Tag: innovation

Research Headlines – Capitalising on cultural heritage in historic city centres

EU-funded researchers in collaboration with historic city centres are developing new regeneration approaches, capitalising on the cities’ heritage to transform their centres into creative and sustainable districts. The aim is to generate economic growth, create jobs and improve quality of life. Powered by WPeMatico

Research Headlines – Saving Europe’s cultural heritage from climate damage

Europe has some of the richest cultural heritage in the world. Yet its historic sites, monuments and museums are at risk from climate change and natural disasters. An EU-funded project is developing methods, tools, services and policies to protect this irreplaceable cultural legacy. Powered by WPeMatico

Events – SAVE THE DATE! ECSEL JU Symposium 2018 – 19-20 June 2018, Brussels, Belgium

European and global stakeholders in the Electronic Components and Systems (ECS) field from Industry, Research and Financial Communities as well as European, National and Regional decision makers and international partners, will get together for the second time to discuss and evaluate major developments within the ECS sector in Europe. The

Research Headlines – Insulation retrofit for energy-efficient historic buildings

Many historic buildings in Europe are not energy efficient. Now, EU-funded researchers are developing a web tool on how to install internal thermal insulation in historic buildings that maintains their heritage value and reduces their energy consumption, with an acceptable safety level against deterioration. Powered by WPeMatico

Research Headlines – It takes a neighbourhood to build a city

The ICEC project, funded by the JPI Urban Europe, helped urban policy-makers tackle the challenge of integration by focusing on what works – and what doesn’t – within a city’s super diverse neighbourhoods. Powered by WPeMatico

Research Headlines – Novel computational models to predict and prevent the next financial crisis

EU-funded researchers have developed novel mathematical models and tools to better prepare financial markets for the unexpected, addressing many of the shortfalls of classical modelling approaches that dramatically failed to predict the 2008 financial crisis. Powered by WPeMatico

Research Headlines – Promoting inclusion by rethinking Europe’s heritage

At a time when consensus on Europe’s past is breaking down, EU-funded researchers are rethinking the continent’s heritage. The aim is to develop inclusive ways of viewing identity which counteract disaffection and promote civility. Powered by WPeMatico

Events – Open Research Data to Support Sustainable Health Initiatives – 24 April 2018, Brussels, Belgium

The open science platform – Frontiers – is pleased to announce its second Data Services Workshop organized in collaboration with the EU Horizon 2020 projects OpenMinTed and OpenUp, in which Frontiers is a full partner, and SwissCore, the Swiss contact office for European research, innovation and education in Brussels. This

Events – FAO e-conference on “The Role of Small Farms Within a Larger Context of Food Security” – 19 March – 9 April 2018, Rome, Italy

This e-conference is intended to provide further feedback on what has been learned so far from the work in the EU-funded Horizon 2020 research project on “Small Farms, Small Food Businesses and Sustainable Food Security”, commonly known as SALSA project (for more info: http://www.salsa.uevora.pt/en/) The e-conference will help identifying key

Events – Innovative Repowering of AC corridors – 5 April 2018, Budapest, Hungary

The EU funded Best Paths project is organising a Special Workshop on 5 April 2018 in Budapest to feature the work undertaken within the project’s 4th demonstration: Innovative Repowering of AC corridors. The experts of Demo 4, led by 50Hertz Transmission, are finalising the development and testing of several innovative