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Big Science Business Forum 2024 – Trieste, Italy 117 Big Science Business Forum 2024 – Trieste, Italy 116 8.2. Preliminary Calls Below are the texts of each call. 8.2.1. ABSOs Call Call for expressions of interest from Big Science Organisations in Europe to become BSBF2024 Affiliated Big Science Organisations (ABSOs) 8.2.2. Big Science Common Market call Call for expressions of interest from companies to join BSBF2024 and present their experiences towards a Big Science Common Market in Europe The BSBF is a business-oriented congress that brings together the main European research infrastructures and European industry to present and discuss the prospects of the Big Science market in terms of future developments, investments, and procurement opportunities. The aim of ABSOs call is to bring to the table also those European or national research infrastructures that are not yet involved in the event. To qualify, these facilities must have a dedicated procurement budget for the period 2024-2028 and must be interested in communicating with industry about upcoming business opportunities and procurements that are open to European industry. Research infrastructures selected through this call will present their projects and procurement plans in two dedicated parallel sessions, will have the opportunity to reserve a dedicated space in the exhibition area to showcase their activities, and will be available for networking with industry throughout the entire congress. Deadline for application: 14th January 2024 The European Big Science represents a huge market of several hundred million euros per year, with significant potential impact and benefits for national industries. Engaging in the Big Science market can provide significant opportunities for companies. These include the creation of innovative products and the development of the customer portfolio by offering such products to other Big Science Organizations (BSOs) or to the wider market. However, access to this market appears to be highly fragmented and uneven across BSOs. Differences may exist in the format and/or language of the offer, the payment procedures and insurance, the tender procedures and codes/product categories, the product/material specifications, the site conditions and installation rules, etc. This places a burden on companies who have to adapt their access to each BSO. This call aims to collect the experiences of some prominent industrial actors who have been awarded contracts by different BSOs and then formulate a roadmap and suggestions for standardizing access procedures. This action will benefit both the BSOs and the companies: • the BSOs will have a better understanding of the challenges faced by companies applying for their CFTs and will be able to adopt some common and more effective practices to facilitate access by companies, thus benefiting from a larger portfolio of companies and a more dynamic participation in their CFTs. • Companies benefiting frommore standardized access procedures will increase their capacity to participate in CFTs from different BSOs , thus creating a real and effective common market. BSBF Trieste 2024 then launched this Call for nominations (BSCM Call) to select industries that could present their experiences in the Big ScienceMarket and formulate suggestions in a dedicated session, ensuring that one speaker for each selected company will receive a free pass to the BSBF2024 . Deadline for application: 18th June 2024 8.2.3. Technology Transfer Track Call Call for partnership and funding of BSBF2024 – Big Science Business Forum The TTT call aims to create an enabling environment for knowledge and technology transfer networking to foster cross-sectoral technology transfer from/to Big Science market research infrastructure as well as to identify funding opportunities to get this knowledge and technology off the ground. The participation in this call provides an opportunity for industries and BSO representatives to: • Present their poster to a qualified audience/target • See the presentation of their innovative solution/new technology/funding opportunity and their institutional branding posted on the BSBF2024 website • Track stakeholder interest in the event through the tools available on the event app. Call for partnership, knowledge and technology transfer Call for funding Scientific Programme Full document available Full document available Full document available Full document available