News about Open Innovation

The FIWARE ICT Challenge is a developers’ competition taking place at the ICT 2018 event. Participants will create apps that make cities a better place to live in, using real-time data from cities and other data sources, together with FIWARE open source components.

OpenAIRE engages all stakeholders for an effective Open Science implementation. It fosters open science dialogue for policies and their implementation in Europe and beyond. Visit OpenAIRE at ICT 2018 in Vienna at Exhibition booth EC6.

FREYA is a 3-year project funded by the European Commission under the Horizon 2020 programme. The project aims to build the infrastructure for persistent identifiers as a core component of open science, in the EU and globally. FREYA will improve discovery, navigation, retrieval, and access of research resources. Visit FREYA at ICT 2018 in Vienna at Exhibition booth EC6.

The NGI initiative will be present at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2018, held in Barcelona from 26 February to 1 March. From 26 to 28 February, the NGI booth at 4 Years From Now (4YFN) will provide more information about this ambitious initiative. A panel discussion will be held on Monday, 26 February from 12:30 to 13:30 at 4YFN where the exciting NGI Awards 2019 will be launched. An interactive NGI session at the Mobile World Capital booth in the heart of the MWC will take place on Tuesday, 27 February from 16:30 to 17:30 to discuss 'Will privacy enhancing business models drive the NGI?'.

The last phase of Horizon 2020, the EU's Research and Innovation programme, has been launched. Roughly EUR 6 billion out of the overall budget of EUR 30 billion will be spent on research and innovations in the ICT sector.

On 25 March, EU leaders come together in Rome to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Treaties of Rome, which were signed on this day in 1957.

Tomorrow we are going to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome, a milestone in the history of European integration. It strengthened Europe's foundations on which more than six decades of peace and prosperity were built.

The European Platform of National Initiatives has been launched. What do the Public-Private Partnerships think about it?

The European Commission announced plans for a pilot project to provide working experience in the digital field for 5,000-6,000 graduate students in 2018-2020. The paid 4-5 months internships will be available for students of all disciplines.