On the occasion of Mental Health Awareness Month, the Region of Crete – Gender Equality Office and the Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH) are co-organizing an awareness event focused on the prevention and response to online violence and the protection of the mental health of children and adolescents, on Thursday 22 May 2025, 6:00pm-9:00pm, at the new Science and Cultural Center of the Foundation for Research and Technology- Hellas (FORTH), housed in the historic neoclassical building of FORTH, on the corner of Averof & Zografou Street, in the city of Heraklion, Crete.

The 7th Quantum Technology Conference will take place on 7-9 October 2025 in Crete, Greece, hosted by the Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH). The conference will focus on quantum technology applications in space with a particular emphasis on new initiatives and international collaborations, quantum community goals, new strategic challenges, technical developments and breakthroughs, emerging opportunities, both commercial and institutional.

Registration is now open!

PRAXI Network, member of the Enterprise Europe Network and coordinator of Enterprise Europe Network Hellas, is participating as a co-organiser in the FEINDEF 2025 brokerage event, which will take place on May 12–14, 2025, within the framework of the International Defence and Security Exhibition FEINDEF 2025 in Madrid, Spain.

PRAXI Network, a unit of the Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH), is organizing an InfoDay & Networking Event titled “Connecting Research with Defense Industry”, on Wednesday, May 7, 2025, within the framework of the Defence Exhibition Athens (DEFEA) 2025 at Metropolitan Expo, in Athens.

PRAXI Network, a member of the Enterprise Europe Network and coordinator of Enterprise Europe Network Hellas, in collaboration with DEFEA 2025, is organizing a matchmaking event within the framework of the international defense and security exhibition DEFEA – Defence Exhibition Athens 2025.

The workshop is organized by Dr. Yorgos Moraitis and Prof. Gelina Harlaftis and is scheduled for 6 May 2025 at the Institute for Mediterranean Studies-FORTH, in the old town, 130 Nikiforou Fokas and Melissinou, Rethymnon.

FORTH will have a dynamic presence at the International Defence Exhibition Athens, taking place from May 6 to 8, 2025, at Metropolitan Expo, in Hall 1, Booth 08 of the Ministry of Development. Leading companies and organizations will showcase the latest technology, equipment and systems across land, sea and air. The exhibitionwas will be held under the auspices of the Hellenic Ministry of National Defence.

FORTH had a dynamic presence at the International Defence Exhibition Athens, taking place from May 6 to 8, 2025, at Metropolitan Expo, in Hall 1, Booth 08 of the Ministry of Development. Leading companies and organizations showcased the latest technology, equipment and systems across land, sea and air. The exhibitionwas held under the auspices of the Hellenic Ministry of National Defence.

Τhe International Neurosciences Conference of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), entitled "Cell biology of the nervous system”, is held at the Fodele Beach Hotel in Crete, 5-8 May 2025, with the active participation and co-organisation of the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology of the Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas.

FORTH’s Friends Association is organizing its first event of the year, within the framework of its established cultural and scientific activities, entitled "Biotechnology in a Critical Era." The event will tale place on Friday, April 25, 2025, at 8:00 p.m., at the Heraklion Chamber of Commerce & Industry.