The Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH) is launching a new series of open events under the title “epikoinonITE” (a Greek acronym for: Science–Society–FORTH). These series will be of great interest to the general public, aiming to disseminate the research results and to connect scientific knowledge with everyday life and the core values of society.

The program will begin with “Contact Point”, an original series of public discussions, each time featuring a FORTH scientist and a distinguished artist. “Contact Point” brings Science and Culture into a Creative Dialogue, fostering open and constructive communication of science through art.

On Friday, July 4th, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the “Phaistos” Investment Fund, the Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH), and Cisco — a strategic initiative that aims to strengthen the innovation ecosystem around 5G technology. The primary goal of this partnership is to enable FORTH’s Institutes and research groups to leverage 5G technology to test and evaluate innovative solutions and products.

On Wednesday, July 9, in the framework of the Onassis Lectures 2025 that took place from July 7 to 11 at the Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH) in Heraklion, Crete, Nobel Laureate Frances Arnold delivered a compelling –open to the public- speech on harnessing the power of evolution to engineer enzymes and proteins with new or improved functions.

Prof. Frances Arnold is highly esteemed in Science and Technology. In addition to receiving the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, she was the first female scientist elected as a Fellow of all three National Academies of the USA (Engineering, Medicine, Science).

Once again this year, the PRAXI Network, coordinator of the Enterprise Europe Network Hellas, is organizing a B2B Matchmaking Event in Thessaloniki on Wednesday, July 9, in the context of the NANOTEXNOLOGY 2025 conference. The annual NANOTEXNOLOGY conference is a leading European event in the fields of technology, networking, and matchmaking. It explores the latest opportunities in emerging areas such as Nanotechnologies, Organic & Printed Electronics, and Nanomedicine.

Prof. Frances Arnold (2018 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry) will give the speech on Wednesday, July 9 at 20:00 at the G. Lianis Auditorium of FORTH (main building), in Heraklion Crete.

Following the successful launch of the PRAXI x Brookstreet Online Demo-series in April, we are excited to return with the 2nd Pitching Competition, taking place online, on Tuesday, July 8, 2025, at 16:00.

The Onassis Foundation Science Lecture Series 2025 (in Biology and Chemistry), that will be held from 07 to 11 of July at the Foundation for Research & Technology-Hellas, in Heraklion, Crete, aim to further educate and promote young, talented scientists, postgraduate and Postdoctoral candidates, Graduate and advanced Undergraduate students in the field of physical and life sciences.

Οι ενδιαφερόμενοι καλούνται να υποβάλουν την υποψηφιότητα τους για την ΕΗΔΕ του ΙΤΕ, υποβάλλοντας αίτηση συνοδευόμενη από το βιογραφικό τους, έως και την 18η Ιουλίου 2025, και ώρα 16:00.
Οι υποψηφιότητες υποβάλλονται ηλεκτρονικά και το σχετικό ηλεκτρονικό μήνυμα θα πρέπει να έχει θέμα "Υποβολή υποψηφιότητας για την ΕΗΔΕ του ΙΤΕ".

The Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH) is launching a new series of open events under the title “epikoinonITE” (a Greek acronym for: Science–Society–FORTH). These series will be of great interest to the general public, aiming to disseminate the research results and to connect scientific knowledge with everyday life and the core values of society.

The program will begin with “Contact Point”, an original series of public discussions, each time featuring a FORTH scientist and a distinguished artist. “Contact Point” brings Science and Culture into a Creative Dialogue, fostering open and constructive communication of science through art.

The 2nd Summer School of the TWINN2SET project will be held from June 30 to July 4, 2025.

The Summer School includes a series of lectures, workshops and lab tours. For the second consecutive year, the Summer School is organized by the Institute of Geoenergy/FORTH in collaboration with the Technical University of Crete within the framework of the EU-funded project TWINN2SET (Twinning to Sustainable Energy Transition).