Day: September 21, 2017

Events – Agri-Food Waste Day – Conference – 17 October 2017, MADOU Building, Karel van Miert Auditorium, Place Madou, 1 – 1210 • Brussels, BELGIUM

The H2020 funded projects, AgroCycle and NoAW, are jointly hosting this event to present current thinking and developments in relation to the Circular Economy (CE) applied across the agri-food industry. It combines an overview of the significance and relevance of the CE to the agri-food industry and presents the latest

Events – Horizon 2020 Energy Info Days – 23-25 October 2017, Brussels, belgium

The Horizon 2020 Energy Info Days present the new funding opportunities offered by the Work Programme 2018-2020. This year the content of the event is structured across three days: • Day 1: 23 October introduces the overall policy background, launches the work programme and covers Global Leadership for Renewables, Decarbonisation of

Research Headlines – How biomarkers can speed-up drug development

EU and industry-funded researchers have gathered data on new biological indicators that could help to identify – accurately and early – the potential side effects of certain drug treatments. The research could help speed up drug development and improve diagnoses and patient care. Powered by WPeMatico

Events – INCOBRA – 31 October – 1 November 2017, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

INCOBRA brokerage is a “market place” for European and Brazilian innovation actors to meet, exchange and explore new cooperation opportunities in one of the priority areas emerged from the BR-EU policy dialogue. The Brazilian edition of the “Brokerage Event” will be held during the 16th ANPEI Conference on Innovation. The

Events – EU Research Conference – Funding and Policies for Smart Mobility – 10 October 2017, Torino, Italy

In the framework of Smart Mobility World 2017, an international event will be organized by Politecnico di Torino on October 10: “EU Research Conference – Funding and Policies for Smart Mobility”. Opportunities to cooperate in Research and Innovation projects in smart mobility will be showcased. European funds in the framework

LIFE supports climate action in agriculture and forestry

Agriculture and forestry have great potential to help the EU meet its ambitious climate goals. Peter Wehrheim from the European Commission’s Climate Action directorate-general calls LIFE a “field laboratory” for developing and testing new methods and knowledge. His colleague Simon Kay also emphasises the programme’s importance in this in-depth interview.