European forests provide a broad range of ecosystem goods and services vital to society, however their sustainable provision remains a challenge. InnoForESt is a European project funded by the Horizon 2020-Innovation Action to further explore the delivery of forest ecosystem services and foster the development of innovative policy, management, and business solutions. Join the InnoForESt consortium as we present key findings, followed by a panel discussion with forest practitioners and policymakers.

The European Commission – Directorate General for Agriculture and Rural Development (DG AGRI) in partnership with the European Investment Bank (EIB) are pleased to invite you to participate to the ‘Sixth annual EU conference on EAFRD financial instruments for agriculture and rural development in 2014-2020’, that will take place on 23 April 2020 in Brussels, Belgium. This year’s conference will have a particular focus on the findings of the fi-compass study on the financing needs in the agriculture and the agri-food sectors in the EU Member States. The 24 country reports and their results will be shared with the fi-compass community and some will be presented in detail at the conference allowing experts and practitioners to exchange on the study, also in the perspective of a timely inclusion of financial instruments in the 2021-2027 CAP Strategic Plans. Focus will also be put on the Green Deal and how the EAFRD financial instruments can support green and environmentally sustainable investments in the agriculture sector.

The annual Circular Economy Stakeholder Conference, jointly organized by the European Commission and the European Economic and Social Committee, is an opportunity for stakeholders to meet, nurture their networks, share ideas and learn about the new EU policy developments on circular economy. The date of this year’s high-level flagship conference has been confirmed: Brussels, 4 and 5 May 2020. Save the date!

Optics & Photonics Days is an annual central event in the area of Optics and Photonics in Finland and will take place on the 25th-27th May 2020 in Turku, Finland! In the year 2019 we broke a record in the number of participants of 242, and the number of exhibitors 34. We also had two SILVER sponsors and one GOLD sponsor. Thank you to all of the participants and companies for your support! As the previous OPD’s, OPD 2020 will be designed to deliver the latest findings and research results performed within the Academy and Industry. The event is designed for matchmaking and networking of academy researchers and companies representatives for finding common interests, partners for collaboration, invest in opportunities. Companies-exhibitors interested in the Finnish and Nordic countries region markets are encouraged to present their products, services, and technologies and participate in the pitch session, specially designed for raising the awareness of all event attendees of exhibiting companies goods. There is a discount rate applied for companies-exhibitors members of Photonics Finland. This is economically reasonable to use this option. Reservations are made on a first-come, first-served basis.