The University of Aveiro organised the second transnational project meeting, which took place in Aveiro, Portugal, on the 19-21st of April 2023. The meeting was hosted by Myriam Lopes, Santosh Bhandari, Sara Pires, Ana Gomes, and Helder Relvas from the University of Aveiro. The participants from the University of Twente (Holger Schiele, dr. Klaas Stek, Shantal Kartoidjojo), Tampere University (Aki Jääskeläinen, Kati Loijas), and Kaunas University of Technology (Zaneta Stasiskiene and Akvile Feiferyte - Skiriene) arrived at Aveiro.
A day before the official meeting, on the 19th of April, the welcoming of guests started in the evening with a dinner. On Thursday, the 20th, the dean of the University of Aveiro opened the meeting. After that, the project results of Intellectual Output 1 & 2 were presented and participants updated their viewpoints about those results. Next, we Holger Schiele gave a presentation on how to link the three communities, i.e. SME, Environmental Engineering, and Public procurement sector. The official meeting ended at 17.30, and afterwards, the University of Aveiro hosted us with an evening program. On Friday, the 21st, the meeting started at 9:00 am. The agenda began with the planning of Intellectual Output 3, a quantitative study, and its content was discussed. Secondly, the multiplier-event content was discussed as well. The meeting ended with handing over the Erasmus flag to our partners from the Kaunas University of Technology and a farewell lunch.
