Great Teams and Innovative Business Ideas at Cross-KIC EIT RIS Business Planning Bootcamp
From idea to a new business Great Teams and Innovative Business Ideas at the Second Cross-KIC EIT RIS Business Planning Bootcamp in Budapest, Hungary. Organised jointly by EIT RawMaterials, EIT Health and EIT Food in cooperation with Climate-KIC, the second edition of the Business Idea Competition has become a proven concept, successful in educating young entrepreneurs, thus fostering innovation. […]
Call for Abstracts for the 6th International Slag Valorisation Symposium
The organising committee of the 6th International Slag Valorisation Symposium invites you to submit an abstract! The objectives of the sixth edition of the International Slag Valorisation Symposium – with science, innovation and entrepreneurship in pursuit of a sustainable world as a subtheme – is to communicate and discuss the latest advances in the fields of high temperature slag engineering, slag cooling and solidification, metal recovery, valorisation of slags in building materials and other novel/niche applications, life cycle analysis and legislative requirements. Submit an abstract here! Following topics will be covered by the symposium: High temperature processing and engineering of residues Valorisation [...]
EU Commission launches clean mobility package
EIT RawMaterials welcomes the communication published by the European Commission “Europe on the move – Sustainable Mobility for Europe: safe, connected and clean”, and particularly its Annex II addressing the Strategic Action Plan on Batteries. […]
U-START call on circular economy
The joint EIT RawMaterials and Veolia incubator programme for start-ups in the field of circular economy is open! U-START Go Circular! goal is to ensure an intense cooperation to accelerate your time to market. To be considered for the start-up program, you have to prove a societal and environmental benefit of your concept in the following three to five years. […]
SUPERSMART innovation project to scale-up printed electronics and recyclable smart materials
Innovation project kick-off With the Internet of Things trend, there is a rising demand for intelligent product labeling including packaging for electronics and health care industry. Paper-based electronics industry ‘papertronics’ is set to meet large market demands for flexible and interactive devices, not only because of the technological breakthrough but also because paper and cardboard are the most recycled products in Europe. […]
New innovation project (GloREIA) for the Global Rare Earth Industry
First consortium to merge results of Rare Earth Elements research with wider society Rare Earth Elements (REE) are essential for the transition towards sustainability. However, rare earth elements, are critical metals and only one country, China, dominates the entire supply chain with its own domestic pitfalls such as environmental pollution, illegal mining, impacting the international market. Boosting supply security through enhanced cooperation among European end-users and other stakeholders should receive top priority. […]