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New Collaboration Agreement to Promote Industrial Involvement with Big Science

Press release published 22th November 2024.

A new collaboration agreement between Danish Technological Institute and ESS in Lund aims to enhance Danish companies' access and opportunities for collaboration with world-leading neutron research facility.

Danish Technological Institute and the European Spallation Source ERIC (ESS) signed a collaboration agreement on Friday to strengthen their strategic partnership. ESS, which is being built in Lund with Denmark and Sweden as host countries, will become the world's most advanced neutron research facility. The agreement aims to make it easier for Danish companies to exploit the potential for innovation by developing new technology and analyzing advanced materials with neutrons.

"For Danish companies to fully exploit the potential of ESS, it is crucial that strong connections are established between Danish research environments, industry, and ESS. It requires a focused professional and sector-specific translation effort to ensure that Danish industry will be ready to convert advanced neutron research into concrete innovations and products”, says CEO Juan Farré, Danish Technological Institute, DTI.

ESS will function as a giant microscope, allowing researchers to examine materials at the atomic level using neutrons. This can be applied across a wide range of research areas. Opportunities span many research fields, including materials science, energy, climate, health, engineering, and environmental technology.

“Establishing and maintaining robust collaborations, and harnessing synergies with key stakeholders across our member states, is essential for the success and sustainability of an international organization like ESS. We are, therefore, very pleased to formalize and strengthen this important partnership with DTI”, says Helmut Schober, Director General of ESS.”

The collaboration agreement was signed in connection with the conference "Big Science in the 21st Century" at the Danish National Museum on Friday. Industry, policymakers, and representatives from universities and major European Big Science research infrastructures such as ESS and CERN gathered to discuss how Big Science can drive innovation, industrial growth, and societal progress.

ESS in Lund is expected to have a significant impact on business development and innovation: Danish companies can potentially benefit from the facility's capabilities in developing new materials, including nanomaterials, research in energy technologies such as fuel cells, batteries, and solar energy, investigation of biological materials for medical purposes, and improvement of industrial processes and environmental technologies.

The collaboration between Danish Technological Institute and ESS will focus particularly on attracting EU funding for joint projects that use neutron scattering to solve industrial challenges. Danish Technological Institute and ESS will also work on integrating ESS into Danish and international innovation ecosystems and making neutron experiments more accessible to industry.

The agreement includes plans to organize industrial interest groups, develop industrial protocols and standards, and promote technology transfer. Additionally, the parties will collaborate on educational programs to attract technical students to ESS.

The conference "Big Science in the 21st Century" is supported by the Carlsberg Foundation and the Danish Agency for Higher Education and Science.

The cooperation agreement was signed on Friday by Helmut Schober, Director General of ESS (left), and CEO Juan Farré, Danish Technological Institute, during the conference "Big Science in the 21st Century" at the National Museum in Copenhagen.

Further information

  • Please contact director Nikolaj Zangenberg, Danish Technological Institute, Tel: +45 7220 2494, mail: nzg@teknologisk.dk.

Top photo: The cooperation agreement was signed on 22th November 2024 by Helmut Schober, Director General of ESS (left), and CEO Juan Farré of Danish Technological Institute during the conference "Big Science in the 21st Century" at the National Museum in Copenhagen.