As things wind down to the dissolution of the European Parliament and elections next June, Belgium has put translation and commercialisation of research results and international cooperation on the agenda for a presidency focussed on technology sovereignty

Toomas Asser, recently appointed for a second term at the helm of the University of Tartu, has big plans for changing how knowledge is translated from lab to market

Eindhoven president Robert-Jan Smits describes the details and the rationale behind one of Europe’s largest university-industry deals, worth ‘several hundred million’ euros

Marc Lemaître says Europe has a significant gap to fill in terms of the technologies needed to make the transition to a green economy - but it can be done

A government-commissioned review of university technology transfer will look at the spin-off process, the size of university retained equity stakes and the role of investors

Parliamentary approval is needed for the change, but it is hoped the move will help get projects from research to market - and give a much needed boost to the country’s start-up scene

After some teething problems, the plans for the new agency are taking shape, with the formal launch expected early next year

Decarbonising the economy will involve vast technology transfers and cross-border R&D. But with Russia a pariah, and US-China relations frosty, there are worries that politics could slow the diffusion of green technology

Leading tech investor Hermann Hauser says Europe’s approach to technology sovereignty is the only ‘scalable model’