Hungarian and international events

The European Knowledge and Technology Transfer Society (EuKTS) has just launched its Grandfathering Certification Programme aiming at raising the standard and recognition of Knowledge Transfer professionals throughout their career.

International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) and the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (EC-JRC) have launched the new Centre of Expertise on Population and Migration.

Great Britain and the EU are closely tied together in the field of research - in the exchange of scientists, in financing and in setting common standards. What now?

The Reuters Top 100 aims to identify which institutions contribute the most to science and technology, and have the greatest impact on the global economy.

The report presents the results of the online consultation on mathematics launched early 2016 to nourish the future Horizon2020 Work Programme (2018-20) with innovative mathematical content.

The Commission has adopted a new and comprehensive Skills Agenda for Europe.

Copyright restrictions and an inflexible publisher licensing system are making European researchers hesitant to attempt analyses of large and disparate databases, according to Lisbon Council report.

A new network of European universities is banding together to influence policy behind the next EU research programme, set to begin in 2021.

Innovation Deals, a new pilot scheme launched by the European Commission, aim to help innovators with promising solutions to environmental issues to navigate regulatory challenges to bringing their ideas to market.

The European Commission on 30 May launched a public call for candidacies for membership of the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies (EGE), the independent advisory body established by Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker.

The European Commission announces next steps on the Joint Initiative on Standardisation (JIS), which aims to reinforce the partnership between the European institutions and the standardisation community.

Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) projects are generating socio-economic impacts on a number of fronts, reveals a major new analysis by independent experts.

The Board consists of 12 appointed members, appointed by the European Commission with a view to providing a balanced representation of members with experience in business, higher education, and research.

The three SPIRE04-2014 projects, MEASURE, STYLE and SAMT, are collaborating to develop a harmonised roadmap of recommendations for the use of sustainability assessment in the European Process Industries.

A.SPIRE is preparing its strategic discussion with the European Commission about the SPIRE work programme 2018-2020. 20 strategic clusters have emerged, grouping a variety of perspectives and potential focus areas for the next Horizon2020 calls.

The Universities of Basel, Freiburg (member of LERU), Upper Alsace, Strasbourg (member of LERU) and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology have taken a big step toward creating the first European university: On Wednesday, 11 May 2016, they opened “Eucor – The European Campus” with a ceremony at the Palais universitaire in Strasbourg, thus giving themselves the possibility to act as a single entity.

Bart Biebuyck comes to the FCH2 JU from the Fuel Cell department of Toyota Motor Europe, his expertise in the automotive industry includes extensive knowledge related to the deployment of new technologies in the European market.

In May 2016, based on the analysis presented in the country reports and the dialogue held with Member States, the Commission presented country-specific recommendations for the next 12 to 18 months.

The agreement associating Armenia to Horizon 2020 was signed on 19 May.

More than 1000 replies and 170 supporting documents were submitted in response to the European Commission's call for ideas on a European Innovation Council to support Europe's most promising innovators.