Hungarian and international events

The info day targeted potential applicants to the calls for project proposals under the H2020 challenge ‘Secure, Clean and Efficient Energy’. The new Work Programme for 2016-2017 in the area of H2020 energy research was presented on 14 September, and in-depth sessions on various calls of the Work Programme were held on 15 September. Take a look at the presentations of the info day.
Source: ec.europa.eu

The successful event was organised between 14-18 September 2015, in Budapest by WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organisation) and JRC (Joint Research Centre) in collaboration with the National Research, Development and Innovation Office, the Hungarian Intellectual Property Office, the Semmelweis University and the University of Debrecen.

Israel is renowned for its achievements in innovative products and solutions. Over the past decade Israel has also established itself as a key player in nanotechnology, providing new and exciting opportunities and solutions in materials, medical, mobile, defense & aerospace, semi-conductor and other important and emerging industrial sectors.

The European Commission yesterday granted the legal status of European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC) to the European Spallation Source (ESS), a particle accelerator being constructed near Lund (Sweden). With this measure, the EU provides the facility with many administrative advantages enjoyed by international organisations and therefore helps to successfully implement the infrastructure project.

H.E. Duan Jielong, new Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to Hungary, visited the National Research Development and Innovation Office on 12th August 2015, where he was received by President József Pálinkás. The liveliness of the Hungarian-Chinese professional relations is reflected by the fact, that this meeting took place within the first weeks of the Ambassador’s busy initiation program.

Within the framework of the TOP 5-100 Project NUST the Russian National University of Science and Technology «MISiS» announces the 2nd wave of the International Open Grant Competitions designed to invite Leading scientists for short term joined research projects.

Seedcamp Week London is a four day event aimed at connecting the 20 best web-tech, mobile and software talent with some of the leading Entrepreneurs, Developers, Experts and Investors from all across Europe and all over the world.
Source: seedcamp.com

The National Research, Development and Innovation Office is offering individual consultation sessions for H2020 MSCA Individual Fellowships applicants during June, July and August.

The 22th session of the French-Hungarian Inter-governmental Joint Committee on Science & Technology (S&T) was held on April 23rd 2015 in Paris. During a fruitfull meeting, the Parties scrutinised Hungarian and French project proposals submitted in the latest call for proposals, published in the framework of the bilaterally-coordinated Balaton Integrated Action Programme.

Learn more about Europe’s low-carbon future, decentralised energy, smart-energy solutions, sustainable mobility, renewables, smart cities, energy efficiency, energy-intensive sectors, the Energy Union, energy democratisation … and many other topics. Join the debate and take an active part in shaping the Energy Union! This year's event will focus on the role of responsible consumers in the new Energy Union and in driving the EU towards its sustainable energy goals in areas such as energy efficiency, renewables or greenhouse gas emissions.
Source: eusew.eu

The international event, Nordic Wood Biorefinery Conference (NWBC), is the leading meeting forum for wood biorefinery professionals. The next event will be held in Helsinki in October, 2015. This conference is jointly organised by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd and Innventia. The conference language will be English.
Source: vttresearch.com

Celtic-Plus is organising a Proposers Day co-located with the EuCNC 2015 conference in Issy-les-Moulineaux, close to Paris. The Celtic-Plus Proposers Day is a platform for organisations related to telecommunications interested to participate in a Celtic-Plus project, and wanting to benefit from performing collaborative research through the EUREKA Cluster Celtic-Plus. It is an ideal opportunity to discuss project ideas with potential partners and to learn about the funding possibilities.
Source: celticplus.eu

An international event focused on innovation in the field of light, integrating academic research, industrial development, end-users perspectives. CM&L 2015 is an international event organized by the CNR-DSCTM and CNR-ISMN in the framework of the IYL2015 to brainstorm and share views on research and innovation challenges in material chemistry for lighting technologies and applications.
Source: cml2015.it

Water Innovation Europe (WIE) is the annual stakeholder conference of WssTP. Over the last few years WIE has brought together a variety of stakeholders from utilities, research, water using industry, technology suppliers with representatives from regional, national, and European policymakers to address key challenges and opportunities for RTD and innovation dealing with water. WIE2015 will be dedicated to ‘the role of water in the circular economy’.
Source: waterinnovationeurope.eu

COST are delighted to host the Introduction to the COST Framework Programme, an information session exclusively dedicated to researchers, engineers and scholars of all scientific and technology fields working in Hungary, on 16 June 2015, at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics (Hungary).
Source: cost.eu

First Monday is the monthly gathering of the Budapest startup community, organised by the European Entrepreneurship Foundation. Participants of the EEF accelerator course started the movement, 3 years ago. Since then, First Monday events have become the ultimate networking platform, where startuppers, wannabees meet business angel, venture capital guys and serial entrepreneurs who typically become entrepreneurial investors themselves.
Source: startupcafe.hu

The Hungarian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (HVCA) is pleased to announce its 2015 conference on Private Equity, Venture Capital and Corporate Finance in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). This year’s event is titled, “Certainty in Uncertain Times.” The keynote speaker will be George A. Papandreou (former Prime Minister of Greece from 2009 to 2011). Date of the conference: June 11, 2015
Source: hvca.hu

The eDigiregion International Conference is an annual event supported by the European Commission that presents novel approaches of businesses and policy makers to reap the benefits of the digital innovation ecosystems. The eDigiregion International Conference will exchanges experience on smart specialisation initiatives, and business models that have contributed to boosting regional innovation ecosystems based on advances in information and communication technologies.