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Discover Luxembourg with #GuideForOneDay
04-07-2019
Would you like to discover new aspects of Luxembourg with people sharing their passions and hidden gems? From 29 June to 15 September, volunteers are offering original guided tours to their favourite places under the initiative #GuideForOneDay.
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Stronger together
04-07-2019
Born from the desire of Luxembourg’s industry to develop skills in the field of composites, Composite Industry Luxembourg (CIL), hosted by Luxinnovation, responds to a need originating from companies in the materials sector. CIL aims to strengthen the development of new innovative concepts.
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2019 EU Innovation Scoreboard: Luxembourg is a “Strong innovator”
03-07-2019
The European Commission has recently published the 2019 edition of the European Innovation Scoreboard (EIS).
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European Innovation Council to invest in high potential breakthrough innovation
03-07-2019
Innovators have a harder time finding risk-willing growth capital in Europe than in the US or in Asia. In order to alleviate this problem and pave the way for breakthrough and disruptive innovation, the European Innovation Council (EIC) has been set up as a new instrument aimed at providing substantial financial support to innovative researchers and companies. On 27 June 2019, Luxinnovation hosted an event where the EIC presented its new funding measures to Luxembourg stakeholders.
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More than €2.2 billion for Europe's excellent researchers
03-07-2019
The ERC announced its biggest ever annual injection of funding in blue-sky research. €2.2 billion will be made available in 2020 to support some 1,100 top researchers. As in previous years, most of the funding (61%) is earmarked for early- to mid-career scientists and scholars. The funding will also support jobs for an estimated 8,000 postdoctoral researchers, PhD students and other research staff employed in ERC-funded teams.
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Financing the next Marie Curie fellowship
02-07-2019
On 13 June, Luxinnovation organised a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions grant-writing workshop in collaboration with the University of Luxembourg and the BeNeLux chapter of the Marie Curie Alumni Association. Participants could learn more about the Individual Fellowships (IF) programme, which is a great option for funding experienced researchers coming to Luxembourg.
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The Ministry of the Economy participates in the European project "Data for Road Safety"
01-07-2019
The Ministry of the Economy participated on 3 June 2019 in the "Data for Road Safety" meeting in Eindhoven, the Netherlands.
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Luxembourg to process big data for improved road safety
28-06-2019
In June 2019, the EU Data Task force launched “Data for Road Safety”. Luxembourg will manage, process and aggregate big data to be used for issuing safety-relevant traffic information to road users.
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Key Enabling Technologies in NMBP
27-06-2019
EEN Luxembourg participated in a meeting of European partners on 27 June in Strasbourg, organised by The Enterprise Europe Network, the European Commission and the regional innovation agency of the Grand Est Region, Grand E-nov.
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Luxembourg has Europe’s most attractive research system
26-06-2019
Luxembourg’s overall innovation performance ranks 5th in the 2019 edition of the EU’s European Innovation Scoreboard. The country comes out on top in the sub-category Attractive research systems.
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Luxembourg at the heart of Japan Expo
26-06-2019
For two years, Japan Expo, the largest European meeting place for Japanese cultural enthusiasts, has been calling on a Luxembourg start-up to create and run the official stand of the event.
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Autumn key events for Horizon 2020
26-06-2019
Luxinnovation’s EU Funding team has compiled all important info days, brokerage events, congresses and conferences taking place in autumn 2019. Please take a look at the list and choose the events that are the most interesting for you.
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“The creative industries are increasingly valued”
24-06-2019
The Luxembourg Creative Industries Cluster manager gives a very positive assessment of the internet platform creativecluster.lu, one year after its launch.
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Very convincing start-ups recognised at the Fintech Awards
24-06-2019
The 4th edition of the Fintech Awards recognised the Luxembourg start-up Tokeny, which uses blockchain to issue security tokens. Microinsurance, cybersecurity and artificial intelligence were also highlighted in a pitch competition which was impressive for its quality.
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The wood sector in the spotlight at the Esch Theatre
21-06-2019
Invited to speak at the latest "10x6 Green Architecture" event organised by Maison Moderne, Philippe Genot, the Wood Cluster Manager, had the opportunity to demonstrate the important role of wood in the development of green architecture.
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Ujet-MTX: a connected collaboration
21-06-2019
Ujet has partnered with mobile solutions provider MTX Connect in order to give a new dimension to its electric scooters. Through this partnership, the scooters will soon have the same connectivity configuration everywhere, regardless of the geographical area in which they are located.
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Anote, music and new technologies
21-06-2019
The start-up ANote, which proposes to link financial markets and the music industry using blockchain, won the Luxinnovation special prize at the ICT Spring Pitch Your Startup competition in May.
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Luxembourg ranks 2nd in EU for digital connectivity
21-06-2019
According to the EU’s 2019 Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI), Luxembourg ranks among the top 3 EU countries in digital connectivity as well as in human resources.
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NCPs CaRE: Luxinnovation shows the way
20-06-2019
Luxinnovation organised a series of workshops from 4 to 7 June, as the national contact point for the NCPs CaRE project, in the field of climate, environment, resource efficiency and raw materials.
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Thales Alenia Space to create a Digital Centre of Excellence in Luxembourg
19-06-2019
The Digital Centre of Excellence that Thales Alenia Space will set up in Luxembourg will focus on the development of highly innovative digital solutions for space telecommunications and observation products. A Letter of Intent with the Luxembourg Ministry of the Economy was signed on 18 June 2019.
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Luxembourg supercomputer Meluxina will support digital transformation
17-06-2019
The future high performance computer (HPC) will be part of the European HPC network, EuroHPC.
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"The international diversity is very enriching"
17-06-2019
Like many other foreigners who discover Luxembourg, Lena Mårtensson thought that she would stay two or three years when she arrived in 2001 from her native Sweden. Almost two decades later, she is still very happy here and does not hide her “love” for the country of which she knew almost nothing when she arrived.
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How mission-oriented innovation can change society
14-06-2019
Innovation is widely recognised as an important driver of competitiveness, economic growth and job creation. Many countries implement research and innovation programmes to stimulate R&D that can result in innovative products and services and increase the success rate of innovative companies. But what is their real value for society?
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Horizon 2020 funding opportunity for bio-based industries
13-06-2019
The recently launched Bio-Based Industries call for proposals offers €135 million of Horizon 2020 funding for projects aiming at boosting the development of the EU’s bio-based sector. Interested companies and research organisations can apply for funding until 4 September 2019.
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Ziggu comes out on top in CYEL competition
13-06-2019
The winner of the 13th edition of the CYEL competition organised by the Junior Chamber of Commerce of Luxembourg (JCI Luxembourg) is known. Yannick Bontinckx, co-founder of Ziggu, a service platform dedicated to building professionals and their clients, won the jury's favour.
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Euro-Composites will invest €160 million in Luxembourg
13-06-2019
Composite materials specialist Euro-Composites will invest €160 million in its Luxembourg site in Echternach. The investment programme is supported by the government, the town of Echternach and the state-owned bank Société nationale de crédit et d'investissement (SNCI).
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Towards mission-driven research and innovation
12-06-2019
On 6 June 2019, Luxinnovation organised the annual conference of TAFTIE, the European Network of Innovation Agencies which the agency chairs in 2019. Representatives of 30 national innovation agencies gathered in Luxembourg to discuss the implementation of mission-driven research and innovation programmes that are aimed at tackling major societal challenges.
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Design Awards: creative people in the spotlight
12-06-2019
For the third time since 2015, the best national achievements in the field of design will be rewarded this Wednesday at the Luxembourg Design Awards. The awards ceremony is organised at Neumünster Abbey by the Design Luxembourg association.
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Luxembourg will host world-class high performance computer
07-06-2019
Luxembourg has been selected to host one of the high performance computers set up under the aegis of the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC). The Luxembourg supercomputer will primarily be used to meet business needs, in particular those of SMEs and start-ups.
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Luxembourg logistics solutions showcased at Transport Logistic fair
07-06-2019
Ideally located in-between several major European consumer markets, Luxembourg provides global companies with many strategic advantages for conducting their business in, from and to Europe. These advantages, as well as developments to further enhance the competitiveness of the country’s logistics solutions, were highlighted at the Transport Logistic fair in Munich on 4-7 June 2019.
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