{"id":1551,"date":"2026-05-22T13:19:36","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T13:19:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valzeo.eu\/?p=1551"},"modified":"2026-05-22T13:22:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T13:22:09","slug":"official-press-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valzeo.eu\/index.php\/2026\/05\/22\/official-press-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Official Press Release"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">VALZEO International Workshop, Science Caf\u00e9, and Project Meeting Successfully Held in Ancona, Italy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Horizon Europe MSCA Staff Exchanges project VALZEO successfully organized a series of high-level scientific and networking activities at the Faculty of Engineering of Universit\u00e0 Politecnica delle Marche on 21\u201322 May 2026, bringing together researchers, project partners, students, and stakeholders from across Europe and beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The activities included the VALZEO International Workshop, the VALZEO Science Caf\u00e9, and the VALZEO Project Meeting, reinforcing the project\u2019s commitment to scientific excellence, international collaboration, stakeholder engagement, and dissemination of sustainable innovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The VALZEO International Workshop, held on 21 May 2026, featured scientific presentations addressing innovative environmental technologies, circular economy solutions, advanced materials, air quality improvement, environmental remediation, and sustainable energy systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The workshop included presentations by researchers and experts from partner institutions, including Chiara Giosu\u00e8 from Universit\u00e0 Politecnica delle Marche on materials and technologies for improving air quality, Natalia Czerwi\u0144ska from \u0141ukasiewicz Research Network \u2013 Institute of Industrial Chemistry on hybrid electrospun adsorbent filters for environmental applications, and Prof. Anna Laura Eusebi from Universit\u00e0 Politecnica delle Marche on Life Cycle Assessment methodologies and sustainability contextualization for energy storage materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The workshop created a dynamic platform for scientific exchange and interdisciplinary collaboration, supporting VALZEO\u2019s objectives in sustainable environmental engineering and circular water-energy systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the same day, the consortium organized the VALZEO Science Caf\u00e9 entitled <em>\u201cCan Waste Save Our Water? Exploring Circular Materials and Clean Technologies.\u201d<\/em> The session was moderated by Leonardo Piccinetti from Sustainable Innovation Technology Services (SITES) and featured interactive discussions with students, researchers, professors, and stakeholders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Science Caf\u00e9 focused on how innovation can transform waste into valuable environmental solutions through advanced materials, circular economy approaches, wastewater treatment technologies, and resource recovery systems. The event encouraged active participation and open dialogue on sustainability challenges, clean water technologies, and the role of young researchers in driving environmental innovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The activities continued on 22 May 2026 with the VALZEO Project Meeting, where consortium partners reviewed project progress, knowledge transfer activities, dissemination performance, secondments, exploitation pathways, and upcoming strategic actions for the final phase of the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the meeting, Work Package leaders presented updates on scientific achievements, pilot activities, dissemination and communication actions, stakeholder engagement performance, and innovation exploitation strategies. Discussions also addressed project impact, collaboration opportunities, and future sustainability perspectives for VALZEO results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The events in Ancona demonstrated the strong collaborative spirit of the VALZEO consortium and highlighted the project\u2019s growing contribution to sustainable innovation, circular economy solutions, environmental remediation technologies, and international research cooperation under the Horizon Europe Marie Sk\u0142odowska-Curie Actions framework.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The VALZEO consortium warmly thanks all participants, speakers, researchers, students, organizers, and stakeholders who contributed to the success of these activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>VALZEO is funded by the European Union under the Horizon Europe Programme \u2013 Marie Sk\u0142odowska-Curie Actions (MSCA Staff Exchanges), Grant Agreement No. 101086354.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"298\" height=\"266\" src=\"https:\/\/valzeo.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/VALZEO_oficial_logo.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-465\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/valzeo.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/normal-reproduction-high-resolution-2048x1366-1-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1552\" width=\"227\" height=\"151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/valzeo.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/normal-reproduction-high-resolution-2048x1366-1-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/valzeo.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/normal-reproduction-high-resolution-2048x1366-1-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/valzeo.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/normal-reproduction-high-resolution-2048x1366-1-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/valzeo.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/normal-reproduction-high-resolution-2048x1366-1-1-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/valzeo.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/normal-reproduction-high-resolution-2048x1366-1-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 227px) 100vw, 227px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VALZEO International Workshop, Science Caf\u00e9, and Project Meeting Successfully Held in Ancona, Italy The Horizon Europe MSCA Staff Exchanges project VALZEO successfully organized a series of high-level scientific and networking activities at the Faculty of Engineering of Universit\u00e0 Politecnica delle Marche on 21\u201322 May 2026, bringing together researchers, project partners, students, and stakeholders from across [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1553,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[62],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/valzeo.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1551"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/valzeo.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/valzeo.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valzeo.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valzeo.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1551"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/valzeo.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1551\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1554,"href":"https:\/\/valzeo.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1551\/revisions\/1554"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valzeo.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/valzeo.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valzeo.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valzeo.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}