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September 13, 2009
Over on the Belgian IABC’s thriving ‘web2eu’ site, Phillip Weiss embedded a TED video of Clay Shirky, author of Here Comes Everybody, discussing the revolutionary impact of social media (more references on the be-IABC site). It’s really so good I thought I’d repost it here:
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egovernment, English, Innovation and Growth, Languages and Culture, Public Affairs |
September 10, 2009
‘If it’s not open, it’s not the Internet’ Vint Cerf Fascinating event this morning on cloud computing, hosted by Openforum europe. I mostly confirmed my attendance because I know too little about this fascinating phenomenon that is so profoundly changing how business is being done these days (by the way, it appeared like I was… » read more
‘If it’s not open, it’s not the Internet’ Vint Cerf Fascinating event this morning on cloud computing, hosted by Openforum europe. I mostly confirmed my attendance because I know too little about this fascinating phenomenon that is so profoundly changing how business is being done these days (by the way, it appeared like I was… » read more
September 5, 2009
AltaRock Energy Inc, which is the start-up company backed by ICT giant Google, suspended Wednesday’s drilling of its first geothermal well in California – the first test project ever. The company gave the reason for geologic anomalies. In addition, it stated that it will keep developing its Enhanced geothermal systems (EGS) technology and is evaluating… » read more
August 31, 2009
There is a movement afoot to bring the education and industry sectors closer together. The European Commission is on board, industry is thrilled and business schools see a market opportunity. Some go as far as to suggest that industry should have input into university curricula. The prevailing logic runs like this: Industry and innovation are… » read more
August 3, 2009
Israel belongs to the Asian continent, but when it comes to research and development the US and Europe seem closer to home. And like most countries operating in today’s global village, Israel relies on cooperation with industrial partners from the European Union and the US to propel its high-tech and biotech products into the world… » read more
Sir, Regarding ‘Commission to launch European Research Council review‘: ERC Advanced Grants – Do they reward the best investigators and the best proposals? I just became aware of the establishment by the European Commission of a Review Panel on the European Research Council’s structures and mechanisms. I learned that the Panel is consulting with representative… » read more
July 23, 2009
I took part in a fascinating debate yesterday on the business panel on future EU innovation policy. Something has really changed around here because it’s the first time (since the Aho report on innovation) that I see truly innovative ideas emanating from one of these advisory bodies. To be sure, if this is put into… » read more
July 17, 2009
I was present at the launch of a manifesto entitled “Fixing the Future” which was presented yesterday in the margins of the SIX summer school on social innovation. This is a timely initiative that deserves broad support. It certainly has mine. In a nutshell, it was written in response to the recovery packages that were… » read more
Event report: ERRIN Briefing: Lisbon in Practice – Regional attractiveness for R&D investment, 8 July 2009, Brussels All the more recent growth theories are placing innovation at the heart of what drives creativity and growth in countries and regions. However, the available data shows that there is a huge amount of inertia, a fact that… » read more
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Competition, English, EU, EU programmes, future EU, ICT, InfoSociety, innovation, Innovation and Growth, Regional cooperation, regional development |
July 10, 2009
The Lisbon Council hosted Viviane Reding, European Commissioner for telecommunications and media yesterday for a landmark speech on “Digital Europe: Europe’s Fast-Track to Economic Recovery.” It was so refreshing to listen to a forward-looking, policy-savvy speech, laying out concrete plans for boosting employment and sustainable growth, after weeks of inward-looking institutional naval-gazing in Brussels. It’s… » read more
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Digital Europe, English, EU Priorities and Opinion, Innovation and Growth, Viviane Reding |
July 7, 2009
At the 2009 Innovation Days event in Lisbon, Blogactiv was able to speak to Jerzy Tokarski. Jerzy works for EUREKA NPC in Poland and displayed and explained some of the new products and innovations on the EUREKA stands.
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English, eureka, innovation, Innovation and Growth, innovation days |
At the EUREKA Innovation Days event in Lisbon, Blogactiv was able to speak to Heinz Bruggemann. Mr Bruggemann is Director of Celtic Telecommunication Solutions in Heidelberg, Germany. He spoke to us about Eureka and the impact they have.
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English, eureka, innovation, Innovation and Growth, innovation days |
One of the most visual demonstrations at the 2009 Eureka Innovation Days event came from the Institute of Systems and Robotics in Lisbon. We spoke to Manuel Lopes about their very cool robotics technology and how their program is an example to innovators.
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English, eureka, innovation, Innovation and Growth, innovation days, Turkish |
Blogactiv was able to speak to Joao Correia de Oliveira at the EUREKA Innovation Days event in Lisbon. Joao is Director de Projectos Especiais for aosol – a solar energy company. He explains some of the work and development of their new solar product.
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English, eureka, innovation, Innovation and Growth, innovation days, Turkish |
Blogactiv was able to speak to a number of exhibitors at the 2009 Eureka Innovation Days event. One of these exhibitors was Jose Condeco, a researcher from the Chemistry division of Omnidea. He explained their work to us…
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English, eureka, innovation, Innovation and Growth, innovation days, Turkish |
Blogactiv was pleased to be able to speak to Helena Afonso at the 2009 EUREKA Innovation Days event in Lisbon, Portugal. Helena represents a Portugese company called Revigres. They have developed an incredible new technology that enables ceramic tiles to be turned into solar panels!
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English, eureka, innovation, Innovation and Growth, innovation days, Turkish |
June 30, 2009
Sir, Regarding ‘EU innovation needs paradigm shift, says commissioner‘: To achieve EU Science and Research Commissioner Janez Potocnik’s goal of turning research into market products, we should go back to the fundamental questions of what innovation means. Innovation, unlike basic research, is an organic phenomenon. It is reactive to demand far more often than it… » read more
June 29, 2009
Blogactiv spoke to a number of exhibitors at the Innovation Days event in Lisbon, Portugal. Eureka supports ideas on their merits which means that a very wide range of ideas and products were being represented. Renata Gomes was representing the University of Coimbra and their Centre for Neuroscience and Cell Biology and the Lino Ferreira… » read more
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English, eureka, innovation, Innovation and Growth, innovation days |
At the 2009 Eureka Innovation Days event in Lisbon, Portugal, two new associate member nations joined the Eureka club. The first was Bosnia, the second South Korea. South Korea was represented at Innovation Days by an impressive stand and delegation, there to promote 13 small businesses. We were able to speak to Han-Joo KIM, Director… » read more
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English, eureka, innovation, Innovation and Growth, innovation days |
