ReTronics Summer School
The Responsible Electronics Portfolio (ReTronics) is a collection of EU-funded research projects under the European Innovation Council (EIC) Pathfinder Program.
The Portfolio is hosting a summer school focusing on research and innovation in the responsible electronics topic in Krakow, Poland, during 26-29th August, 2025, organized by the STELEC project.
You are cordially invited to attend the Summer School through two ways
for PhD students
for researchers and innovators
Sign-up deadline: 15 July 2025 30 July 2025
*Participation is not limited to ReTronics projects. Limited slots available, we will first prioritize all ReTronics project participants, then the rest will be first-come first-serve.
*The summer school is a non-profit activity organized by the ReTronics projects. All speakers are volunteered and not financially compensated. A registration fee of 150 EUR is however required to cover the external event service costs like catering for 4 days. The 4-Day program registration fee already covers the networking dinner on Thursday.
*Single Day Passes: If you wish to attend the lecture and workshop program with single days, we will offer day passes at 30 EUR per day. Please DO NOT use the form with the button above – instead, directly send an email to Bo Zhou (bo.zhou@dfki.de)
Local Information (venues, accommodation options, things to do)
EIC Entrepreneurship Special Event
This Special Event is part of the summer school program in Kraków on 28thAugust. It is open for the researchers, startups and industry from the regional microelectronics sector.
The Special Event is scheduled for the afternoon on 28th August in Jagiellonian University in Krakow, between 15:00 and 17:30. The attendance of these talks (without the social event in the evening) is free of charge. It is followed by a catered networking evening event (at an extra cost of 30 EUR) in the evening at the AGH University of Science and Technology.
Special Event Agenda:
| 15:30 | Introduction to EU Innovation Landscape by Aleksandra Ihnatowicz (Polish National Contact Point) |
| 16:00 | Introduction to EIC instruments supporting innovation, and semiconductor materials project portfolios by Dr. Isabel Obieta (European Innovation Council) |
| 16:30 | Examples of successful research to innovation transitions (TBD) |
| 17:00 | Panel Discussion |
| 17:30 | Guided tour of Krakow old town to Networking Dinner |
| 18:30 | Networking dinner [at additional cost] with posters from PhD students and projects. |
Lectures and Workshop Program
Program at a glance
Explore our speakers and topics
The topics are to be further refined
| Dr. Isabel Obieta (European Innovation Council) | EIC support on research and entrepreneurship |
| Prof. Paul Lukowicz (German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence) | Intelligence Wearable Systems and Applications |
| Prof. Balázs Illés (Budapest University of Technology and Economics) | Soldering and Sustainability – Low Temperature Solders and Special Alloys |
| Prof. Nobert Wehn (University of Kaiserslautern-Landau) | Microelectronics |
| Prof. Marco Fattori (Eindhoven University of Technology) | Organic Electronics – From Circuits to Neuromorphic Computing |
| Dr. Russel Torah (University of Southampton, Associate Professor) | Printing and flexible electronic manufacturing processes for e-textiles |
| Dr. Sheng Yong (University of Southampton) | Printed Electro-chemical sensors and devices |
| Dott. Sara Carniello (Joanneum Research) | Sustainable Lifecycle of Electronics – from eco-design & raw materials to recycling & economic challenges |
| Dr. Hans Kleemann (TU Dresden) | Lifecycle assessment |
| Dr. Jose Mendoza Carreño (Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona) | Nanoimprinting photonics |
| Dr. Taraneh Aminosharieh Najafi (Swiss Federal Technology Institute of Lausanne) | Edge AI Design Methods |
| Dr. Passant Alagroudy (German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence) | Transferable Softskills in Scientific Research |
| Dr. Laurie Calvet (Research Scientist at CNRS) | Stochastic computing for ReTronics |
| Jean-François Bloch (Tech2Market) | IP protection and entrepreneurship for Early Career Researchers |
| Prof. Jennifer Hasler (Georgia Tech) | FPAA SoC – from research to commercialization |
26th August, Tuesday
| 9:00 | Welcome and Introduction (Dr. Bo Zhou, DFKI) |
| 9:30 (1hr) | Nanoimporint Photonics (Dr. Jose Mendoza, ICMAB) |
| 10:30 | Coffee break |
| 11:00 (1.5hr) | Organic electronics, from circuits to neuromorphic computing (Prof. Marco Fattori, TU/e) |
| 12:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30 (1.5hr) | Stochastic computing for ReTronics (Dr. Laurie Calvet, CNRS) |
| 15:00 (2hr) | [Workshop] Transferable softskills for research (Dr. Passant Alagroudy, DFKI) |
27th August, Wednesday
| 9:00 (1.5hr) | Soldering and sustainability (Prof. Balázs Illés, BME) |
| 10:30 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 (1.5 hr) | Wearable Systems and Applications (Prof. Paul Lukowicz, DFKI) |
| 12:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30 (3.5 hr) | [Workshop] Sustainability and life cycle assessment for electronics (Dott. Sara Carniello, Joanne Research and Dr. Hans Kleemann, TU-Dresden) |
Organizers and Contacts
Dr. Bo Zhou and Joanna Sorysz (Programme Organizer)
German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), Kaiserslautern, Germany
Sara Skublikowska and Marta Sakwa (Local Organizer)
Tech2Market, Krakow, Poland
For visa or attendance invitation letters, please contact Bo (bo.zhou@dfki.de)