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The European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth has visited the KIC InnoEnergy co-location centre in Poland.

The Commission has announced the winners of the European Prize for Innovation in Public Administration, celebrating the most forward-looking public initiatives.

The inaugural World Research and Innovation Congress is being held in Brussels, Belgium. The two-day event connect scientific researchers, policy makers, private sector leaders with European institutions.

European Commission President José Manuel Barroso outlines the importance of the Europe 2020 strategy in encouraging economic growth and the role Horizon 2020 will play in developing an innovation ecosystem.

European Commissioner for Education, Androulla Vassiliou, outlines to the ‘Open Innovation 2.0’ conference the importance of collaboration between university, industry and government and in innovation.

Alexander von Gabain, the chair of the EIT, outlines the creation and development of Europe’s Knowledge and Innovation Communities and the importance of interconnectivity in Europe’s innovation ecosystem.

In a message to delegates at the ‘Open Innovation 2.0’ conference, Commissioner Máire Geoghegan-Quinn outlines how developing a Knowledge Economy will assist in developing Europe’s innovation ecosystem.

Delegates at the ‘Open Innovation 2.0’ conference have agreed a ten-point declaration to develop widespread innovation literacy in Europe. It’s hoped the document will become the EU’s next official innovation language.

At the inaugural ‘Innovation Luminary Awards’, Dr Patrick Prendergast, the provost of Trinity College Dublin, outlines the important role of higher education in building a knowledge innovation ecosystem.

Richard Bruton, the Irish Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, outlines how transforming the national economy and tackling the ‘valley of death’ is the only way to reinvigorate European economic growth.

Stephen Hawking told delegates to “Look up at the stars and not down at your feet” in an inspirational innovation message at the ‘Innovation 2.0’ conference in Dublin, Ireland.

The first Innovation Luminary Awards have taken place at Trinity College Dublin during the ‘Open Innovation 2.0’ conference and awards recognise ‘outstanding innovation role models’.

The Irish Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton, has opened the ‘Open Innovation 2.0’ conference, a major two-day international event at Dublin Castle and attended by Pan European Networks.

A two-day exhibition offering a technological insight into the future lives of citizens has opened in Ireland. The ‘Your Future City’ showcase will take place at Mansion House in Dublin alongside the ‘Open Innovation 2.0′ conference.

Dublin Castle has opened its doors to the international ‘Open Innovation 2.0’ conference in Ireland. The conference will focus on developing the ‘Open Innovation 2.0: Sustainable Economy & Society’ paradigm.

Professor Mary Ritter, chief executive of Climate-KIC, outlines the role of Europe’s knowledge and innovation ecosystem in developing solutions to help combat the problems of climate change.

The European Institute of Innovation and Technology has announced a number of key events to help raise the profile of its Knowledge and Innovation Communities encourage innovation collaboration.

Upstart ICT companies CoRehab, Quuppa, and Volumental are selected to compete for this year’s Entrepreneurship Award from the European Institute for Innovation and Technology.

The European Institute of Innovation and Technology’s KIC InnoEnergy Sweden has assisted in the development of Sustainable Energy Business Angels, a company set up to help start-ups firms in the sector.

The European Institute of Innovation and Technology has launched its 2013 calls on Learning Modules in the sustainable energy Knowledge and Innovation Community, KIC InnoEnergy.