The budget funding for Horizon 2020 has not been agreed yet, but the European Comission revealed yesterday (10 july 2013) the budget plan for ten specific projects, amounting to 22 billion euros. Those include five pubblic and private partnership (the Joint Technology Initiatives), that will get 6.5 billion euros from the Commission, besides 9.9 billion euros from industry.
From 27 to 30 September 2013, CERN is putting on a long weekend of events and activities as a way of sharing its research and discoveries with its community and the wider public.
On Saturday, 28 and Sunday, 29 September, CERN will open up its installations to the general public. With the slogan “Our Universe is Yours”, these two Open Days will put the spotlight on CERN's discoveries and experiments, as well as the fantastic machines that lead to these discoveries.
Nowadays, Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) demand a
problem-solving approach, aiming to excellence in science, industrial
leadership, responsiveness to societal challenges. These goals are guiding Horizon
2020, which will foster European growth in the coming years and NanotechItaly
2013 will showcase how nanotechnologies, together with the other Key
Enabling Technologies (KETs), are instrumental to promote competitiveness
and innovation in priority areas also relevant for the national economy.
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