The Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, is organizing the 2024 Researchers’ Night at its premises (Vassilika Vouton, Heraklion), on Friday September 27, 2024, 17:00-23:00.

The 6^th annual Nick Kylafis Distinguished Lecture will be given for 2024 by the distinguished astrophysicist David Spergel, President of the Simons Foundation and Charles A. Young Professor of Astronomy Emeritus at Princeton University (USA). Moreover, from 2016 until 2021 Professor Spergel was the founding Director of the Center for Computational Astrophysics of the Flatiron Institute in New York, which is supported by the Simons Foundation.

Το ΔΣ του ΙΤΕ με την υπ΄ αριθ. πρακτικού Συνεδριάσεως 541/43-6/10.9.2024 απόφασή του, αποφάσισε τη διενέργεια εκλογών, με μυστική ψηφοφορία, για την ανάδειξη δύο (2) Ερευνητών – μελών της ειδικής επιτροπής κριτών για την επιλογή Δ/ντή της ΚΔ του ΙΤΕ, και των αναπληρωτών τους.

The 18th EAI International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare will take place at the facilities of FORTH in Heraklion, Crete from 17 to 18 September 2024, with the active participation and co-organization of the Institute of Computer Science of FORTH, and the Center for Research & Technology Hellas.

The Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences of the Foundation for Research & Technology-Hellas, is organizing the International Conference "10th IFAC Conference on Foundations of System Biology in Engineering", acronymed FOSBE 2024, at the DIVANI CORFU PALACE Hotel in Corfu, from 8 to 11 September 2024.

A Memorandum of Understanding was signed on September, 7^th, by the Minister of Rural Development and Food, Costas Tsiaras, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, Professor Nektarios Tavernarakis, and the First Vice President of the Hellenic Agricultural Organization-DIMITRA (ELGO-DIMITRA), Professor Nektarios Vidakis.

Two ERC Starting Grants totaling approximately 3 million euros, were awarded to Dr. Anna Sydorenko and Dr. Konstantina Kalfa, post-doctoral researchers at the Institute for Mediterranean Studies of the Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH).

FORTH had a dynamic presence at the 88th Thessaloniki International Fair, which took place from 7 to 15 September 2024, with 10 speeches in panel discussions and numerous innovative exhibits, in Pavilion 7 of the Ministry of Development, at the GRSI’s (General Secretariat for Research & Innovation) stand.

The Summer School took place at the premises of FORTH at Heraklion, Crete, Greece, from July 22^nd to August 2^nd 2024

The award-winning software suite "Integrated Care Solutions" (ICS), which has been developed by the Center for eHealth Applications and Services (CeHA) of the Institute of Computer Science of the Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH), was successfully tested this year for its compliance with IHE (Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise) integration profiles, at an international interoperability capability testing event against third parties.