The InnoChain Second Year Colloquium, which took place at COAC Barcelona between the 12th and the 14th of February 2018, has been a shared evaluation event in which all Early Stage Researcher (ESRs) presented their research development.

The InnoChain ITN Network is a shared research training environment examining how advances in digital design tools challenge building culture enabling sustainable, informed and materially smart design solutions.  The network aims to train a new generation of interdisciplinary researchers, through the development of 15 PhDs, with a strong industry focus that can effect real changes in the way we think, design and build our physical environment

At the 2018 Second Year Colloquium all beneficiaries and industry partners could discuss the research development of the ESR projects in plenum. This included review and evaluation of industrial collaboration and secondment programme including the secondment periods.

Keynote speakers, such as Enric Ruiz Geli and Aviad Almagor, gave lectures to support the further research development in field of WP3 to WP5 while invited scientists, such as Mark and Jane Burry and Christoph Gengnagel, carried out evaluation of level of work and progress within the network.