Horizons of Innovation – EU Research Collaboration Forum
December 2, 2025
Science and Technology Park Novi Sad, Serbia
The Horizons of Innovation – EU Research Collaboration Forum brought together researchers, innovators, and institutional representatives from across Europe and the Western Balkans for a full day of knowledge exchange and networking on December 2, 2025. The event served as a dynamic platform for discussing emerging trends, building partnerships, and transforming research ideas into practical impact.
The Forum featured inspiring keynote speeches on innovation, collaboration, and research impact, expert panel discussions addressing challenges in project development, technology transfer, and cross-sector cooperation, interactive sessions where participants presented ideas, received expert feedback, and explored opportunities for collaboration, networking activities enabling direct connections with universities, companies, and support institutions.
The event gathered a diverse group including researchers from universities and R&D centers, startups and SMEs working on innovation-driven solutions, public institutions and civil society organizations, early-career professionals and project teams seeking visibility and new partnerships.
Phoenix-OoC at the Horizon of Innovations
At the Horizons of Innovation – EU Research Collaboration Forum, the Phoenix-OoC project was prominently showcased through two poster presentations and an interactive session.
Two project posters were presented during the event. The first poster, authored by Saima Qureshi, Sanja Kojic, Nastasija Malivuk, and Goran Stojanovic, introduced Origami-Inspired Paper Structures for Enhanced Capillary Flow. The second poster, prepared by Milica Abeer and Goran Stojanovic, focused on Dimensional Accuracy and Defects in Bio-Photopolymer SLA-Printed Microfluidic Channels.
In addition to the poster session, the Phoenix-OoC project was highlighted during an interactive session in a presentation delivered by Nastasija Malivuk, who introduced the microfluidics for organ-on-chip concept. She discussed microfluidic technologies, future directions in organ-on-chip development, simulation approaches for microfluidic systems, and the potential impact of the Phoenix-OoC project in advancing these technologies.
