The goal of the meeting was to evaluate the results achieved in 2025 and present plans for 2026. The meeting was attended by 18 key members of the project's expert and administrative team from both universities.
During the meeting, team members presented the results achieved within the framework of the project's three research initiatives, the current status of monitoring indicators and milestones, the budget utilization status, and other important information. The topic of open science was also discussed, as well as the activities planned for 2026, including further project outputs and results.
In 2025, the project team achieved the following successes:
- Three expert publications were produced in collaboration with foreign authors and the application sphere, with additional publications currently in progress.
- Three functional prototypes were developed, and other applied results are in preparation.
- Three international grants and one national grant were submitted in collaboration with the application sphere and other research organizations.
- Collaboration with the application sphere and foreign research organizations was established and expanded through five framework agreements and memorandums of understanding.
- Excursions were conducted at seven partners from the application sphere.
- Expert seminars and workshops were organized with the participation of researchers and representatives of companies, aimed at disseminating the project's results.
- Research facilities of the project’s lead researcher were modernized through the acquisition of new research infrastructure.
- Experts from the application sphere were involved in teaching and consulting students' final theses.
"I would like to thank all the participants of today’s meeting, as well as all the teams involved in the project, who contributed to the achieved results. The INOVO!!! project can be considered a very successful start after its first year of implementation, without significant issues that would jeopardize its further course. Based on today's presentations, I expect excellent results in 2026 and in the coming years, which will contribute to the achievement of the project’s goals, particularly in the collaboration between our universities and the application sphere in the development of innovated technologies for a cleaner environment in the Ostrava region," evaluated the project after its first year of implementation, Lucie Obalová, project expert leader and director of IET.