http://eit.europa.eu/ en http://eit.europa.eu/typo3conf/ext/tt_news/ext_icon.gif http://eit.europa.eu/ 18 16 TYPO3 - get.content.right http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Tue, 11 Jun 2013 09:00:00 +0300 http://eit.europa.eu/events/event-information/eit-awareness-day-in-finland/ The Ministry of Education, Science and Culture is organising an awareness event on European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) on Tuesday the 11th of June from 9h00-14h00. The event takes places in the Open Innovation House, Otaniemi, which is also the home of EIT ICT Labs’ Finnish co-location centre. Speakers include the Finnish Minister of Education and Science Jukka Gustafsson, the EIT Director José Manuel Leceta, Member of the EIT Governing Board and Vice President for the... Ministry of Education, Science and Culture is organising an awareness event on European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) on Tuesday the 11th of June from 9h00-14h00. The event takes places in the Open Innovation House, Otaniemi, which is also the home of EIT ICT Labs’ Finnish co-location centre. Speakers include the Finnish Minister of Education and Science Jukka Gustafsson, the EIT Director José Manuel Leceta, Member of the EIT Governing Board and Vice President for...]]> Events Tue, 11 Jun 2013 09:00:00 +0300 http://eit.europa.eu/events/event-information/eit-awareness-day-in-the-netherlands/ The Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, together with AgentschapNL are organising a conference to raise awareness of the EIT and its KIC’s role on 4 June, 2013 in the Hague. The participants will get first-hand information from EIT representatives and the existing KICs on how the concept works in practice and what future activities are planned. The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) has the objective of strengthening... Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, together with AgentschapNL are organising a conference to raise awareness of the EIT and its KIC’s role on 4 June, 2013 in the Hague. The participants will get first-hand information from EIT representatives and the existing KICs on how the concept works in practice and what future activities are planned. The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) has the objective...]]> Events Tue, 04 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0300 http://eit.europa.eu/events/event-information/eit-awareness-day-in-lithuania/ The Ministry of Economy and the Ministry of Education and Science together with Agency for Science, Innovation and Technology (MITA) are organizing a conference to raise awareness of the EIT and its KIC’s role on 23th of May, 2013 in Vilnius. The participants will get first-hand information from EIT representatives and the existing KICs on how the concept works in practice and what future activities are planned. The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) has the objective of... Ministry of Economy and the Ministry of Education and Science together with Agency for Science, Innovation and Technology (MITA) are organizing a conference to raise awareness of the EIT and its KIC’s role on 23th of May, 2013 in Vilnius. The participants will get first-hand information from EIT representatives and the existing KICs on how the concept works in practice and what future activities are planned. The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT)...]]> Events Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 +0300 http://eit.europa.eu/newsroom-and-media/article/eit-ict-labs-has-received-the-7th-nta-ict-world-communications-award/ EIT ICT Labs has received the 7th NTA ICT World Communications Award that was held on 7th May, 2013 at FICCI Auditorum, New Delhi. On behalf of the EIT ICT Labs, the Award was received by Roberto Saracco, EIT ICT Labs Italy Node Director. NTA ICT World Communications Awards for the last six years are most sought after prestigious industry awards to identify, acknowledge, and recognise outstanding contributions to the field of Communications, ICT and are known to provide greater encouragement... Innovation Highlights Fri, 17 May 2013 12:49:00 +0300 http://eit.europa.eu/newsroom-and-media/article/fostering-innovation-and-strengthening-synergies-across-the-eu/ This EIT Conference took place on 29 and 30 April 2013 at Trinity College Dublin under the auspices of the Irish Presidency of the Council of the European Union. View and download conference presentations and videos. The conference brought together an audience of more than 280 representatives from business, higher education, policy and research to discuss some key questions to learn from and to use as a basis for developing and preparing for the EIT’s future wave of Knowledge & Innovation Communities (KICs). Through testimonies from and direct interaction with key representatives from the EIT and its three...]]> News News Banner Wed, 15 May 2013 10:46:00 +0300 http://eit.europa.eu/events/event-information/eit-awareness-day-in-romania/ At the Romanian "EIT Awareness Day" conference, participants will get first-hand information from EIT representatives and the current KICs on how the concept works in practice and what future activities are planned. National Authority for Scientific Research. "The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) has the objective of strengthening Europe's innovation capacity through the so-called KICs (Knowledge and Innovation Communities) covering the knowledge triangle of research, education and innovation. The EIT is no new funding instrument for individual projects, but supports the set-up and the activities of the KICs across Europe. The KICs are the...]]> Events Tue, 14 May 2013 00:00:00 +0300 http://eit.europa.eu/newsroom-and-media/article/climate-kic-interview-with-french-node-director/ Thanh-Tâm Le, director of Climate-KIC’s centre in France since January 2013, talks about the unique mix of academic, industrial and public Climate-KIC partners Innovation Highlights Mon, 13 May 2013 18:24:00 +0300 http://eit.europa.eu/newsroom-and-media/article/eit-ict-labs-business-ideas-complement-research-results-at-the-new-budapest-dtc/ With the participation of 16 doctoral students, the Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) and the Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME) have launched the EIT ICT Labs Budapest Doctoral Training Centre (DTC), with the aim to encourage research results that have the potential for being turned into innovative industrial products. Innovation Highlights Fri, 10 May 2013 18:35:00 +0300 http://eit.europa.eu/newsroom-and-media/article/climate-kic-alumni-association-volunteers-launch-website/ Climate-KIC ‘s Alumni Association, over 500 strong at the time of writing, has launched a new website www.ckaa.eu to promote its activities within and beyond the Climate-KIC community. The Alumni Association (CKAA), which brings together hundreds of former participants in Climate-KIC’s educational programmes across Europe, organises meetings such as networking events, field trips to clean tech facilities and entrepreneurial brainstorming sessions around climate innovation. “The website... Climate-KIC ‘s Alumni Association, over 500 strong at the time of writing, has launched a new website www.ckaa.eu to promote its activities within and beyond the Climate-KIC community. The Alumni Association (CKAA), which brings together hundreds of former participants in Climate-KIC’s educational programmes across Europe, organises meetings such as networking events, field trips to clean tech facilities and...]]> Innovation Highlights Tue, 07 May 2013 18:51:00 +0300 http://eit.europa.eu/newsroom-and-media/article/climate-kic-climate-innovation-demonstrated-at-london-festival/ Climate-KIC and its UK partner the Grantham Institute had a stand at Imperial College London’s science festival on 3-4 May. Visitors were able to learn about the surprising carbon footprint of everyday objects and have a go at building their own solar concentrator. Innovation Highlights Mon, 06 May 2013 10:50:00 +0300