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Xecs Matchmaking Event

Xecs is an Eureka Cluster specifically designed to accelerate the pace of sustainable industrial innovation in the Electronics Components & Systems (ECS) community. Xecs intends to create an ambitious international collaboration programme. The resulting RD&I projects will generate high societal and economic impact for all those who participate in an Xecs project.

Xecs Call 6 opens on 2nd of June 2026, and will be supported by the  Xecs Matchmaking Event in Vienna on 6-7 October 2026.

Call 6 is open to SMEs, Large Enterprises, Research & Technology Organisations (RTOs), and Academia.

All ECS community sectors are of equally high importance to Xecs projects. Xecs is designed to create the highest Return on Investment for both the industrial partners and public funding bodies.

Learn more here about the benefits of Xecs.

Xecs is focused on sustainable digital transformationguided by the 2026 ECS Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda prepared by experts gathered by the 3 Industry Associations – AENEAS, EPoSS and INSIDE. Xecs launches its Call 6 addressing the full ECS value chain and benefiting from the wide dynamic innovation ecosystem stimulated by these industry associations.

Call timeline

  • Launch of the Call: 2 June 2026
  • PO submission deadline: 21 January 2027
  • FPP submission deadline: 15 April 2027

More information is available here.

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Oct 6, 2026 09:00 - Oct 7, 2026 15:30
Palais Eschenbach, 11 Eschenbachgasse, 1010 Vienna