The Insider – INESC Brussels HUB

06/05/2022: ‘The Insider’ new episode with Jana Kolar, Sustainability, Energy, Switzerland and HE, Future of Europe, Hydrogen, and more.

In today’s Morning Brief:
– ‘The Insider’ – new episode with Jana Kolar, the Chair of ESFRI;
– Academia needs ‘significant changes’ to reach sustainability;
– Interactive publication on energy: 2022 edition;
– Swiss on the hunt for new research partners outside the EU as Horizon Europe exclusion continues;
– Future of Europe: Conference Plenary agrees to final set of proposals;
– CO2 Reduction Potential of the Chemical Industry through Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU);
– EU and US move to control risk of dangerous pathogens escaping from labs;
– EFCA and EUSPA formalise inter-agency cooperation related to the maritime domain;
– Hydrogen: Commission supports industry commitment to boost by tenfold electrolyser manufacturing capacities in the EU;
– Parliament gives EU a push to move faster on artificial intelligence;
– Finding missing links of black hole astronomy;
– European Global Navigation Satellite System Service Demonstrator;
– European Institute of Innovation and Technology to consolidate support in less innovative regions;
– Webinars for Applicants and Participants in EU-projects.

06/05/2022

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

11/04/2022: Energy Security, Destination Earth, ‘The Insider’, ERC ultimatum to UK grant winners, Clean Technology Projects, and more.

In today’s Morning Brief:
– Universities call for long-term, flexible EU support for scholars at risk;
– Energy security: Commission hosts first meeting of EU Energy Purchase Platform;
– Destination Earth: New digital twin of the Earth will help tackle climate change and protect nature;
– ‘The Insider’ – new episode featuring Carlos Henggeler, INESC Coimbra’s President;
– UK winners of EU grants given two-month ultimatum;
– EU agrees on fifth package of restrictive measures against Russia;
– Commission makes €100 million available for innovative clean technology projects;
– EU industrial technology roadmap calls for full speed development and scaling up of innovative low-carbon technologies;
– Introducing the Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking.

11/04/2022

08/04/2022: ‘The Insider’, EIC Women Leadership Programme, Societal Transformations in the Digital Age, Wind and Nuclear Energy, Military Research, and more.

In today’s Morning Brief:
– ‘The Insider’ – new episode featuring Carlos Henggeler, INESC Coimbra’s President;
– EIC awards €145 million in challenge-drive call for research projects;
– EU space agency calls on space innovators to aid humanitarian efforts in Ukraine;
– Societal Transformations in the Digital Age: Opportunities for Interdisciplinary Research in Horizon Europe;

– FAO launches new phase of agriculture policy initiative with $11 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation;
– New EUFOMA Talk: From Revolution to Evolution – The Fishery and Aquaculture Market in a Post COVID-19 World;
– Open Call – EIC Women Leadership Programme;
– Should scientists study how to dim the sun?;

– INESC-ID welcomes EMBL Olissipo Researchers;
– Converting wastewater into clean water: The AFTERLIFE project presents its results;
– UK unveils wind and nuclear focused energy plan following gas price hikes;
– The economic benefits of climate action will outweigh the costs, IPCC report finds;
– Science goes to war: Western allies step up collaboration in military research;
– New European Bauhaus: Commission launches ‘NEB LAB’ with new projects;

08/04/2022

01/04/2022: “The Insider”: On Technology Infrastructures: the critical questions, Ukraine and Georgia join COST, INESC TEC: supercomputers and the energy transition, IndTech2022, and more.

In today’s Morning Brief:
– “The Insider” – new episode out with Sophie Viscido from EARTO!;
– INESC TEC research enables faster scientific studies performed on supercomputers;
– Ukraine and Georgia join COST Association;
– Science academies get $1.5M to support Ukrainian researchers;
– Commissioner for Energy presides 10th EU-China Energy Dialogue;
– How UK and Swiss researchers are coping without association to Horizon Europe;
– Commission steps up support for global action to transform food systems via eight global coalitions;
– Energy transition: it’s now or never;
– Hydrogen to get a boost as EU looks to secure energy independence;
– Crypto-assets: New rules to stop illicit flows in the EU;
– Conference on Industrial Technologies: IndTech 2022;
– Germany backs call to establish EU plan for Ukrainian academics;
– Commission seeks views on possible measures on access to in-vehicle data.

01/04/2022

25/03/2022: “The Insider”, Clean Aviation lifts off, WEIF 2022, Innovation Procurement Awards, European Chips Act, Stick to Science, and more.

In today’s Morning Brief:
– “The Insider” – new episode out with INESC INOV’s Catarina Valente!;
– Information session on the European Chips Act;
– Scientists use ‘green’ solvent and natural pigment to produce bioplastic;
– Clean Aviation industrial partnership lifts off;
– WEIF 2022: World Entrepreneurs Investment Forum;
– An exclusive interview with John Bell, EU Commission: “The bioeconomy can support the European Green Deal on all its objectives”;
– EU launches innovation procurement awards;
– Universities as key drivers of sustainable innovation ecosystems;
– G7 leaders agree on no new sanctions, want to close loopholes;
– iStartLab MeetUp: How to use the iStartLab IoT System to create solutions for real life problems;
– Research infrastructures face disruption due to association deadlock;
– Mexico approves funding for researchers involved in successful Horizon Europe projects;
– Deal on Digital Markets Act: EU rules to ensure fair competition and more choice for users;
– Every building can be green – here’s how.

25/03/2022

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

14/03/2022: “The Insider” new episode, InvestEU: support for investment projects, EC seeks candidates for ERC Scientific Council, and more.

In today’s Morning Brief:
– “The Insider” – new episode with Marta Agostinho from EU-Life!;
– Commission seeks candidates for the ERC Scientific Council;
– InvestEU: €19.65 billion to support investment projects across Europe;
– The Joint Research Centre and the European Training Foundation publish new report on impact investment for skills creation;
– Transport Research Arena 2022;
– Ukraine demands journal publishers and university ranking agencies stop working with Russia;
– EU-initiated impact fund oversubscribed with €300 million;
– Commission advises Member States how to improve national marine strategies;
– Canada hits science ties with Russia, creates fund for Ukrainian students;
– The EU and International Responses to People Fleeing War from Ukraine – Webinar;
– The EU can stop the import of Russian gas;
– Digital Europe Programme Info Day : Second wave of calls for proposals.

14/03/2022

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