Category: Tech

Events – Sustainable and circular Bioeconomy, the European way – 22 October 2018, Brussels, Belgium

The emerging bioeconomy is moving from research niche to market norm and Europe needs to maintain its current global leadership. The conference will focus on the need to have a sustainable and circular bioeconomy to enhance the transition in a changed EU policy context and towards a new environmental, social

Events – Universities Fast Forward – Value in Diversity, organised by UnILiON – 16 October 2018, Brussels, Belgium

During the first thematic event, senior representatives of UniLiON universities will showcase the societal and economic value of university education and research, followed by a panel discussion with high-level policy-makers from DG RTD (Wolfgang Burtscher, Deputy Director-General) and DG EAC (Stefaan Hermans, Director Policy Strategy and Evaluation) and a reception.

Events – Bad plastics, good plastics: Can PHA from wastewater reverse the trend? – 18 September 2018, Webinar

Join our webinar on 18 Sept. 2018, 17.00-18.00 CET. The INCOVER project invites experts in the area of bio-plastics to critically examine the market available for PHAs produced from wastewater. Some of the questions addressed will be: • Which uses and markets exist for PHAs produced from wastewater treatment plants? • What

Events – EC Communication Campaign: H2020 Financial Rules – 13 September 2018, Timisoara, Romania

This communication campaign organised by the European Commission in close cooperation with the Romanian Ministry of Research and Innovation aims to provide explanations on the financial rules applicable to Horizon 2020 Programme in context of the H2020 Model Grant Agreement (updates of the Model Grant Agreement, personnel costs, internal invoices,

Events – Future Strategies for Research Infrastructure Operation – 6 September 2018, Brussels, Belgium

This workshop discusses specifically future strategies for clustering activities of advanced light sources in Europe providing open access to users, whereas the results will be applicable also to other types of Research Infrastructures (RIs). The European Cluster of Advanced Laser Light sources (EUCALL) brings together synchrotrons, free-electron lasers and laser

Events – Young Talent and the Blue Economy – Towards a fit-for-purpose training for marine graduates – 25 September 2018, Brussels, Belgium

A new vision for marine graduate training in Europe, looking beyond the more traditional silo-based approaches to education, is needed. To achieve this, it is necessary to examine the complex educational landscape that currently produces professional marine experts; identify some of the key issues and challenges faced by educators; and

Research Headlines – Reliable climate data to support research

An EU-funded project is bringing insights from metrology – measurement science – to bear on observation of the Earth’s climate from space. This could improve understanding of the climate and help predict changes to it, furthering European efforts in this field. Powered by WPeMatico

Events – ‘Accelerating R&I Excellence in High-Potential Countries and Regions in Europe’ session at the European Week of Regions and Cities – 11 October 2018, Brussels, Belgium

The main trend in the EU-28 research and innovation (R&I) performance is the emergence of a more nuanced divide between countries and regions. The European Commission’s DG RTD in partnership with DG REGIO wish to gain insights into national experiences in order to help improve R&I performance throughout the EU.

Research Headlines – Controlling light at the nanoscale thanks to graphene

Graphene, an atomically thin lattice of carbon, has many exceptional properties. An EU-funded project is developing ways to use this unique nanomaterial efficiently in novel optical technologies with potential applications in medical imaging, biosensing, signal processing and computing. Powered by WPeMatico

Events – 2nd European conference “Results from road transport research in H2020 projects” – 28 November 2018, Brussels, Belgium

Jointly organised by ERTRAC, EGVIA and the European Commission’s Transport R&I Directorate, this 2nd European conference will showcase the results of selected H2020 funded projects on road transport related areas, i.e. Green Vehicles, Road, Mobility for Growth, Urban Mobility, Logistics, Automated Road Transport. Several technological challenges will be covered in