- Posted 09-Nov-2020
Supported by Breakthrough Energy, the European Green Hydrogen Acceleration Centre will advance a sector that is key to meeting Europe’s net-zero greenhouse gas emissions goal by 2050
On 4 November, EIT InnoEnergy, the leading engine for innovation and entrepreneurship in sustainable energy in Europe, launched the European Green Hydrogen Acceleration Centre (EGHAC), an unprecedented effort to support the development of an annual EUR 100 billion green hydrogen economy by 2025 that could create half a million direct and indirect jobs across the green hydrogen value chain.
- Posted 02-Nov-2020
EU Code Week marks another successful edition with more online courses and activities
EU Code Week took place this year from 10 to 25 October. Teachers, students, NGOs and tech companies in 83 countries participated in the grassroots initiative organising more than 69,000 activities as part of Code Week so far. Despite the challenges posed by the pandemic, this is at the same level as 2019.
- Posted 02-Nov-2020
EU:Africa hackathon looking for participants to jumpstart cross-continent Innovation
The EU:Africa online hackathon is seeking innovative solutions to socio-economic problems in Africa that have been amplified by the COVID-19 crisis. In the spirit of #TeamEurope, Estonia and the African Union teamed up with Finland, Ireland, Luxembourg and Poland to organise the online cross-continental hackathon “EU-Africa: The Post Crisis Journey”. Iplemented by Garage48 and Smart Africa, the design sprint-like event will take place on 10-13 December 2020. The recruitment of participants and mentors has already started.
- Posted 02-Nov-2020
The roadmap of improving European healthcare with the help of cell-based medicine
The LifeTime Initiative published its new Strategic Research Agenda that provides a ten-year strategy for the implementation of cell-based interceptive medicine in Europe.
- Posted 02-Nov-2020
First six Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain Technology funds backed by InnovFin raise a total of EUR 700m
The European Innovation Fund (EIF) has signed the first 6 equity agreements with venture capital funds to support businesses across Europe under the EU's InnovFin Artificial Intelligence/Blockchain pilot.