R&I – INESC Brussels HUB

20/05/2022: Hydrogen R&I, INESC-ID researchers honoured, INESC TEC wins international award, new EIC call, Climate Change, and more.

In today’s Morning Brief:
– Hydrogen R&I gets boost in new Commission plan to wean EU off Russian energy;
– Ireland announces 2030 R&I strategy;
– EU pledges more research cooperation with Gulf states;
– INESC-ID researchers honoured with University of Lisbon/Caixa Geral de Depósitos Scientific Awards;
– INESC TEC robot wins international design award;
– Info session on Horizon Results Booster – Steering research towards a strong societal impact;
– European Innovation Council launches the Scale Up 100 Call;
– Energy industry’s cybersecurity awareness rises, defence lags;
– Climate change: Better using European forests as carbon sinks;
– European Maritime Day 2022: Sustainable blue economy for green recovery;
– Commission welcomes political agreement on new rules for securing winter gas storage;
– Leaked draft gives first glimpse of the Commission plan to turn the EU into an ‘innovation powerhouse’.

20/05/2022

02/05/2022: The Insider, EU report on R&I, Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking Event, Canada’s new innovation agency, Carbon Farming, and more.

In today’s Morning Brief:
– ‘The Insider’ – new episode featuring Charlotte Andersdotter;
– EU foresight report points to need for more collaboration on R&I policy;
– INESC TEC helps younger people “prepare for the future”;
– Introducing the Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking;
– A new report supports the EU’s efforts to provide opportunities for young people;
– Canada launches innovation agency and edges toward Horizon association;
– Creating a sustainable Finish textile industry with bio-based and recycled fibres;
– Council of the EU adopts conclusions on carbon farming;
– Time for Europe to get serious on Artificial Intelligence;
– Green Deal: EU announces €1 billion worth of commitments to protect the ocean;
– Supporting Ukrainian refugees in Europe;
– US plans campaign to attract Russian scientists, engineers to America.

02/05/2022

12/04/2022: NeuralShift, INESC TEC in the Azores, Science for Policy in Portugal, EuroScience Open Forum 2022, and more.

In today’s Morning Brief:
– UK institutions win £15 million government bid to develop software for world’s largest radio telescope;
– Finland appoints experts to create a long-term R&I investment plan;
– OPEC tells EU it’s not possible to replace potential Russian oil supply loss;
– NeuralShift: Spinning-off Artificial Intelligence;
– INESC TEC carried out scientific monitoring of the seismic-volcanic activity on the Azores;
– Science for Policy in Portugal;
– EU strengthens climate and energy cooperation with Egypt in view of COP27;
– EuroScience Open Forum 2022;
– European Commission and European Patent Office (EPO) co-organise annual conference of PATLIB centres;
– UK to finalise world’s first subsidy for clean hydrogen production by end of the year.

12/04/2022

23/03/2022: Energy Efficiency event, Commission to review research agenda, Green Deal, AI in the EU, Green Hydrogen, and more.

In today’s Morning Brief:
– Event: Energy Efficiency – A science advice perspective;
– War in Ukraine: Commission to review research agenda, says Paquet;
– Artificial Intelligence: The EU needs to act as a global standard-setter;
– €750M funding gap could curtail ambitions for Copernicus from mid-2024;
– Sustainable forest use helps us tackle the climate crisis and achieve the SDGs;
– Europeans rally behind Green Deal in response to Russia’s war in Ukraine;
– Member states map out plans for green hydrogen R&I;
– Big Tech boosts lobbying spending in Brussels;
– Commission adopts new rules further developing the Fertilising Products Regulation;
– Extend life of key climate sensor that maps world’s forests, NASA told;
– Commission launches one-stop-shop to support researchers of Ukraine;
– Public transportation operators to demand solution to rising energy prices.

23/03/2022

21/03/2022: The Insider, Space research, Widening, biodiversity, Mediterranean Forest Week, Energy, Green Deal, EU mapping of Technology Centres, 10-year anniversary of INESC P&D Brazil & more.

In today’s Morning Brief:
– “The Insider” – New episode is out!;
– INESC TEC and INEGI renew Advanced Program in Industry 4.0;
– 130 million euros to enhance research in Widening countries;
– European Space Agency and top organisations pile on extra sanctions against Russia;
– Biodiversity: Commission seeks views on strengthening actions to reverse the decline of pollinating insects;
– France awards almost €46 million to 73 innovation projects;
– 7th Mediterranean Forest Week;
– Why natural gas is neither just nor transitional;
– EU mapping of Technology Centres focused on Advanced Technologies for Industry (ATI);
– Public sector capacity building for innovation and industrialisation in developing countries;
– 10 year anniversary of INESC P&D Brazil;
– EU executive split on ‘suspending’ Green Deal goals in farming due to food security fears;
– Event: What will Europe’s Digital Economy look like after the DSA?.

21/03/2022

10/03/2022: Operational Digital Platforms, EU ministers reinforce need for common values in international R&I, Science Diplomacy and Emerging Technologies event, and more.

In today’s Morning Brief:
– EU ministers reinforce the need for common values and principles in international research and innovation’
– Connecting Europe Facility: Operational Digital Platforms;
– Russia’s war in Ukraine: Why doubling down on the Green Deal is the best strategy;
– EU Organic Awards 2022;
– EU leaders seek escape route from Russian fossil fuels;
– Science Diplomacy and Emerging Technologies – Online Event;
– 505 proposals submitted for the 2022 calls on healthy food, climate action and resilient communities.

10/03/2022

08/03/2022: Brazil joins CERN, CORDIS info pack on ocean and waters, European Regions for Smart Communities 2022, Tackling gender equality in R&I, and more.

In today’s Morning Brief:
– Restore our ocean and waters: a synergy info pack by CORDIS;
– Many European research councils and RTOs make public their positions on Ukraine war and on research;
– The missing link of science in policy;
– Brazil joins CERN – European Organization for Nuclear Research;
– The pandemic two years on – what consequences for international cooperation?;
– Exploring transformative policy imaginaries for a sustainable Post-COVID society;
– INOV’s Communication and Cybersecurity Director’s Interview on Cyberattacks;
– Tackling gender equality in R&I;
– European University Association suspends Russian members over pro-war statement;
– European Regions for Smart Communities 2022;
– How Europe can reduce its dependence on fossil gas;
– European Commission’s Gender Equality Strategy;
– Ukraine war could further disrupt semiconductor production;
– Reading suggestion: The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine – Serhii Plokhy.

08/03/2022

07/03/2022: “The Insider” podcast’s new episode, Horizon Impact Award 2022, Swiss replacement for Horizon Europe, Copernicus and the Green Deal Workshop, and more.

In today’s Morning Brief:
– “The Insider” podcast – The 100 Top Global Innovators;
– Towards stronger and more accountable EU-wide disaster risk management;
– A rocky start for the new Erasmus+ programme in 2021;
– European Commission suspends cooperation with Russia on R&I;
– Horizon Impact Award 2022;
– Switzerland replacement scheme for Horizon Europe start-up funding to launch in April;
– The Future of Tech Governance;
– The road to European energy independence could start this week;
– Copernicus and the Green Deal – Online Workshop;
– Science community continues cutting links with Russia and Belarus;
– Open letter of Russian scientists and science journalists against the war in Ukraine.

07/03/2022

09/02/2022: European Cyber Security Conference, Stick to Science, European Chips Act, EU rules on mercury, Carbon farming, and more.

In today’s Morning Brief:
– The 9th Annual European Cyber Security Conference;
– Research and Innovation community urges European leaders to take action on Horizon Europe;
– France helps Brussels move ahead with ‘disruptive’ plan for research assessment;
– European Chips Act: Communication, Regulation, Joint Undertaking and Recommendation;
– Creative industries are slowly making their way into mainstream European research;
– Zero Pollution: Commission seeks views on review of EU rules on use of mercury;
– Carbon farming: EU ministers find the devil in the details.

09/02/2022