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In this episode, we discuss the European Innovation Council’s support to defence and dual-use technologies - including a new STEP Defence Scale Up call (deadline 28 October) - with Jean-David Malo, Acting Director of the European Research Area and Innovation Directorate of the European Commission.
With a €1.4 billion budget, the EIC Work Programme 2026 opens new opportunities for Europe’s most ambitious innovators, driving visionary ideas from lab to market. Hear more about what to expect in an interview with Keith Sequeira, head of the EIC Policy Unit in the European Commission.
The proposal on the EIC in the next Multiannual Financial Framework (2028 – 2034) is discussed with Kurt Deketelaere, Secretary-General of the LERU, Carsten Dreher, EIC Board member & Professor for Innovation Management at Freie Universität Berlin & Clark Parsons, CEO of the European Startup Network...
In this episode, the newly launched EIC Pre-Accelerator is discussed with Ana Barjasic, founder & CEO at Connectology, Angela Ivanova, co-founder & CEO at EIC-supported LAM'ON, & Luka Zupančič, EIC-supported entrepreneur pioneering the use of DNA as a sustainable digital data storage medium.
The EIC Impact Report 2025 is discussed with Bindi Karia, EIC Ambassador, European Innovation Expert & adviser, Bart Becks EIC board member, serial innovator & entrepreneur, and Camille Bouget winner of the Rising Innovator category of the Women Innovators Prize & Co-founder of Scienta Lab.
In this EIC podcast episode, we explore what the recent Draghi report – and a new Commissioner for Startups, Research and Innovation - might mean for European innovators, and what we can expect from the EIC in 2025.
In this episode, we're shining the spotlight on women’s outstanding contributions to innovation. On the panel is Angele Giuliano and Mary McKenna, two of the driving forces behind the EU-funded Women Tech EU project, and fierce advocates of female leadership and entrepreneurship.
In this episode, we're celebrating women's outstanding contributions to innovation and entrepreneurship across Europe and beyond. On the panel is Rana Sanyal and Julia Bialetska, both winners of the European Women Innovators Prize.
In this episode, the EIC programme manager Ivan Stefanic is joined by two EIC beneficiaries, Professor Rita Gross-Hardt (University of Bremen) and Matija Zulj (CEO, AGRIVI). Together, they discuss the future of food and agriculture and share experiences scaling up their projects/businesses.
In this episode, the EIC programme manager, Francesco Matteucci, Johanna Baare (CEO, Traceless), and Antoine Chalaux (General Manager, ROSI) highlight the importance of the EIC's hands-on approach in supporting and accelerating the development of circular economy technologies.
In this episode Iordanis Arzimanoglou, EIC programme manager for health and biotechnology, and Karine Rossignol, co-founder and Chief Executive Officer at Smart Immune discuss exciting innovations in cell and gene therapy (CGT).
In this episode Iordanis Arzimanoglou, EIC programme manager for health and biotechnology, and Pavan Asalapuram, the co-founder, Vice-CEO, EMPE Diagnostics, & clinical biotechnologist discuss a radical innovation, that drastically speeds up the testing time for antibiotic resistance for tuberculosis...
This episode explores intellectual for agritech startups. Protecting intellectual assets is less commonly associated with entrepreneurial endeavours in the agricultural and nutrition sectors. Featuring Ivan Štefanić, EIC programme manager for Food Chain Technologies, Novel and Sustainable Food.
This episode explores the future of the construction industry. which unfortunately emits 10% of all carbon dioxide and urgently requires our attention to become green and sustainable. Featuring Franc Mouwen, EIC programme manager for Architecture, Engineering and Construction.
The third episode explores the topic of vertical farming. Still a young and dynamic sector, this sector is growing fast. Big factories quietly growing green salads and herbs, nurtured with the help of artificial irrigation and light from LED lamps.
Featuring Francesco Matteucci, the EIC Programme Manager for advanced materials for energy and environmental sustainability, Indraneel Sen, Project Coordinator at Department of Chemistry - Ångström Laboratory and Rachel Armstrong, Professor for Regenerative Architecture at KU Leuven.
Featuring Stela Tkatchova, the EIC Programme Manager for space systems and technologies, and Lorenzo Tarabini Castellani and Gonzalo Sanchez Arriaga of EIC Pathfinder project, E.T. PACK, the first episode focuses on eliminating space debris with innovative technologies, and the role of the EIC.
Space systems & technologies
Renewable energy conversion and alternative resource exploitation
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