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Jointly organised by ERTRAC, EGVIA and the European Commission's Transport R&I Directorate, this 2nd European conference will showcase the results of selected H2020 funded projects on road transport related areas, i.e. Green Vehicles, Road, Mobility for Growth, Urban Mobility, Logistics, Automated Road Transport. Do not hesitate and register: H2020 RTR 2018 Conference is only one click away!

On 16 October a new call for procurement project proposals opens supporting digital health and active ageing. The challenge is to scale up outcome-based innovative digital health and care solutions across EU borders through joining up actions in procurement of innovation. The call will be presented in Vienna at ECOVATION 2018, an official event of the Austrian Presidency of the EU Council.

How can standards help ensure that digital products and services cope with the challenges of Europe's ageing population? The STAndards, Innovation and Research for Active and Healthy Ageing (STAIR-AHA) platform is holding its very first meeting to discuss this. Everyone interested is welcome to join.

The European Institute of Innovation and Technology in close collaboration with the Malta Council for Science and Technology is organising an EIT Awareness Day on 31 October 2018 at Villa Bighi, Kalkara. The event aims at raising awareness of the activities, results and achievements of the EIT Community and in particular of the opportunities for engagement with Maltese stakeholders. Save the date and read more below!

The European Innovation Council (EIC) pilot will support 38 innovative projects to develop new ideas towards radically new future technologies. In total, the projects will receive €124 million under the future and emerging technologies (FET Open) strand of the EIC pilot, run under the EU’s research and innovation programme Horizon 2020.

he European Investment Bank today signed an agreement with the WindPlus consortium to provide a €60 million loan for installing a wind farm that will float in deep waters off the Portuguese coast. The loan will come from the InnovFin Energy Demonstration Projects facility (InnovFin EDP), which is funded under the EU’s research and innovation programme Horizon 2020.

This year, the Transport Info Day will be virtual and will take place on 23 October from 09:00 to 13:00 CET. Participants will need to register in order to receive the web-streaming link.

Citizens’ digital health literacy is an essential element for successful eHealth deployment. Literate citizens can play a more active role in health self management, resulting in improved prevention, adherence to a healthier lifestyle and better health outcomes. The IC-Health final conference will offer panel discussions focused on digital health literacy. The project will present the Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) co-created by experts and users.

The European Investment Bank is designing the Circular Bioeconomy Investment Platform with the support of the European Commission under Horizon 2020. The Fund will be set up in the framework of InnovFin – EU Finance for Innovators.

Today, the European Commission and Breakthrough Energy, led by Bill Gates, launched a new investment fund – Breakthrough Energy Europe – to help innovative European companies develop and bring radically new clean energy technologies to the market.