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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 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. 

This event will be dedicated to the exchange of knowledge from current running European collaborative projects and industrial development dedicated to post lithium for stationary or electrical mobility. It is organised in the framework of the ALISE and ALION EU funded Horizon 2020 projects developing post-lithium batteries.

The European Commission and European Parliament are co-organising on Tuesday 25 and Wednesday 26 September 2018 the Science is Wonder-ful ! event / European Researchers’ Night at the Parlamentarium.

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 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.

Celebrating a touch of genius, the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) announces the 41 nominees for the EIT Awards 2018. All across Europe, excellence is accelerating, with women entrepreneurs making up more than 40% of the nominees. The Awards ceremony will be held in Budapest on 4 October during the EIT’s annual Innovation Forum, INNOVEIT. The 41 nominees represent the most promising entrepreneurs and innovators in Europe. Read more below!

The storage of energy at temperatures higher than 1000 °C using molten silicon-based alloys is the objective of the FET-Open project AMADEUS, which will create a new generation of extremely compact and lower cost energy storage devices.