February 2020
1st policy Hackathon on smart construction & smart mobility to get carbon neutral cities by 2030
The European Innovation Ecosystems Unit of the European Innovation Council at DG R&I is organising the first ever policy hackathon at the Directorate General of Research and Innovation (DG R&I) at the European Commission, and is looking for startups or investors in the areas and smart construction or smart mobility that might be interested. The objective is to hack 2 major challenges that our societies face: How to get a carbon neutral city by 2030 by employing Smart Mobility Solution.…
Find out more »March 2020
Workshop & S3P-Industry 6th Steering Committee Meeting
The S3P-Industry 6th Steering Committee Meeting will take place in Milan, Italy on the 4th and 5th of March 2020. This event will be kindly hosted by the Region of Lombardy. The S3P-Industry invites its 21 partnerships as well as the Energy and Agri-Food S3 partnerships, and relevant European Commission services to meet and exchange during two days in Milan: 1) 4 March 2020 - Workshop in the framework of the SC meeting The main aim of this first day will be to…
Find out more »Smart Specialisation for Sustainable Development Goals
The main aim of the event is to present practical experience and advances in applying Smart Specialisation (S3) as a methodology driving the achievement of the SDGs through the establishment and implementation of transformative localised, place-based, innovation-driven strategies/roadmaps in a number of countries and sub-national territories. This includes EU Member States, regions and cities that are already implementing Smart Specialisation strategies targeted towards SDGs and non-EU countries that chose to adopt the S3 methodology as policy framework and/or reference methodology.
Find out more »Bioregions Facility Launch
This event will start transregional cooperation on shaping and implementing a sustainable and integrative forest-based circular bioeconomy among dedicated regions. The initiative aims to share knowledge and develop cooperation around the topics of innovation, institutions, infrastructures and investments to make a sustainable bioeconomy a reality. The Bioregions Facility is a new EFI initiative in which regions work together, connecting science knowledge to action in order to move from a fossil economy towards a circular bioeconomy where sustainable forests and wood…
Find out more »Multi-stakeholder dialogue : Insights from the InnoForESt project
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.
Find out more »May 2020
Photonics Finland OPD 2020
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…
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