El sistema de cadenes de blocs basa el seu potencial al ser obert, segur, barat, fàcil d’utilitzar i amb múltiples aplicacions. Aquest informe identifica les 33 empreses que ja l’utilitzen a Catalunya i les seves principals aplicacions i tendències a escala global.

Amb la finalitat d'impulsar les vocacions científiques, tecnològiques, en enginyeria i matemàtiques en estudiants de Catalunya, també amb la creativitat a través del disseny i de l'art es crea el programa d'innovació pedagògica STEAMcat. El programa s'emmarca en el suport a la innovació i a la recerca que constitueix una de les línies d'acció en relació amb els objectius específics esmentats i que també ha de contribuir a la millora global de la resta d'accions del Pla STEMcat.

Research and innovation are instrumental to achieve the EU’s energy and climate objectives. In November 2016 the EU strategy for Accelerating Clean Energy Innovation was adopted by the European Commission to boost the energy transition. Since the adoption of the strategy, progress has been made in a number of areas: increased funding and financing through Horizon 2020; reinforced role of innovation in the policy and regulatory environment; more cooperation in international research and innovation (R&I). These achievements provide new opportunities for clean energy innovators and other stakeholders to develop breakthrough technologies and bring them to market.

Industrial Research Infrastructures are public or private facilities, equipment and support services that support industry typically working at technology readiness levels (TRLs) from 4 to 7. They provide access to product testing, validation and upscaling, helping to accelerate the commercialisation of new technologies. On 1 March 2018, the Directorate General for Research and Innovation (DG RTD) organised a one-day workshop to discuss to the future role for industrial infrastructures focusing on industry needs, existing types of provision and the scope to make these infrastructures more visible and accessible. The published workshop report is available at https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2777/766806. Following the workshop, the participants were sent a follow-up survey to give them the opportunity to further elaborate their views on industrial infrastructures from the users and providers' point of view. This report presents the main findings from the survey, explains the survey methodology and provides a detailed explanation of obtained results. The findings herein complement those of the workshop report, and together with it, will serve as input for the ongoing work of the Commission to develop a Staff Working Document on industrial infrastructures.

Open Science is scholarly research that is collaborative, transparent and reproducible and whose outputs are publicly available. The European Union will not remain competitive at the global level unless it promotes Open Science, and relatedly, Open Innovation. The time to act is now. At its core, Open Science aims at: “increasing research quality, boosting collaboration, speeding up the research process, making the assessment of research more transparent, promoting public access to scientific results, as well as introducing more people to academic research”. By taking advantage of Open Science, researchers can enhance the quality of curiosity-driven research, maximise the value and potential impact of their work to create new avenues of knowledge, and drive scientific progress and Open Innovation within Europe and beyond.

How Horizon Europe is being designed, legal framework, factsheets, reports and timeline.

Equality between women and men is a fundamental principle of EU treaties.

In the digital age, supercomputing has become an indispensable resource for fostering innovation, economic growth and social cohesion in Europe. Supercomputing has become an indispensable resource in the digital age, thereby transforming research, businesses and our daily lives. It strongly increases the ability of researchers, industry, SMEs and government to process and analyse large amounts of data. The study demonstrates that the use of supercomputing for industrial and commercial applications in Europe has grown rapidly across many sectors such as automotive, renewable energy and mechanical engineering. To realise this potential, significant public (‘cornerstone’) investments in strategic HPC infrastructure and services are essential. This is expected to lead to the creation of public value via the growth of high-tech companies and the creation of new ecosystems across Europe. At the same time, new thinking is required about how to optimise the use of HPC infrastructure from a predominantly public good approach to ensure that adequate socio-economic returns are generated. This study analysis the key financing challenges of supercomputing in Europe and provides concrete recommendations on how to overcome the current investment gap in this strategic sector. It provides a new rationale for public and private investment as a basis for improving the conditions for robust and long-term financing.

ERC Starting Grants are designed to support excellent Principal Investigators at the career stage at which they are starting their own independent research team or programme. Applicant Principal Investigators must demonstrate the ground-breaking nature, ambition and feasibility of their scientific proposal.

Los Indicadores de alta tecnología se obtienen como estadística de síntesis con la finalidad de proporcionar datos sobre los sectores y productos considerados de alta tecnología (sectores industriales o de servicios) según el criterio de la metodología propuesta por la OCDE.

Para las ramas de actividad ofrece indicadores de I+D e innovación, tales como: gastos, personal, ocupados, cifras de negocios, valor de la producción, valor añadido, número de empresas, intensidad en innovación. Para los productos de alta tecnología proporciona el valor de la producción, de las importaciones y de las exportaciones.

In 2018 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects, institutions are ranked in 54 subjects across Natural Sciences, Engineering, Life Sciences, Medical Sciences, and Social Sciences. To be included in a subject ranking, the universities need to have a minimum number of research publications during the period of 2012-2016. The publication threshold is different for different subjects. Bibliometric data are collected from Web of Science and InCites.