PRAXI Network, as a member of the Enterprise Europe Network and coordinator of the Enterprise Europe Network Hellas, is co-organizing the on-site B2B matchmaking event “GO International Business Meetings”, which will take place on 17 and 18 June 2025, as part of NEXUS Luxembourg 2025, hosted at Luxexpo The Box.

PRAXI Network and Brookstreet Equity Partners LLP continue their collaboration with the fourth event in a series of specialized webinars aimed at strengthening the Greek entrepreneurial ecosystem. This particular webinar focuses on one of the most critical topics for innovative businesses: assessing the value of innovation and intellectual property.

The Science and Technology Park of Crete (STEP-C) of the Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH) and the Managing Company of the Science & Technology Park of Crete (EDAP STEP-C S.A.), in the context of their ongoing efforts to provide high-quality services to businesses, partners, and the research community, have successfully obtained ISO 9001:2015 certification. The certificate was awarded to the Director of STEP-C, President & CEO of EDAP STEP-C S.A., Dr. George Papamichail, by the CEO of TÜV NORD Hellas, Ms. Vasiliki Kazazi, in the presence of the President of FORTH, Prof. Vassilis Charmandaris, and Ms. Uxue Azpiroz, Director of the TÜV NORD Hellas office in Crete.

On Monday, May 26, 2025, the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Greece, Mr. Andreas Kindl, visited the Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH), accompanied by Dr. George Kaloutsakis, Honorary Consul of Germany in Heraklion. They met with the President of FORTH, Professor Vassilis Charmandaris, the Vice President Professor Dimitris Plexousakis, Directors of the Institutes and Heads of Special Units of FORTH. They were informed in detail about the Foundation’s research activities and its long-standing collaborations with major academic and research institutions in Germany.

PRAXI Network, as a member of the Enterprise Europe Network and coordinator of Enterprise Europe Network Hellas, is co-organising a B2B matchmaking event within the framework of the Balkonnect Festival 2025, which is an annual entrepreneurship and innovation festival that will take place in Pristina, Kosovo, at the Emerald Hotel.
Under the motto “Business Without Borders”, the festival aims to connect entrepreneurs and investors from across the Balkans and wider Europe. It aspires to strengthen cross-border cooperation and foster innovation throughout the region.

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!

The competition was held this year on 6 and 7 May in Georgioupolis, Chania, coordinated by the Science and Technology Park of Crete (STEP-C) of the Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH), in collaboration with the Innovative Business Observatory (IBO) of the Region of Crete. STEP-C has been a long-standing participant in the EUSAIR POPRI Youth initiative, in the framework of its cooperation with Primorski Tehnološki Park in Slovenia, while this year it also took on the coordination of the Greek participation.

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.