INESC Hub Winter Meeting 2021

READ OUR NEWEST UPDATE REGARDING COVID-19 BELOW This year, the Hub’s Winter Meeting will be a hybrid event. You have the choice to attend in-person at the Department of Mechanic […]

12/11/2021: Digital Europe, Innovation ecosystems, IP and market uptake, Metrology, COP26 R&I conclusions, academic freedom as law?

In today’s Morning Brief:
– Five EU countries form an anti-nuclear alliance at COP26;
– Digital Europe programmes adopted by the Commission;
– Innovation ecosystems and the open-access checklist;
– MEPs push to include academic freedom in EU treaties;
– Intellectual Property support to Market uptake;
– Horizon 2020 suggest the need for training researchers in ethics;
– Metrology partnership approved by the Parliament;
– COP26: The most important research and innovation announcements.

11/11/2021: BioNTech acquires EIT Health start-up, EU funded projects report on Climate Action, the challenge of greening agri-food system, and more

In today’s Morning Brief:
– European Commission and European Union Intellectual Property Office commit to closer collaboration;
– New report on Climate Action in a post-COVID-19 world from EU funded projects;
– EIB to triple climate adaptation finance;
– COVID-19 vaccine maker BioNTech acquires EIT Health start-up;
– China and US announce deal to accelerate climate action this decade;
– Challenge of greening agri-food system is ‘absolutely massive’.

09/11/2021: Cluster 4 info-days, Tidal energy, Smart Cities Mission, EU Energy Day 2021, and more.

In today’s Morning Brief:
– Save the date: Info-days for Horizon Europe Cluster 4 to take place between 29 November and 1 December 2021;
– Tidal energy: a missing piece in moves to replace coal;
– Viewpoint: More work needed to lay foundations for the Cities Mission;
– Webinar: “Connecting to the ecosystem of innovation”;
– EU Energy Day 2021;
– Registrations open for agri-food high-level mission in Singapore and Vietnam;
– New strategy for sustainable fisheries and aquaculture;

08/11/2021: Cooperation on solar, green and hydrogen between India and the EU, Defence R&D coming together with ecological engineering, EU and Bill Gates team up, and more.

In today’s Morning Brief:
– EU and India develop deeper cooperation on solar, green, and hydrogen;
– Military capabilities and ecological engineering could be the next big thing in defence R&D;
– EU teams up with Bill Gates in €820M climate tech investment deal;
– Nuclear energy as the elephant in the room of COP26;
– EUA and partners call for the EC to finalise UK association to Horizon Europe;
– Agriculture research gets COP26 boost from joint US/UAE initiative;
– Leaked paper on gas and nuclear inclusion in EU Green Finance;

05/11/2021: INESC TEC joins efforts in the OceanACT, In the Black’21 Workshop registration is open, ERC looks to award three grantees, and more.

In today’s Morning Brief:
– INESC TEC Joins Efforts in the Ocean Act;
– ERC Looks to Award Three Grantees;
– INESC TEC’s Autumn Forum;
– In the Black’21 Workshop;
– EU-funded Projects Helping with the Climate Crisis;
– Four Problems we need to solve with Solar Energy;
– Science Business Launches new Climate Ideas Live Blog;
– Research Associations Plead with Europe for UK Horizon Europe Association;
– Inside Portugal’s bid to become a ‘start-ups factory’.

04/11/2021: EU calls for Excellence Hubs, ERA Chairs and others, EIT, COP26 updates and more.

In today’s Morning Brief:
– Commission launches new tool to digitalise work-based learning and boost educators digital competences;
– Calls for Excellence Hubs opened yesterday;
– COP26: US lays out its plan to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 ;
– EIT supports the New European Bauhaus with €5 million;
– Commission, Ukraine, Turkey, and Republic of Moldova working closer in research, innovation and education;
– Portugal launches €250M programme to boost tech transfer in universities;
– EC, Breakthrough Energy Catalyst and EIB Partnership in Climate;
– Open Discussion on the Mission Adaptation to Climate Change.

03/11/2021: Moldova joins Horizon Europe, Science Europe Panel on Lessons Learned from COVID-19 in one week, INESC Health Technologies Workshop today, and more.

In today’s Morning Brief:
– Climate Ideas Blog: Research, technology and opinions to help solve the global climate crisis;
– How to make good public policy in science and technology? Ask the Swedes.;
– Moldova joins Horizon Europe;
– International Methane Emissions Observatory Launched;
– EU-US Transatlantic Collaboration Platform on Agriculture;
– Commission vows ‘significant investments’ to improve satellite climate models;
– Science Europe Panel on Lessons Learned from COVID-19;
– INESC Health Technologies Workshop Today!