Are you a solution provider?
Are you a tech-savvy SME or startup, researcher, technology center, EDIH (Digital Innovation Hub) or accelerator? Do you know how to solve one or more of the shared Challenge Providers' challenges related to “Design the Future, Hack the Waste: The Full-Lifecycle Mobility Challenge”?
Are you interested in these challenges?
Challenge #1 description:
Developing smart and sustainable injection molding solutions by integrating IoT, AI-driven process optimization, and advanced tooling technologies to support the industrialisation of green railway components.
Challenge #2 description:
Identifying high-value applications and industrial use cases for a novel biodegradable material derived from organic waste, particularly in mobility and other sustainability-driven sectors.
Challenge #3 description:
Developing predictive and risk-based validation methods to accelerate the adoption of recycled materials in automotive components while ensuring consistent OEM-level performance and quality.
Challenge #4 description:
Developing eco-efficient management solutions to improve the sustainability, energy efficiency, and operational performance of mass transit systems.
Challenge #5 description:
Developing sustainable foaming technologies and alternative blowing agents to accelerate aluminium foam production, improve foam quality, and reduce environmental impact.
What to do if interested?
Please fill in the form of the Call for Solutions by choosing the challenges listed for which you can contribute a solution.
And be ready to participate online on 21-22 July 2026 in the Hack & Match Event to explain your proposal (solutions) in detail.
Hack & Match – What’s in it for you?
We, the European Railway Clusters Initiative (ERCI) and the European Lightweight Clusters Alliance (ELCA) officially launched the ERCI/ELCA Joint Hack & Match Event “Design the Future, Hack the Waste: The Full-Lifecycle Mobility Challenge”
Hack & Match is an innovative online format and a unique opportunity for you to connect with innovative solution providers (tech-savvy SMEs, researchers and technology experts) from across Europe to co-develop innovative solutions based on advanced technologies.
This is what the Hack & Match schedule looks like:
- Call for Challenges: closed
- Call for Solutions: open until 13 July 2026
- Online Hack & Match Event: 21/22 July 2026
- The 2 winning teams are invited to visit the InnoTrans trade show in Berlin.
Make the most of this service, which is free of charge for you.
Rules for participation
For more details see the
- Rules | ERCI-ELCA Joint H&M RULES
- Explaining Slides | ERCI-ELCA Joint Hack&Match event_explaining slides