Innovation Gallery project presentation Form
Innovation Gallery 2025 Rules
MATELEC 2025 y GENERA 2025 convene the eleventh edition of the INNOVATION GALLERY in the Semana Internacional de la Electrificación y la Descarbonización. The Innovation Gallery aims to show equipment or solutions (hereinafter "equipment") that incorporate some technological novelty related to improvements related to the performance of the equipment, energy efficiency, renewable energies or electrical installation; as well as some of the main lines of research (hereinafter "research projects") of the moment in the field of renewable energies and energy efficiency.
With this initiative, MATELEC and GENERA 2025 wish to offer recognition and collaboration to the companies, professionals and entities that make up the world of innovation and research, functions that play an essential role in this sector. On the other hand, it aims to contribute to a better knowledge of the research projects in progress by their future beneficiaries - companies and professionals from the world of energy and society in general -.
The Innovation Gallery of the Semana Internacional de la Electrificación y la Descarbonización will bring together a selection of:
- Research projects, with a clear component of technological innovation, carried out by exhibiting companies and public and private organisations.
- Innovative equipment from the exhibitors of MATELEC 2025 and GENERA 2025 that incorporate some technological novelty.
2.1. Equipment that can be presented
It is an essential requirement to be an exhibitor at MATELEC 2025 or GENERA 2025 and to have the marketing rights or the patent of the equipment or solution being presented or the express and written consent of the company that owns the patent.
The equipment must be exhibited at MATELEC 2025 or GENERA 2025, have been designed for mass production and marketing and comply with current regulations.
The equipment must incorporate some technological design, functional or instrumental innovation capable of introducing improvements related to the performance of the equipment, energy efficiency, renewable energies or the electrical installation.
2.2. Research projects that can be submitted
The research projects will showcase proposals in the field of energy efficiency, renewable energies and environmental protection. Likewise, the projects that are exhibited must be linked to equipment and/or developments with the possibility of reaching the market. The submission of research framework programmes is explicitly excluded.
3.1. Evaluation criteria of the teams for their selection
The teams will be evaluated considering the following qualities:
- Degree of innovation that brings performance improvements in some of the following categories:
- Innovation related to electrical installation.
- Innovation related to team performance.
- Innovation in the field of renewable energies.
- Innovation in design (attractive to professionals in the sector).
- Contribution to energy efficiency (own equipment or derived from its installation in the electricity grid).
3.2. Evaluation criteria for research projects for selection
The projects will be evaluated considering the following qualities:
- Degree of innovation
- Energy efficiency
- Applicability
- Strategic factor: ability to positively influence the development of renewable energy and energy efficiency
It is done through a form on the website differentiating between innovative team and research project.
4.1. Team participation procedure
The presentation of each team will be made through the form "EQUIPO presentation form" (available on the website of the electrification week).
In the file it is important to clearly highlight what is the innovative aspect of the equipment presented, the added value it provides, if it has had any awards and other additional data.
Each "Team Presentation Sheet" sheet must be accompanied by informative or descriptive material of the team (printed, audiovisual or computer information) in Spanish or accompanied by a translation if it is published in another language. This material will not be returned to the participant.
Each competing company may present more than one team, in independent files, provided that they meet all the requirements. The same team can only be presented once and assigned to a single category.
A fee of €400 + VAT is established per registered product.
4.2. Procedure for participation in research projects
The presentation of each project will be made through the "Project Presentation Form" form (available on the Genera and Matelec websites).
It is an essential condition to submit the file accompanied by the Executive Summary and Project Report (see diagram for its preparation in the next point). Other descriptive materials are optional.
All materials must be submitted in Spanish or accompanied by a translation if they are published in another language. None of the materials received will be returned.
The same entity may submit more than one project in separate files. The same project can only be submitted once.
A document of a maximum of 10 pages (1 page
Executive Summary + 9 pages of development of the Report) containing
the following headings and characteristics.
Format:
MSWord; Arial fountain 12; justified margins: 3 cm; automatic dashes; Single line spacing.
- Table of Contents:
- Executive Summary - maximum 1 page -
- Project Name.
- Presentation of the company(s), entity(ies) and/or professional author(s) of the project and contact details.
- Scope and date of start of operation of the project.
- Description of the project, the technology used, its scope of application, functionality and usefulness.
- Detailed explanation of the innovative aspect and the added value it brings to the project.
- Other information of interest.
The selection of the projects will be made using their Executive Summary. For this reason, it is ESSENTIAL that the Report is preceded by a sufficiently explanatory EXECUTIVE SUMMARY that synthesizes the essential characteristics of the project.
It will be made up of professionals from the sector of accredited prestige.
The functions of the Selection Committee are as follows:
- Analyze the different requests for proposals, analyzing separately:
- Innovative equipment.
- Research projects.
- Evaluate each proposal.
- Prepare a final report that includes its decision on the selected proposals, differentiating:
- Innovative equipment.
- Research projects.
- Guarantee the confidentiality of the information received and analyzed.
The Committee's decision will be final.
In general, the following communication actions will be carried out with the selected proposals:
- Exhibition at the fair, through explanatory panels, which will be prepared by each company or organization, following a format established by the IFEMA/GENERA/MATEELEC Organization.
- Specific press release issued by the GENERA Communication Office and which will be part of the fair's press kit.
- Coverage and dissemination through the social media profiles of Matelec 2025 and Genera 2025.
- Visitor's Guide and mention in the promotional material of the fair (published after the closing of the composition of the Gallery.)
- Publication on the GENERA/MATELEC website of the explanatory sheet of each project.
In particular:
- The selected research projects will receive a return in communication, since, due to their extensive news coverage, the Gallery will place the projects in a position of notable visibility in the media. In addition, the selected projects will have the opportunity to be shown at GENERA through an informative poster.
- The selected equipment will be able to be prominently exhibited in the Innovation Gallery, either by presenting the equipment itself accompanied by an informative poster, or by means of a poster inviting visitors to meet it at the company's stand at MATELEC 2025 or GENERA 2025.
Requests for the presentation of research projects (Project Presentation Form, Report and its Executive Summary) and innovative equipment ("Equipment Presentation Form" and attached documentation) must be received at the International Electrification Week secretariat before October 15, 2025.
Notification to participants of the result of the selection process: October 28, 2025
The selection of projects for the Innovation Gallery will be made public in advance of the celebration of MATELEC 2025 and GENERA 2025.
The registration of a project and research or an innovation team in the Innovation Gallery of the electrification and decarbonisation week implies knowledge and acceptance of the content of these rules, as well as acceptance of the decision of the Selection Committee, without this giving rise to possible appeal.
The Selection Committee will undertake to maintain the necessary confidentiality, although IFEMAMADRID is not responsible for any incidents in this regard.
The decisions of the Selection Committee will be final. The fair reserves the right to suspend, postpone, modify or cancel this call for reasons deemed necessary, in which case the participants will be informed of this eventuality.
The teams presented in the Innovation Gallery are the property and/or responsibility of the participants - authors or, where appropriate, exhibitors who represent them. IFEMA MADRID expressly states that the participants in the Innovation Gallery are solely responsible for the legitimacy and authenticity of the equipment or services presented, as well as for compliance with the current legislation applicable to them.
All teams registered in the Innovation gallery must comply with the safety and operational legislation of the European Union. They must also submit the EC Declaration of Conformity.