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European Innovation Council invests €191 million in 58 game-changing technologies

Fifty-eight novel, high-impact technologies have been selected in the last round of investment from the EIC ‘Pathfinder Open’ Pilot.

 
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Highlights
EIC Greenathon: Hacking the European Green Deal

25 EIC-innovators formed 8 teams to work together on innovative ideas to help reach the ambitious EU Green Deal goals.

 
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New expert group report on EIC Pathfinder management

Agility and proactivity of programme managers are vital to exploit research results on emerging technologies, according to experts.

 
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EIC Transition to Innovation Activities: First projects launched

In November 2019, the first EIC Transition to Innovation Activities Call closed the submissions and now, the very first of the selected projects are on their way to genuine technological and societal innovations.

 
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News from EIC Community
EIC innovation training workshop for Pathfinder 3.0: Capitalise on your innovation!

The EIC Business Acceleration Services invites EIC Pathfinder beneficiaries (FET-Open & FET-Proactive) to participate in our third Innovation training workshop.

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Sign up for the new EIC community training: Women in leadership

This event targets especially women working in EIC-funded companies, who want to develop their leadership skills and elevate the participation of female leaders across their businesses.

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Visit Innovation Hubs with the EIC: Berlin is waiting for you!

Berlin is the EIC’s last destination for this year. A great opportunity to get to know Berlin’s innovation ecosystem, meet with corporates, investors and accelerators and submerge yourself in Berlin’s unique business culture

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Open Call - EIC Corporate Day with LafargeHolcim: Accelerating green construction

The EIC Business Acceleration Services and LafargeHolcim invite you to apply to our joint EIC Corporate Day, taking place on 27 and 28 January 2021, a specially designed service to accelerate your business collaborating with the world’s global leader in building solutions.

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Covid-19: Get support from the EIC Crisis Coaching team to strengthen your business

The European Innovation Council is offering coaching sessions to help beneficiaries run their businesses during this period of uncertainty and crisis and is offering a special support to the EIC-funded SMEs.

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Breakthrough technology imitates nature to reduce screen glare

A spin-off company, named Biomimetic, was newly created, implementing a technology invented within the FET/Pathfinder open project LiNabioFluid. It has been further developed thanks to the Innovation Launchpad funding.

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Events
The EIC at the Web Summit

With two sessions on Thursday 3 December, the EIC will be present at the Web Summit to discuss inclusion and gender equality in tech as well as present new EIC Fund.

 
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Info session on EIC Horizon Prize for innovative batteries for e-vehicles

The prize, worth €10 million, will be awarded for the development of a prototype battery that can power an electric vehicle with similar performance in terms of range and charging time as a conventional petrol/diesel powered small family vehicle. An info session will take place on 26 November at 11.00 am (CET).

 
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The EIC at the Paris Peace Forum

On Thursday 12 November, the Paris Peace Forum featured a session on "Breakthrough innovation for EU and global recovery" with four high level speakers: Jean-Eric Paquet (Director-General for Research and Innovation, European Commission), Bindi Karia (Member of the EIC Advisory Board), François Petoussis (founder of Lumkani) and Joanne Kanaan (CEO and co-founder of OMINI).

 
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EIC at the World Press Clubs Alliance for Climate

EIC participated in the World Press Clubs Alliance for Climate to provide our take on the tackling climate change.

 
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