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The\u00a0call comes ahead of EIT INNOVEIT Stockholm: Innovation in Higher Education<\/strong><\/div>\n
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A leading scientist and innovator has urged European universities and higher education institutions to revolutionise their innovation activities to effectively tackle climate change. Dr. Riam Kanso, founder and CEO of ConceptionX, will be the keynote speaker at the INNOVEIT Stockholm: Innovation in Higher Education on 15 September. The event is coordinated and led by EIT RawMaterials, the world\u2019s largest consortium on raw materials, funded by the\u00a0European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT)<\/a>, a body of the European Union.<\/div>\n
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The\u00a0registration for in-person or virtual attendance at INNOVEIT Stockholm is now open.<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n
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Reaching net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 means new innovations in technology and energy are urgently needed. These innovations will largely stem from universities and higher education institutions. The EIT Higher Education Institutions (HEI) Initiative funds and supports higher education institutions (HEIs) in growing their research and development faculties and boosting entrepreneurship activities and synergies with industry players, many with the aim of accelerating deep tech and energy innovations coming to market (start-ups and spin-offs).<\/div>\n
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Dr. Kanso: Urgent progress needed for innovation in higher education<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Dr. Kanso\u2019s company, Conception X, has a complementary mission to the EIT HEI Initiative. Conception X is an independent, non-profit that works closely with more than 30 universities across the UK to discover and train aspiring PhD founders from leading research labs, helping them become eligible for innovation grants, awards and venture capital funding. Through a nine-month deep-tech venture programme, PhD students explore ways to commercialise their research while still at university \u2013 much like the EIT labeled Masters and PhD programmes.<\/div>\n
Dr. Kanso says new models like this are needed to unleash Europe\u2019s potential as a hotspot for meaningful innovation, especially with the continent\u2019s 2050 deadline to reach net-zero emissions fast approaching.
\nDr. Kanso said: \u201cUniversities and higher education institutions are built to spread knowledge that improves the world. Yet, the current system of spreading this knowledge by publishing papers can sometimes hinder progress \u2013 by the time a paper is published, the research could be three years old. We need to create models where research and innovation come together to reinforce and advance each other.\u201d<\/div>\n
EIT RawMaterials CEO Bernd Sch\u00e4fer stressed: \u201cEurope is at an epochal turning point, where the ambitious goals of the European Green Deal are placing more extraordinary demands on higher education than ever before. Our EIT HEI Initiative was established for this reason, to empower higher education institutions to become engines of innovation and foster sustainable growth and jobs. The initiative brings Europe\u2019s education, research, and industry leaders together to work on strengthened innovation in higher education with the aim of solving some of the world\u2019s biggest problems – like climate change.\u201d<\/div>\n
Speaking about the EIT HEI Initiative, Dr. Kanso said: \u201cWe\u2019re working to promote knowledge and innovation and help great people excel. The more allies we have and the more connected we are, the easier it will be to achieve that. Network initiatives like the EIT HEI are crucial.\u2019\u2019<\/div>\n
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INNOVEIT: Stockholm – Focus on Innovation in Higher Education<\/strong><\/div>\n
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This hybrid event will highlight the ongoing work of the\u00a0EIT\u2019s HEI Initiative.<\/a>\u00a0Discussions will focus on how the EIT HEI Initiative will connect with deep tech innovations and talents and EIT Labelled education programmes for enhanced innovation capacity building.<\/div>\n
All active projects selected for both Cohort 1 (launched in July 2021) and Cohort 2 (launched in July 2022) will be present at the event. There are 23 active Cohort 1 and 26 active Cohort 2 projects in the HEI Initiative network. Cohort 1 projects will share the good practices and methodologies they have learned so far for increasing innovation capacity in European higher education institutions.<\/div>\n
Dr. Tamer Abu-Alam is the Project Coordinator of one of EIT HEI Initiative\u2019s funded Cohort 1 projects, CloudEARTHi, and an academic at UiT, the Artic University of Norway.
\nDr. Abu-Alam says initiatives like the EIT HEI Initiative, and this event, are crucial because Europe can only be decarbonised if industry, research, and higher education work closely together.<\/div>\n
\u2018\u2019Without this coming together of stakeholders we cannot achieve a solution to the climate crisis. We are all working on the same problem – but from different perspectives. This is why the EIT HEI Initiative and the Stockholm event are so important – because everyone is brought together, everyone presents their point of view, and based on this we can innovate and work together to address this challenge.\u201d
\nThe CloudEARTHi project guides students on how to develop their business plan in line with the European Green Deal, and how to use big data to address gaps in their business model. Within just two months, one student has already started his own business to recycle computer components \u2013 an activity that will help to provide the EU with specific raw materials necessary for the green transition.<\/div>\n
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