L’Associació per a la Divulgació Científica al Camp de Tarragona és una entitat sense ànim de lucre que neix amb motiu de la celebració de la primera edició del festival de divulgació científica internacional Pint of Science a Tarragona com a resposta a la necessitat d’impulsar iniciatives per fomentar l’interès per la ciència en el territori.

Des de la seva constitució al febrer de 2018, l’Associació la componen principalment científics i professionals involucrades en centres de recerca i institucions de la zona però també totes aquelles interessades en la ciència i en qualsevol dels seus vessants.

L'article analitza el paper de la recerca en el futur de l'economia catalana. Es descriu breument com va ser la situació abans i durant la crisi. A continuació, s'analitza per què el desenvolupament d'una economia basada en el coneixement a Catalunya ha de fonamentar-se sobre tres pilars: la convicció de la centralitat de la recerca i el coneixement per al progrés econòmic, l'augment del finançament públic (de l'ordre del 5%, sostingut durant els anys) i una major autonomia i flexibilitat organitzativa de les universitats i les estructures de recerca. Tot això no només depèn de la Generalitat. Finalment, una breu aportació sobre la interfície amb el món empresarial.

Els territoris amb ecosistemes d'innovació més eficients són els més desenvolupats, rics i competitius. Tot i que alguns dels seus principals agents obtenen excel·lents resultats, els indicadors internacionals i europeus d'innovació situen Catalunya en un nivell relativament baix pel que fa al grau d'innovació. Quins són els principals reptes del nostre ecosistema innovador? Mentre la investigació científica ha aconseguit el reconeixement internacional per la seva excel·lència, falten els instruments per transformar-la en innovació i, en l'àmbit empresarial, cal impulsar polítiques afavoridores del dimensionament empresarial, així com la generació de projectes empresarials hidden champions. Per això, cal el suport financer continu i polítiques estables de l'Administració en la investigació precompetitiva, el que permetria la transferència del coneixement generat i el suport a la capacitat innovadora del nostre teixit empresarial.

Jornada informativa organizada por los Puntos Nacionales de Contacto del programa FET, con la finalidad de preparar propuestas para el corte de FETOPEN de enero 2019.

The EOSC is an open and trusted environment for managing research data. It will be a facility at the service of European researchers that will allow them to make the most of open science. The concept of EOSC originates in the 2016 Commission Communication “European Cloud Initiative - Building a competitive data and knowledge economy in Europe”. The EOSC aims to federate existing and emerging data infrastructures and to provide European researchers with world-class data infrastructures and cloud-based services. The EOSC portal is the universal access channel through which all European scientists will be able to access, use and reuse research outputs and data across disciplines. The EOSC portal has been jointly developed and maintained by the eInfraCentral, EOSC-hub, EOSCpilot and OpenAIRE-Advance projects funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme with contribution of the European Commission.

his factsheet gives an overview of all key issues related to the trend in participation of women in the digital sector and the EU actions in progress to address them.

This study explores cross-country collaborations between participants to the 6th Framework Programme, the 7th Framework Programme and Horizon 2020. It provides evidence related the dynamic evolution of the network of participants to the Framework Programmes. In particular, the analysis highlights how the situation of entities of country groups (EU-15, EU-13, associated countries and third countries) has changed over the last decade.

This report focuses on two priorities, outreach to newcomers and societal engagement, in the context of industrial and key enabling technologies. It is the result of work carried out in 2018 of the Horizon 2020 Advisory Group for Nanotechnologies, Advanced Materials, Biotechnology and Advanced Manufacturing and Processing. The Group looked at current data and experiences, and made concrete recommendations for the way forward, involving both the strengthening of existing activities and new initiatives, and addressing both the European Commission and the wider stakeholder community. While the recommendations have been developed in the context of industrial and key enabling technologies, they may be applicable to European research and innovation more generally.

The Women in Digital (WiD) Scoreboard is a tool to measure and assess the participation of women in the digital economy. It will present annually Member States' performance.
The WiD scoreboard brings together 13 indicators under 3 areas:
- Internet use
- Internet user skills
- Specialist skills and employment

As 2018 marks the ten-year anniversary of the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU), it is inspiring to look back over the many accomplishments of the past decade. The projects described in these pages illustrate the approach of continuous learning exemplified by the FCH JU’s projects, from creating low-carbon and sustainable solutions, enabling market entry for new products, developing ‘next generation’ products based on previous research, to opening new markets for European expertise in fuel cell and hydrogen (FCH) technology. The FCH JU’s achievements are due, in part, to its multi-stakeholder structure : a public-private partnership between industry, research and the European Commission. Industry-led research has pioneered new developments in FCH technology and brought many of them to the cusp of commercialisation. Market uptake from public authorities, major companies and citizens alike has boosted confidence in these clean technologies, establishing hydrogen as a cornerstone of Europe’s energy transition.

This report presents a mapping, as complete as possible, of existing national legislations linked to genomics. It can be used as a baseline for the analyses of possible consequences for EU policies already in place, and to forecast policy gaps and eventual interventions.

Investment funds, venture capital (VC) firms and corporate investors are stepping up equity investments in artificial intelligence (AI) start-ups, reflecting a growing global interest in AI technologies and their commercial applications.

This authoritative report analyzes IP activity around the globe. Covering the filing, registration and maintenance of patents, utility models, trademarks, industrial designs, microorganisms, and plant variety protection, and geographical indications, the 2018 edition also looks at the creative economy for the first time, making it even more comprehensive. The special theme explores how one might statistically capture patent litigation activity and presents selected statistics for the United Kingdom and the United States of America.