Category Archives: People

EXPERTS FOR HORIZON 2020 ADVISORY GROUPS: CALL FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

Posted on February 27, 2013 by

You still have until 6 March at 17.00 to submit your EoI to advise the European Commission on the content of the first work programmes to be prepared under the new Horizon 2020 framework programme. The European Commission has widened … Continue reading →

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NOMINATIONS OPEN FOR 6TH MILLENNIUM TECHNOLOGY PRIZE

Posted on January 30, 2013 by

Nominations for the 6th Millennium Technology Prize, one of the world’s leading science and technology awards with over €1 million of prize money, are invited from universities, research institutes and industrial organizations from across the globe.  The deadline for nominations … Continue reading →

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BOOK OF THE MONTH: GREEN CHINA

Posted on January 30, 2013 by

Prof. Taco van Someren, one of our keynote speakers at TII 2013 in Beijing, is co-author with his wife Shuhua van Someren-Wang of Green China, which is published by Springer in its Sustainable Growth in East and West Series. The book … Continue reading →

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YTKO WINS GRAND JURY PRIZE AT EUROPEAN ENTERPRISE PROMOTION AWARDS 2012

Posted on December 19, 2012 by

Cambridge-based TII member YTKO won the prestigious Grand Jury Prize for inspiring entrepreneurialism at the 6th European Enterprise Promotion Awards (EEPA) held during Global Entrepreneurship Week in November 2012. Already winner of the UK’s national BIS Enterprising Britain Award for … Continue reading →

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FROM OPEN INNOVATION TO TOTAL INNOVATION

Posted on December 19, 2012 by

In a presentation at the SciTech Europe 2012 conference at the end of November in Brussels, Charles Leadbeater, keynote speaker at TII’s 2012 conference in Copenhagen, advocated an innovation model for Europe similar to that implemented by the FC Barcelona. … Continue reading →

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BOOK OF THE MONTH: THE POWER OF FREEDOM

Posted on December 19, 2012 by

Written by historian and two-times Prime Minister of Estonia, Mart Laar, “The Power of Freedom: Central and Eastern Europe after 1945″ gives a gripping overview of the social, political and economic developments in Central and Eastern Europe since 1945. It … Continue reading →

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YTKO NAMED WINNER OF UK NATIONAL AWARD FOR PROMOTING ENTERPRISE

Posted on September 28, 2012 by

Economic development and business support organisation YTKO (TII member based in Cambridge) beat strong competition to win the UK government’s Enterprising Britain Award 2012 for “Promoting Enterprise” through its Outset business start-up programme. Bev Hurley, YTKO’s CEO, received the award … Continue reading →

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FROM TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TO KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE: PROTON EUROPE CONVENTION

Posted on July 20, 2012 by

ProTon Europe’s annual convention will take place in Liège, Belgium from 19 to 21 September on the theme of  “From Technology Transfer to Knowledge Exchange: a key role for KTOs in the Horizon 2020 agenda”.  The programme will focus on … Continue reading →

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2012 MILLENNIUM TECHNOLOGY PRIZE SHARED

Posted on June 14, 2012 by

Technology Academy Finland announced on 13 June that two prominent innovators, Linus Torvalds, an open source software engineer, and Dr Shinya Yamanaka, a stem cell scientist, are joint Grand Winners of the 2012 Millennium Technology Prize, one of the world’s … Continue reading →

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2012 MILLENNIUM TECHNOLOGY PRIZE LAUREATES NAMED

Posted on May 3, 2012 by

Technology Academy Finland has named two leading innovators – Linus Torvalds and Dr Shinya Yamanaka – as laureates of the 2012 Millennium Technology Prize whose prize money exceeds EUR 1 million. The winner of the Grand Prize will be announced … Continue reading →

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