14 / 10 / 2025
EARTO 25th Anniversary Celebration and Innovation Awards Ceremony 2025 – 14 October 2025
EARTO organised its 25th Anniversary Celebration and Innovation Awards today, 14 October 2025, at the BELvue Museum in Brussels. The event gathered more than 200 representatives from more than 30 countries worldwide (RTOs, EU institutions, industry as well as other key R&I stakeholders).
The programme featured several keynote speeches from:
- Mr Jesus Valero, EARTO President & Managing Director, Tecnalia
- Mr Alexandr Hobza, Cabinet Expert, Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné – Prosperity and Industrial Strategy, European Commission
- Mr Manuel Aleixo, Cabinet Expert, Cabinet of Commissioner Ekaterina Zaharieva – Startups, Research and Innovation, European Commission
- Mr Markus J. Beyrer, Director General, BusinessEurope
- Mr Christian Ehler, Member of the European Parliament
During the 17th edition of the EARTO Innovation Awards Ceremony, six RTOs’ innovations were rewarded by Mr Christian Ehler, Member of the European Parliament, in two categories: Impact Delivered and Impact Expected. EARTO member CEA, received the award in the Impact Delivered category for the development of Dragonfly, a groundbreaking universal sensor that surpasses traditional vibration sensors in sensitivity, versatility, and cost-efficiency. EARTO member VTT received the award in the Impact Expected category for the development Cryogenic CMOS, innovative chips designed to ensure minimal energy dissipation and operate in extremely cold environments.
On the same day, EARTO has published the 2025 edition of its Innovation Awards online brochure, a collection of 37 innovations featuring EARTO members, which gives a flavour of the wide range of RTOs’ work. The brochure includes articles on all RTOs that took part in this year’s competition, as well as articles on RTOs International Network (RIN), with a special focus on the six finalists, which are, in addition to the two winners: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, TNO, ŁUKASIEWICZ-WIT, INESC TEC.
–Video of Impact Delivered Finalists
