This paper includes the Discussion notes and Summary of VIPCOAT Round Table “Modelling sustainable active protective coatings”. It was organized by the VIPCOAT consortium and the European Federation of Corrosion at EUROCORR congress 2022 in Berlin on August 30, 2022. The event focused on discussing the actual requests from European industry and critical scientific topics in novel approaches to surface protection of metallic structures. This document summarizes the ideas on the topics, open questions and industrially relevant aspects as discussed during the Round Table session.