Horizon 2020 Projects

EIT ICT Labs CEO Professor Dr Willem Jonker outlines the work of the ICT KIC and how it will address Horizon 2020’s societal challenges.

The European Institute of Innovation and Technology’s ICT Labs is offering businesses the opportunity to win €30,000 for an innovative enterprise idea.

Sweden, Germany, Ireland and Luxembourg are the EU member states getting the most out of innovation, according to a new indicator proposed by the European Commission.

European Commission Vice-President Neelie Kroes addresses the Startup Europe Leaders Club on a ‘manifesto for innovation and change’ aimed at assisting entrepreneurs and new businesses in creating Europe’s ‘Silicon Valley’.

The UK’s National Physical Laboratory and Imperial College London are to receive funding from Climate-KIC to test new ideas designed to tackle the country’s future power problems.

A group of French students have won a prestigious enterprise award from the European Institute of Innovation and Technology’s (EIT) ICT Labs Knowledge and Innovation Community.

The Town and Country Planning Association has launched a European Knowledge Exchange seminar series to help exploit EU funding opportunities and share policy best practice.

The heads of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology’s ICT Labs and the European Investment Fund have signed an agreement to boost SME innovation investment.

The European Institute of Innovation and Technology’s KIC InnoEnergy has announced calls for this year’s ‘Innovation Project Proposals of Sustainable Energy’.

Six EU member states have ranked in the top ten of a world innovation index, including Sweden, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.

The European Commission, EU member states and European industry will invest more than €22bn over the next seven years in innovation for sectors that deliver high quality jobs.

A new €250m EU loan guarantee agreement for innovative SMEs in France has been signed between the European Investment Fund and Banques Populaires-Caisses d’Épargne (BPCE).

EIT Chair Alexander von Gabain speaks to Horizon2020projects.com about the development of the KICs, their role in Horizon 2020 and the importance of involving citizens in innovation.

The director of Intel Labs, Martin Curley, talks about the role of the citizen in innovation, the importance of Horizon 2020 and Europe’s ability to compete in R&D with the United States.

Intel’s chief technology officer Justin Rattner, talks to Pan European Networks about developing an open R&D ecosystem in Europe and the formation of Intel Labs.

Martin Curley, director of Intel Labs Europe, details the background of the ‘Open Innovation 2.0 paradigm’ and the need for a ‘Ryanair’ to invigorate innovation in the EU’s telecoms sector.

The European Institute of Innovation and Technology’s ICT Knowledge and Innovation Community has announced the opening of its Satellite Co-Location Centre (CLC), known as nodes, in Munich.

The EIT has announced its 2013 awards. The institute will honour entrepreneurs in two categories ‘Ventures’ and ‘Next Generation of Entrepreneurs and Change Agents’.

KIC InnoEnergy Poland has hosted the latest day outlining the future developments of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology.

Seán Sherlock, the Irish Minister for Research and Innovation, has formally opened the EuroSME2013 Conference at Dublin Castle, Ireland.