Tag: innovation

Events – Looking ahead to a circular European bioeconomy – 7 November 2017, Brussels, Belgium

As the EU is just about to finish its review of the current Bioeocnomy Strategy and decide on updating it in 2018, this ThinkForest seminar will provide insights why it is important to merge the bioeconomy and circular economy concepts, and what are the priority issues for a new circular

Research Headlines – New tools to boost solar energy sector efficiency

European researchers have developed models and tools to boost the performance, reliability and lifetime of commercial photovoltaic (PV) systems. Their results, which are already being used by energy operators, were validated using data analysed from diverse installations across Europe. Powered by WPeMatico

Events – Innovating grid technologies for sustainable energy – 22 November 2017, Madrid, Spain

Join Best Paths’ experts in Madrid, Spain on 22nd November 2017 for the workshop “Best Paths: Innovating grid technologies for sustainable energy” to share experiences and learn more about the latest developments in the state-of-the-art technologies for electricity grids. With nearly 40 leading organisations from research, industry, utilities, and transmission

Events – Evidence for Society. Transforming the future of European people through research – 8 November 2017, Brussels, Belgium

In this Conference evidence of the social impact achieved by EU funded projects will be presented by different agents including scientists, policy makers representing different levels of policy implementation – regional, national and European- as well as end-users who have benefited from the social impact of EU research. The FP7

Events – “Social dynamics and food from the oceans” Workshop – 27-28 November 2017, Lisbon, Portugal

The European Commission, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and the Portuguese Government are delighted to organize the high-level conference on “Opening up to an era of social innovation” The aims of this event are to develop a new narrative for social innovation by sharing experiences, learning about new trends, and networking to

Events – 2nd COLUMBUS Annual Conference 2017 “Achieving Impact from Marine Research” – 7 November 2017, Brussels, Belgium

The 2nd COLUMBUS International Blue Society Knowledge Transfer Conference will take place in Brussels on 7 November 2017. An international forum to bring together actors interested in sharing best practice and learning about initiatives and sectoral progress in Knowledge Transfer. This conference will offer an opportunity to collaboratively explore the

Research Headlines – Using health records to help clinical research

New treatments must be tested in clinical trials to ensure they are safe and effective. The EU and industry-funded EHR4CR project has enabled scientists to find suitable patients by searching millions of medical records while keeping personal data secure. Powered by WPeMatico

Research Headlines – Review, reflect, recommend and innovate for conflict prevention

In a bid to improve the EU’s conflict-prevention and peacebuilding interventions, EU-funded researchers are assessing the EU’s past and ongoing initiatives in several countries around the world. They will then formulate recommendations on what to do in the future. Powered by WPeMatico

Events – TRA 2018 “A Digital ERA For Transport – Solutions for Society, Economy and Environment” – 16-19 April 2018, Vienna, Austria

European Commission’s DG RTD and DG MOVE are co-organising with the Austrian Ministry for Transport and Innovation, the 7th edition of Transport Research Arena (TRA), to be held in Vienna from 16 to 19 April 2018. TRA is the largest Transport Research and Innovation Conference in Europe.The seventh edition of