Back to school this year means back to the Graphene Week 2025, a date in which the GRAPHERGIA innovators will showcase our preliminary research results with two workshops, two poster presentations and the recording of two podcast episodes, besides sharing the Graphene Flagship Hall with our Graphene EU sibling projects.
The 20th Edition of Graphene Week, held in Vicenza, Italy on 22-26 September 2025, and organized by the Graphene Flagship with the support of the European Commission, stands at the forefront of cutting-edge research, innovation, and technology. As Europe’s leading and longest-running graphene conference, it unites over 500 international experts and students to discuss key topics concerning graphene and 2D materials, including the impact on the energy sector, GRAPHERGIA‘s focus of innovation.
GIANCE Workshop on Sustainability and the Environmental Assessment of the Application of Graphene – 24 September
On Wednesday, 24 September, at 11:15h, Matteo Maccanti, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Analyst at Next Technology Tecnotessile, will be one of the speakers of the workshop organized by GIANCE on sustainability and the environmental assessment of the application of graphene, remarking also the LCA added value for the projects and the Graphene Flagship.
The chair and moderator is Ana Claudia Nioac de Salles, from Fraunhofer ICT. The rest of the speakers, besides Matteo Maccanti, are Johan Ek Weis (Chalmers Industriteknik, SIO Grafen), Susanna Andreasi Bassi (JRC European Platform on LCA), and Antonio Valente (ecoinvent).
GRAPHERGIA and SAFARI Co-Organized Workshop on Safe and Sustainable-by-Design 2D Materials for Energy, Electronics, and Biotechnology – 25 September
On Thursday, 25 September, from 11:15h to 13:15h, the workshop “Safe and Sustainable-by-Design 2D Materials: Manufacturing Processes and Applications in Energy, Electronics, and Biotechnology”, co-hosted by GRAPHERGIA and the SAFARI project, will be celebrated.
The workshop aims to explore safe and sustainable-by-design manufacturing methods, bringing together leading researchers to discuss innovative manufacturing methods for 2D materials that prioritize safety and sustainability. Participants will discuss the latest advances in synthesis processes, characterization techniques, and property optimization relevant to energy storage, electronic devices, and biotechnological applications. Key discussions will highlight the challenges of scaling up production while minimizing environmental impact and ensuring material safety. Follow-up initiatives will focus on the establishment of best practices for sustainable manufacturing.
Organized by Spyros Yannopoulos and Magda Spella from our coordinator Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH), and Diana Marcano from Poznań Institute of Technology, the session is chaired by Diana, together with João Laranjeira from ISQ. The speakers joining the discussion are:
- Kyle Matthews, Mxene Inc – Guest Speaker.
- João Laranjeira, ISQ – SAFARI.
- Diana Marcano, Poznań Institute of Technology – SAFARI.
- Nadia Bali, FORTH – GRAPHERGIA.
- Matteo Maccanti, Next Technology Tecnotessile – GRAPHERGIA.
Read the document below to discover all the details about the workshop:
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Open in new tab GRAPHERGIA Poster Presentations
In the evenings of the 23rd and 24th, in a more social and relaxed atmosphere to discuss our project’s research progress and impact, the poster sessions are the main characters of the agenda. Spyros Tsiotos, Materials and Processes Engineer at Adamant Composites, will present the GRAPHERGIA poster “Reduced Graphene Oxide & CFRPs – Maximized Properties. An investigative overview”. The poster informs on the developments in incorporating reduced Graphene Oxide in hitherto plain and not modified CFRP composites. The most focal point will be the laser irradiation process of the Graphene Oxide on the CFRP’s surface to create a homogenous and cohesive structure of higher quality in terms of properties. Relative data will be visible to provide outcomes of characterization techniques. Such technical developments show promise in high performance sectors such as aeronautics and space.
Natalia Kantouni, from Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH), will also explain a poster about our project. “We demonstrate a scalable laser-assisted method for in-situ growth of conductive graphene films on textiles, targeting applications in smart fabrics and wearable electronics. Using both pulsed Nd:YAG (1064 nm) and continuous-wave CO2 (10.6 µm) lasers, graphene oxide coatings were reduced on diverse substrates, including polyester, polyamide, and carbon-fiber prepregs. Optimized processing yielded sheet resistance values as low as 8–10 Ω sq-1, among the lowest reported for laser-scribed graphene on fabrics. Crucially, the method was upscaled to an industrial roll-to-roll (R2R) platform, producing meter-scale, uniform graphene-coated textiles, thus bridging laboratory research with industrial manufacturing feasibility”, Natalia explains.
Graphene Flagship Hall and Podcast Recording On Energy and Biosensors
As in the Graphene Week 2024, this year we will also share the Graphene Flagship Hall with the rest of the Graphene EU projects (ARMS, 2DSPIN-TECH, 2D ENGINE, 2D-PRINTABLE, SAFARI, GIANCE, MUNASET, 2D-BioPAD, GATEPOST, Next-2Digits, and 2DNeuralVision) to network and keep strengthening the European graphene and 2D materials community during the coffee and lunch breaks.
Besides, as a new activity, we will record two podcast episodes with some of their scientist and innovators, to speak about the human side of graphene. One podcast will focus on biomedicine and biosensors, meanwhile the other, on sustainability for future energy.
We will continue with the legacy of last year’s edition remarking the importance of a strong sense of community as key for our common good.
*Pictures taken by Kirsten Loewenthal.