Recap of ATIMA Activities (March – May 2026)
Within the last months (March – May 2026), ATIMA and its partners have continued their acti-vities for raising awareness on the project and its goals, engaging with different stakeholder groups, and strengthening the identity of Austria’s advan-ced/innovative materials (AdMa) community.
Highlights of activities in the last three months include:
Enforce Tac
(23-24.02.2026, Nürnberg, Germany) – V-trion
Enforce Tac is a leading international trade fair for security and defense technologies, focusing on law enforcement and military applications. During the event, relevant market trends and technologi-cal developments were assessed, and discussions were held with industry stakeholders and potential partners. The activity aimed to identify innovation opportunities, strengthen networking, and gain insights into application fields relevant to smart textiles, such as protective clothing and integra-ted sensor systems. This activity contributes to ATIMA objectives by fostering international net-working, supporting knowledge transfer, and iden-tifying new collaboration and innovation oppor-tunities in advanced materials and smart textiles.
Gaining synergies with bilateral collaboration between Sweden and Austria
(02–03.03.2026, Göteborg, Sweden) – BNN
At the beginning of March, the coordinator of the Austrian Advanced Materials Community ATIMA was invited to attend a workshop in Sweden, at which the national collaboration in the field of Advanced Materials was the focus. Based on the experiences gained in Austria, Andreas Falk pre-sented both ATIMA and InnoMatSyn (with a focus on the European AdMa ecosystem), showed les-sons learned during the establishment of the nati-onal collaboration and advocated for future colla-boration between the Swedish and the Austrian community.
The invitation-only event brought together AdMa experts from all over Sweden, comple-mented by ATIMA as example of a national com-munity, as well as InnoMatSyn and IAM-I as-sociation as the European collaborative level.
Anwenderforum SMART TEXTILES
(04–05.03.2026, Zeulenroda, Germany) – V-trion
The participation in the Smart Textiles User Forum supported ATIMA’s objectives by strengthening in-ternational networking, knowledge exchange, and technology transfer in the field of smart textiles. Representatives of the Smart Textiles Platform Aus-tria presented Austrian competencies and engaged with international experts, research institutions, and potential partners. The event provided insights into technological trends, innovation needs, and collaboration opportunities, while enhancing the vi-sibility of Austrian expertise in advanced materials.
Anwenderforum SMART TEXTILES
(04–05.03.2026, Zeulenroda, Germany) – V-trion
For the second time, and following the success-ful 2024 edition, Vienna hosted the ANTHOS’26 conference, bringing together leading stakehol-ders from the European safe and sustainable ad-vanced (nano-)materials and technologies com-munity. The event provided a platform to discuss future challenges and opportunities, focusing on the transition from identified needs to practical solutions.
As the conference took place on home ground, the Austrian Advanced Materials Community ATIMA was strongly represented and actively contributed to the event’s success, including through stakehol-der engagement and networking activities. A com-prehensive recap of ANTHOS’26 is available in the BNN QUARTERLY 01/2026, pages 8–19.
JEC World Paris Messe – A2LT Expert Corner
(10–12.03.2026, Paris, France) – BIZ-UP
A2LT participated in JEC World Paris from March 10–12, 2026 with an Expert Corner. JEC World, recognized as a leading global platform for com-posite materials, highlights the growing strate-gic importance of advanced materials across industries. In this context, A2LT’s presence emphasized the critical role of innovation in advanced materials for enabling lightweight, high-performance, and sustainable solutions, di-rectly aligning with ATIMA’s objectives to streng-then expertise and collaboration in this field. Read more details here.