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GSMA, FC Barcelona strike MWC23 partnership

To co-locate the football giant’s Sports Tomorrow Congress event at MWC 2023, further expanding a long-running collaboration between the companies GSMA and FC Barcelona signed an agreement to co-locate the football giant’s Sports Tomorrow Congress event at MWC Barcelona 2023, further expanding a long-running collaboration between the companies. FC Barcelona’s Sports Tomorrow Congress exhibits research…

Indra creates a digital twin and a virtual control center on the a-2 north-eastern highway to improve road maintenance and safety

In partnership with Acciona and the Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda, it’s leading a pilot of a European RDI project Indra, leading global technology and consulting company, is working on the creation of a digital twin and a virtual control center on section 2 of the A-2, in Guadalajara, among other innovative solutions,…

The EU’s latest proposal is another step toward more public sector open data in Europe

By requiring this data to be more easily accessible via application programming interfaces (APIs) and Creative Commons licensing, this legislative proposal ensures that others can more easily integrate this high-value data into new innovative applications The European Commission has just published draft legislation that, if enacted, will bolster the reuse of public sector open data. The new…

The father of green chemistry keynote speaker at the Mistra SafeChem Programme Symposium

The Mistra SafeChem Programme Symposium on green and sustainable chemistry is held on September 26, 2022, at AstraZeneca in Mölndal, just south of Gothenburg Professor Paul Anastas, known as The father of green chemistry, will be the keynote speaker at the Mistra SafeChem Programme Symposium in September. He and the other speakers, both national and…

Video games for climate action: winning solutions for the planet

The gaming industry is working with the United Nations to engage audiences like never before and inspire a new wave of climate action Sometime before the COVID-19 pandemic, Cassie Flynn was heading to work on a rush-hour packed New York City subway train. As the Strategic Advisor on Climate Change for the UN Development Programme (UNDP), she…

From EIC ePitching on AgriTech to closing a successful deal with key investor BayWa

The EIC’s Investors Programme supports SMEs and promotes sustainable innovation and growth across all EIC beneficiaries by connecting them with crucial investors to potentiate successful matchmaking situations The European Innovation Council (EIC), via its Investors Programme, enables and supports valuable matchmaking opportunities between EIC beneficiaries and financial and business partners to achieve sustainable growth. Resulting…

Lessons for local zero waste implementation

A conference by Zero Waste Europe and Bruxelles Environnement Zero Waste Europe and Bruxelles Environnement jointly organize a conference taking place next Tuesday, June 14 (from 9 am to 12:30 pm) at the offices of Bruxelles Environnement (Avenue du Port 86C, 1000 Brussels). Various organizations will talk about the impact of the "Building a European…

IAPH launches World Ports Tracker Survey

Automation and Optimization, Ports and Terminals, Smart Technologies and Digitalization The International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH) is inviting ports to take part in a survey for its new World Ports Tracker to aid ports detecting trends early on and enhance resilience. The community is invited to respond to eight questions on a quarterly basis, commencing on 1…

Jobs, recovery, sustainability: European tourism leaders meet as sector restarts

From the start of the pandemic and into the recovery phase of the crisis, Europe has led by example in supporting and restarting tourism The 67th meeting of the UNWTO Commission for Europe (Yerevan, Armenia, 1-3 June 2022) convened as the restart of European tourism gathered pace. Of the 47 countries in the world that have lifted all…

90 Game-Changing Solutions for Sustainable Cities

The QBE AcceliCITY Resilience Challenge is recognized as one of the Top 5 Govtech accelerators in the world and this year the program broke previous records with more than 550 companies representing 70 countries applying Leading Cities, a global non-profit driving resiliency and sustainability for cities, in partnership with QBE Insurance, have selected 90 of…