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The EU Energy Challenge: Can innovation fill the gap?

On 14 november 2014, Science|Business organised a summit on the EU energy Challenge, gathering 170 experts from across europe and beyond in academia, industry and policy to debate the answers to those questions and develop insights and recommendations for the european Commission. The summit capped a series of eight high-level academic policy symposia focused on the eu energy R&D challenge, supported by BP.

31 Jan 2015

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How can science advice get – and keep – Juncker’s ear?

With Research Commissioner Carlos Moedas expected to devise ways to ensure EU policy benefits from scientific insight in the next few months, thoughts turn to what form the advice will take, and how to avoid the banana skins of the past

29 Jan 2015

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Scientists protest over Juncker’s strategic investment plan

If money is to be taken from the Horizon 2020 pot, there should be oversight from science to ensure research and innovation is not weakened, says an open letter from Europe’s leading scientific groups

29 Jan 2015

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ESADE MBA ranked in European top 7 by Financial Times

Three Spanish schools were ranked in the global top 20, making Spain one of the most attractive destinations for MBA studies

28 Jan 2015

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ESA: Satelites for peat's sake

Satellites can help us to safeguard nature’s richest carbon storehouses – peatlands.

28 Jan 2015

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“NWO should be abolished and integrated within the ERC”

The budget of the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research should be absorbed by the European Research Council. A proviso that projects backed by Dutch money be conducted in the Netherlands would strengthen the country’s research, says Luc Soete, Rector Magnificus, Maastricht University

27 Jan 2015

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EU scheme to channel regional funds to SMEs kicks off in Spain

The SME Initiative aims to encourage banks to lend more to cash-starved small companies. The European Commission wants more countries to use this route for channelling regional development money to the grass roots

27 Jan 2015

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New guidance provides optimism for securing software patents in the US

The US patent office has given specific examples of what types of software can get protection. This provides long-awaited clarification, says patent expert Andrew Thompson

27 Jan 2015

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Drop off in level of innovation in Europe, data shows

German companies still top the table but overall Europe is less innovative, a new EU survey reveals

22 Jan 2015

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Syncona LLP and UCL Business PLC Announce the Formation of Autolus Limited, a Cancer Immunotherapy Company

22 Jan 2015

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Balancing the Energy Economy 2: security of supply must not compromise CO2 targets

How can Europe balance its goal of energy security with the need to reduce CO2 emissions? Part of the answer would be fixing the carbon emissions trading system

22 Jan 2015

Energy

ESADE and Aalto University team up to train entrepreneurs committed to innovation

Aalto University has signed a new agreement with Spain’s ESADE Business School. The two institutions will expand their offering of training, leadership development and support for entrepreneurs and executives dedicated to innovating through design and technology as a means of creating new business opportunities.

21 Jan 2015

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King's College London signs licence agreement with UCB in immunology and type 1 diabetes

King’s College London announced that it has entered an exclusive licence agreement with UCB that grants the company the rights to develop a peptide-based immunotherapy programme for type 1 diabetes.

21 Jan 2015

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Dismay as Juncker plunders science money

Accusations fly as the European Commission releases details of the money its €315B investment plan will take out of the EU’s Horizon 2020 kitty. The European Institute of Innovation and Technology faces the deepest cut

15 Jan 2015

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Moedas to investigate alternatives to EU chief science adviser

With the post of EU chief science adviser axed, Research Commissioner Carlos Moedas is to look at new ways of providing independent scientific inputs to policymaking. A list of the options will be presented before the summer, he tells Science|Business

15 Jan 2015

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President of Singapore lays foundations of new Imperial & NTU medical buildings

The President of Singapore today laid foundation stones to mark the development of two buildings for the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine.

14 Jan 2015

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Bologna: Joint platform seeks to bridge the gap between biomedical research and clinical practice

The MED-EU strategic project aims to raise EU funds for scientific research and innovation. The project is coordinated by the University of Bologna and a few clinical institutes such as the S.Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, the Rizzoli Institute for Orthopedics and the Institute for Neurologic Sciences of the Bellaria hospital.

14 Jan 2015

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Global Desalination Innovations Announced in Saudi Arabia

13 Jan 2015

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Dr. Alfons Sauquet, Global Dean of ESADE, Elected President of ABIS

Dr. Gilbert Lenssen, ABIS' Founding President: "I am confident that Sauquet will lead the network with great strength and support from its members"

13 Jan 2015

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EU releases TTIP negotiating papers for the first time

As the EU lays out some of its hoped-for outcomes from controversial EU-US trade talks in pharma, medical devices, energy and other fields, the European Ombudsman insists more transparency is needed

08 Jan 2015

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The EU Energy Challenge: Can innovation fill the gap?

How can science advice get – and keep – Juncker’s ear?

Scientists protest over Juncker’s strategic investment plan

ESADE MBA ranked in European top 7 by Financial Times

ESA: Satelites for peat's sake

“NWO should be abolished and integrated within the ERC”

EU scheme to channel regional funds to SMEs kicks off in Spain

New guidance provides optimism for securing software patents in the US

Drop off in level of innovation in Europe, data shows

Syncona LLP and UCL Business PLC Announce the Formation of Autolus Limited, a Cancer Immunotherapy Company

Balancing the Energy Economy 2: security of supply must not compromise CO2 targets

ESADE and Aalto University team up to train entrepreneurs committed to innovation

King's College London signs licence agreement with UCB in immunology and type 1 diabetes

Dismay as Juncker plunders science money

Moedas to investigate alternatives to EU chief science adviser

President of Singapore lays foundations of new Imperial & NTU medical buildings

Bologna: Joint platform seeks to bridge the gap between biomedical research and clinical practice

Global Desalination Innovations Announced in Saudi Arabia

Dr. Alfons Sauquet, Global Dean of ESADE, Elected President of ABIS

EU releases TTIP negotiating papers for the first time

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