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Monitoring the Evolution and Benefits of Responsible Research and Innovation (MoRRI) was a project tasked with implementing a monitoring system for responsible research and innovation (RRI). This executive summary of the project, in English and French, provides a rapid-glance overview of the main messages emanating from this cutting-edge project.

The power to innovate: winners of EIT Awards 2018 announced. The European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) rewards Europe’s top entrepreneurs Simone Accornero (Italy), Ioannis Tamanas (Greece), Bieke Van Gorp (Belgium), Isabel Hoffmann (Canada) and Laura Soucek (Italy) for innovations in the fields of energy, health and food. Press release in EN, DE, EL, ES, FR, HU, IT, NL

The European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) rewards Europe’s top entrepreneurs Simone Accornero (Italy), Ioannis Tarnanas (Greece), Bieke Van Gorp (Belgium), Isabel Hoffmann (Canada) and Laura Soucek (Italy) for innovations in the fields of energy, health and food / raw materials. Find out more about the 2018 EIT Awards winners!

The event will present the upcoming funding opportunities offered by the EU's Horizon 2020 Programme to projects focusing on smart energy systems and smart cities and communities concepts. 

20 European experts gathered mid-September in Brussels for a two day meeting about how to make children's up to date vaccination cards and immunisation registries more available to healthcare professionals, by linking this vital information to electronic patient summaries.

INNOVEIT 2018, the annual Innovation Forum of the European Institute of Innovation & Technology, will celebrate the EIT’s first ten years. INNOVEIT 2018 will showcase successful EIT Community innovators and entrepreneurs and you will have the opportunity to engage in a dialogue on how the EIT should continue to boost innovation across Europe in the ten years ahead. The event will also include the EIT Awards 2018 and the annual EIT Stakeholder Forum. REGISTER NOW!

The three winners of the 2018 Smart Ageing Prize were announced during the first day of the Active and Assistive Living (AAL) Forum on 24 September 2018 in Bilbao.

This report analyses the country participation patterns in Horizon 2020 as well as the underlying causes for the low participation of a number of EU Member States and Associated Countries. It highlights the key trends in bridging the research and innovation gap and in the research and innovation performance of the EU Member States and their regions, underlining the uneven convergence progress.

A robot that reminds older people where they have put things and helps them exercise has been successfully used by residents of three retirement homes in a trial to combat cognitive decline in later age.

This report considers issues related to the criteria and indicators that might be used to define targets for future “Widening Actions” designed to address inequality in research and innovation performance across EU Member States. Under Horizon 2020, this has been the focus of the “Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation” Work Programme.

The Polish National Contact Point for Research Programmes of the EU and the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) are organising an ‘EIT Awareness Day’ in Warsaw, with the aim to raise awareness of the EIT Community, its activities and, in particular, of cooperation opportunities among relevant national stakeholders. The Awareness Day is under the patronage of the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education. REGISTER NOW!

It's the last chance to register for a Horizon 2020 Energy info day taking place in Brussels on 5 Oct. It will present funding opportunities for smart city and smart energy system projects, the available budget: over € 200 M.

The Future and Emerging Technologies Open CSA project EFFECT has been recognized for its dynamic and informative website by being among the finalists in the .eu Web Awards.

The event will provide information on the upcoming Horizon 2020 calls for funding in the areas of renewable energy sources, carbon capture and storage, and batteries

The leading European open innovation organisation EIT Digital will host its third annual Conference showcasing EIT Digital's vision and achievements about shaping digitalization in Europe. The EIT Digital Conference will be held in Brussels, at The EGG, on 11 September, 2018. Register now!

The European Innovation & Technology (EIT) Awards just became even more exciting. Now everyone can vote for their favourite innovation in the EIT Public Award 2018. Discover 39 nominees with 39 solutions to challenges facing society, representing the very best of the EIT Community. Choose which innovation you think should win by watching the video pitches and discovering their inspiring work. Vote now.

You can now register for the virtual info day on upcoming Horizon 2020 funding opportunities for projects focusing on renewable energy technologies, carbon capture and storage and next-generation batteries. Connect with us on 13 September.

The EIT Newsletter brings you the latest news on EIT Community events, achievements and opportunities.

The conference launched the dialogue on a new vision for Public-Private Partnerships with the industry, post 2020. Main messages: need to digitise European industries, focus on more systemic innovations and develop a strong rationale for partnerships, involving stakeholders, workers and citizens.

The European Commission will support 14 top-class projects to bring their innovations faster onto the market under the European Innovation Council (EIC) pilot. Each project will receive around €2 million from the Fast Track to Innovation strand of the EIC pilot, funded under Horizon 2020, the EU's research and innovation programme.