Eureka Network

⏳Final Call! Just days left to apply for our ITEA Cluster Call for R&D #SoftwareInnovation projects. If you are advancing AI, IoT, smart cities, healthcare and #DigitalTransition, this is your moment. 💡 Apply by 11 November and join the global network of innovators. 👉 https://loom.ly/2Dltgq4 ITEA Office

✨Let’s keep celebrating the women driving R&D and innovation in our network! Laura Kunga-Jēgere is a senior expert at the Latvian Council of Science and Eureka’s national contact in Latvia. Laura’s career began in plant genetics laboratories, where, as a researcher, she participated in R&D projects. She then decided that innovation could be just as interesting from the other side and went on to become one of the most active and appreciated members of our network! You can always count on Laura to find creative solutions. Perhaps it’s the thriller books she reads that inspire her! #WomenInInnovation

On Tuesday, we had the pleasure of organising the event “Innovative Europe: Innovative SMEs and their crucial role in driving European competitiveness”.   This policy conference aimed at showing the impact our European Partnership on Innovative SMEs has made in the European innovation ecosystems, while also sparking debate around some of the most pressing issues of the European innovation area.   Our OECD keynote speakers, Sandrine Kergroach, addressed the role of SMEs in driving employment, growth in high-risk R&D sectors and sustainable local circular value chains, while the European Commission’s András G. Inotai reflected on the European innovation ecosystems initiatives and their powerful impact.   In our first panel, Barbara Betz, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Jelle Knop, Netherlands Enterprise Agency and Julie Jasmes, SPW Economie Emploi Recherche, explained how the European Partnership on Innovative SMEs is allowing national and regional agencies to support more innovators, meaning international collaboration bears even more fruit. And participating in #Eureka programmes is often a first step to other funding opportunities like the #EICAccelerator.   In two fascinating presentations, Eurostars beneficiaries, Jimena Garcia-Romeu, Alcyon Photonics and Denys Plakhotnik, ModuleWorks showed how our programme was fundamental to their companies’ growth in terms of employment, private investment and access to international markets.   Our panelists MANUEL IRUN MOLINA, EIT - European Institute of Innovation and Technology, Oscar Fernandez Moyano, CDTI Innovación - Centro para el Desarrollo Tecnológico y la Innovación and Elisabetta Vaudano, Innovative Health Initiative (IHI) reflected on the need for different Partnerships to find common goals and ensure closer cooperation. It is important to keep in mind that all European Partnerships, while focusing on different topics, share the same purpose; they said.   Alexandr Hobza, European Commission painted a picture of the European innovation disparity challenge, expressing the importance of not leaving any area of Europe behind. Speakers Laura Kunga-Jēgere, Latvian Council of Science and Milda Kraużlis, EIT Food shared examples of best practices.   For our last panel, we discussed FP10 and the future of European R&D innovation mechanisms. Alexander Grablowitz, Partnership Knowledge Hub reiterated that partnerships are a highly effective structure; Hanna Scheck, FFG Austrian Research Promotion Agency expressed a wish that partnerships should be flexible and continuous, and our Director Brit Helle conveyed the hope for a space to still offer SMEs the range of opportunities currently available.   We wholeheartedly thank all our speakers for their contribution and for making this event a big success.   A huge thank you to the German Permanent Representation to the European Union for having hosted us and for the support in the organisation of this event, and to Sandra Lehneke for her warm welcome speech.

🚨 An alert for R&D innovators from France and Spain! Through our #NetworkProjects programme, organisations in France and Spain can collaborate internationally and secure national public funding for an innovative project. The scope includes: 🟢#Mobility and #transport, with a focus on unmanned vehicles 🟢 #Agrifood 🟢 #Health Projects in other technological fields are also welcome! 👉 Learn more: https://loom.ly/F8kgZQY Bpifrance @CDTI_innovacion

The Singapore Week of Innovation and Technology (SWITCH) is exceeding expectations! 🇸🇬 🦁 With our investment readiness programme, we sponsored 40 #innovative #SMEs to join us in the lion city state and attend this mega event full of #networking opportunities, #keynote speeches and panel discussions. Yesterday, Eureka President, Rudolf Haggenmueller; Eureka Vice President, Dave Lisk; Executive Director of Global Innovation Network and Innovation Ecosystem Development at Enterprise Singapore, Boon Kim (BK) Tan; Director General of the Eureka Secretariat, Brit Helle; programme experts at the Eureka Secretariat, Jorge Liz and Camilla Del Latte; and Eurostars alumnus company SoftMining CEO, Stefano Piotto, presented Eureka on SWITCH's global stage in the session ‘how the Eureka network is enabling entrepreneurs to innovate worldwide.’ We were also honoured with a visit to our stand from Singaporean Deputy Prime Minister, Heng Swee Keat. Following the main event schedule, our delegation of 40 companies were invited to a global networking night where they met potential business partners from global innovation ecosystems 🌏 Today, ten companies in the Eureka delegation pitched their innovations to investors and we continued to welcome startup and SME representatives to our stand ✨ This mission has been made possible thanks to our close collaboration with Eureka’s innovative Singaporean member, Enterprise Singapore. Our investment readiness programme is part of the European Partnership on Innovative SMEs, co-funded by the European Union through Horizon Europe. We will be offering more opportunities like this to companies in the future, so don't miss out next time! Learn more about our mission to SWITCH: https://loom.ly/lU5rVF4 National Research Council Canada / Conseil national de recherches Canada Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Germany German Aerospace Center (DLR) European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA) European Commission #innovation #beyondborders #furthertogether

🎉A huge welcome to our new corporate partner, Eksim! 🤝 Since 1986, Eksim Holding has added value to Türkiye through its investments in the food, energy and technology sectors. With over 20 subsidiaries and around 10,000 employees, Eksim is a leading company committed to ethics, sustainability and innovation. Its venture capital arm, Eksim Ventures, supports early-stage startups, as well as scale-ups, offering financial and strategic backing to help transform industries and positively impact society. 🚨Eksim is ready to join our #InvestmentReadiness programme and find new SMEs and startups to cooperate with! Keep an eye on our social media pages to learn when the next session with this corporate will take place 🔜 📢 🔔 Eksim Holding Eksim Ventures European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA) European Commission

🌍 Ready to drive the green transformation? 🌿Our Eurogia2030 Cluster awaits your application for R&D projects focused on #LowCarbon technologies! If you're an innovator committed to making a positive environmental impact, this is your chance to collaborate internationally and access vital #ResearchFunding. 👉 Find out more: https://loom.ly/ganCGr8

Strengthening our programmes at Eureka! 🤝 We just wrapped up two productive days with our national contacts discussing the European Partnership on Innovative SMEs and its programmes and projects. These two days included our innovative SMEs coordination group meeting, a working group on KPIs and a World Café for sharing best practices to improve the quality of Eureka applications. Highlights from the World Café: 🔹 Insights on common challenges and application mistakes 🔹 Tips and best practices for improving collaboration and increasing application success We are looking forward to future meetings under the German-Canada Co-Chair! #FurtherTogether European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA) European Commission

🟠 Ready to revolutionise the advanced manufacturing field? With our Cluster, SMART EUREKA CLUSTER , your innovative company can access funding to commercialise an international R&D project! You have until 16 January to submit your project outline! Learn more 🔗 https://loom.ly/2SlfiK4 And attend SMART Proposers' Days on 28-30 October 👉 https://loom.ly/f4cKtRs

📢We’re looking to expand our pool of experienced freelance writers/journalists to write engaging articles about Eureka innovations and the companies behind them. Do you have a great portfolio of work? 👉Send an email to communications@eurekanetwork.org, attaching your CV and linking to some published writing samples, citing “FREELANCE WRITER” in the subject line. ✒️We compensate writers with 750 euro per article, which includes researching, interviewing a Eureka alumnus and writing. If selected, we would ask you to write up to three articles per year. Interested in the kind of content we publish? Read a recent article: https://loom.ly/Y8EZ6iQ