A new state-of-the-art optical telescope has been operating since 20 November at Skinakas Observatory, the joint research infrastructure of the University of Crete and the Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, made possible by the donation of land on the homonymous peak of Psiloritis, by the historic Municipality of Anogeia.

The 2nd International Conference OpenEARTH 2024, will be hosted by the Laboratory of Geophysical - Satellite Remote Sensing and Archaeo-environment of the Institute for Mediterranean Studies, in Rethymno, Crete (Nikiforou Foka 130 & Melissinou).

The Institute of Astrophysics-FORTH, in collaboration with the Municipality of Heraklion, invites you to a special Sun observation event at the heart of Heraklion!

Α new European program, "Lasers4EU", was recently launched with the participation of the Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH), continuing the long tradition of the Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser (IESL) of FORTH in the field of lasers. In the framework of the kick off meeting which took place on 21-22 October 2024, directors of European research centers from all around Europe met at FORTH’s facilities in Heraklion.

A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences (FORTH/ICE-HT) and Hubei University (HUBU), Wuhan, China, on Saturday 9 November 2024, in Patras.

The conference is organised in the framework of the project LACRIMALit, IMS/FORTH, with the collaboration of the Postgraduate Programme in Classical Studies of the University of Crete and it will be held at the Institute for Mediterranean Studies (Nikiforou Foka 130 & Melissinou, Rethymnon) from 14th to 15th of November.

On Wednesday, November 13, 2024, the FORTH’s Friends Association is organizing an event titled “Artificial Intelligence; Blessing or Curse?” at the Heraklion Chamber of Commerce & Industry, on the occasion of the “Miltiadis Karatzis” Award ceremony, which is given to a PhD candidate of the Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, in memory of late Miltiadis Karatzis. This year’s awardee, Ms. Ioanna Pandi, a PhD Candidate at the Biology Department of UoC, who carries out her PhD in the laboratory of Dr. Panayiota Poirazi at FORTH, was unanimously selected by the designated committee.

The Institute of Chemical Engineering & High Temperature Chemical Processes of FORTH (today, Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences) was founded in 1984 and operates in Patras. Τhe "40^th Anniversary Event of ICE-HT", was held on Friday, November 8^th 2024, at the Auditorium of the ICE-HT Conference Centre.

Dr. Maria Charisi, Associated Research Fellow at the Institute of Astrophysics of the Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (IA-FORTH) and Assistant Professor at Washington State University, in the USA, has been awarded the 2024 L'ORÉAL-UNESCO Greek Award for Women in Science, in the field of Natural Sciences.

Scientists from the Foundation for Research & Technology -Hellas (FORTH), the National Centre for Scientific Research -NCSR “Demokritos” and the Athena Research Center, visited China between 12-19 October 2024, aiming to foster collaboration between the two countries.