The Foundation for Research and Technology (FORTH) participates in the Global Talent Mentoring initiative, http://gtm.iacm.forth.gr/. The Global Talent Mentoring is an innovative online platform, launched in 2020, with the purpose of networking exceptional new talents in the fields of sciences - STEMM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, Medicine) with acclaimed scientists around the world, who will provide them online, free mentoring with the goal of growing their talent.

Το Ίδρυμα Τεχνολογίας και Έρευνας με βαθύτατη θλίψη αναγγέλλει το θάνατο του Δημήτρη Καφετζόπουλου, ερευνητή στο Ινστιτούτο Μοριακής Βιολογίας και Βιοτεχνολογίας, που έφυγε από τη ζωή στις 14 Μαρτίου 2020, έπειτα από γενναία μάχη με τον καρκίνο.

The 3rd four-day bootcamp “Match & Develop a Startup Heraklion 3.0”, held on 7-8 and 15-16 February 2020 at H2B HUB and at the premises of the Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH) at Vasilika Vouton - Heraklion, was successfully completed.

A Workshop on the Use of Innovative Technologies in Water Supply Networks to optimize water management, will be held on Thursday, December 5th at 9:00 am. in the Amphitheater of the Foundation for Research and Technology- Hellas in Heraklion, in collaboration with The Municipal Water and Sewerage Companies of Malevizi and Hersonissos.

The “Photonics Applications for Agrofoods and Environment Lab” of the Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser of FORTH was honored with the “Best Oral Presentation” award at the international conference of "Instrumental Methods of Analysis-Modern Trends and Applications"

(IMA2019), held at Ioannina on 22-25 September 2019.

A delegation from Jiangsu Industrial Technology Research Institute (JITRI Nanjing-China), headed by the Vice-President of the Institute for Transatlantic Cooperation Paul Burrows, paid a two-day visit to FORTH, on September 26th and 27th, in order to sign a Memorandum of Understanding.

The European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) and the Institute of Computer Science of the Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH) jointly organised the 6th Network and Information Security (NIS) Summer School from 16- 20 September 2019 in Heraklion, Greece.

The European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) and the Institute of Computer Science of the Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH) jointly organise the 6th Network and Information Security (NIS'19) Summer School, which will be held between the 16th and the 20th September 2019 in Heraklion, Greece. The theme of the Summer School for this year is "Security Challenges of Emerging Technologies", referring to the security challenges and opportunities posed by new technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, new Network Infrastructures (i.e. 5G), IoT applications, Machine Learning, etc.

Dr. Nikos Pasadakis Professor of School of Mineral Resources Engineering at Technical University of Crete was elected Director of the Institute of Petroleum Research of FORTH on August 01, 2019.