As head of innovation at EIT Digital, Chahab Nastar gives entrepreneurs the guidance to scale-up that was missing when he was building his own company

Leak shows Brussels officials preparing new ideas to turn ‘acorns into mighty oaks’ and ease the pathway to growth for start-ups

Twelve-person advisory panel will make recommendations on how the new body should function

The EU still has not learned basic lessons about innovation from its US competition. Professors Gunnar Landgren and Ramon Wyss, both instrumental in the formation of EIT Knowledge and Innovation Communities, explain how to remedy the European innovation paradox

A new wave of entrepreneurs aims to bring healthcare into the digital age. Innovations on show at last week’s iMinds conference will assist health and social care professionals, cut costs, make hospitals more efficient and empower patients

“I’m offering to come to Brussels and demonstrate on my (or your) laptop the value of text and data mining for open science,” says Peter Murray-Rust of Cambridge University, as he presses the EU to go further on copyright reform

Innovation and research are distinct activities. If Europe is to extract greater value from its science we need an independent European Innovation Council, with a different brief from the European Institute of Innovation and Technology, and separate from the European Research Council

The EU Research Commissioner may have correctly identified the reasons for Europe’s failure to commercialise its science, but setting up a new agency that separates innovation from research is not the answer, says Estonian MEP Kaja Kallas

EU Research Commissioner today described the attributes around which he would like the Council to be shaped and launched a consultation seeking feedback from the public. It’s time for action to convert Europe’s world-leading science into products, he said

Members of the Science|Business Network say the new council should act like a venture capital investor rather than a government agency. The aim should be to provide flexible funding and spur regulatory reform