Malta Aviation Conference 2016

On 18th March 2016 at the Malta Aviation Networking Conference, Anamaria Magri Pantea joined the line-up of speakers to discuss the necessity and opportunity of further pursuing R&D and innovation by Malta’s aviation industry.    

ICT2015 – EU’s preeminent annual ICT event

Anamaria Magri Pantea was one of the 97 specialists from all over Europe selected and invited by the European Commission to participate as its guest at the annual ICT EU conference. The 2015 event was organised in Lisbon, Portugal over the period 19 – 22 October and was attended by some over 5,000 participants. Anamaria Read more about ICT2015 – EU’s preeminent annual ICT event[…]

SME Week 2015: Horizon 2020 funding opportunities for innovative enterprises

On the 2nd of October 2015, Anamaria was one of the guest speakers at the SME Week 2015 Info Day on the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme for Research and Innovation and its funding schemes for SMEs and enterprises. As an independent expert evaluators engaged by the European Commission on a number of its hallmark funding Read more about SME Week 2015: Horizon 2020 funding opportunities for innovative enterprises[…]

SME Innovation Days Oradea (RO)

On 19-20 June 2015, Anamaria Magri Pantea will be participating in the SMEs Innovation Days Oradea, Romania. She will be discussing the importance and practical ways of building and developing an innovation culture at community, organisational and company levels. Organized by Oradea Community Foundation and Smartfin Consulting, with support from Hasselt University, Belgium, this event Read more about SME Innovation Days Oradea (RO)[…]

ICT-enabled Innovation – Startups competition

One of the largest EU supported ICT communities just launched a competition for start-ups looking to scale-up. The contest focuses on 8 topics: Health & Wellbeing Smart Spaces Cyber-Physical Systems Future Cloud Cyber Security and Privacy Internet of Things Urban Life and Mobility Smart Energy Systems The prize money in each of the topics are: EUR Read more about ICT-enabled Innovation – Startups competition[…]

90,000 euro EU funding for piloting innovative applications integrating IoT and social networking aspects

The EU funded RADICAL project is calling for additional partners, offering them up to EUR90,000 for the piloting of innovative applications and services in the framework of the Smart City paradigm supported by Internet of Things and Social Networks technologies. RADICAL enables the rapid development, deployment and adoption of sustainable socially-aware and intelligent sensing services for emerging Read more about 90,000 euro EU funding for piloting innovative applications integrating IoT and social networking aspects[…]

The second year of novel EU funding support for innovative SMEs

In 2015, the EU will continue to make available grants to individual SMEs demonstrating capability to develop innovative technological processes, products, services, solutions, or business models with a strong EU and/or global relevance. Project proposals in the following areas are now being invited: ICT Open Disruptive Innovation (focus on the application of new sets of Read more about The second year of novel EU funding support for innovative SMEs[…]

Fast Track to Innovation – the latest EU funding scheme for industry

The FTI pilot has been launched in January 2015 by the European Commission to facilitate and support increased innovation within the European industry. Scope The FTI is a bottom-up programme, project funding proposals being invited for any ideas of developing sustainable innovative products, processes and services that both address societal challenges and/or are highly competitive in Read more about Fast Track to Innovation – the latest EU funding scheme for industry[…]

EU support for tourism diversification – sport & wellness, jewellery focus

Tourism is a very important pillar of the economies of most of the European countries, but one strongly affected by seasonality, as well as by stereotypes. For example, whilst Malta’s culture & heritage offering is getting traction, it is still mostly known internationally as a sea & sun destination. Save for Vienna, Austria is typically Read more about EU support for tourism diversification – sport & wellness, jewellery focus[…]

Networking and collaboration: today’s must-do to for grasping opportunities

Overview of discussions at 11th April TAP Knowledge B2B networking and Partnering Conference Anamaria Magri Pantea The Economic Update, April 2014 More and more often we realise nowadays that pooling capabilities and efforts is no longer a choice but an imperative in the current economic environment. The increasing global competition in all fields and from Read more about Networking and collaboration: today’s must-do to for grasping opportunities[…]