
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
CANCELLED: 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 »CANCELLED: 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 »April 2020
6th EU conference on EAFRD financial instruments for agriculture and rural development in 2014-2020
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…
Find out more »The Covid-19 industrial cluster response: solutions for dealing with ecosystem supply chain disruptions
Since the very first hours of the Covid-19 crisis, European industrial clusters have shown an extraordinary capacity to spot the needs, adapt and react to address this extraordinary challenge. Thanks to their collaboration, solutions were found to address supply chain disruptions. Also following a call from the European Commission, the European Cluster Alliance mapped production capacities in Europe for medical supplies with the view to support the matching between demand and supply in the best and most efficient way. The…
Find out more »May 2020
Circular Economy Stakeholder Conference
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!
Find out more »ThinkForest webinar: Science insights to the European Green Deal and forests
Organised by the European Forest Institute (EFI), this webinar aims to discuss the following questions: What are the main objectives of Green Deal and how these relate to the forest-based sector? How is the forest-based sector in general viewed in the Green Deal? What are the strengths and weaknesses of the Green Deal proposal regarding the forest-based sector from the ecological, economic and social sustainability perspectives? How could the Green Deal be further developed to take better advantage of the…
Find out more »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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