&D projects and has a customer portfolio of over 1.000 companies. Eurecat is currently participating in more than 70 EU funded European collaborative projects, from which 29 are coordinated by Eurecat. Eurecat R&D, innovation and training activities span from Industrial (metallic, plastic and composite materials, manufacturing processes, autonomous and professional robotics, functional printing and fabrics, simulations and sustainability), Digital (Digital Humanities, Big Data Analytics, IT Security, AI, e-health, data mining and multimedia technologies), Health (Food and bio-based) and Sustainability (water, air, soil, raw materials, energy and environmental impact) technologies.
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About me

Research and Innovation Programme Manager and Project coordinator in Eurecat Technology Center. Holds a Master of Sicence in Industrial Engineering from Polytechnical University of Catalonia and a specialization course in management of EU R&D projects from La Salle-URL (University Ramon Llull). He has been involved in the coordination and management of European Research projects in the last 9 years in two different Technology centers. Prior to this, he has been working in the automotive industry and in the Innovation Consulting sector helping companies from different industries to finance and optimize innovation by securing funding for their R&D activities through the management of R&D Grants and Tax incentives. From 2020-22, he has been member of the Advisory Group of the A.SPIRE and P4Planet European Partnership. He is now principal contact for Eurecat in A.SPIRE and Hydrogen Research Europe associations.

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Skills

  • circular economy
  • industrial symbiosis
  • SSbD
  • CCU
  • Recycling
  • sorting
  • data traceability
  • microwave
  • plasma
  • 3d printing
  • data driven
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • decision support systems
  • catalysis

Interests

  • circular economy
  • industrial-urban symbiosis
  • CCU
  • Recycling
  • sorting
  • product passport
  • Data Analytics
  • data security
  • Hydrogen
  • Advanced Materials
  • sustainability
  • raw materials
  • energy efficiency