The ECODrive fellows as well as beneficiaries and interested industrial partners have gathered last week at Università Politecnica delle Marche in Ancona, Italy for a public workshop. The main idea was to present the work of the individual researchers in an industrial context and hence leverage potential cooperation between the ESRs and industry. Besides the ESRs also senior scientific staff from the individual institutions presented their insights on a variety of topics. The industrial event was accompanied by two speeches of UNIVPM staff on the ascending startup region Marche as well as on the role of patents in academia.